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Where NHLers come from: Russia
I did a pretty extensive series about where NHLers come from back in December, but for whatever reason, there were a few countries I missed and I've had the related graphs sitting on my desktop for a ...
Where NHLers come from: Sweden
Sweden's been considered a world power in hockey now for ages, but really hit its peak about five years ago in terms of NHL representation. The country has struggled at the junior level the past dec...
Where NHLers come from: Alaska and California
I've already been through the usual suspects in terms of provinces and states that produce most North American born NHL players, so now it's time for a few of the unorthodox ones. California's a good...
Where NHLers come from: New York
Believe it or not, the state that's made the most gains in terms of producing NHLers in recent years is the Empire State. By way of comparison, here's how New York compares to nearby Ohio and Pennsyl...
Splinters: A Battle, a bunch of charts and a bust
James Mirtle has done it again: Giving yet another hint of the unending depths of his blackmail vault, Mirtle has coaxed the three(ish)-team blog Battle of California to move its commentary and cart...
Where NHLers come from: The Hockey States: Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts
The 'M' states are apparently where hockey grows in the U.S., although there are some new challengers I'll get to in posts coming up. Twenty years ago, the top three producers of NHL talent were Ma...
Where NHLers come from: Atlantic Canada
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 va...
Where NHLers come from: British Columbia
B.C. may have the strangest history in this regard in all of Canada, if only for that nearly 20-year stretch where hardly a player from the province played a game in the NHL. Part of the reason com...
Where NHLers come from: The Canadian Prairies
For those tired of the Avery talk, back to what I was talking about previously: Saskatchewan and Manitoba were, at one point, big players in producing NHLers, especially around the Second World War...
Where NHLers come from: Ontario and Quebec
There was a time, way, way back in the beginning, that the NHL wasn't just a Canadian-dominated league — it was an Ontario-led one. Seventy per cent of the games in the first 11 years of profe...
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