Last night Julie and I went to the United Center for the Blackhawks home opener against the Redwings. Before the game the Stanley Cup was on hand for the raising of the championship banner. The whole ceremony was well done. The 1961 Stanley Cup Championship team was on hand to pass the banner over to the current champions before it was raised to the rafters.

The hawks were out played by the wings and ended up losing 3-2. Clearly it’s too early to jump to conclusions but I think the Blackhawks are going to miss a lot of the guys from the 2010 team.

Julie has some great pictures of the rest of the ceremony and game here.