Alchemy Time Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 What non-city is the best in the world at breeding hockey talent? For non-city, I'm gonna say a town with a population of 35000 or less. My home towns of Campbell River and Comox have produced some great talent over the years, Cam Neely, Rod Brind'Amour, and Brett Connolly to name a few My pick would have to be Cranbrook, BC though. The Neidermayers, Yzerman, if you look on wikipedia, the notable residents is just a list of retired hockey players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Cole Habour. Produced the best player in the world, Sidney Crosby. Nathan Mackinnon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Gill Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Neidermayers= Rob wasn't even that good of a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Neidermayers= Rob wasn't even that good of a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemy Time Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Neidermayers= Rob wasn't even that good of a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Ornskoldsvik isn't a bad option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemy Time Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Ornskoldsvik isn't a bad option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Truth told Ornskoldsvik has only produced 10 NHL hockey players with 28,991 inhabitants of the city. Niklas Sunstreom 349 points in 750 games Henrik Sedin 792 points in 906 games Daniel Sedin 758 points in 906 games Andrews Salomonsson, 14 points in 71 games Niklas Nordgen 6 points in 58 games Markus Naslund 869 points in 1117 games Lars Molin 98 points in 172 games Victor Hedman 89 points in 258 games Andres Hedberg 397 points in 465 games Peter Forsberg 885 points in 708 games Doesn't get much better then that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Cole Habour. Produced the best player in the world, Sidney Crosby. Nathan Mackinnon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 actually Brantford, Ontario produced the best player in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 part of the GTA... in my books that doesn't count as a non-city. I will also go with Ornskoldsvik given how many great Swedish players have come from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanucklehead10 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 My hometown, Burnaby, BC. Joe Sakic, Cliff Ronning, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Karl Alzner... etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I've never heard of a non-city. What's wrong with the words small town? Flin Flon, MB 5,592 people has produced 16 NHL players including Bobby Clarke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 My hometown, Burnaby, BC. Joe Sakic, Cliff Ronning, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Karl Alzner... etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 actually Brantford, Ontario produced the best player in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crom! Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Carey Price is from Anahim Lake. It has population of 1500 people (that's including the communities near it) and it is 200 km away from the nearest town, Williams Lake. It's only one player but it's crazy to think about the lengths that his family went to keep him in hockey. Carey Price was born in Vancouver, British Columbia but was raised in the remote town of Anahim Lake in northern British Columbia. He was taught to play goaltender by his father on a frozen creek during the winter months and played organized hockey in Williams Lake nearly five and a half hours away by car. Having to make the ten hour round trip three days a week, Carey's father bought a plane to fly him to practice and games. - wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Parry Sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mauviette75 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Neither was Brent Gretzky, but if you could choose between the Gretzkys in their prime and Jordan and Marc Staal in their prime, who would you choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemy Time Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 I've never heard of a non-city. What's wrong with the words small town? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zduck14 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Just want to throw Smithers out there. Dan Hamhuis, Jim & Joe Watson, Alan Kerr, Mike Wall and Ron Flockhart. Not a lot of stars, but not too bad for a town of 6000 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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