Ice Hockey Canada National Sport

A symbol of canada a national sport and even a way of life ice hockey.

Ice hockey canada national sport. 1 this act may be cited as the national sports of canada act. Ice hockey referred to as simply hockey is canada s most prevalent winter sport its most popular spectator sport and its most successful sport in international competition. Youth idolize and want to emulate the professional players. By the late 1800s ice hockey competed with lacrosse as canada s most popular sport.

Canada is considered the birthplace of ice hockey and canadians generally regard the sport as their own. The sport is very popular and played year round and at every level in the country. The national sports of canada act 1994 declared ice hockey as the country s official winter sport. Many boys and young men aspire to play in the national hockey league.

13 in red deer alta. It is the official national winter sport of canada and is widely considered canada s national pastime with high levels of participation b. Ice hockey in canada hockey is canada s official national winter sport and perhaps its greatest contribution to world sport. Cole perfetti ryan suzuki tristan.

National sports of canada. The roster selection was led by scott salmond. Hockey canada invited four saginaw spirit players to the national junior team selection camp thursday more than any other team in the canadian hockey league. Hockey and lacrosse to be national sports.

Take the 2002 winter olympics for instance when six million canadians tuned in to watch the women s team win gold and 10 million almost a third of the population watched the men s team follow suit three days later. With less than two months until the puck drops on the 2021 iihf world junior championship hockey canada in partnership with the canadian hockey league chl has announced a roster of 46 players who have earned an invitation to canada s national junior team sport chek selection camp set for nov. Born of various influences from stick and ball games brought from the united kingdom and indigenous games the contemporary sport of ice hockey originated in montreal. Queen s university scored a 3 1 victory over the athletics.

2 the game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of canada. Now ice hockey is a fundamental facet of canadian national identity that permeates all levels of society from books like how hockey explains canada and disney s 1992 film the mighty ducks to the university of saskatchewan s hockey in canadian literature course. Ice hockey simply referred to as hockey in both english and french in canada dates back to the 19th century. There are more than half a million registered players including men women and children.

1994 canadian olympic hockey team in action against sweden photo by claus andersen canadian sport images. Perhaps it may seem ironic that a country renowned for being so peaceful is so deeply connected with a sport where fighting is not only accepted but even commended.