As of March 1, 2008: {| |- | Austria 1 Belarus 3 Brazil 1 Brunei 1 Canada 390 Chech Republic 51 Chechnya 3 Denmark 1 Finland 32 France 1 Germany 8 Ireland 1 Kazikstan 2 Korea 1 Latvia 3 Lithuania 1 Norway 2 Poland 1 Russia 26 Slovakia 20 South Africa 1 Sweden 48 Ukraine 5 USA 141 |}
Canada by a landslide
Still Canada since the beginning...
Canada by a landslide, right now over 50% of the NHL is Canadian's
The 1917 NHL championship was won by the Toronto Arenas.
Canada. as of 2007, Approximately 52% of players in the NHL are from Canada. http://www.hockeywidgets.com/newblog/2007/11/nhl-geography.html
Canada. 52% of all player in the nhl are Canadian
1917
Then NHL was formed in 1917. This answer is from ChaCha answers.
The NHL was founded on November 26, 1917, and the first games were played on December 19, 1917.
As of 2013, 53% of players in the NHL hail from my home country of Canada.
All of the teams in the NHL have American players.
There are 37 Russian Born Players in NHL