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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
Aside from the hockey geeks on this board and a few others, JG is completely unknown to the casual hockey fan around the league.
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I dot know about that. I was listening to NHL.com radio yesterday (first time ever) and the host was interviewing some other guy and constantly brought up Johnny hockey. Al Morganti has also been on the fan regularly and talks about him in a way of college celebrity.
College sports in the US is big, bigger than the NHL. I would think the casual sports fan in the US probably knows more of Johnny Hockey than any top Canadian prospect playing in the CHL.
I mean he's "Johnny Hockey", he's the hockey equivalent of "Johnny Football", the most talked about college football prospect in the past few years. The NY Times has interviewed his mom, that's pretty big.