Duncan Keith's been to the United Center hundreds of times before, but on Wednesday, he took a new route there.
Keith walked through a stick tunnel created by the Edmonton Oilers to welcome the veteran defenseman back to the United Center. Keith spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, winning three Stanley Cup championships and a Conn Smythe Trophy. Wednesday is his first game back in Chicago since getting traded to the Oilers this summer.
The players taped "D.K." and "#2" on the walls of the locker room and laid out a red carpet leading to Keith's locker. He was all smiles while high fiving his teammates after. "It was a little bit odd that the camera guy was following me walking into the room,"
. "I turned the corner, and they had the halo sticks there. It was niceā¦ The teammates here have been great and I'm lucky to be a part of another great organization in the Oilers."
