![Heritage Moments: A boy leaves home and crosses the ocean, with no idea he'll become a hockey star | WBFO Heritage Moments: A boy leaves home and crosses the ocean, with no idea he'll become a hockey star | WBFO](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/legacy/sites/wbfo/files/201803/stan_mikita_cropped.jpg)
Heritage Moments: A boy leaves home and crosses the ocean, with no idea he'll become a hockey star | WBFO
![National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on Twitter: "Have you seen Stan Mikita's statue at the @UnitedCenter in Chicago? The Blackhawks unveiled these statues of Hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Hull National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on Twitter: "Have you seen Stan Mikita's statue at the @UnitedCenter in Chicago? The Blackhawks unveiled these statues of Hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Hull](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYeLQiTX0AAKXa9.jpg)
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on Twitter: "Have you seen Stan Mikita's statue at the @UnitedCenter in Chicago? The Blackhawks unveiled these statues of Hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Hull
Stan Mikita did TWO THINGS that changed the entire NHL forever. He effectively invented the curved stick blade AND he was one of the first players to... | By Greg Morris Cards -
![National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on Twitter: "Happy birthday, Stan Mikita! The Slovak-born Canadian professional hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks was born in this day in 1940. Not only National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library on Twitter: "Happy birthday, Stan Mikita! The Slovak-born Canadian professional hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks was born in this day in 1940. Not only](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYdzqdsVAAEhALt.jpg)