A local man is a million dollars richer and he's not in any way affiliated with the Chicago Blackhawks organization. He's actually a Hawks fan.
Cary Stolarczyk beat enormous odds to win a contest sponsored by the Illinois Lottery at the Wed., Jan 21 game against St. Louis.
Of the 22,000+ seats in the United Center, his seat in section 326 was the lucky one of the game. If Chicago scored with exactly 10 minutes on the clock of the second period, he'd win a million dollars.
Yeah right, right?
Not only did Martin Havlat score with 10:00 on the scoreboard, it turned out to be the Hawks' only goal of the game, as the team suffered a rare home loss 4-1. It was just their third regulation home loss of the season.
Stolarczyk said "there was a lot of cursing" when he found out he won, according to the Tribune Icing blog by the Chicago Tribune's Chris Kuc.
The story even garnered international attention. This article appeared on the Polish Web site sport.pl (also zczuba.pl).
The promotion began at the Wed., Jan. 14 game against the Buffalo Sabres. Who knew someone would actually cash in? It's funny too because I was at that game on Jan. 14, and my sister and I were joking about it -- "No way that would ever happen," I told her.
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Craig Kanalley
Craig is a native of Buffalo, N.Y., home of the chicken wing, frigid winters, the Sabres and the Bills. He is a major league sports fan and most closely follows hockey. More
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