Hockey Nation Research Paper

A nation is an incredibly important aspect in anything that aspires to be its own entity. Developing a nation will help in creating a stronger, and well functioning society. In many cases, a nation needs help growing with the help of an other nation, like in the case of the Hockey Nation, and the Canadian nation. Without the other, these nations wouldn't have grown to be the nations we know today. Hockey needed the resources, the people, the money and the technology that Canada offered for its nation to even start growing. With the country and its nation to back it up, Hockey was able to form a nation that even to this day keeps growing. On the other hand, Canada’s nation, sense of community and unity wouldn't have reached such high recognition …show more content…
First newspapers, and then telegraphs, followed by radios, all revolutionized both nations with all three of them used to help in creating a sense of community across a broad number of people. Because of their abilities to share the same information at the same time all over the country both nations were able to develop a strong sense of community and both had a unifying thing that kept the nations together. Therefore, both nations started developing at the same time, sharing key moments in history and sharing inevitable parallels, so much so that it was argued that these nations go hand in hand and that their (not intentional) partnership, was important to their growth and development. It leaves us wondering that if, for example, Hockey hadn’t grown in Canada, would it be the same sport, the same nation, that we know it as today? And lastly, if Canada hadn't let the Hockey Nation grow within her, would the Canadian Nation we know today be the same nation? All in all, it can be agreed upon that Hockey and Canada and go hand in hand, and that Hockey is truly a part of the Canadian