1.  And for European players, such as Westwood, stopping in New York this week was a sensible way to break up the trip to San Francisco.

2.  And although, ultimately, the North Americans are the best payers, many European players take a salary cut to go to the NBA.

3.  And European players might have the familiarity factor playing in this nasty, un-American weather.

4.  And the wide ice surface may favor European players, who learned their profession on similar rinks.

5.  At a convention of European players, someone showed me the grips, and I began to develop the technique on my own.

6.  Assistant coach Donnie Nelson, whose wife is Swedish, has coached international teams and loves European players.

7.  A lot of European players feel the pressure to score goals over here.

8.  After Van de Velde expressed his displeasure, other European players followed suit, though Martin was never returned to the competitive team.

9.  Breakers coach Jay Hoffman said that while the European players are a valuable asset to the team, the Breakers have had to get used to playing without them.

10.  Britain, Germany and the Netherlands have all held auctions, won by a variety of European players.