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Which country does the ice hockey kingdom refer to?

The ice hockey kingdom refers to Canada!

Ice hockey originated in Canada 150 years ago and soon spread to Europe and other countries in the world. Canada's ice hockey level has always been in the forefront of the world, and the number of ice hockey players and venues far exceeds that of other countries.

At present, there are10.3 million registered ice hockey players in the world, of which about10.2 million are concentrated in Canada, the United States, Sweden, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic, the six ice hockey powers in the world today. Among these six countries, the number of ice hockey players in Canada alone is as high as 50 1 10,000, accounting for nearly half of the total. Even according to the proportion of the national population of 29.8 million, the number of ice hockey players in Canada is absolutely the highest in the world.