Blackhawks fans, shops cheer end to NHL lockout
(MCT) — As soon as he heard the Chicago Blackhawks may soon be lacing up to play, Jim Boffa took his family out for a celebratory lunch near the United Center to toast the end of a 113-day NHL lockout.
"I didn't think it was going to happen," the 52-year-old Northbrook man said as he stood beside his wife and three children inside the Palace Grill restaurant on Madison Street.
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