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The Best of U.S.

February 28, 2006

When the United States was winning gold in Lake Placid in 1980, there were only 55 American-born players on NHL rosters -- not even three per team. Few of them had careers of any consequence.

Thanks in large part to that monumental Olympic victory, hockey interest throughout the U.S. began to surge and continues to do so. Want proof? There were a record eight Americans taken in the first round of the 2005 NHL draft. [.continue.]

Tom Layberger of Sports Illustrated gives his top 10 USA players of all time.
Two former Flyers made the list. Jeremy Roenick at #7 and John LeClair at #9.

Marke Howe gets an Honorable mention.

Update
It seems that Tom Layberger might be ‘lifting’ some of his work.
It is very coincidental that he wrote this article about a month after a very similiar article over at Japer’s Rink. The articles do look a bit similar. Doesn’t seem to be the first time it has happened either.
I always like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Dave for that heads up.

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4 Responses to “The Best of U.S.”

  1. dave on February 28th, 2006 11:23 am

    He did, unfo Japers’ Rink posted a similiar article before that, Layberger also ripped off Japers’ top ten rookie post.

    check it out.

    http://bfloblog.com/?p=705

  2. www.BFLOBLOG.com » Blog Archive » Some Crazy Days on February 28th, 2006 11:17 pm

    [...] First, DeadSpin linked to it, which creates an avalanche of traffic (not to worry…BfloBlog has the best of hosts, so no server issues). Then other bloggers fed off the story, which created some very intelligent talk out there. It even got linked by Boston Sports Media Watch, which has a reputation for bringing down a media member or two. [...]

  3. SportsBlogs.org: http://www.flyersfancentral.com/2006/02/28/the-best-of-us/ on March 1st, 2006 2:17 am

    [...] SportsBlogs.org: http://www.flyersfancentral.com/2006/02/28/the-best-of-us/ [...]

  4. g. liam on November 7th, 2006 4:49 pm

    Speak of the devil…

    http://ww3.versus.tv/forums/viewforum.php?f=6

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