it is their favourite sport or pastime. This game is a part of Canadian's

heritage. Although with the ongoing "Americanizing" of Canada, it is only

a matter of time before Canada's game is changed as well. The NHL,

National Hockey League, is the professional league for hockey. In the

past, and still today, Canadians have made up the greater part of the

leagues players. The article NHL Melting Pot gives statistics and a graph

of which nationalities were and are playing in the league. In 1967,

Canadian born players made up nearly 97% of the NHL. "With the influx

of players from other countries, the NHL is beginning to look like the

United Nations on ice." (Card#3) Now Canadians are only 66.2% of the

population in the league. The American born players are slowly sneaking

up at 16.6%, the second largest nationality. The gap does not look that

tight, however when you consider the time in which this jump has taken

place, it will get closer sooner instead of later. In the article, "The New

Ice Age" it gives statistics on the recent jump in American and other

players into the NHL. In 1983, out of 21 teams there were

national pastime: it is a passion, a cultural icon, as tied up in the it-ness of

NHL. All he did was Americanize the product." said long time season

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