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Americans find golden nuggets in Keystone Province Hockey Sports Winnipeg SunCanoeca News On Canoeca Home Autonet Blogs Classifieds CHealth CNEWS Coupons Crosswords Dating Home & Garden Horoscopes Jam! Showbiz Jobboom Lifewise Lotteries Money Movie Listings Newsletters Newspapers Partners Scoreboard Shopping Slam! Sports Sun TV Technology Travel TV Listings Video Weather Wham! Gaming Canoeca en franais Winnipeg SunWinnipeg SunWebCanoeCanoe411 businesspersonAutos Careers Classifieds Homes Home Ski Report News Twitter Windfall Wednesdays Virtual Flyers Contests Special Sections News Haiti The Mean Decade Sex Survey Winnipeg Manitoba Canada World Weird PSA Sun Speaks Crimestoppers Caught on Tape Columnists Twitter Sports Vancouver 2010 Hockey Basketball Football Baseball Soccer Golf Fan Fare Other Sports Curling Sun Speaks Columnists Scoreboard Twitter Entertainment Movies TV TV Listings Music Celebrities Books Video Games Columnists Twitter Comment Letters Editorial Cartoons Columnists Columnists News Sports Entertainment Comment Life Chinese New Year Sex Files Eat Discovery Health & Fitness Gadgets Columnists Money Autos SUNshine Girl SUNshine Girl Calendar 2010 SUNshine Girls of 2009 SUNshine Girl Swimsuit 2009 SUNshine Girl Swimsuit 2008 SUNshine Girl Calendar 2009 Become a SUNshine Girl Video Photos Archive Blogs Contests Tuesday March 9 2010 Email Alerts Mobile Site RSS Feeds Subscriber Services Weather sponsored byManitoba LotteriesWinnipeg1Tomorrow 20Change city Sports HockeyAmericans find golden nuggets in Keystone ProvinceBy KEN WIEBE WINNIPEG SUNLast Updated 13th December 2009 258amEmail Story Print Size A A A Report Typo Share with Facebook Digg Delicious Google Stumble Upon Newsvine Reddit Technorati Feed Me Yahoo Simpy Squidoo Spurl Blogmarks Netvouz Scuttle Sitejot What are these In DepthManitoba Hockey Factory A have province Late bloomers take longer road to NHL The World Junior effect The Brandon Wheat Kings remain the most likely destination for Manitobaborn players but theyve got more competition than ever when it comes to recruiting within the keystone province While the occasional player made a significant impact with other franchises prior to 1999 the TriCity Americans have helped take things to another level during the past few years At this point of the Western Hockey League season only the Wheat Kings (with 13) have more Manitobans on their roster than the Americans who currently feature 10 Winnipeggers and one player from Brandon How do that many Manitoba players end up on one team in Kennewick Wash It wasnt necessarily a plan where we said lets take a whole bunch more it just sort of evolved that way Americans assistant general manager and director of player personnel Terry Bangen said earlier this week We were in a position where I dont want to use the word desperate but maybe more willing to take a chance in that regard Th...