Dan Hinote Posts -- FanHouse

Posted: Apr 13th 2009 12:00PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Blues, NHL Fans

With the NHL playoffs just around the corner, FanHouse takes a look at some of the lesser-known teams that qualified. Monday's installment: the St. Louis Blues.

Raise your hand if you expected to see the St. Louis Blues as the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. No hands raised, eh? Not surprising. Entering this season, not much was expected from the Blues after falling short of the postseason in each of the previous three years.

Despite a rash of injuries to several key players, the Blues were one of the best teams in the NHL during the second half, and now find themselves with an opening round match up against the Vancouver Canucks. So, who are these guys?

Dan Hinote Marries a Playmate

Here at the NHL side of FanHouse, we're never chary when it comes to adding more pictures to the NHL Wives and Girlfriends gallery, which is why we're overjoyed at the news that St. Louis Blues forward and former Stanley Cup champ Dan Hinote has officially tied the knot with former Playboy playmate Amy McCarthy. And yes, that Amy McCarthy is none other than the sister of former Playmate of the Year, Jenny McCarthy, who is currently dating uber-comic Jim Carrey.

Athletes and Playboy Models

St. Louis Blues player Dan Hinote married Playboy playmate Amy McCarthy, sister of 1994 Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy, this past weekend at the Keystone Ranch in Colorado. But Hinote isn't the only current or past athlete to be connected romantically to a Playboy model. Click through to see the others.

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NFL safety Adam Archuleta is currently engaged to Jennifer Walcott, who was the Playmate of the Month for August 2001. They had their first child together, Jett James Archuleta, on April 10.

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MLB outfielder and former All-Star Scott Podsednik, now with the Colorado Rockies, has been married to July 1998 Playmate of the Month Lisa Dergan since February 2006.

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Michael Andretti, former Formula One driver and son of racing legend Mario Andretti, married former beauty queen and 2000 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jodi Ann Paterson on October 7, 2006 in Napa, California.

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NFL washout and former No. 1 overall pick Tim Couch is married to the 1999 Playboy Playmate of the Year, Heather Kozar. Tim and Heather have a son together, Chase Scott Couch, who was born on August 5, 2005.

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On January 29, 2005, retired MLB star Mike Piazza married Alicia Rickter, who was selected Miss October 1995 and the 500th Playmate in history. Rickter gave birth to the couple's first child, Nicoletta Veronica Piazza, on February 5, 2007.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia married Carmella DeCesare, the 2004 Playboy Playmate of the Year, on April 21, 2007 in California. They have a daughter together, Presley, who was born on April 28.

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Former NFL linebacker Glenn Cadrez recently married Brande Roderick, who was a 'Baywatch' star and the 2001 Playmate of the Year.

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Not too long after NFL legend John Elway divorced his wife Janet Buchan in 2003, he reportedly had a short romance with Carrie Stevens, who was selected Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1997.

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One of the less-publicized athlete-Playmate relationships is the 18-year marriage between tennis legend Jimmy Connors and 1977 Playmate of the Year Patti McGuire. They have two children together.

Just when did I start blogging for TMZ?

I tripped over the news thanks to Michael Rand at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune -- Hinote being a native of Elk River, Minnesota -- who picked up other reports from St. Louis Today and the Rocky Mountain News.

For those of you who are crushed to learn that Amy is no longer on the market, take heart, according to Wikipedia, there's one McCarthy sister left -- that would be former ABL player Joanne.