Cubs legend Jenkins connects on shot from center ice at Blackhawks game

Fergie Jenkins spent his career as a Major League Baseball pitcher aiming for, and usually hitting, the right spots with his pitches.

Based on his performance at the Chicago Blackhawks game at United Center on Thursday, the Hall of Famer's still got it.
Jenkins connected on his first attempt at Shoot the Puck during the second intermission of Chicago's 3-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. A right-handed pitcher, Jenkins shot the puck left-handed from center ice and managed to get the puck in one of the small targets in the net.

The 80-year-old is in Chicago to take part in the 2023 Cubs Convention, which began Friday and runs through Sunday at the Sheraton Grand.
Hockey certainly runs in Jenkins' blood. He was a Junior B defenseman while growing up in Chatham, Ontario, which is approximately 295 miles southwest of Toronto. He told NHL.com in December 2008 that his hockey career ended when baseball came calling.
"During my last (Junior B) season, I was getting ready to sign with the (Philadelphia) Phillies," Jenkins said. "They expected me to show up healthy, so I figured I better quit aggravating the hip. There just wasn't enough padding in the pelvis pad back then. So I stopped playing before the hockey season ended."

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, Jenkins was 284-226 with a 3.34 earned-run average in 664 career games with the Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. He spent most of his career with the Cubs (1966-73, 1982-83) and won the National League Cy Young Award in 1971, awarded annually to the top pitcher in each league, when he led MLB with 24 wins and 30 complete games.