The Wikipedia entry on Ice Hockey has some interesting stats about the popularity of hockey in various countries. (Follow the link and scroll down to "Number of Registered Players by Country.") Canada is first with 572,411, the US is second with 500,579, and then there's a whole lot of nothing until we come to the Czech Republic at 100,668. Canada is also first in the portion of the population that plays the game.
I had not realized Canada was quite so dominant. But still, it's kind of depressing that the US can almost match us in their fourth-most popular sport.
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