Including the years when the Olympic gold medalists were declared World Champions, Canada has won the World Championships a total of 24 times.
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None. Gretzky won Bronze medal with Team Canada in Finland 1982, in his only World Championships.
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7 gold medals. 1956, 1964, 1968,1972, 1976, 1984, 1988.
I'm assuming you mean Men's Olympic and World Championship titles. If so, the total is 24 titles. However, if you were to include women's titles, U20, and U18 championships, as well, the number would be much, much higher.
There are many great players in the world. Some of the best are in Canada and the U.S. But the best has to be Sidney Crosby.
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Yes, Canada is the most popular country in the world for youth lacrosse. Obviously, the US has the college teams but many hockey players in Canada find lacrosse very simliar to hockey and take it as a a great spring conditioning oppertunity
According to the Hockey Canada website there are over 500,000 kids of varying ages registered to play hockey in Canada. Of course,there are many more who play hockey in local areas but don't necessarily register with official organizations. For example, there are several dozen kids in my little town who play on the local rink but are not part of Hockey Canada.
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There are various countries that have played quite well in the past few Olympics such as: Canada, USA, Russia, Sweden, Norway and Czech Slovakia are usually the most competitive/skilled teams out there on the ice.