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CHICAGO (AP) – 9:25 a.m. CDT
Where’s the Stanley Cup?
That’s the question of the moment in Chicago after the Blackhawks won their third championship on Monday night.
By Tuesday morning, the city’s hockey fans were posting on Twitter using hashtags like (hash)cuptracker and following accounts like (at)WheresTheCup trying to find the trophy.
Fans posted their pictures with the Stanley Cup and messaged each other updates on where they think the trophy is and which player was hoisting it in jubilation.
A bar in the West Loop neighborhood? A restaurant in River North? The United Center? This is the Blackhawks’ third time winning the Stanley Cup in six years and tracking the trophy is becoming something of a post-victory tradition.
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8:45 a.m. CDT
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will host a ”world class” celebration for the Blackhawks in the coming days to celebrate the team’s Stanley Cup win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Emauel called the Blackhawks ”hockey’s new dynasty” in a statement released after Monday night’s 2-0 Game 6 win, which was the team’s third in the past six seasons.
The mayor says this year’s championship is even sweeter because the Blackhawks won it in front of their home fans for the first time since 1938.
Celebrations began before the final horn, as thousands of fans spilled out into the streets from bars near Wrigley Field. They may have been even wilder had rain not forced the postponement of the Cubs’ Monday night home game against the Cleveland Indians.