CHICAGO — The Blackhawks are selling their home ice.
No, the United Center isn't going anywhere. The Hawks just decided to melt down the ice and sell bottles off the stuff as a souvenir item. The proceeds will go to Blackhawks charities, according to a post from the team.
No price has been announced.
The Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup in six years this June. Those other times, they won the cup while traveling; this year's victory was the first time the Hawks have won the cup on home ice in 77 years. So, this ice is a little more special than that stuff you make in a tray at home.
The Blackhawks took to Twitter to ask fans what their "goal" for the championship ice is. You can tell the team what you'd do with the ice by tweeting with the hashtag #MyIceGoal.
Here's what fans said they'll do with the ice if they get their hands on it:
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal I would add the ice to my tea and drink it. Yes, drink it. I want to have some of that flowing through my veins.
— cwaszczyk (@cwaszczyk) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal to get married in the ice.
— dawn m jones (@dmjhawks10) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks I'd sculpt it into The Stanley Cup, keep it in a freezer, And display it at the UC.
— Kam Johannesen (@KamJ333) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks Melt it, filter it, bottle it, and sell it. I want to drink greatness. #MyIceGoal
— andré albanese (@albanese_andre) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks I think you guys should do the vials again like the 2013 vials. pic.twitter.com/QQ3EBlB1V8
— Mario Lopez (@Laughingboy8) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal Somehow preserve it in a piece of plastic for all time, can't keep in freezer if power goes out!
— Jessi (Janet) Hansen (@jlhmt) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks I would like to put some of it in my backyard rink this upcoming winter.
— Mike CookieCake (@firejeep33) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #Myicegoal to have some as a souvenir to go with my Stanley Cup wedding. pic.twitter.com/hr8EzXB4LQ
— My Info (@Jima91072My) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks When the Banner is raised have the each Hawk that won the SC spray a little of the melted ice on the new ice #MyIceGoal
— Michael Keenan (@buckets3516) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal is to have some for keepsake at my hawks themed wedding next weekend @shawz15er @88PKane @keeperofthecup
— john mikrut (@mikrut101) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal give some to my mom as part of her birthday present tomorrow.
— Eli Sherman (@E_Sherman58) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks It would be nice to have a piece of the ice that my Dad stood on during the Nat'l Anthem as the featured veteran.
— Teri Stuckmann (@BHbenchmother) July 24, 2015
@NHLBlackhawks #MyIceGoal would be to pass it down to my son & keep it in the family forever. Greatness is never forgotten.
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