The Chicago Blackhawks, like plenty of teams in the NHL, have a slew of former players who later became head coaches in the organization. There was Dirk Graham. There was Brian Sutter. There was Denis Savard. And there was also the former player who was replaced by Savard in Chicago’s coaching lineage and the subject of today’s Former Blackhawk of the Week: Trent Yawney.
Yawney, a native of Hudson Bay in Saskatchewan, was drafted by the Blackhawks in the third round (45h overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. It took Yawney three more years to make his NHL debut, though, playing in 15 games with the 1987-88 Blackhawks while scoring two goals and adding eight assists.