Why isn’t it more popular in places like Norway, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland?

The most LOL-worthy things the Internet has to offer. Swedish centre Mats Sundin currently ranks as the all-time leading scorer and goal getter in the NHL for Swedish-born players and fourth in overall scoring for Europeans.

Statistics are current through the end of the 2019–20 NHL season and players currently playing in the National Hockey League are marked in boldface. The 2020 Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars is a clash of front office philosophy as the Lightning tied the series up 1-1 last night. Number of All-Time Euro NHL Players by Country (Birthplace, not nationality) 2 comments. It’s hard to believe that Jaromir Jagr is still in the league when he debuted in 1991 as the mulleted teenager for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now, there are quite a few solid players in the NHL from Switzerland that include Jonas Hiller (one time All-Star with a 2.49 career goals against average), Roman Josi (with 55 points in his fourth year with the Predators), Yannick Weber and Nino Niederreiter. Streit has been a solid defenseman at each stop, with three All Star Game appearances. Born: Sept. 29, 1976, in Dvirkivshchyna, Ukraine

The Swiss haven’t reached the podium at the Olympics since 1948 when they won bronze, although they have made a lot of noise recently. Why didn't they build an arena earlier?

85% Upvoted. Basketball has started to branch out across the world, but there haven’t been many great players from other countries. Like a seperate chart for pre-WWI, then interwar, post-WWII, etc. I was surprised that France had more than Austria, but it's essentially a tie. For a lengthy time period, Mark Hardy was the only notable Swiss player, scoring a total of 368 points in his career that lasted from 1979 to 1993 with the Kings, North Stars and Rangers. If those years on Wikipedia are correct, then any Icelandic-born NHLer (if one were to exist in an otherwise identical universe) up to this point would have almost certainly not spent much of their childhood in Iceland. The country is also represented by current stars Zack Parise, Ryan Suter, Max Pacioretty, Phil Kessel and Joe Pavelski. Once a league dominated by North Americans, the NHL had more than 900 players from 15 different countries hit the ice this season.

Among the best American players of all time are Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, Phil Housley, Keith Tkachuk and Chris Chelios. According to a citation-less blurb on Wikipedia, "The first indoor arena was built in 1997, and a second was built in 2000."

Canada is the undisputed king of producing NHL players, and at one point having nearly 100 per cent of the players in the league during the 1950s. Sweden got a bit of a late start in joining the NHL, with players finally starting to make their way across the Atlantic in the 1970s.

Korey Beckett is a sportswriter from Michigan that is currently living in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas. Inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy was first awarded to Canada's amateur ice hockey clubs who won … Streit got into the league pretty late at the age of 28, and has played with the Canadiens, Islanders and Flyers in his career. This includes franchises which have moved to different cities. With 11 institutions making up Atlantic Hockey, each with different return-to-campus procedures, many different plans have been formulated by leaders within the conference. There are even a few legends from the country as well, with Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita (nine time All Star, four time Art Ross Trophy winner and two time Lady Byng Trophy winner) and Peter Stastny are beloved by their home country, while players such as Peter Bondra (Slovak background) and Pavol Demitra were no slouches. If we are in a world where Iceland rises up to be a minor player on the international stage (like IIHF Division I, which is below the "Championship" division), then they are still in an extremely early stage of their development. The end of the qualifying round marks Phase 2 of the NHL’s altered draft lottery set for 6 PM EST, Monday evening, where eight teams will be thrown into an even chance at the No. In international play, the Germans have only medaled at the Olympics twice, with both of them in the bronze category. Not to mention the domination that their international team brought in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Ukraine — Andriy Shevchenko. One thing to bear in mind is.. A lot of the ex USSR or neighbouring USSR countries did all they could to "rid themselves of Russianization" after they became independent again.

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