Before the United Center, when it was still the Chcago Stadium, absoluty nothing touched chicago as far as hockey fans were concerned. The Blackhawks pretty much entered every single game in that staidum leading 1-0 simply because of the fans.
The loss of the stadium, combined with the fact that the hawks aren't on tv, and the fact that the team sucked from 97-2000 pretty much means no one cares anymore, and there's usually only 14-16 thousand people at hawk games every night.
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