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​Dear Winnipeg: A love letter from San Jose

​Dear Winnipeg: A love letter from San Jose

By Paul Gackle, San Jose Mercury News

SAN JOSE — My four-day break from Sharks hockey this month was rudely interrupted when my mother, in Winnipeg, called to ask: why are those guys  trashing our city?

She must have her facts wrong, I thought. Whenever I discussed my hometown with Sharks players, they told me how glad they were that the NHL returned to Winnipeg in 2011. It’s a great hockey town, they told me, Winnipeg deserves a team.

I jumped on my laptop and quickly learned that a video had surfaced where a few Sharks were shown describing Winnipeg as the worst NHL city.

It’s cold, they said. (True.)

It’s dark. (Not true; Winnipeg is the second-sunniest city in Canada.)

Read the full story in the San Jose Mercury News.

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