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JASON ZUCKER - WILD (NEVADA) Up and comer Jason Zucker of the Minnesota Wild was born in Vegas, hes the only NHLer from Nevada. Louis King Jersey .TYLER MYERS - SABRES (TEXAS) You probably knew Buffalos Tyler Myers was big, but did you know its because hes from Texas? Houston, to be exact.Now well look Internationally: ANTOINE ROUSSEL - STARS (FRANCE) the Stars Antoine Roussel was born in Roubaix, France.LUCA SBISA - CANUCKS (ITALY) Luca Sbisa is a new member of the Canucks. He represents the Swiss nationally, but was actually born in Ozieri which is in Italy.MATS ZUCCARELLO - RANGERS (NORWAY) Mats Zuccarello had a breakout season for the Rangers, hes also the breakout Norwegian player. Hes from Oslo.ANZE KOPITAR - KINGS (SLOVENIA) But nobody had a more impressive year representing his team or country than Anze Kopitar of Jesenice, Slovenia.However, easily the strangest two paths to the NHL are these guys:ROBYN REGEHR - KINGS (BRAZIL) Robyn Regehr identifies as Canadian but was actually born in Recife, Brazil. He also spent most of his early years in Indonesia.CRAIG ADAMS - PENGUINS (BRUNEI) I wonder if he ever saw Craig Adams there? Adams, of the Penguins, was raised in Calgary but actually comes from Seria in Brunei. Derrick Rose Jersey . Portland won Game 4 Sunday night at the Moda Center and are now up 3-1. The last time the Blazers won a playoff series came in the 2000 Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz. Tracy McGrady Jersey . -- Syracuse was dangerously close to letting another less talented opponent pull off the upset when C. ATLANTA -- Fourth-seeded Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver advanced to the Atlanta Open quarter-finals, beating Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. "Im fairly relaxed, and I was feeling the ball well this morning," Pospisil said. "When Im feeling the ball well, I dont panic." In other second-round matches, Slovakias Lukas Lacko beat sixth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; Israels Dudi Sela topped ninth-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States 6-2, 6-4; and American Jack Sock beat New Zealands Michael Venus 6-4, 6-2. Seventh-seeded Yen-hsun LLu of Taiwan beat American Alex Kuznetsov 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round match. Tim Frazier Jersey. "Sam didnt serve his best that game, and I took that to my advantage," Sela said. "I think Im moving fairly good, better than before." Defending champion John Isner, the No. 1 seed, will open play Thursday against wild-card entry Robby Ginepri of Atlanta. Ginepri beat Ukraines Sergiy Stakhovsky on Tuesday. South Africas Kevin Anderson, the No. 2 seed who lost to Isner in the final last year, will start play Thursday against qualifier Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands. ' ' '