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Particularly during their first few years in the league, the Saints had a policy of favoring local players. In fact, the 1972-73 roster featured no fewer than 11 athletes who were either born in Minnesota or (in the case of former Team USA players Keith Christiansen, George Konik and Carl Wetzel) American citizens. This was almost unheard of in the early 1970s, when few NHL or WHA teams (with the exception of the New England Whalers) had even a single American player.
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