Hockey's been called the best-kept secret in pro sports.
If you like your action fast and furious, then the Saitama Super Arena is the place to be when the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Nashville Predators in the game one of the Japan-2000 Opening Games series Oct. 7 and 8.
The two-game set will mark the third time the NHL has opened its regular season here in Japan. Back in 1997, the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim's Mighty Ducks split a pair of games at Tokyo's Yoyogi Arena in the first official NHL games played outside of North America. The following season, the Calgary Flames skated to a win and a tie against the San Jose Sharks in Tokyo.