Blackhawks

Windy City team

Blackhawks refers most commonly to the Chicago Blackhawks, a National Hockey League team.

The name honors a U.S.

Army division whose insignia depicted Black Hawk, a Sauk leader who fought against American expansion in the 1830s.

The term also applies to the UH-60 Black Hawk, a military helicopter used by U.S. armed forces: The Blackhawks extracted the wounded soldiers.

hockey

NHL

Pro hockey organization

  • puckHockey's rubber projectile
  • iceWater's solid form
  • skatesWheeled or bladed footwear

goal · rink · slapshot · check · faceoff · powerplay · penalty · defenseman · forward · goaltender

Chicago

Stanley Cup

Pro hockey's top prize

Crawford

Indigenous

warrior

One skilled in combat

Fox · Native American · tribal · resistance · treaty · frontier · Mississippi · Indian Territory · Great Lakes

helicopter

Sikorsky

Rotorcraft engineering pioneer

cockpit · hover · airborne · assault · insertion · extraction · special operations · troop transport · rescue · infrared

Categories
Opposites
Chicago sports rivalries

BlackhawksRed Wings

Michigan NHL franchise

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Chicago professional sports teams

BlackhawksBulls

Chicago basketball franchise

Bears · White Sox · Fire · Sky

Chicago sports rivalry

BlackhawksSt. Louis Blues

Missouri NHL franchise

Detroit Red Wings · Colorado Avalanche · Dallas Stars · Winnipeg Jets · Vegas Golden Knights

Phrases
Family

black, hawk, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness

Familiarity
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Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G