Behind that adorable Chicago Blackhawks prom proposal

Last week we published an image of an enterprising young man who used Chicago Blackhawks player names as puns on a prom proposal sign.

Kane you believe it went viral? Oduya know that didn’t make us Saad at all?!

We asked for the backstory on the proposal, and we received an email from Dawn Starr, who is a bit of an insider on this subject – being that her son Joe Starr is the one who created the Blackhawks prom message.

From Dawn:

He's an 18 year old LaGrange resident and is a senior at Lyons Township High School. He's headed to Ball State University in the fall to study sports management. The girl is Valeria (Val) Garcia from Cicero who attends J.S. Morton High School.  

They met through friends, but the relationship is fairly new. Joe played water polo at Lyons Township for two years on the J.V. team, and he has volunteered at Morton High School for the girls water polo team for the past two years.  

While Joe loves all professional sports, Val is an intense Hawks fan, which led Joe to the idea of the prom-posal. Joe's older sister helped Joe to create the presentation, but it was all Joe's idea.

Val said "Yes," and they are looking forward to prom later this month.  I'm a middle school English teacher, so I'll take some credit for his creative writing abilities.

However, my husband Joe wanted to let you know that he thought it a "Magnuson" idea!

Ha, well done!

Although, seriously, Joe The Younger – it’s time to let the light of hockey into your heart. For her sake.

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