Most non-Canadian hockey players have been drafted from American teams to the Canadian teams.
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Here are the current roster totals:Vancouver Canucks: 13Edmonton Oilers: 16Calgary Flames: 16Toronto Maple Leafs: 16Ottawa Senators: 8Montreal Canadiens: 13
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The Trail, BC Smoke Eaters won the World Hockey Championship in 1961. Nine of the team members were natives of Trail, attending school and playing minor hockey in this West Kootenay town of 11,000 people.
The Amateur Hockey Association of Canada was formed in 1888, with four teams in the league. Teams were located in Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City. This is the first known organized (and official) league in Canadian history. However, there were most certainly other non-organized leagues with teams that played before 1888. If anyone knows what these teams were please add to this answer. I know the Ottawa Senators were the first team in Ottawa, and they formed in 1883. The first recorded description of Ice Hockey in Canada is from 1825, but it wasn't until 1875 that a puck (made of wood) was used, rather than a ball, or "Bung". That game in 1875 was the first organized indoor game, at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink, and was played between two teams of 9 players from McGill University.
There are no whole NHL teams who are sponsored by a company such as NikeBauer or Easton but individual players. Some players who are sponsored by NikeBauer would be Eric Staal, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, and many more.