“Changing paths to the National Hockey League”
Peter Kitchen (McMaster/ Statistics Canada) and I are studying how the paths to the National Hockey League (NHL) are changing in recent decades. We focus on Canadian hometowns and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as the places of hockey talent development.
We have disseminated our research findings as follows:
Publications:
Kaida, L., P. Kitchen, and M. Stick (2021). “The Rise of Big City Hockey Players and its Implication for Diversity in the National Hockey League” Canadian Ethnic Studies 53(3): 141-161.
Kaida, L. and P. Kitchen. (2020) “It’s Cold and There’s Something to Do. The Changing Geography of Canadian National Hockey League Players’ Hometowns” International Review for the Sociology of Sports 55(2): 209–228.
Presentations:
Kaida, L. P. Kitchen, and M. Stick. 2021. “The Rise of Big City Hockey Players and its Implication for Diversity in the National Hockey League” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, online, May 31-June 4, 2021.
Kitchen, P. and L. Kaida. 2019. “The Road Less Travelled? NCAA Division 1 Men’s Hockey: Regional and Competitive Pathways to Success” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for International Hockey Research, Windsor, ON, May 17-18, 2019.
Kaida, L. and P. Kitchen. 2019. “Decline of Small-town NHL Players, Immigration, and Diversity” Invited talk for the National Metropolis Conference, Halifax, NS.
Kitchen, P. and L. Kaida 2018. “It’s Cold and There’s Something to Do. The Changing Geography of Canadian National Hockey League Players’ Hometowns” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for International Hockey Research, Parry Sound, ON, May 26-27, 2018.