{"id":127591,"date":"2022-04-08T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=127591"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:47:26","slug":"blackhawks-retire-number-marian-hossa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/08\/blackhawks-retire-number-marian-hossa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks To Retire Marian Hossa&#8217;s Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/07\/predictions-edmonton-oilers-vs-los-angeles-kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> have announced that they will retire 81 to honour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hossama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marian Hossa<\/a>. Hossa signed a one-day contract with the organization in order to retire a Blackhawk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;re sending Hossa to the rafters \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ImtnmDkNQd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ImtnmDkNQd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1512231814320074780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Marian Hossa&#8217;s Number 81 To Be Retired By Blackhawks<\/h2>\n<p>The Chicago Blackhawks will retire the number of forward Marian Hossa. He was placed on LTIR in 2017 because of a condition related to his skin.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hossa only played 534 games and tallied 415 points with the Hawks, he was a mainstay of the Blackhawks dynasty that shaped the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>Hossa started his career in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/07\/predictions-penguins-vs-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa<\/a>\u00a0and played 7 seasons there before being dealt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/09\/atlanta-thrashers-relevant-again\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Thrashers<\/a>, where he became a part of the playoff push that ultimately led to them being swept by the Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>After signing with both the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/07\/predictions-penguins-vs-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">Penguins<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/04\/06\/nhl-predictions-april-6th-including-tampa-bay-lightning-vs-washington-capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Red Wings<\/a> in an unsuccessful attempt at a Stanley Cup, he signed with the Blackhawks at the end of the 2010 season. After that, the rest was history.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Hossa notched 1134 points in 1309 NHL games and won three Stanley Cups, all with the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n<h3>How This Is Important<\/h3>\n<p>This is the first member of the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/23\/remaining-chicago-blackhawks-stanley-cup-core\/\" target=\"_self\"> modern-day Blackhawks dynasty<\/a> to have their number retired by the team, as Corey Crawford&#8217;s number hasn&#8217;t been retired at the time of writing, and neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kanepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Kane<\/a> nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/toewsjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Toews<\/a> have retired yet.<\/p>\n<p>Hossa is also the third Thrashers alumni to be inducted into the hall of fame, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/recchma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Recchi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chelich01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Chelios<\/a> were both inducted.<\/p>\n<p>Hossa&#8217;s number 81 will be the eighth number retired by the organization. Although, his number will not be the last. Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Crawford<\/a> will most likely have their numbers retired by the club at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Hossa&#8217;s 81 will be the most recent number retired by the organization since the number 3 was retired in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"nOr-wFl1TExZt3oJaZlxrg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1390171940\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'nOr-wFl1TExZt3oJaZlxrg',sig:'PZXjwlDHb7isITlF-mjKQa73CAJTsozdnlRE5Y4Bij8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1390171940',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks have announced that they will retire 81 to honour Marian Hossa. Hossa signed a one-day contract with the organization in order to retire a Blackhawk. We&#8217;re sending Hossa to the rafters \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/ImtnmDkNQd \u2014 Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) April 8, 2022 Marian Hossa&#8217;s Number 81 To Be Retired By Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":127594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4547,34,4548],"tags":[887],"class_list":["post-127591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blackhawks","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-marian-hossa"],"modified_by":"Noah Foster, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}