The professional athletes in Chicago congratulated the Blackhawks players after winning the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.
Cubs players Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Jason Hammel, Bears players Alshon Jeffery and Kevin White, and Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic tweeted after the Blackhawks clinched the Stanley Cup.
Congrats boys @NHLBlackhawks pic.twitter.com/bQ690Yp8k6
— Anthony Rizzo (@ARizzo44) June 16, 2015
Congrats to the Hawks and the city of Chicago. Well deserved!! #StanleyCup #Champs @NHLBlackhawks pic.twitter.com/hLM6XyU3Px
— Kris Bryant (@KrisBryant_23) June 16, 2015
Congrats to the @NHLBlackhawks! At home bringing it home!!! @CoreyCrawford27 is clutch. What a season fellas! #Champs pic.twitter.com/l223m54glm
— Jason Hammel (@HammelTime39) June 16, 2015
Let's gooooooooo!!!!!!
— Kevin White (@mrkevinwhite) June 16, 2015
And Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne was at the United Center, celebrating when the clock struck zeros.
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The Blackhawks have won three Stanley Cups in six years, and the other Chicago professional teams haven’t won a championship since the White Sox won the World Series in 2005.