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Japanese Hockey Player

NPR

Published February 7, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

Scott Jagow reports on Takahito Suzuki, the first Japanese-born pro hockey player in the United States. He plays for the Charlotte Checkers, a minor league team in North Carolina.