Blackhawks announcer Pat Foley shared a great Belfour story during the second period Thursday.
Apparently, when the team signed Belfour, it also brought in veteran goalie Bob Mason. The two newest Blackhawks goalies had a joint presser.
"Mason was the big story," Foley said on the air. "And Eddie sat there on the side and I don't think anybody ever asked him a question. Nobody knew who he was. No he had just won a National Championship with North Dakota. But nobody in Chicago knew anything about him. He never got asked a question. I have always, in the back of my mind thought, he always played with an edge, he always played with something of a chip on his shoulder and I think it started that day. Throughout his entire career, he said 'I'm going to prove these people wrong, I'm going to show them who I am.' And he wound up in the Hall of Fame as the third winningest goaltender in the history of the league."