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Friday Feature: Why We Love Hockey – SoCal Style

By Ed Stein

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Olympian Cayla Barnes poses for a photo at the USA House at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 17, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOC)
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Olympian Cayla Barnes poses for a photo at the USA House at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 17, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOC) /
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GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 20: Jonathon Blum
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 20: Jonathon Blum /

Jonathan Blum

What a long strange trip its been for a kid from Newport Beach to Vladivostok, Russia. Blum actually started out as an inline hockey player before discovering ice hockey while in elementary school. The wiry defenseman played junior hockey for the Vancouver Giants after attending Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo.

Blum played parts of four NHL seasons with Nashville and Minnesota before heading to the Kontinental Hockey League. This year he represented the United States at the 2018 Olympics.

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