The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) --> “the world’s largest hockey league”

An example of what Andrews (2000) describes as a post-industrial sport commodity.

The CHL is also in the business of "Canadianness", a symbolic commodity that has emerged as both a consequence of, and a resistance within, a so-called globalization. It is this (re)construction of cultural meanings through sport, as a multifaceted process in which local, national and transnational elements of “Canadianness” interpolate with sport in establishing a marketable or brand identity, which suggests that instead of competing with major professional sports, the CHL is niftily in the business of selling “Canadianness”.

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1. 2003 world junior hockey championship, gold-medal game (Canada-Russia), Jan. 5, 2003, 3.453 million.
2. 2005 world junior hockey championship, gold-medal game (Canada-Russia), Jan. 4, 2005, 3.227 million.
3. 2006 world junior hockey championship, gold-medal game (Canada-Russia), Jan. 5, 2006, 3.007 million.
4. NHL, Ottawa-Toronto/Calgary-Minnesota split, Oct. 5, 2005, 2.105 million.
5. 2003 world junior hockey championship semi-final (Canada-U.S.), Jan. 3, 2003, 2.013 million.
6. 2005 world junior hockey championship semi-final (Canada-Czech Republic), Jan. 2, 2005, 1.893 million.
7. 1999 world junior hockey championship, gold-medal game (Canada-Russia), Jan. 5, 1999, 1.816 million.
8. 2006 world junior hockey championship semi-final (Canada-Finland), Jan. 3, 2006, 1.813 million.
9. Blue Jays-Orioles, Sept. 29, 1989 (Jays win put them up two games on Orioles in divisional race), 1.806 million.
10. Jays-Angels, Oct. 2, 1991 (Jays win clinches division), 1.585 million.