As Stevie Wonder would say, "Very Superstitious." But there was none of that at Tommy's in Spring Grove, Illinois, this past Monday night for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
The two guys wearing full Blackhawk uniforms with pads and sticks sure weren't being superstitious. All the folks there wearing the same jerseys and shirts they'd worn all series. Everyone played with the little Blackhawk doll that always comes up standing when you toss it. Kenny didn't have his Blackhawk car flag and Jenny didn't wear her Hawks teeshirt.
And, we had storms rolling through like we did in the very first triple overtime game of the series with the Bruins.
Not hardly.
I was wearing my 2013 division championship shirt and my Hawks cap with the American Legion poppy in it that I had bought for the playoff game at the Indy 500 and worn every game since. Liz had both of her lucky Blackhawks shirts.
No one touched that Blackhawk wobbly doll behind the bar. We had touched it in one of the losses. Kenny's flag was back on his car after he didn't have it on for another one of the losses.
And with three minutes remaining in the third period and the Hawks down 2-1 and everyone expecting a game seven tonight, we notcied that Jenny did not have her lucky shirt on. We pointed it out to her and she went into the office and put it on. And, of course, you know what happened a couple minutes later: two goals in 17 seconds and a Hawks victory and the second Stanley in four years.
It's Good to Wash Some of Those Lucky Shirts and Jerseys. --RoadDog
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