Where NHLers come from: Atlantic Canada
by James Mirtle on Dec 6, 2008 4:13 PM CST
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Some pretty interesting variations in here, although we are looking at pretty small percentages of the NHL as a whole. I'd be interested in hearing a perspective on the state of hockey in the various Atlantic provinces from someone out that way.
Newfoundland has made some mini-inroads lately, but it is still underrepresented (by Canadian standards) given there are half a million people in the province. Nova Scotia has about 900,000 residents, New Brunswick has 730,000 and PEI has just 140,000.
Current NHLers
N.B.: Randy Jones
Nfld.: Mike Ryder, Dan Lacosta, Ryane Clowe, Dan Cleary
N.S.: Colin White, James Sheppard, Jon Sim, Joey MacDonald, Aaron Johnson, Sidney Crosby, Eric Boulton
PEI: Brad Richards, Steve Ott, Nathan McIver
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In NB...
The per capita minor hockey participation in NB is greater than anywhere except the prairies. That’s something I looked up awhile ago and I can’t find the numbers now. As for why that doesn’t translate into elite players, I have no clue. It likely has something to do with money. Being a minor hockey coach, maybe it’s my fault. :)
Since the QMJHL moved into the Maritimes, we’re seeing more kids from the region making it into major junior. That’s a plus.
It’s strange – with Rheal Cormier and Matt Stairs, NB probably has the highest ratio of MLB games played to NHL games played. Not that we’re a baseball hotbed. Small sample size, I guess.
by sisu on Dec 6, 2008 8:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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