Corey Crawford drops F-bomb (again) at Chicago Blackhawks victory rally

Stanley Cup champs the Chicago Blackhawks were cheered by their hometown crowd in the Windy City Thursday morning after their triumph over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The 2-0 win in Game 6 of the series Monday night was the Blackhawks’ third Stanley Cup win in six years but the first on home ice since 1938.

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And for the second time in as many rallies, the team’s Châteauguay, Quebec-born goalie Corey Crawford celebrated the victory with some colourful language, despite a promise to keep it clean.

“F**in’ right, Chicago,” the 30-year-old shouted to the sea of red jersey-clad fans at Soldier Field.

“I’m going to try to be a little more professional,” Crawford said a day earlier, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I owe it to all the mothers in the crowd.”

It’s not known if any mothers or fathers in the crowd rushed to cover their children’s ears, but they may have been familiar with Crawford’s affinity for the expletive.

Even Winnipeg-born left winger Patrick Sharp warned it might be wise to invest in a muzzle for Crawford this year, after an f-bomb at the mic two years ago.

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At the 2013 victory rally, after the Blackhawks won 3-2 over the Boston Bruins in the last 90 seconds of Game 6, Crawford (sans playoff beard) exclaimed the exact same phrase.

More than 60,000 free tickets were made available for the fans to attend the victory rally, where team captain Jonathan Toews, also a Winnipeger, got a hero’s welcome after being the leading scorer for the team this season.

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“We all grew up dreaming of winning the Stanley Cup and to be able to be able to hoist this thing, but to do it on home ice and in front of you guys, in front of our fans, and to share this with you guys, the best fans in the world, doesn’t get any better than this.”

“Maybe the only way it does get better is if we win four,” Toews said.

All three Blackhawks Stanley Cup wins in the past six seasons were with 27-year-old Toews as captain.

And if you thought you’d seen enough mentions of Winnipeg in this post, the so-called Chicago of the North, has another hometown boy to brag about this season — defenceman and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Duncan Keith. Keith was the “unanimous choice” for MVP of the playoffs, according to NHL.com.