Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs hockey a popular sport outside of North America?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs hockey a popular sport outside of North America?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothere’s a reason most nhl players are not from north america.
minus-squareReachMinusOne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoPretty sure Canada and US players combined make up about ~70% of active NHL players, with Canada making up about 41% and the US roughly about 28%. Sweden looks to be in the number three spot with about 9%.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoyup, i was wrong. stats for totals rather than active are hard to find, annoyingly.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoBut highest amount of NHL players per capita and suddenly the top three is Finland, Sweden and Canada, while USA falls way behind. Even though it’s the “Nation” in the “National Hockey League”.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThere would be more Russians in the NHL if it was easier to scout them and get them to the US/Canada.
there’s a reason most nhl players are not from north america.
Pretty sure Canada and US players combined make up about ~70% of active NHL players, with Canada making up about 41% and the US roughly about 28%. Sweden looks to be in the number three spot with about 9%.
yup, i was wrong. stats for totals rather than active are hard to find, annoyingly.
But highest amount of NHL players per capita and suddenly the top three is Finland, Sweden and Canada, while USA falls way behind.
Even though it’s the “Nation” in the “National Hockey League”.
There would be more Russians in the NHL if it was easier to scout them and get them to the US/Canada.