![]() ![]() He played one season with the Penguins, one season with the Red Wings and then found a home in Chicago from 2009-2017. The legendary Slovak right winger was drafted 12th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL draft and played for them from 1998 to 2004 but went on to sign with the Atlanta Thrashers for 3 seasons after that. ![]() it's just an amazing feeling, in a few days, my 81 will be there." "When I look up at those jerseys hanging there," Hossa said Wednesday night before the Hawks' game against the Blues, "(it) just hit me. Hossa's number will join Hawks legends Glenn Hall, Pierre Pilote, Keith Magnuson, Bobby Hull, Denis Savard, Stan Mikita and Tony Esposito. The retirement ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. 81 Marian Hossa jersey will be lifted into immortality. The six Blackhawks players - whose names and numbers engage in royal conversation with the likes of basketball counterparts Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen - will make room for another Sunday night, as a No. It feels like the United Center is running out of space to remember greatness.īetween the Blackhawks and the Bulls, there are 14 players' and coaches' and managers' jerseys, 12 championship banners and a bunch of conference/division title banners displayed from the rafters. Hossa can't wait for 'amazing feeling' at Blackhawks jersey retirement ceremony Sunday ![]() Retrieved from īyline: Kyle Leverone Daily Herald Correspondent
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