| Considering the country's love affair
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| | homegrown players thanks to high salary
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| with the game most people would be
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| | demands. This is also the key issue in
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| surprised to learn that hockey is not the
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| | the 2004 dispute which has resulted in no
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| national sport of Canada. Many people in
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| | games thus far for the season.
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| Canada eat, sleep, and breathe hockey.
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| | Hockey is a very violent game, and
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| The roots of hockey are in Ireland, back
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| | spectators love to watch the opposing
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| when it was called Hurley, but hockey is
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| | team get crushed against the boards. Many
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| defiantly a Canadian sport. Due to its
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| | people wonder what this is teaching young
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| infectious nature, hockey has caught on
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| | fans and, unfortunately, violence is very
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| all over the world. It became very
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| | common in the little leagues. Many
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| popular throughout Canada, especially the
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| | leagues have adopted a no tolerance
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| East coast in the 1800s.
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| | policy for aggressive play, and some have
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| In 1917 the National Hockey League (NHL)
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| | banned this type of contact all together.
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| was formed and it consisted of five
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| | The NHL however, has yet to follow suit.
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| original teams. By the end of the century
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| | These days' parents have become a bit too
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| there would be 30 teams from all over
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| | passionate at little league hockey games.
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| Canada and the USA. People are passionate
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| | There is an increasing number of fights
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| about their hockey and one look at some
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| | between parents and verbal and physical
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| of the fans at the arenas show that they
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| | abuse against referees and coaches. This
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| mean business.
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| | has prompted many people to stay away
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| While the US teams have dominated the
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| | from the sport or putting their children
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| hockey playoffs, called the Stanley Cup,
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| | in after school hockey programs. The
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| in recent years, the sport still has a
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| | thought of knowing that the parents care
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| bigger following in Canada. Hockey Night
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| | more about who wins than the kids do is
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| in Canada is quite an event in many
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| | frightening. Regardless of this hockey
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| households and sports bars. Several teams
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| | will always be a popular game in North
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| in Canada have fallen by the wayside in
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| | America.
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| the past several years such as the
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| | Europe also enjoys much success in the
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| Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordiques.
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| | world of hockey. Little known places such
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| This is an unfortunate cause of the high
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| | as Belarus has been highlighted after the
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| player salaries.
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| | recent world championships. Little ice
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| Hockey stars are among the highest paid
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| | hockey can be played anywhere you can
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| in any professional sport. This is partly
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| | find frozen ponds in the winter. This is
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| the reason that many of the top players
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| | not always the case though, look at the
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| head to teams in the US. Many Canadian
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| | Los Angeles Kings.
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| teams have a hard time retaining their
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