Just sharing because I thought it interesting (and I posted the same data while answering a question on the FHM Forums earlier today).
Here's some data from this site http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/national ... stats.html looking at the nationality of players playing in particular Leagues...
NHL
- Canada 50.3%
- USA 24.8%
- Sweden 7.9%
- Czech Republic 4.0%
- Finland & Russia 3.6%
- Slovakia & Switzerland 1.3%
- Germany 1.0%
- 9 Nations at less than 1.0%
AHL
- Canada 53.4%
- USA 31.3%
- Sweden 5.8%
- Finland 2.3%
- Czech Republic 2.1%
- Russia 1.7%
- 14 Nations at less than 1.0%
KHL
- Russia 63.5%
- Canada 6.0%
- Finland 5.3%
- Belarus 4.8%
- Slovakia 3.4%
- Czech Republic 3.1%
- Latvia 3.1%
- Sweden 3.0%
- Kazakhstan 3.0%
- USA 2.9%
- 7 Nations at less than 1.0%
SHL
- Sweden 73.6%
- Finland 7.4%
- Canada 6.0%
- USA 4.8%
- Czech Republic 1.9%
- Norway 1.9%
- Slovakia 1.7%
- 8 Nations at less than 1.0%
SM-Liiga
- Finland 83.0%
- Canada 4.6%
- USA 4.1%
- Czech Republic 3.9%
- France 1.1%
- 9 Nations at less than 1.0%
2014-15 top leagues, player nationality
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