The crowd erupted in a rally towel-waving frenzy when right wing Dylan Guenther buried a one-timer into the back of the net for the Utah Hockey Club’s first-ever goal. The place blew up again about 10 minutes later when Keller put one past Chicago goaltender Petr Mrazek after a Blackhawks’ turnover at the blue line.

I went to my very first NHL game Tuesday night to watch the Utah Hockey Club versus the Chicago Blackhawks in the team's inaugural season opener at the Delta Center. State of play: Prior to this, I had only been to one Utah Valley University men's ice hockey game (go Wolverines!

In the second period, Hawks center Philipp Kurashev had an open far-side shot on Connor Ingram but drew iron. Bedard’s main wing last season, Kurashev played on the second line with Taylor Hall and Tyler Bertuzzi on Tuesday.