2006-12-31 00:39:33 · 4 answers · asked by Mr Guy L 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
as of today the NHL is 62% canadian born players
2006-12-31 13:08:21 · answer #1 · answered by Dannyboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the majority (or at least a plurality) are still from Canada, but I don't have any firm numbers. I've posted a link below to a CBC site. You can check for any team how many Canadian, American, and European players they have.
Just go to Teams, then Tale Of The Tape and it gives a side-by-side comparison of several items between the team and their next opponent.
For example, the Sabres have 8 Canadians, 4 Americans, and 10 Euros. The Islanders are 9, 8, 5 respectively. Total so far 17, 12, 15.
See how easy that is. Now you just need to do it for the rest of the league!
I checked the Top 30 scorers in the league:
Austria 1
Canada 15
Czech 2
Finland 2
Germany 1
Russia 5
Slovakia 1
Sweden 2
US 1
So you see it's still a Canadian game. Jason Blake, the only American in the top 30, was 30th. Dang!
2006-12-31 09:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can roughly estimate that 50% are from Canada, 25% from the US, and 25% from Europe. The exact numbers are constantly changing with people retiring or getting brought up and down from the minors.
2006-12-31 14:28:40 · answer #3 · answered by slthrelk 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
45 of course
2007-01-02 14:18:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ruslan G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋