The Habs of So Cal
Heidi Androl, the Kings' online video vixen, has been hired by the league to do feature stories during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and one of her first stops was exposing a South Bay secret: The Redondo Beach Cafe on Pacific Coast Highway is hockey headquarters, especially for Montreal Canadians fans.
Brothers Chris and Kosta Tsangaris, Greek Americans and Montreal natives, co-own the spot and are rockin' it every night during the playoffs -- especially for Montreal games -- on a 70-inch plasma high-def screen, serving up specialties such as Montreal smoked meat (go with the hot sub or the Rachel Special), poutine, Canadian Beer, hot dogs (including one called the Lucky Luc Dog) and Montreal bagels.
More background: Chris was a former middle linebacker on George Allen's Long Beach State squad, adn then played in the Canadian Football League. He started the graduate program in sport management at Long Beach State and is the managing director. And if you scroll to the bottom of this list of CFL Grey Cup records, Chris share the mark for most special teams tackles in one game (1993).
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