Hockey-passionate Minnesota, which provided coach Herb Brooks and roughly half the players to the 1980 “Do You Believe in Miracles?’’ Olympic gold medal team, has never won a Stanley Cup despite a combined 43 seasons with two NHL teams (the North Stars and the Wild). Neither has St. Louis after 50 seasons in the NHL, nor Buffalo, after 47 seasons. Nor Washington DC, San Jose or Winnipeg/Atlanta.
Seattle, on the other hand, has.
FacebookPinterestYes. It’s true. Seattle, which has never even had an NHL team, actually won the Stanley Cup in 1917 when the Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association beat the Montreal Canadiens in four games.
The first U.S. city to win the Cup, Seattle played in the final again in 1919, but that series was canceled after five games due to a Spanish Flu epidemic that infected most of the Canadiens players and led to the death of one. The Metropolitans lost to the Ottawa Senators in the 1920 finals and the hockey team, which reportedly averaged barel..

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Tiger Woods is embarking on his latest comeback without a swing coach.

Woods said Friday on Twitter that since fusion surgery on his lower back in April, he has been relearning his body and his golf swing by relying on feel and the previous three years of work with Dallas-based Chris Como.

”For now, I think it’s best for me to continue to do this on my own,” Woods said. ”I’m grateful to Chris Como for his past work, and I have nothing but respect for him.”

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Como was not in the Bahamas when Woods returned following his fourth back surgery. In his first competition in 10 months, Woods had plenty of speed and power in his swing, shot three rounds in the 60s at the Hero World Challenge and tied for ninth against an 18-man field, 10 shots behind Rickie Fowler.

More important than his score was his form: Woods looked strong and fit with his swing and his posture all through the week.

He has not said where he will play first in 2018.

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Tiger Woods is embarking on his latest comeback without a swing coach.

Woods had fusion surgery on his lower back in April and made a physically strong return to golf in the Bahamas earlier this month. He says he has been trying to relearn his body and the golf swing, relying on feel and three years of work with Dallas-based Chris Como.

He said Friday that for now, he thinks it’s best to continue on his own.

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Como says in a text message that he’s proud of what they accomplished. Como says his job was to help Woods use instincts and feeling while playing without pain. The coach says he believes Woods is about to have an incredible run next year.

Woods has not said where he is playing next.