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Japanese born player in NHL

Postby Gilligan » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:21 am

In their game on Saturday, January 13th, the Los Angeles Kings made Yutaka Fukufuji the first Japanese born hockey player to play in the NHL. He was put in goal in the 3rd period, facing 5 shots and allowing 1 goal.
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Postby Behan » Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:03 pm

Do you think we will be hearing a lot about him in the Japanese news? Maybe hockey popularity will pick up a bit.
His [Brendan Behan's] last words were to several nuns standing over his bed, "God bless you, may your sons all be bishops."
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Postby dimwit » Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:57 pm

I backup goalie ain't gonna inccrease the popularity of hockey in Japan. The Kimutaku series Pride did set of a bit of a hockey boom.
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