Al Suomi played for the Blackhawks for five games between 1936-1937. Suomi had been playing semi-pro hockey in Detroit when he got a telegram from the Blackhawks to come to Chicago.
Suomi played for five games while the team experimented with an "all-American" line in favor of Canadian-born players.
He lives in suburban LaGrange Highlands--and still roots for the Blackhawks, of course.
