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Winded city?

By Lindsay Berra
ESPN The Magazine

Monday, September 21, 2009

This story appears in the Oct. 5 issue of ESPN The Magazine. The United Center is a rollicking sea of red. Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane snags the puck from a dazed Canuck at the Hawks' blue line, carries it straight down the slot, dekes outside, then inside, then fires a backhand behind Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo for his third goal of the game. The remaining 3:43 ticks off the clock and 22,687 Chicago fans are euphoric as the resurgent Hawks close out the 2009 Western Conference semi ...

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