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The Chicago Blackhawks pose for a team photo after defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime to win the Stanley Cup in Game Six on June 9 in Philadelphia. (Getty Images photo)
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What’s almost exciting to a Blackhawks fan as winning the Stanley Cup? Free Hawks gear! OK, maybe we exaggerate just a little, but we asked readers last week to send in responses to the questions below for a chance to win free Blackhawhks hats, shirts and more!

Adina Forbes
Junior, Bradley-Bourbonnais

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… being able to see them win the Stanley Cup
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A Flyer is someone who decides that orange and black look good together when it isn't Halloween. A Flyer may also be defined as the 2010 Stanley Cup losers
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I would display it in a bulletproof glass display so when I have a party to show it off, it wouldn’t have a single scratch on it

Alicia Daniels
Senior, Carl Sandburg

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… it’s better than being a Philadelphia fan
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Something that says: “Have you seen this dog?”
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Charge $5 a person to have friends and family look at my rented possession

Kyle Williams
Junior, Carl Sandburg

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… unlike the Chicago Cubs, we actually win games!
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A fan of a losing team
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Use it to catch the tears of Philadelphia Flyers fans after they lose!

Patrice V. Pirpiris
Freshman, Taft

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… you’re a fan of the 2010 Stanley Cup champs!
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A team that will NEVER win the Stanley Cup as long as they are playing the Blackhawks!
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Charge people to take a picture with it and every night I would sleep with the Stanley Cup iny arms!!

Graham Harboe
Junior, Francis W. Parker

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
That my ANTTI allows me to watch the games without hitting me with the SHARP edge of her KANE. Plus they always score lots of goals so during the games, she can never get MADDENed by me and instead she is EAGER to tell me I'm a good LADD. My favorite part of being a Hawks fan is that they win sooooo many games and after every win my ANTTI and I take a walk along the SEABROOK singing “Chelsea Dagger.”
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A “Flyer” is a person that wants an excuse to wear an ugly, orange-colored jersey. They wanted orange because it was the closest thing to Hawks red without actually being it. That’s because they know they will never be the Hawks
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Eat my meals from it. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. I’d get a throne too, so I could sit on the throne and eat from the Cup, like the true king Stanley would want me to be with his Cup

Tanya Mookerji
Senior, Barrington

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… the food at all the parties during their games
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A loser
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Take it with me everywhere I go and make everyone jealous

Lynda Lopez
Senior, Prosser

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… that it makes you forget about the other sports teams in Chicago
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A Flyer is a Blackhawk reject
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Display it in a glass case and charge people to view it

Emily McInerney
Junior, John Hancock

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… all the bragging rights and seeing all the hot players
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
“Hockey team that is going to lose horribly and should give up now before them embarrass themselves and their city.”
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Drink EVERYTHING out of it and upload tons of pictures onto Facebook

Matt Bator
Sophomore, Whitney Young

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
... hearing “Chelsea Dagger” after every goal
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A person who flies at the sight of danger. Like if they ran away when their well-being was jeopardized. Or someone who can fly (with wings of course)
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Drink out of it, eat out of it, weight lift with it, make a fish tank out of it, use it as a disco ball, hoist it as if I actually won it, take pictures of me holding it like is it was my child, and much, much more

Joy Schram
Freshman, Taft

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… you’re a Hawks fan!
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Something the Philadelphia Flyers will be passing out wondering why they didn't win the Cup! :)
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Stare at it in awe

Ryan Fau
Senior, Carl Sandburg

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… we get to watch the best team in the NHL play with seven Olympians
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
I would tell you, but I’ll just let urban dictionary tell you what a flyer really is
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Give it to the Blackhawks

Abesh Ahmed Aziz
Senior, Lincoln Park

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… winning the Stanley Cup. We know what it is
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Ironically, if it’s from Philadelphia, not very fly
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Naturally, drink liquids out of it. Haul it around town getting pictures with other fans and people discussing the failures of the other teams

Omar Khawam
Freshman, Lincoln Park

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… the fact that you can actually brag that they are good without being wrong
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Someone who is lucky to be in the Stanley Cup Finals and has no chance against the Blackhawks
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Take some soda and drink out of it

Daniel Gutierrez
Senior, George Washington

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… dancing and singing along to the song “Chelsea Dagger” in your living room after a Hawks player scores
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
The smell that comes from a milk bottle that has a small amount of milk in it and that has been sitting out for the sun to hit it for a few days
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Take it to the park everyday and have everyone in my neighborhood touch it and take pictures with Mr. Stanley

Alfredo Alvarez
Senior, Prosser

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… being revived from the years of BlackHawk Dark Ages. :D
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Rifle shot for the puck, SCCOOORREE!!!!!!
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I’d take it with me to work, go swim with it at Lake MIchigan, then vacation at Philadelphia with it. ^_^

Farouq A
Senior, Lincoln Park

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… the awesome ability to see the Hawks own the competition!
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A Flyer is a bird that thinks it’s strong until it met the Hawks, and now it’s fighting a battle that it will inevitably lose!
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I'd take it around town in Philly and say: “Hey, remember that Cup that you thought you'd get this year? Well, feast your eyes on this!” Then I'd run away while they gathered their pitchforks and torches to chase me with

Garrett Smith
Senior, Highland Park

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… knowing that your team has the best home jerseys (excuse me, sweaters) in all of professional sports
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Filly
Loser
You
Enjoy
Ridiculing
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I would eat cereal out of it every morning while listening to “Chelsea Dagger” on repeat

Michael Nge
Senior, Bartlett

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… watching the Hawks win! And going crazy every time “Chelsea Dagger” is played
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Someone who shies away from bodychecks
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I would use it as a cup to drink from! And take a million pictures with it

Marissa Nge
Freshman, Bartlett

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
... is going crazy when they score!!
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
Someone who's too scared to go near the puck and “flys” away
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
I would take lots of pics with it!!

Kate K
Freshman, Marist

Finish this statement: The best thing about being a Blackhawks fan is ...
… the season hasn’t ended yet. We’re still in it right up until the end
By your definition, what is a “Flyer”?
A “Flyer” is a group of hockey players out of Philadelphia about to be grounded by a group of BLACKHAWKS!!!
If you got to keep the Stanley Cup for a week, what would you do with it?
Tour with it, so many devoted Blackhawk fans could see it up close



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