Of the seven active professional hockey arenas in California (NHL and ECHL), Minnesota Wild right wing Devin Setoguchi has played in six. He ranks his Top 5:
- HP Pavilion (San Jose)
- Staples Center (Los Angeles)
- Citizens Business Bank Arena (Ontario)
- Cow Palace (Daly City)
- Honda Center (Anaheim)
Philadelphia Flyers left wing Simon Gagne recommends Bern's Steak House in Tampa Bay, which was named the Best Steak House in America by Every Day With Rachael Ray in 2009. “The wine cellar," he said, "is the biggest in the state.”
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All hail the Kings of Los Angeles.
Author: Ryan Stieg
A trend is building in the NHL and it’s a good one. Long-suffering franchises will either win their first title or their first in many decades. It started with the Blackhawks in 2010, continued with the Bruins in 2011 and now, the Kings have finally hoisted the Stanley Cup after 45 years of mostly ineptitude.
Not every hockey season in Los Angeles was a bad one – the Kings reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1993 and have made the playoffs quite a few times – but many ended at the bottom of the Western Conference. Or in bankruptcy.
That’s what made Monday’s victory so heartwarming. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anze Kopitar, Dean Lombardi, Hockey, Jonathan Quick, Kings, Los Angeles, Luc Robitaille, Marcel Dionne, NHL, playoffs, Rogie Vachon, Stanley Cup, Wayne Gretzky | 
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