The same path applies to Vinnie Hinistroza who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks.Īnaheim Ducks left wing Jason Chimera was teammates with R.J. Let's take a look at some of the longer paths to McKenna and how quickly we can make the connection using only names that were suggested by Twitter.Ĭurrent Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust was on the same college hockey team at Notre Dame as Stephen Johns, Johns and McKenna are now teammates. Others are ex-Stars once removed so by virtue of McKenna's current teammates, players like Jason Demers, Jack Campbell, Jame Neal, and Jamie Oleksiak are only two degrees of separation from the goalie through the Dallas Stars.
Some are extremely easy to connect because they were past teammates of McKenna, including Reto Berra (with the 2016-17 Springfield Thunderbirds), Mark Fayne (with the 2010-11 Albany Devils), Christian Dvorak (2014-15 with the Portland Pirates) or Segei Bobrovsky (2013-14 Columbus Blue Jackets). Using that list of names, I started finding connections to the Stars goaltender and nearly crashed my computer by opening too many tabs in Hockey DB. The people submitting names had no idea what they were submitting them for, so I felt like it would lead to a strong diversity of options. Could be obscure name could be first player that jumps into your head. Need some help with a story I’m working on for tonight, looking for names off about a dozen random current players in the NHL or AHL, that aren’t on the Stars. So I decided to test this theory further, firing off a tweet in search of help. While trimming the second tree, I'd already played this game in my head for 15 minutes. In that story, I picked two names at random, Phil Kessel and Alex Galchenyuk, and connected them to McKenna in less than four steps.
It's a concept we discussed in this story last month. He's played for 19 different teams across three different leagues, and with that career resume you'd be hard-pressed to find a player that isn't connected by “Six Degrees of Mike McKenna” - think “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” but for hockey. McKenna is hockey's ultimate journeyman and one of the all-time good guys. It was his first NHL appearance in more than three years and his first NHL win since 2013. This thought was fresh in my mind after McKenna made 17 saves in relief against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. I would have liked to hire someone to trim the trees, but my 27-week pregnant wife was convinced for some reason that she could do that, and I couldn't risk her attempting to oil up a chainsaw while I was in California this weekend.Īfter trimming the first tree, the thought came to mind, “Can I find a player in the NHL or AHL that isn't connected to Mike McKenna?” That plan changed while I was trimming and cutting down trees.
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