This month the National Hockey League is holding its annual Championship, or Stanley Cup Final. The Stanley Cup Final features the Chicago Blackhawks against the Boston Bruins.
The reason why I am rooting for Chicago is because I like the fact that Chicago teams, when they are at their best, can play like champions.
Let's go back a few weeks to the last game of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings. The game was tied with about two minutes left and Niklas Hjalmarsson scored an apparent go-ahead goal, however there were coincidental penalties on the play, so the goal was disallowed. Eventually the game went into overtime. In the first overtime, Brent Seabrook (aka Seabs) scored the winning goal about four minutes into overtime to win the series for Chicago. Chicago faced adversity, but didn't whine or kvetch about it, and had the resolve and resiliency to make it through and win the game. The 1990's Bulls faced adversity and challenges, yet won 6 NBA titles. The White Sox won a title after nearly blowing a 15 game lead in September.
Let's contrast this with attitude of a champion to some of the Northwest's teams reactions of a disallowed goal, the team would whine and moan, cries of conspiracy theories would abound and the team would lose, whether based in Vancouver, Spokane or Eugene, Oregon.
I'd like to see ONE Northwest team prove me wrong, but I'm not waiting around for it to happen. Regardless of what happens in the next few games between the Hawks and Bruins, Chicago has earned my respect for its sports teams.
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