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CANADIAN SPORTS
most popular sports

• Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Football
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Golf
• Soccer (women)

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1. Ice-Hockey
Ice-Hockey is the most popular sport in
Canada There are six Canadian teams playing in
the NHL (National Hockey League), which is
actually an American hockey league and the best
in the whole world.
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames
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2. Lacrosse
What is Lacrosse?!?

• a fieldgame for two teams
• the ball is played with a racket(stick)
• originally played by the aborigines of North
  America to train their warfare
• was called Baggataway
• the Francocanadians took over this game and
  called the racket la crosse
• in 1867 the National Lacrosse Association (now
  CLA) was founded
• Since this time Lacrosse has become the Canadian
  national sport

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there are different kinds of Lacrosse
mens field Lacrosse
womens field Lacrosse
and Indoor Lacrosse (also known as Box Lacrosse
or short Boxla), which is a combination of
Lacrosse and Hockey.
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3. Football
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-A football team has the size of 11 players on
the field (an offence, a defence and a special
team) -A team is able to score when a player runs
into the end-zone of the opponent team. This is
called a touch-down and worth six points. There
are also many other chances to score. -One match
lasts 60 minutes devided in two halftimes and
four periods of 15 minutes each.
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4. Baseball
Baseball is also a very popular sport in Canada.
The aim of each game is to score as many points
as possible. The teams with the most points after
seven innings is the winner.
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A baseball team exists of many different kinds of
players on the field Defense Offence -one
pitcher -one hitter -three outfielder -four
infielder -one catcher
The pitcher tries to get three strikes.
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Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are the only Canadian team,
which plays in the NBA
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The Raptor, the mascot of the Toronto Raptors
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Head Coach Lenny WilkensAverage Age
27.8Average Height 6-8Average Weight 225
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the star of the Toronto Raptors
Vince Carter
-Two-time All-Star (2000 and 2001) who led all
players in votes received from fans both
seasons -Selected by media to the 2000-01
All-NBA Second Team and the 1999-2000 All-NBA
Third Team -Represented the United States at the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and led
the team in scoring (14.8 ppg) while starting in
five of eight games -Recorded 16 points, four
assists and three rebounds as a starter in the
2001 All-Star Game, posted 12 points and four
rebounds in the 2000 All-Star Game, and won the
2000 NBA.com Slam Dunk Contest -Named the
1998-99 Schick Rookie of the Year, receiving
95.8 of the votes (113 of 118) for the third
largest winning margin of the decade (Shaquille
O'Neal and Duncan) -Ranked fourth in the NBA in
scoring in 1999-2000 (25.7 ppg) and fifth in in
2000-01 (27.6 ppg) -Surpassed Doug Christie
(4,448) to become the Raptors all-time leading
scorer (vs. New Jersey on 3/2/01) -Netted a
career-high 51 points (13-13 FT, 4-8 3FG) and
grabbed nine rebounds against the Phoenix Suns on
2/27/00 -Tallied his first career triple-double
with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists
against the Cleveland Cavaliers on 4/10/00