Which players are playing for their home town teams?

[jetsforever]

Are we saying it has to be Toronto proper or the Toronto area?

On the Leafs -

Tavares
Dermott
Hyman
Marner
Simmonds
Spezza

After that you have Thornton, Muzzin and Brodie who are from southern Ontario, but not direct Toronto area.

Did you not see the post directly above yours??

Leafs from the GTA:
- Tavares
- Marner
- Hyman
- Dermott
- Simmonds
- Spezza

Leafs from Southern Ontario:
- Muzzin
- Brodie
- Thornton

 

[Kairi Zaide]

On the Habs Jonathan Drouin is currently the only player from Montreal.

I wouldn't consider Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts as part of Montreal - not even the same administrative region. If we extend to the whole province, you could add Danault (from Victo), Belzile (though from the peninsula) and Ouellet (who grew up in Terrebonne, very close to Montreal).

 

[Yeolo]

Half of the MN Wild franchise from NHL to prospects.

 

[BOS358]

Considering that Long Island is part of the NYC suburbs, I would consider Fox to be a home town kid for all 3 NYC NHL teams.

It would be hard to find "hometown" players for the Rangers if it were limited to just the five boroughs. There isn't much ice in the city, and when the Rangers decided to sponsor a youth team, they looked to Connecticut.

 

[BOS358]

Ryan Suter

I'm not sure Suter can be counted. He's from Madison, WI, and that's about 270 miles to St. Paul. One could say that he's more of a Chicago player, but that's still a stretch.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Dillon Dube was born in Golden but his hometown was Cochrane which is about a half hour out of Calgary. Think he's the only one unless Matthew Phillips or Luke Philp(Canmore) make the roster(very unlikely).

 

[Big Empty]

I wouldn't consider Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts as part of Montreal - not even the same administrative region. If we extend to the whole province, you could add Danault (from Victo), Belzile (though from the peninsula) and Ouellet (who grew up in Terrebonne, very close to Montreal).

Ste- Agathe is basically Montreal. My cottage is up there and it’s a really short drive maybe an hour and a bit. You can have a day on the lake in Ste-Agathe and then drive to the city for dinner. Drouin’s basically from Montreal.

 

[snipes]

Tyler Ennis. Benson got some games last year as well and is a bubble tweener with a chance to make it this year.

 

[Thordic]

Kyle Palmieri grew up in Montvale, NJ - about 45 minutes from The Rock.

He played for the Junior Devils or whatever but he has said he was a Rangers fan growing up.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Trevor Moore .. Plays for LA and from Thousand Oaks

 

[Calad]

I'm not from there so I don't know for sure but I assumed Nassau would be Islanders territory considering their arena was called Nassau Coliseum?

Or was that just a name?

Nope, its Rangers country here.

 

[Franck]

I wouldn't consider Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts as part of Montreal - not even the same administrative region. If we extend to the whole province, you could add Danault (from Victo), Belzile (though from the peninsula) and Ouellet (who grew up in Terrebonne, very close to Montreal).

That's listed as his birthplace, but from what I remember I believe he grew up on the island.

 

[JT Kreider]

Matt Nieto

 

[Pyrophorus]

Thornton count now? Or too far outside Toronto where he grew up?

Take out Thornton, replace with Hyman.

 

[Toene]

On the Habs Jonathan Drouin is currently the only player from Montreal.

Danault?

 

[Pyrophorus]

Still Leaf territory.

From London and further South-West, could be blurred by the Red Wings.
Brodie is deeper in that territory, than Jumbo is.
Muzzin is more in the Leaf territory.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Off topic. But there seems to be no current NHL players with a New York accent. Not even Fox who is from Nassau County.

And New York accent means NYC area (Five Boroughs). Not Western NY.

Not even Pesce, from Tarrytown? (yes I know its not in the 5 boroughs, but close)

 

[DropTheGloves]

Thornton count now? Or too far outside Toronto where he grew up?

Thornton counts since he was born when Pangea was still around, meaning the whole world was technically the GTA (as opposed to today, wherein TSN only acts like Toronto is still the center of the planet).

 

[Kunta Kinte]

On the Habs Jonathan Drouin is currently the only player from Montreal.

Ste Agathe is like 80km away from Montreal....There is none... Danault is from far away too.

 

[njdevils1982]

pyjama person…..you know, that guy

 

[Hockeyholic]

Not even Pesce, from Tarrytown? (yes I know its not in the 5 boroughs, but close)

Nah. I just listened to his old interview.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Wings have many from Michigan: Larkin, Namestikov, Merril, Dekeyser, Glendenning, formerly Abdelkader

 

[SaltNPeca]

Tyler Ennis, and kind of Kris Russell? Red Deer, 1.5 hours away.

3rd string goalie Stuart Skinner is an Edmonton boy

 

[Rich Nixon]

Noted Tennessee boy Roman "Rascal" Josi, who many people don't know is actually a native of Gallatin, just miles north of Nashville!

 

[sufferer]

Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner for the Sabres.