Chris Chelios' full speech before his jersey was raised to the rafters at the United Center

On Sunday, the Blackhawks honored Chris Chelios by retiring his No. 7 and raising it in the rafters and retiring the number. Watch his full speech here
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WATCH: Chris Chelios' full speech before his jersey was raised to the rafters at the United Center
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[@andrewboudreau5279]

I can’t believe Cheli is 62. The man is a beast! Congrats on tonight!

[@vrwgq3q]

the man is dedicated to fitness and perfection. I'd imagine guys like Lidstrom as well won't end up looking like Keith Tkachuk (who is 10 years younger) and Bruce Beaudreau who is only 6 years older lol

[@javelldunn3379]

Congrats Chris Chelios on your jersey retired you deserve it ❤

[@jasonschell6036]

Man, Chris is my childhood. This was so awesome to see. Wish I could've been there. Go Hawks!

[@leonardotherapydog7677]

Cheli is a total Chicago Class Act! He was my hero on and off the ice growing up. Met him in person back in the day when they had Skate on State in Chicago. Congrats Cheli!!!

[@krs5115]

In his hometown is so great, happy for chelios

[@connerbrandon9492]

Great Player Congrats Chris Chelios

[@Jude74]

So awesome. I was there ❤. So grateful. ❤❤❤

[@bobcleveland7316]

Awesome!! What a great speech!! Congratulations Cheli!!

[@jurajkukan6626]

Mr Chelios, I started to watch hockey since 1993 when I was 12. You were my hero as Captain of Blackhawks ❤. Congratulations to your achievements. All the best for you and your family Mr Chelios

[@user-os1qs2cz6r]

AMAZING!

[@justinmedeiros5202]

Don't go stealing my thunder... greatest foreshadowing ever

[@marcwarren4393]

Class act! 👍👍

[@GIANTLEAPPROJECT]

Cheli has spoken in class today!!!

[@madjoker886]

Congratulations M.Chelios! Well derserved! from a montreal fan.

[@brhien77]

just a great day...Cheli's number getting hoisted and Kaner getting the game winner. gotta be the first time Chicago ever cheered a Detroit win.

[@oldhawk1985]

Great speech! Chelios is Chicago. Chicago is Chelios. I love how Seabrook had Chelios sweater on. Eddie Vedder and Chris probably had some crazy times back in the day, Jordan and Rodman too. #7 forever

[@airzee33]

Chelios is Detroit. He isn’t Chicago. Him and Kane are trash.

[@rrdls19]

@@airzee33 whatever you say

[@krs5115]

Pretty cool shout out for his old neighborhood childhood hockey teams.

[@022171]

Pretty cool to see Seabs representing Cheli with the "C" over the 7. We all know whose name was on the back of that sweater.

[@ab3zradsjkhdsagwqiu]

He looks 50

[@andrews4017]

Shit he could probably still lace them up and outperform all our defensemen outside of Vlasic

[@buzzmessinger4510]

He looks like he can still play. He is a credit to all who loves life.

[@buzzmessinger4510]

Cheli is a class act. In Chicago or Detroit. The man is a credit to America. God bless Cheli.

[@teresahutchins8532]

He is the best!

[@tjhogan24]

Legend

[@tyreepowell8367]

Thank You Chris Chelios Chicago Will Always Love You

[@airzee33]

No way. He was a traitor that went to Detroit. Screw him.

[@alexanderredlin8493]

Wow what a dream yo this is incredible

[@RebeccaGauthier]

TR Goodman his trainer is a LEGEND!!!

[@sudsysutherland359]

It was really funny when Chelios said to Patrick Kane about being a “Red Wing” but to remember that you’ll always be a “Blackhawk” & then proceeds to say to Kane this is my day & don’t steal my thunder this evening & then “Kane” goes out & scores the o.t. winning goal🥅 lol 😂

[@lewismooney3941]

He won with Detroit! Go wings! Hahahaha! Sorry I couldn’t help myself!

[@cheeseburger12]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@cameronfranke8566]

As a wings I kinda feel he deserved to be in the rafters in Detroit cause didn’t he win two cups in Detroit and learned a lot more from the red wing legends back then,he may have always loved Chicago I get that but something is telling me that’s not how it works in sports,I mean he won with Montreal in 86 I think and 2002 and 2008 with Detroit.so the team he had more success with was the redwings i mean what did he do in Chicago in his career,it doesn’t really matter anymore,what matters is I’m happy for him.REDWINGS LEGEND,LGRW

[@Jay-ci4to]

He wasn’t that impactful in Detroit as he was in Chicago

[@RampageRich]

Two Norris trophies in Chicago none in Detroit

[@chickenfkeryay]

Two norris trophies in chicago, hawks went to the finals and lost to super mario. He spent as much time in chicago as he did in detroit. He came to chicago as a great defenseman with a cup win and a norris during his time with the canadians

[@Jets228]

30 minutes speech wow

[@rhythmindset6996]

My goodness if there was one ticket to buy this whole year, it was for this game.

[@injerin3705]

One of the greats! Great speech.

[@Ordzo88]

Lol now I wonder how drunk he got the night before 😂 mentioned it multiple times

[@maryrickert9220]

Our Lady of Mt Carmel, pray for us

[@luketdrifter2100]

When your words make Eddie Vedder cry

[@m.e.l.3968]

I believe Chicago realizes its mistake. The Red Wings Fans Thank You. 😊

[@matthewgrice6902]

👍

[@airzee33]

Very strange for the Hawks to retire his jersey. He wasn’t there long and his career years were in Detroit. Smh

[@kieferclarkf1674]

Did something happen to his son Dean? He doesn’t look well.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

gardiner, seibert, max bentley, gottselig tha list goes on shame on u wirtz family

[@teresahutchins8532]

What?

[@thomasnealls6876]

Don't think it was a great speech. It was OK. He only gave tribute to Chicago, Sad he did not give love to other teams that made HIM possible. But WHAT an ending to that game. GO DETROIT

[@chickenfkeryay]

His number was retired w the hawks and not the whole nhl. His speech was fitting. Im not a hawks fan either

[@P.Diddler]

Does a ot winner count as stealing his thunder 😂

[@tonyakolassa7642]

Wasr😂🎉. Was. SweargDissing. Redwings.

[@rebeccashanley9102]

That was great but he TOTALLY DISSED DETROIT!!!! Lost a lot of respect.....! We loved and supported him all the time he played with us!

[@timcassidy7730]

hes in chicago...what did you expect?

[@rebeccashanley9102]

@@timcassidy7730 some respect for the 10 years as a Redwing

[@redsky8763]

They could've retired his number years ago but they waited til the team sunk to the bottom. That's how the Hawks owners operate . . just to fool their fanbase. The Bears do the same too. Cheli didn't deserve this treatment.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

embarrassing

[@asshat23871]

troll

[@TomManning-cs4el]

I feel asleep 😂😂😂😂 what a waste of time 😂😂😂😂 I don't care about Chris chelios.... I was a his bar and watched every married player take off their ring and hit on my friend 😂😂😂😂😂😂