# RIP Stan Mikita

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322 "2018-08-09T06:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322/1 "2018-08-09T06:35:52Z")

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[Party on, Stan, party on.](https://www.nhl.com/blackhawks/news/feature-remembering-mikita-part-i---a-young-life-changed/c-299697436)

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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-mikita/819322/2 "2018-08-10T03:28:23Z")

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Grew up in Chicago. I didn’t follow hockey very closely, but I remember Mikita quite well…he, Bobby Hull, and Tony Esposito were the three great players they had at the time, if I recall correctly. I do remember that his parents had sent him to live with his aunt and uncle in Canada in hopes of giving him a better life–a story that always intrigued me.

Too bad. Another sports hero of my youth gone. I must be getting old.  
Thanks for passing on the news.