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Hockey, Southern style

During the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, I pitched this story idea to the Newark paper. The Hurricanes were playing the New Jersey Devils, and the idea was to take a look at the scene off the ice. It's a setting unlike any in the NHL, more N.C. State football game than a pro sport.

Hockey finds a home on Tobacco Road