Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman passes his passion for hockey to his 3 kids … and they love the game too

The conversation among Sue Wojciechowski's new co-workers was full of typical small talk until one day, shortly after she started at accounting firm Arthur Andersen, it took an odd turn.

One of the people at lunch began to pepper another - a guy named Stan - with questions about hockey contracts. Wojciechowski didn't find that strange.

But she did find it unusual that the questioner was so interested to know what Stan's father thought.

Wojciechowski, who knew almost nothing about hockey, found this rather comical. So she began to joke about what her father - a Franklin Park policeman - thought about the issue.

"Everybody, especially the guy asking the question, got really quiet," Wojciechowski said. "And the guy asking the question