United States
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| Flag and abbrev. |  USA
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| Continent | North America |
| Leader | Barack Obama (President) |
| Population | 305,131,000 (2008 estimate) |
| Registered players | 435,737 |
| Percentage | 0,15% |
| National team | Team USA |
| National federation | USA Hockey |
| IIHF ranking | 6th (+1) |
| Top league | National Hockey League (NHL) |
| Current champion | Pittsburgh Penguins |
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. The United States also possesses several territories, or insular areas, that are scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.
[edit] Hockey
Ice hockey, universally referred to as hockey, is less popular than baseball, basketball and football, but is still considered a major sport. The National Hockey League is the major professional league in North America, and 24 of its 30 teams are based in the United States; the other six are located in Canada. Always a cultural mainstay in some northern areas, hockey has gained tenuous footholds in regions like the Carolinas, Tampa Bay, Florida and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas in recent years, as the National Hockey League pursued a policy of expansion. Recreational ice hockey on a wide scale, as well as hockey at the high school and college levels, is generally confined to hockey country, specifically New England and the Great Lakes region, but recreational leagues do exist in large- and medium-sized metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Hockey legends include Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe (all of whom are Canadians who played either extensively or exclusively for U.S.-based pro teams).
[edit] International
On the international level, the United States is continuously ranked in the elite of the world and part of the Big Seven along with Canada, Russia, Finland, Slovakia, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
[edit] See also
 Ice hockey in United States
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| National Hockey League |
| High Level: American Hockey League |
| Mid Level: ECHL • Central Hockey League • International Hockey League |
| Low Level: Mid-Atlantic Hockey League • Southern Professional Hockey League |
| Semi-Professional: North Eastern Hockey League |
| Collegiate: National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Men's National Team • Women's National Team |
| American States | |
 Alabama -  Alaska -  Arizona -  Arkansas -  California -  Colorado
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 Connecticut -  Delaware -  Florida - .png){kind=small} Georgia -  Hawaii -  Idaho
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 Illinois -  Indiana -  Iowa -  Kansas -  Kentucky -  Louisiana
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 Maine -  Maryland -  Massachusetts -  Michigan -  Minnesota -  Mississippi
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 Missouri -  Montana -  Nebraska -  Nevada -  New Hampshire -  New Jersey
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 New Mexico -  New York -  North Carolina -  North Dakota -  Ohio -  Oklahoma
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 Oregon -  Pennsylvania -  Rhode Island -  South Carolina -  South Dakota -  Tennessee
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 Texas -  Utah -  Vermont -  Virginia -  Washington
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 West Virginia -  Wisconsin -  Wyoming
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