Why Choate feels a kinship with Blues' Tarasenko - STLtoday.com
LOUIS • Sure sharing a bullpen with Buffalo Sabres fanatic and resident puckhead Kevin Siegrist might be enough to drive any teammate to root for another team, but Cardinals lefty Randy Choate has another reason for hanging owning a Vladimir... 19, 2013, hockey returned to the ice after a lockout and Tarasenko, the crushing Russian, made his debut with the Blues. He scored two goals against the Detroit Red Wings, and there in the crowd was one of the newest Cardinals, Choate. "I'm the new guy in town," Choate said. So Choate went to the Blues' gear shop and looked for a Tarasenko sweater. Siegrist is the die-hard hockey fan in the Cardinals clubhouse. Yadier Molina has bought a box at Blues games before and hosted the team. Matt Holliday has taken his kids to hockey games when they called St. Louis their offseason home. Manager Mike Matheny's daughter plays college hockey, and he's close with many Blues alumni. And Chris Carpenter was a regular at Blues' games through the years. Carpenter might be the best hockey player the Cardinals have ever had on their team, and Siegrist might be the most knowledgeable -- about the Sabres. Choate is a fan of the game -- when he's able to watch it live. Source: www.stltoday.com
