Frank Nazar Will Make His Michigan Debut Tonight!

Frank Nazar 2022 NHL Draft Blackhawks
Frank Nazar 2022 NHL Draft Blackhawks

You know what I really needed on a Friday afternoon at the end of a really long week? Good news.

Thank you, University of Michigan, for providing said big, GREAT news.

Double-take? Yeah, me too. I spy with my little eye a Blackhawks logo at center on the third line tonight.

That’s right people. Frank Nazar has been activated.

It’s go time!

Nazar was the 13th overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft by the Blackhawks, the first-round pick they received in the trade that sent Kirby Dach to Montreal. He’s got wheels for DAYS, but a lower-body injury that required some medical attention has kept him off the ice all season.

Until now.

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Tab Bamford has been writing about the Chicago Blackhawks for almost two decades. He joined Bleacher Nation as the lead Blackhawks writer in May 2022. Tab is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and is the author of two books about the Blackhawks: "100 Things Blackhawks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (Triumph Books) and "Chicago Blackhawks: An Illustrated Timeline" (Reedy Press, 2021). Find him on Twitter/X/Instagram/Threads at @The1Tab

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