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Immigrants Of The Week: Immigrants On The Detroit Red Wings, Immigrants On The Pittsburgh Penguins, and Immigrants On The Orlando Magic

by Greg Siskind

IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: IMMIGRANTS ON THE DETROIT RED WINGS

The other team competing in this year's Stanley Cup (which will end on Friday) is the great Detroit Red Wings organization. And they've got a mostly immigrant roster as well including these players:

Daniel Cleary - Canada
Pavel Datsyuk - Russia
Aaron Downey - Canada
Kris Draper - Sweden
Jonathan Ericsson - Finland
Valtteri Filppula - Finland
Johan Franzen - Sweden
Darren Helm - Sweden
Tomas Holmstrom - Sweden
Marian Hossa – Czech Republic
Jiri Hudler - Czech Republic
Jakub Kindl – Czech Republic
Tomas Kopecky - Sweden
Niklas Kronwall - Sweden

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IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: IMMIGRANTS ON THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Congrats to the Pittsburgh Penguins on competing in the 2009 Stanley Cup! The team, like all teams in the National Hockey League, is chock full of immigrant players. They include the following:

Craig Adams - Right Wing - Canada (born in Brunei)
Philippe Boucher - Canada
Matt Cooke - Canada
Sidney Crosby - Canada
Pascal Dupuis - Canada
Ruslan Fedotenko - Ukraine
Marc-Andre Fleury - Canada
Mathieu Garon - Canada
Eric Godard - Canada
Sergei Gonchar - Russia
Dustin Jeffrey - Canada ?
Tyler Kennedy - Canada ?
Chris Kunitz - Canada
Kristopher Letang - Canada
Evgeni Malkin - Russia
Chris Minard - Canada
Miroslav Satan - Czech Republic
Jordan Staal - Canada
Petr Sykora - Czech Republic
Maxime Talbot - Canada
Michael Zigomanis - Canada

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IMMIGRANTS OF THE DAY: IMMIGRANTS ON THE ORLANDO MAGIC

While hockey is better known for having immigrant players, the NBA has its fair share of global stars. The finals going on this week pit the Orlando Magic against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Orlando Magic has four international players:

Adonal Foyle - Center - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Marcin Gortat - Center - Poland
Mickael Pietrus - Guard/Forward - France
Hedo Turkoglu - Forward - Turkey

Posted at 08:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

About The Author

Greg Siskind is a partner in Siskind Susser's Memphis, Tennessee, office. After graduating magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago. Mr. Siskind is a member of AILA, a board member of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and a member of the ABA, where he serves on the LPM Publishing Board as Marketing Vice Chairman. He is the author of several books, including the J Visa Guidebook and The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet. Mr. Siskind practices all areas of immigration law, specializing in immigration matters of the health care and technology industries. He can be reached by email at gsiskind@visalaw.com.

The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of ILW.COM.

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