I'm more from the country area south of Ottawa, I won't include Ottawa, but will include little towns within 30 mins or so of me.
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Alright that's enough of that, sorry lots of little towns around here. None of them have more than a couple thousand people in them though, all in one county though.
From across the river in St.Lawrence County (pop.100,000 or so);
Craig Conroy,Mike Hurlbut,Jimmy Howard(born in Syracuse raised in Ogdensburg),Zack Bogosian.(all NHL)
Also,Jim Brown ND,3 games w/ LA) was born in Canton,but don't recall him devloping here.
Several minor leaguers including a guy who my nephew ran track with.
Of course I could write about the SLU and Clarkson boys who made it all day.
Closest thing my hometown has got is my old classmate Johan Berggren who was taken in the 4th round in '04 by the Wings I believe. Some of the nearby towns has produced some players previously though, like Jonas Höglund and Magnus Arvedsson from Karlstad, Anders Håkansson, Thommie Bergman and Peter Nordström from Munkfors and Willy Lindström and Thomas Steen from Grums, all less than an hour from here.
Lafontaine grew up in Michigan, I don't think he played a day of organized hockey in
Missouri.
The first legit NHL skater(non-goalie) from Texas will probably be Mike Brown from Flower Mound, Texas.
Preissing grew up in Minnesota and Krygier grew up in Michigan.
You missed Mark Lavarre
He may have grown up in Michigan but he was born in St. Louis http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2871
12Kerr
Let's go Flyers
Jeff Halpern current Montreal player and former Caps, and Stars grew up in Gambrills Md. which is in Anne Arundel County and I grew up in Pasadena which is roughly 20-25 mins away...he's the closest...
Blades of Glory
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Lee Norwood and Brooks Orpik. In terms of regular NHL players, that is it. Ryan Miller played for the Santa Clara Blackhawks program, so he is connected to this region. The Bay Area is known for producing baseball and football talent. Joe Dimaggio, Barry Bonds, Tom Seaver, Randy Johnson, Dennis Eckersley, Jimmy Rollins, Troy Tulowitzki, CC Sabathia, Tom Brady (same HS as Bonds), and Aaron Rodgers, among others.
Rants Mulliniks
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George Allen
Viv Allen
Sherman White
Bobby Copp
Daryl Boyce
Nobody of major consequence (though one Stanley Cup) but given a population of about 1000 and no hockey rink within significant distance, not bad.
Viv Allen
Sherman White
Bobby Copp
Daryl Boyce
Nobody of major consequence (though one Stanley Cup) but given a population of about 1000 and no hockey rink within significant distance, not bad.
So what? He learned his hockey in Michigan, he ain't from Missouri hockey wise at all.
In fact if he stayed in STL he probably wouldn't have even played.
I heard that Lee Norwood and Brooks Orpik spent little time in Ca. My nephew played in the US Midget Nationals in 1977 against Norwood when he played for one of the
Detriot Area AAA programs. My understanding was that Norwood grew up in Gross Pointe, Michigan. Orpik from my understanding grew up in Amherst, NY.
This thread needs to do a better job of differentiating between WHAT HOSPITAL and PRESCHOOL the players went to and where they actually grew up and learned their
hockey skill.
For instance Brian Leetch was born in Texas, but he sure never played any hockey there beyond advanced clinic.
Backlund
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Mike Green
Dany Heatley
Chris Phillips
Jason Smith (retired)
Mike Vernon (retired)
Tim Hunter (retired)
Probably more but thats all I can find atm.
Dany Heatley
Chris Phillips
Jason Smith (retired)
Mike Vernon (retired)
Tim Hunter (retired)
Probably more but thats all I can find atm.
Bjorn Le
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49 players have been born in Kitchener, a bunch of others not born here grew up here.
Scott Stevens, Daryl Sitter (Grew up in nearby Elmira/St Jacobs), Paul Reinhart, the Kraut Line, Howie Meeker are the biggest ones (HOF, very famous or HOF talent in Reinharts case)
Scott Stevens, Daryl Sitter (Grew up in nearby Elmira/St Jacobs), Paul Reinhart, the Kraut Line, Howie Meeker are the biggest ones (HOF, very famous or HOF talent in Reinharts case)
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There's a TON of players from Edmonton and surrounding area. Here's hockey db's list (organize by league it has college for some reason)
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/findplayer.php?full_name=&city=Edmonton&state=ALTA&y1=&y2=&include=exclude&minor=on&eelite=on&elower=on&senior=on&semi=on&majorjr=on&college=on&canjuniora=on&canjuniorb=on&usjuniora=on&otherjunior=on&other=on&roller=on
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/findplayer.php?full_name=&city=Edmonton&state=ALTA&y1=&y2=&include=exclude&minor=on&eelite=on&elower=on&senior=on&semi=on&majorjr=on&college=on&canjuniora=on&canjuniorb=on&usjuniora=on&otherjunior=on&other=on&roller=on
Shadyone33
Registered User
Is there a hometown search? Can you tell me how?
The 2 players that come from Rexdale are both D-men. P.K. Subban and Carlo Colaiacovo. Stupid NHL.com puts them as Toronto.
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Our NHL'er is Blake Geoffrion from Brentwood, TN, a suburb or Nashville. He was born in Florida but has lived in Nashville since he was a year old.
Phil Parent
Sorel, 'fant d'chienne!
My home town of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec; population 30,000; has produced WAY more NHLers than I ever thought it had.
The better known ones...
- Francois Beauchemin
- Marc-Andre Fleury
- Pierre Mondou
- Frederic Cassivi
- Mathieu Aubin
The better known ones...
- Francois Beauchemin
- Marc-Andre Fleury
- Pierre Mondou
- Frederic Cassivi
- Mathieu Aubin
Ray Sheppard is from the same town as me.
Knocked out my older brother's front teeth playing street hockey.
Knocked out my older brother's front teeth playing street hockey.
From my home town of Turku, Finland. ~177k population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku). Players that have played at least 1 NHL game:
Miika Elomo
Mikko Eloranta
Jani Hurme
Marko Kiprusoff
Miikka Kiprusoff
Tom Koivisto
Mikko Koivu
Saku Koivu
Lauri Korpikoski
Petteri Lehto
Antero Niittymäki
Petteri Nummelin
Kai Nurminen
Sami Salo
Hannu Virta
Miika Elomo
Mikko Eloranta
Jani Hurme
Marko Kiprusoff
Miikka Kiprusoff
Tom Koivisto
Mikko Koivu
Saku Koivu
Lauri Korpikoski
Petteri Lehto
Antero Niittymäki
Petteri Nummelin
Kai Nurminen
Sami Salo
Hannu Virta
Ruckus007
where to?
Yes, no one from Livonia, NY, so Reasoner is the closest one I can claim. ~10 miles down road.
