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by Paul on 12/11/08 at 09:57 AM ET
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from Dashiell Bennett of Deadspin,
...That three-day break was their only chance to get home before the holiday, and the team had arranged for a commerical flight to take the players back to Chicago right after their game against the Leafs on Saturday night. General Manager Dale Tallon was staying behind, to attend his father’s funeral in rural Ontario. Take it away, crazy anonymous emailer.
This plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey team. Back in the locker room a vote is taken after the game was complete, and a unanimous decision is made by this young team to skip this flight and stay one more day. They make arrangements to check back in the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning charter two buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north into a sparsely inhabited Canada , but where hockey is its passion. They arrive at their destination to the surprise of the teams general manager who is there attending his fathers wake.
Thanks to a KK reader for the pointer and I did confirm with the Blackhawks the story is indeed true.
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This is a dupe. 
Though, honestly, there’s nothing wrong with posting this again. It’s a great story to read.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 12/11/08 at 10:47 AM ET
Yes I know, just giving it some more exposure. Stories like this need to be read.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 12/11/08 at 10:51 AM ET
Maki has picked up the story and filled it out a bit:
http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081211.maki12-web/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home
Posted by Mogen_david on 12/12/08 at 03:37 PM ET
Everybody has picked it up now:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/The-Funeral-Burgers-Blackhawks-story-a-holiday?urn=nhl,128796
Posted by Mogen_david on 12/12/08 at 03:54 PM ET
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