Post-career, Mikita would receive two more outstanding honors. In 2002, he was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame. And in 2011, the Blackhawks unveiled a statue of Mikita outside their ...

Stan Mikita was born as Stanislav Guoth in 1948 ... In 2002, he was also inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2011, his statue was installed outside the United Center, the home of ...

But the wound is especially deep when hockey loses a true ambassador. Stan Mikita was absolutely one of them. He passed away Tuesday at age 78. He had been battling a disease called Lewy Body ...