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)
Vancouver Canucks forward Brad Richardson, formerly of the Colorado Avalanche, recommends John Elway's restaurant in suburban Denver. "It’s the best prime rib I’ve ever had," Richardson says. "Have it with the creamed corn."
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Posts Tagged ‘2014 Winter Olympics’
One through 12, our pre-Olympic hockey power rankings.
Author: Jason Karnosky
At some point, we’ll stop reading about stray dogs accepting kickbacks while sitting on tandem toilets in Sochi, Russia. That’s what’s going on at the Winter Olympics, right?
Whenever that point comes, we’ll be able to watch the best hockey players in the world competing for gold medals on an unusually large (by North American standards) sheet of ice. Team-by-team, here’s how the entrants stack up:
Five Olympic tournament MVP candidates.
Author: Jason Karnosky
Ryan Kesler was at his best at the 2010 Winter Olympics playing for Team USA | Photo by Dan Hickling
Ever since the Winter Olympics featured NHL players for its 1998 edition, four men, including three goaltenders, have taken home the honor as the tournament’s best player:
1998 (Nagano, Japan): Dominik Hasek, Czech Republic
2002 (Salt Lake City): Joe Sakic, Canada
2006 (Turin, Italy): Antero Niittymaki, Finland
2010 (Vancouver): Ryan Miller, United States
Who will be top player in Sochi, carrying his team to glory? Here are five names to keep an eye on:
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Ten amazing facts about the Sochi Olympics.
Author: J.P. Hoornstra
You might know which 12 countries are going to be playing hockey in Sochi in February.1
You might even know who’s coaching Team Slovenia.2
Here are ten facts, courtesy of financesonline.com, that you probably didn’t know about the Winter Olympics:
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