Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIs hockey a popular sport outside of North America?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareIs hockey a popular sport outside of North America?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoyup, i was wrong. stats for totals rather than active are hard to find, annoyingly.
minus-squareReachMinusOne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoAll good. I knew Canada made up a significant chunk of active players and dwarfed everyone else, and assumed US was a good percentage in the mix too. But didn’t realize how extreme the numbers would be in Canadian and US favor. This is where I got my info, as well as a few other websites to verify the numbers a it. https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/nationality-totals/active-nhl-players-career-stats.html
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days 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”.
yup, i was wrong. stats for totals rather than active are hard to find, annoyingly.
All good. I knew Canada made up a significant chunk of active players and dwarfed everyone else, and assumed US was a good percentage in the mix too. But didn’t realize how extreme the numbers would be in Canadian and US favor.
This is where I got my info, as well as a few other websites to verify the numbers a it. https://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/nationality-totals/active-nhl-players-career-stats.html
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”.