Players choose their numbers for a myriad of reasons.



Some are superstitious. Some do it based on their childhood idols. Some have other odd reasons. Some even have no choice in the matter.



So over the last few months, every Blackhawks player (some who are currently in the AHL) was asked the same question:



Why did you choose your jersey number?



Here’s what they said.



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Duncan Keith, 2: That was the number I got when I had it in my stall in Norfolk when I got sent down [to the AHL] when I was 20. Stuck with me every since. No idea.



Niklas Hjalmarsson, 4: I just think that No. 4 fits my game a little bit. At least for me, it’s a more of defensive-minded number, low number, something I think about when I hear No. 4. Maybe that was something that had to do with it, and no one had the number obviously, so it was open.



Michal Kempny, 6: [through an interpreter] I wore No. 3 for awhile, but 3 [Pierre Pilote] is hanging up there. So 6 has always been my number for the national team.



Brent Seabrook, 7: I wore it as a kid. I always liked the No. 7. I was 77 and 27 in summer hockey. I always liked 7, and I was lucky enough to have it. I always just sort of stuck with it. It was the jersey they gave me in juniors, which I was pretty pumped about, and the jersey that they gave me here. It’s pretty...