A love letter to a sport that\'s losing itself, from one of Canada\'s best sports writers.
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Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it\'s for so long been an integral part.
It\'s become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population.
Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis.
A love letter to a sport that\'s losing itself, from one of Canada\'s best sports writers