Chicago Blackhawks Milestones

Order these Chicago Blackhawks franchise moments by the year they happened. You place all 25 cards on one timeline, one at a time. Three wrong guesses ends the run.

Chicago Blackhawks Milestones
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How to play the Chicago Blackhawks history game

These cards are moments from Blackhawks history, from arena openings and draft picks to Cup winners and lost Finals, and each has a short line beneath its title. Arrange them by the year they happened. The timeline starts with one card in place and its year in view. You put each new card into a gap; if it's correct, the year is revealed, and if not, it moves to the right spot while you lose one of three lives.

Chicago's history has a few distinct peaks separated by long gaps, and the cards gather around those peaks. The middle of the deck is full of scoring stars and goalies setting records, along with several painful Final losses that sound alike. Toward the end, a young core arrived and started winning, so drafts and championships land close together. The opponent named in a description is often the clue that settles it.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 25 of the 25 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Founded as the Black Hawks An NHL team joins Chicago, named after a military division
  • Chicago Stadium opened The team moves into the loud downtown arena it will call home
  • Mush March's overtime goal won a first Cup A double-overtime winner beats Detroit for the first title
  • Cinderella Cup over Toronto A losing-record team stuns the Maple Leafs in the Final
  • Swept in the Final by Montreal A powerhouse Canadiens team sweeps them aside
  • Cup over Detroit with Hull and Mikita Two young stars power a Final win over the Red Wings
  • Mikita won his first scoring title The center leads the league in points for the first time
  • Bobby Hull's 54-goal season The Golden Jet breaks his own single-season record
  • First regular-season title The club finishes atop the standings for the first time ever
  • Tony Esposito's 15-shutout rookie season A rookie goalie sets a modern record for clean sheets
  • Lost Game 7 of the Final to Montreal A home collapse in the decider hands the Cup to the Canadiens
  • Bobby Hull jumped to the WHA The franchise star bolts for a rival league's big contract
  • Lost the Final to Montreal again A six-game Final defeat to the Canadiens
  • Drafted Denis Savard third overall A dazzling French-Canadian center joins the team
  • Drafted Jeremy Roenick eighth overall A brash young American center is added to the core
  • Presidents' Trophy season The team finishes with the NHL's best regular-season record
  • Swept in the Final by Pittsburgh Mario Lemieux's Penguins end an 11-game win streak in four
  • United Center opened The team leaves the old Stadium for a new arena across the street
  • Reached a conference final again A young team ends a long playoff drought with a deep run
  • Drafted Jonathan Toews third overall A future captain is selected to anchor a rebuild
  • Drafted Patrick Kane first overall The top pick lands a dynamic winger for the new core
  • Kane's overtime goal won the Cup over Philadelphia A shot no one saw ends the Final and a long drought
  • Two goals in 17 seconds beat Boston A stunning late rally in Game 6 clinches the Cup
  • Clinched the Cup at home over Tampa Bay The first title raised on home ice in decades
  • Presidents' Trophy again The team once more tops the overall standings

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