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Now more than ever, the American hockey player has options

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Last spring, family friends journeyed to Dallas to watch their son's hockey team play in a tournament. At the hotel, they cruised up to the concierge desk and asked the nice young woman for directions to the Dr. Pepper StarCenter. "Sure," said the concierge. "But which one?" Farmers Branch? Frisco? Plano? Euless? Duncanville? Our friends didn't have a clue there were multiple Dr. Pepper StarCenter rinks in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The mystery was solved with a couple of phone calls an ...

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