"If Brendan Morrison needed a lesson about what it means to be a Blackhawk, he'd have been hard-pressed to find a better place to begin that education than the stadium he called home for eight seasons.

One of the most beloved players ever to take the ice for the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena, Morrison returned Tuesday to the city where he still lives during the offseason, but as a newly added member of one of the Hawks' most bitter rivals.

''It was a tough game, a hard-fought game, a playoff-type game,'' Morrison said."