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Can you identify this Blackhawks star?

By  Rob Ogden
   
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Everybody likes a good throwback photo, even if it’s not Thursday.

Check out three-year-old Jonathan Toews munching on a bowl of cereal, circa 1991.

The Blackhawks captain was drafted by Chicago in the first round of the 2006 draft, 15 years after this photo was taken.

Last week he became the third player in Blackhawks history to record 20 goals or more in each of his first nine NHL seasons.

Stats via Hockey-Reference.

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