"...the drive in from South Dakota, where he is the very first man ever to play in the NHL"
This seems to suggest that a South Dakotan woman, child, or perhaps the state bird a South Dakotan Ring Necked Pheasant has played in the NHL before him. Or that every player that has played in the NHL before him has in fact not been a man. Or that he is the very first man to play in the NHL IN South Dakota. The kind of clarity and high standards of journalistic excellence we've come to expect from Eric.
Really need to string some wins together and soon. Kraken have a cpl games in hand on us and so do most of the teams we're in the WC mix with. The Blues always seem to give us trouble but with most of their starting D out we should be able to put up some offense. Or the more likely scenario we make Binnington look like some goalie demigod.