>  RH> Shows how little attention I pay to ice hockey!
> 
> It's not as popular a sport as baseball or football in the States. 
OTOH,
> those two aren't as popular as hockey in Canada.
> 
Curling meanwhile can't get arrested in most of the US except in 
Olympic years.  

> RH> Their old uniforms are still  sold fan gear websites, and I'm 
told
> RH> they sell better now than they did while the team was still 
wearing
> RH> them.  They kinda stank when they played in Hartford, so it's
> probably a nostalgia thing.
> 
> They're still not the team I follow but they're the team that gets
> talked about in the local sports segments. Never been to one of 
their
> games--ought to go some time when they're playing Buffalo and wear 
a
> Jeff Skinner (one of the young hot shots for the Canes, traded to 
the
> Sabres a few years ago, still a hot shot) jersey. At least then I 
could
> check and see if they sell garlic fries--haven't had any since we 
left
> HI. They were, AFAIK, only sold at UH games.
> 

Can't say I've ever had any, but then I'm not that into fries anyway. 
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