page_title: 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks season
section_title: Playoffs
hierarchical_section_title: 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks season / Playoffs
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Chicago Skyline vom Grant Park aus gesehen, nach dem Sieg des Hockeyteams Blackhawks im Stanley Cup 2010. English: Chicago skyline with the CNA Center showing the Chicago Blackhawks' logo, the Smurfit Stone Building saying "Go Hawks" and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower saying "Hawks Win" the night after the 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, viewed from the Petrillo Music Shell lawn in Grant Park.
context_page_description: The 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 84th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The season began on October 2, 2009, with a pair of games against the Florida Panthers in Helsinki, and ended on June 9, 2010, when the Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 in the 2010 Stanley Cup Final, giving the organization its first NHL championship since 1961 and fourth overall. For the first time since the 1996–97 season, the Blackhawks made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. The 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks were voted by fans on NHL.com as one of the top 20 greatest teams in NHL history.
context_section_description: The Chicago Blackhawks have qualified for the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time since 1996 and 1997.
  The Blackhawks have won their division for the first time since the 1992–93 season.
  The Blackhawks have reached the Western Conference Finals for the 2nd year in a row.
  On May 18, the Blackhawks tied an NHL playoff record of 7 straight wins on the road.
  Jonathan Toews set a franchise playoff record on May 21 by earning a point in 12 consecutive games, breaking Stan Mikita's record. His streak ended at 13 games after failing to register a point in game one of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals
  On May 23, the Blackhawks won their first Conference Final since the 1991–92 season.
  Marian Hossa became the first player in history to make three consecutive Stanley Cup Finals with three different teams after accomplishing the feat with the 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins and 2009 Detroit Red Wings
  Jonathan Toews became the 25th member of hockey's Triple Gold Club after winning the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks, an Olympic gold medal with Canada earlier in the year, and a World Championship, also with Canada, in 2007.
  The Stanley Cup win gave the city of Chicago the distinction of being the only city to have at least a championship in each of the four professional sports leagues since 1985, following championships by the Bears in Super Bowl XX, the Bulls in the 1990s, (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) and the White Sox in 2005.
caption: Chicago skyline with the CNA Center showing the Chicago Blackhawks' logo, the Smurfit-Stone Building saying Go Hawks and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower saying Hawks win the night after the Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, viewed from the Petrillo Music Shell lawn in Grant Park
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