Stanley Cup show and tell in Northville, Mich.

This is what the suburban kids of Chicago are missing out on because of the Blackhawks and their no-championship since 1961 ways. The lucky ducks are clearly on the other side of Lake Michigan, specifically the kids at Hillside Middle School who are classmates of the kiddos ofRed Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom.

A friend of The Heat Index's bookie, who teaches in Northville passed along this note.

Here's a great example of what "show and tell" is like in Northville
Public Schools:

Two of Nick Lidstrom's sons are students at Hillside Middle School.
Yesterday, they brought in to school THE Stanley Cup to show everyone
there.