A lot of Blackhawks fans know about the Hall of Fame career Denis Savard had and the spin-o-ramas and other unbelievable plays he was able to make. But, they might not know how he was able to make a lot of them.
According to former teammate Steve Konroyd, currently a Blackhawks analyst and color commentator with NBC Sports Chicago, there's a specific reason Savard was so aware on the ice.
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"I remember talking to him after he retired about just the way he could maneuver and know where guys were on the ice and (how he) had that sixth sense about what was gonna be open," Konroyd said over the phone recently. "And he said that back in Montreal, he played on this huge football field that was frozen. It was like a big ice rink and there'd be six games going on. He said they weren't organized.
"They'd be criss-crossing each other, there'd be nets one end to the other and then there'd be two other nets that would be diagonal to that first rink. He said you had to keep your head up the whole time and be aware of who was on your team and who's playing in another game. And he really thinks that that's what helped him become the player he was."
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