First, a bit about the Finals: yay, I'm glad we're going to see that Red Wings-Penguins final. (Sorry to anybody who isn't so happy, you know who you are.) My doubts about Detroit persist, though. I can see Pittsburgh winning it all.
In other hockey news, a friend of mine was happy today because her husband's team won a hockey tournament. This was a tournament for Asian teams only, meaning Canadians of Asian descent. And it was the 19th year they held this tournament.
I told her I didn't know what was more surprising: that Asians play hockey at all, or that they are on the 19th anniversary of their league.
Ever seen a Chinese hockey player? I haven't. Other than my friend's husband, and technically speaking I haven't seen him actually playing hockey. The only NHLer I could of that was Asian was Paul Kariya and I think he was only half-Japanese.
I wonder if their goaltenders are half-Chinese, half-French Canadian. Because frankly if you expect to have any success at all, you have to have a French-Canadian goalie.
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enough hockey news - Boston Celtics won last night - woohoo!
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You're such an American.
Larry Kwong was the first Asian, i.e. Chinese-Canadian, to play in the NHL. In 1946, the NY Rangers signed Kwong and he played one shift on March 13, 1948, against the Montreal Canadiens.
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