The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the NHL. They have won three Stanley Cup Championships and thirteen division titles since their founding in 1926. The Blackhawks are one of the Original Six NHL teams, along with the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings.

Like all NHL teams for the 2007-08 NHL season, the Chicago Blackhawks unveiled Edge jerseys from the Reebok Company. Unlike other clubs, Chicago did not deviate much from previous jerseys with small exceptions. Blackhawks hockey jerseys had a new collar with NHL logo and a ‘baseball-style’ cut along the bottom The Blackhawks have brought back their black third jerseys for several games in 2008-09 after a one-year absence. For the 2009 Winter Classic, the Blackhawks wore jerseys based on the design worn in the 1936-37 season. The jersey is predominantly black jersey with a large beige stripe across the chest (also on the sleeves), with a red border, and an old-style circular Black Hawks logo.