In addition to being the team’s radio analyst, he also scored 197 goals and dished out 291 assists in 688 games. The only real question would be whether the Blackhawks would also honor Troy Murray by retiring his number. Toews is one of eight players to play at least 1,000 games with the Blackhawks, is sixth all-time in goals with 355, is eighth all-time in assists, and is tied with Patrick Kane with 67 game-winning goals. While it’s blindingly-obvious that the captain of three championship-winning teams would be honored with a jersey retirement, we’ll throw out some numbers anyway. Sharp would be considered a long-shot for a jersey retirement, but with four 30-goal seasons and three Stanley Cups to his credit, along with his huge popularity among fans, one cannot rule out this type of honor for the winger. Seabrook played an important role on three Stanley Cup-winning teams, was an Olympian and played 1,114 games with the Blackhawks, eclipsed only by Mikita and Keith. Much like the Chicago Cubs did with Greg Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins, it seems likely that the Blackhawks would retire Chelios and Seabrook’s jersey number together.Ĭhelios, a Chicago-native, is a Hockey Hall of Famer who is in the top-10 in assists on the all-time list and the all-time penalty minutes king for the Blackhawks as well. In addition to his three Stanley Cups, Keith is second on the Blackhawks in games played at 1,192, sixth in assists with 520, and 10th in career points with 625. While Keith is still playing for the Edmonton Oilers, it’s a foregone conclusion that his number will be retired as one of, if not the best, defensemen to ever play for the Blackhawks. Here are our best guesses as to which players could potentially be considered for that honor.
Naturally, the decision to retire Hossa’s number begs another question for Blackhawks fans: which players will be next to see their jersey numbers hoisted to the rafters of the United Center? Hossa, who won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2021, is now the eighth Blackhawks player to be honored with a jersey retirement, joining Glenn Hall, Keith Magnuson, Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull, Denis Savard, Stan Mikita and Tony Esposito. The Chicago Blackhawks will have to make room for another number in the rafters of the United Center, as the team announced Thursday that they will retire the number 81 in honor of forward Marian Hossa.
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