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Some interesting numbers* from the 2012-13 NHL Season:
# | Birthplace | % of GP |
1 | Canada | 52.9% |
2 | United States | 23.8% |
3 | Sweden | 6.5% |
4 | Czech Republic | 5.1% |
5 | Russia | 3.2% |
6 | Finland | 2.5% |
7 | Slovakia | 1.3% |
8 | Denmark | 1.0% |
9 | Switzerland | 0.9% |
10 | Germany | 0.9% |
11 | Belarus | 0.4% |
12 | Austria | 0.4% |
13 | Ukraine | 0.3% |
14 | Slovenia | 0.2% |
15 | France | 0.2% |
16 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% |
17 | Latvia | 0.1% |
18 | Lithuania | 0.1% |
19 | Norway | 0.1% |
- Canadians totaled 52.9% of games played by skaters, with Americans coming in at 23.8% of games. The other 17 nations account for only 23.3%
- Before Don Cherry starts wagging his finger, the leagues best team, the Chicago Blackhawks, had players from just five countries: Canada 42.9%, Sweden 21.8%, United States 21.1%, Czech Republic 8.3%, Slovakia 5.9%. The Blackhaws used far less Canadians and far more Swedes and Slovaks than the NHL average on their way to the cup.
- The Blackhawks didn't use a Russian during the regular season, the third cup-winning team in the last four years to win a cup without a Russian.
- The Oilers went with players from six countries: Canada 56.9%, United States 14.7%, Czech Republic 10.0%, Finland 6.7%, Sweden 6.1%, Russia 5.6%.
*Data culled from HockeyDB