History Main / CanadianEqualsHockeyFan

* The humor book ''Nice is Just a Place in France'' has a list that describes what sport a college student plays says about him. The entry for hockey just says "Canadian".

* When the old Champlain Bridge over the Saint-Lawrence river in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} needed to be dismantled due to its poor condition and replaced with a new one, there were serious talks of having it be called the Maurice Richard bridge after UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}}'s most famous hockey player. The new bridge was ultimately called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019%E2%80%93present) Samuel-De Champlain]]. But still, a famous hockey player was a serious contender to naming a bridge, enough to rival the guy who ''founded Quebec City and effectively founded Canada as a result''.

* The Canadian cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan'' has Ian being a fan of the Vancouver Canucks.

{{Subtrope}} of CanadaEh When a person loves [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] in fiction, they almost always have a Canadian background. Sometimes in American media, hockey players are depicted as having Quebec accents, perhaps stemming from famous players like Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Mario Lemieux, and Patrick Roy and the fact that Quebec has basically had no other presence in popular American media.

{{Subtrope}} of CanadaEh When a person loves [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] in fiction, they almost always have a Canadian background. Sometimes in American media, hockey players are depicted as having Quebec accents, perhaps stemming from famous players like Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Mario Lemieux, and Patrick Roy.

{{Subtrope}} of CanadaEh When a person loves [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] in fiction, they almost always have a Canadian background. Sometimes in American media, hockey players are depicted as having French Canadian accents, perhaps stemming from famous players like Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, Mario Lemieux, and Patrick Roy.

{{Subtrope}} of CanadaEh When a person loves [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]] in fiction, they almost always have a Canadian background. Sometimes in American media, hockey players are depicted as having French Canadian accents.

To be fair, hockey is the Canada's national ''winter'' sport, while lacrosse is the national summer sport. The latter used to be the sole national sport until a bill passed in 1994 established both as national sports.

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* A "Black Jeopardy" skit on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a clue which was obviously referring to NBA player Kobe Bryant, however Jared the black Canadian (guest star Music/{{Drake}}) guesses Jaromir Jagr.

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* In the Assassins' Guild of the Literature/{{Discworld}} as written by Creator/AAPessimal, Mlle Antoinette de Badin-Boucher comes from [[CanadaEh Upper Aceria]]. Having brought ice skates, a great big stick and protective padding with her, she is dissappointed to realise Ankh-Morpork rarely gets cold enough for ''proper'' hockey. The young student Assassin then starts absconding by night and breaking into the Pork Futures Warehouse to practice ''real'' hockey. A few years later, she cuts a deal with the owners of the PFW - a very large space where ice forms on a very large flat floor - to host a competitive sport there. Single-handedly, this Acerian brings ice hockey to Ankh-Morpork.
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To be fair, hockey is the Canada's national ''winter'' sport, while lacrosse is the national summer sport. The latter used to be the sole national sport until a bill passed in 1994 established a winter and summer national sport.

* In ''Film/TheGrizzlies'', Hockey is initially assumed to be the national sport of Canada by the Inuit students, but teacher Russ tells them it's actually lacrosse.

* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} VI'' gives each civilization a unique tile improvement building that grants various bonuses. Canada's unique building is an ice hockey rink that provides extra Culture for each adjacent tundra or snow tile..

* The Judge's brother in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney -- Trials and Tribulations'', who occasionally uses Canadian tics such as "aboot" instead of "about" and "eh?", refers to his beard as a "glorious playoff beard".[[note]]In hockey culture, a "playoff beard" refers to the custom of players and fans of a given team in the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs keeping their beards unshaven until their team either wins the Cup or loses.[[/note]]

* WebVideo/WatchMojo are based in Montreal. One of their TopTenList videos counts down Iconic Canadians. Number one? Wayne Gretzky.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' episode "Bad Ear Day" a hockey announcer with a obvious Canadian accent exclaims, "Mickey Mouse wins it for the home team, eh!"
** Said announcer is none other than Don Cherry, former NHL coach and longtime (until 2019) star of Coach's Corner on Series/HockeyNightInCanada

* Robin from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' is Canadian, so of course she's a hockey fan. When she gets drunk and turns "Super-Canadian", she puts on a Vancouver Canucks uniform.

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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' has a hockey player scream, "There's the puck, eh!"

** Also, in the episode "Stanley's Cup" Ike is put on Stan's pee wee team because "they need a Canadian".

* Even in US arenas, you can often see Canadian flags hanging from the ceiling next to the American flag. NHL rules mandate that both countries' national anthems be played if an American team is playing a Canadian team. The Buffalo Sabres play both national anthems before every game regardless of opponent as a tribute to the team's sizable Canadian fanbase (Buffalo itself is only 17 mi/27 km from the border).