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San Jose is a Hockey Town
by Alanah McGinley on 05/23/08 at 05:41 PM ET
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From Mark Purdy at the Mercury News,
We now have definitive proof that San Jose is a hockey town.
Earlier this week, a civilian spotted Joel Quenneville on the streets of our fair city. And actually recognized Quenneville. And tipped off a Mercury News columnist about it.
Quenneville is the former coach of the Colorado Avalanche, as of earlier this month. And unless he was here to visit the Winchester Mystery House or shop at Santana Row, odds are that Quenneville was interviewing for the Sharks’ vacant coaching job.
In fact, the Mercury News received multiple confirmations of Quenneville’s presence in San Jose. Pretty impressive feat by our citizen journalists. Quenneville is hardly the NHL’s most famous face.
continued... with more San Jose Sharks coaching speculation
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Or it was Dennis Farina…
Posted by shep from california on 05/23/08 at 05:53 PM ET
I call shennaigans. I’ve lived in the Bay area when the Sharks started out in the Cow Palace in SF. San Jose is not a hockey town by any stretch of the imagination. That civillian was probably a tourist.
Try asking joe civillian on the street in SJ if they know who Devin Setoguchi is, or ask their opinion on the automatic minor for over the glass rule and see how far that gets you. Better yet, ask if they know who won the recent 2008 IIHF world championship game or go to your local sports bars and see what the turnout is for the Stanley Cup finals.
Posted by Puck from San Francisco, CA on 05/23/08 at 08:36 PM ET
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“We now have definitive proof that San Jose is a hockey town. “
Come on, with his mustache and proclivities for garish, multi-colored ties, he can stick in anyone’s mind even if they only saw him once while flipping through the channels
Posted by Shane from Saskatoon on 05/23/08 at 04:56 PM ET