As we, at WGN Radio, prepare to welcome the Chicago Blackhawks into the “Century Club,” we are celebrating Chicago’s Original 6 hockey organization by highlighting over 100 players, coaches, executives, broadcasters and personalities that have been a part of Blackhawks’ 100-year history. Every weekday leading up to and through the 2025-26 season, you will hear about a different all-time Blackhawks figure in both the morning and afternoon WGN Radio sports reports, and here on WGNRadio.com. Several eras of Chicago hockey will be represented in our profiles, voiced by Dave Eanet, Andy Masur, Charlie Roumeliotis, Kevin Powell and Jack Heinrich.

We previously covered Rick Ball. Next up:

by Kevin Powell

A 4-time All-Star goalie, Nikolai Khabibulin signed a 4-year $27 million contract with the Blackhawks in 2005. After winning the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Khabibulin was a key piece of the Blackhawks’ rebuild and a member of the 2009 club that made the Western Conference Final. Khabibulin returned to Chicago in 2014 but was limited to just 4 games due to injury, and called it a career after 18 seasons in the NHL.

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