Blackhawks Hall of Famer Stan Mikita dies at 78

[lunasun]

CHICAGO – He’s one of the icons of the franchise, a player that lives on for generations after he stopped playing.

Today the memories of Stan Mikita are being shared by the Blackhawks and the fans of the organization after his passing at the age of 78.

The team announced the death in the a news release on Tuesday along with a statement from the family.

“With great sorrow, the Mikita family announces that Stan passed away on Tuesday August 7, 2018 at the age of 78,” was part of the release from the Mikita family. “He was surrounded by his loving family whom he fiercely loved. Details of planned services will be released when they become available.
https://wgntv.com/2018/08/07/blackhawks-hall-of-famer-stan-mikita-dies-at-78/

[True Dough]

1. Legend

He'll be remembered for a lot of reasons...

[lunasun]

3. +1

Myers

A lot of Wayne’s World is a transposing of my growing up in the suburbs of Toronto. One of the things that we would do is go to Tim Horton’s donuts out in Scarborough. It’s very flat and suburban. We needed a location for Wayne and Garth to hang out. We needed to [put the] people [in] the world, because it was in the basement on the TV show [Saturday Night Live]. We needed to have it be Wayne’s world, outside of the basement, so we thought Tim Horton’s, [but] because it was Chicago, [it] could be Stan Mikita.

As a kid, I remember there were certain teams and players that we liked to call defoliants, i.e., they would destroy the Leafs. Stan Mikita was one of those guys who seemed to always score a clutch goal against us. And he was a fantastic centerman. He’d often get a Gordie Howe hat trick—a goal, an assist and a fight. We just wished he played for the Leafs, basically. He said he’d allow us to use [his name and likeness] for Stan Mikita’s Donuts, and that he’d come down and be part of the film. I was humbled in his presence. I didn’t know what to say, because I get very star-struck around hockey players. It was just a fantastic experience.

[shenmue]

2. Rest in peace

[cloudbase]

4. R.I.P. Stash. n/t

[dhill926]

5. an all time great....

and life long Blackhawk....great guy as well....

[Docreed2003]

6. A legend on the ice...rip

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. Oh, the memories . . .

Stan the Man. Gone to play in the Bigs in the sky.

Thanks for the cliff-hangers, the nail-biters and the goals, Stan. They don't make 'em like you anymore.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. One Of Those "Always in The Right Place" Guys

His goal scoring seemed mostly a function that he saw the ice and just knew where to be all the time.

That is a particular skill. Everyone in the NHL can skate fast and shoot hard. But, just knowing where the right place to be nearly all the time is an innate talent.

Stan sure had it.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Stosh will always be my favorite pro athlete.

I got to meet him. He was a heck of a nice guy, and very funny. I'm glad he at least was alive when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, unlike my other favorite, Ron Santo.

[lunasun]

10. Yeah Ron Santo a shame it took so long . I hear ya on both of them