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Us Hockey vs Canada Hockey.

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Plob5

Yo dawgs im from da US and since @WoleverEntun said Canada will never be beaten I wanted to start up a good ol' classic debate.
 
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Consider this, the USA has 10x more people than Canada, yet around 50% of NHL players are from Canada. The LA kings have 8 canadian players. As well, for a long time the NHL did not allow their players to go into the olympics at all. The most stanley cups ever were won by a canadian team, as well as the second most. Wayne Gretzky was canadian. Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux, all canadian, and the list goes on. Canada has won the cup 49 times in comparison to the US's 42, even with a much larger talent pool/population in the US and 24 teams as opposed to canada's six. @PewPewPewLasers @Haxnn
 
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WoleverEntun said:
Consider this, the USA has 10x more people than Canada, yet around 50% of NHL players are from Canada. The LA kings have 8 canadian players. As well, for a long time the NHL did not allow their players to go into the olympics at all. The most stanley cups ever were won by a canadian team, as well as the second most. Wayne Gretzky was canadian. Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux, all canadian, and the list goes on. Canada has won the cup 49 times in comparison to the US's 42, even with a much larger talent pool/population in the US and 24 teams as opposed to canada's six. @PewPewPewLasers @Haxnn
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It has been proven that the statement of "Canada will never be beaten" is false. Are they superior? Hell yes, but they have been beaten.
 
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Canada is known for their hockey, we perform very well in the game. You can't say we never lose, however you have to admit we are one of the top competitors.

EDIT: Someone ALWAYS posts while I`m posting :/.
 
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Plob5

Haxnn said:
Canada is known for their hockey, we perform very well in the game. You can't say we never lose, however you have to admit we are one of the top competitors.

EDIT: Someone ALWAYS posts while I`m posting :/.
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Yes, I highly agree with this post yes they are and will be always one of the 'top dogs' of the Olympics though you also have to give some credit too the Us, considering Tim Thomas is from Michigan and is arguably the best goalie in the last 5 years.[DOUBLEPOST=1346354712,1346354546][/DOUBLEPOST]
WoleverEntun said:
Consider this, the USA has 10x more people than Canada, yet around 50% of NHL players are from Canada. The LA kings have 8 canadian players. As well, for a long time the NHL did not allow their players to go into the olympics at all. The most stanley cups ever were won by a canadian team, as well as the second most. Wayne Gretzky was canadian. Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Sidney Crosby, Mario Lemieux, all canadian, and the list goes on. Canada has won the cup 49 times in comparison to the US's 42, even with a much larger talent pool/population in the US and 24 teams as opposed to canada's six. @PewPewPewLasers @Haxnn
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Okay, you have me on this one though as stated before there are some US greats, including Tim Thomas, Brian Leetch, etc. I do agree at the moment Canada is better but hey don't doubt the us!
 
Aryios

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Canada, Europe, US, Russia all have good players but a few people don't make up a whole team.
 
leftovers5

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Canada dominates hockey partly because it's a core sport up there, and not as big a sport in the US, Central/southern Europe, east Asia, etc. I remember driving by a 10 year old in Quebec playing ice hockey at like 9 pm at night by himself. They're dedicated to the sport, like the US is to baseball, which is why they're good at it. Not to say the US doesn't have great players, it has a good amount, but hockey just doesn't have the membership proportional to population that Canada does.
 
Egorh

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Don't compare Quebec to the rest of Canada. Atm they are trying to leave Canada and become their own country.
 
Haxnn

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Truecorruptor said:
Don't compare Quebec to the rest of Canada. Atm they are trying to leave Canada and become their own country.
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Well, kinda. Not all of quebec wants to leave, not all want to stay... But qubec, alberta and some other places are really dedicated to it.
 
Egorh

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I believe Canada wins this discussion because we made TIM HORTONS!

EDIT:That was pretty irrelevant
 
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