Bob\u2019s contributions to the organization led to eight division titles among 20 consecutive postseason appearances, all part of a 28-season playoff streak that still stands as the second longest in NHL history. Responsible for drafting numerous pillars of the franchise, he leaves a lasting imprint that is still present today in every facet of our organization: from Denis Savard and Jeremy Roenick who would become Team Ambassadors, to players-turned-broadcasters Troy Murray and Eddie Olczyk, to Jimmy Waite who serves as today\u2019s goaltending coach, to Dave Bolland and Bryan Bickell who together would put two goals in 17 seconds into Blackhawks lore.<\/p>\n
As we reflect on his life and legacy, I am particularly struck that Bob contributed to more than a quarter of our organization\u2019s 100-year heritage. We are grateful for his leadership and devotion to the sport, which will forever be part of our club\u2019s history. This is a tremendous loss for the Blackhawks and the hockey world at large, and on behalf of the Wirtz family, I extend our deepest condolences to the Pulford family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob\u2019s contributions to the organization led to eight division titles among 20 consecutive postseason appearances, all part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-394206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}