The Chicago Black Hawks is Chicago’s professional Hockey team, being in the Central Division and Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is part of the Original Six NHL Teams, founded in 1926. The Black Hawks first few seasons were played inside the Chicago Coliseum, moving into the newly built Chicago Stadium in 1929. The Black Hawks became the Blackhawks in 1986, although Chicagoans will forever call them the Hawks. The team skated at the Stadium until 1994, when it moved into the then newly built United Center. The Chicago Blackhawks have won 6 Stanley Cups: 1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013, and 2015.
Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Bulls use the United Center to play their home games at. The building also houses both teams front offices. The arena opened in 1994, replacing the Chicago Stadium for both teams. It holds 19,717 spectators for hockey, 22,428 with Standing Room Only.
The Chicago Stadium was finished in 1929 and was the largest indoor arena at the time. It was air conditioned, which tended to create fog inside. This is the original Madhouse on Madison. It initially held 26,000 spectators, but only 18,472 when it closed in 1994.
The third Chicago Coliseum was built from parts of Libby Prison from the Civil War in 1899. In 1926 it constructed an ice rink for the newly founded Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL to play hockey. This arena held about 6000 spectators.