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Hockey country is a term used to describe a geographic region of Canada and the United States where Ice Hockey has the strongest fanbase, players, etc.. Hockey Country is commonly accepted to include all of the Canadian provinces; British Columbia , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia , and Newfoundland And Labrador as well as the U.S. states of Alaska , Illinois , North Dakota , Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , New York , Connecticut , Colorado , Rhode Island , Massachusetts , Vermont , New Hampshire , and Maine . Players from U.S. states not listed are extremely rare in the NHL. In this region, hockey is generally considered to be a " Major Sport " with its fans giving the game equal standing with Baseball , Basketball and American (or Gridiron) Football . Americans from other regions often dispute the assertion that hockey is a "major" sport - with many refusing to give hockey equal standing with the other three sports at the very least. "Hockey country" is also a marketing term used by the National Hockey League 's Ottawa Senators and the Canadian Hockey League 's Ottawa 67's to describe the geographic region of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec . Likewise, hockey's great popularity in Minnesota has led some to dub it "The State of Hockey" (the United States Hockey Hall Of Fame , not to be confused with the more famous Hockey Hall Of Fame in Toronto , is located in Eveleth, Minnesota ), a name which became the slogan of the Minnesota Wild when they joined the NHL in 2000. |
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