NHL: June 2008 Archives

DETROIT -- While going to a Tigers game in June has its own set of benefits, Saturday's home game in Detroit went above and beyond mainly because of the establishment former Blackhawks defender Chris Chelios owns.

Cheli's Chili Bar sits beside Comerica Park, and on Saturday it was host to the Stanley Cup. Chelios, Nicklas Lindstrom, Kris Draper and company did there best to give the good people of Detroit a chance to embrace the most unique trophy in all of sports over and over again inside and outside Cheli's.

This reporter took advantage.

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.