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Loud and proud, Hawks fans send a message

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Young or old, Blackhawks fans love to dress the part and show their true colors in support of the franchise.

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Blackhawks fans have accounted for 214 consecutive sellouts in the regular season, and playoff games at the hottest ticket in Chicago.

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With fans on their feet, the Blackhawks celebrate a goal by center Andrew Shaw in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series against Minnesota.

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If there is a fan base in North America so fervent or ubiquitous, it can be no better than tied for first with the ladies and gentlemen and children who follow the Blackhawks wherever they go. When Rocky Wirtz took over as chairman of this franchise in 2007, it was assumed that the process of reviving interest in the Blackhawks and retrieving lost generations of fans would be gradual, maybe difficult. Instead, the sleeping giant of the NHL has risen as hoped, because the Blackhawks are as endemic to this city's winters as shivering and shoveling.

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