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5 Reasons Why Santa Claus Is a Hockey Fan

By JP Powell

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Dec 6, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; Montreal Canadiens center Manny Malhotra (20) and defenseman Andrei Markov (79) and defenseman Alexei Emelin (74) and at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

#4. Hockey Is the Most Popular Sport In Canada

Now, before you get your knickers in a twist, being Canadian does NOT automatically make one a hockey fan. Just like being an American does not mean you are a football fan. However, hockey is as big (and probably bigger) in Canada than football is in the US, so the fact that he is Canadian certainly increases the chance that he loves hockey.

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    • The 2014 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Gold Metal game, a game the Canadian team won, had more than 15 million people watching it. Granted, that doesn’t seem like much when the Super Bowl often flirts with (and surpasses) 100 million viewers.

    The difference is, however, population. Canada has slightly more than 35 million people total. Simple math shows that nearly 43% of Canada’s entire population (42.8 % to be specific) watched what was quite possibly the biggest event in all of hockey. The 2014 Super Bowl (XLVIII) had 111.5 million American viewers, but the US has 316 million people. That’s 35.2% of the population. These numbers seem to indicated that hockey is more popular in Canada than football is in America.

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