Chicago Blackhawks Analyst Eddie Olczyk Has Support Of Hockey World

Former Chicago Blackhawks forward and current TV analyst Eddie Olczyk was recently given some awful health news, but the hockey world has quickly rallied around him

The word “cancer” never brings good news. It’s a deadly disease that has taken millions of lives and has devastated even more. When someone is diagnosed with a form of cancer, it can take over who they are. It can change your perceptions on life and, even worse, your strength.

However, for Eddie Olczyk, a former Chicago Blackhawks forward and currently the team’s TV color commentator, cancer doesn’t seem likely to bring down him or his family. Especially with the entire hockey world around him, it’s cancer who has the ice tilted against it.

Olczyk was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this week, which had to be extremely difficult to take. But the entire hockey community, even the Chicago Blackhawks’ fiercest rivals, came together to join Olczyk’s fight. Come take a look.

That’s just a small sample size from around the NHL. Olczyk later responded with full gratitude from himself as well as his family during this hard time.

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It’s times like this when we remember the NHL is just one big family and that in all actuality this is all just one big community.

We wish you the best of luck during your recovery, Edzo.