It's not just money thing per se. One thing hockey lacks, at least in Canada, is casual play. You're either all in, or what's the point. If you don't have the opportunity to start skating and learning the game at a really young age, there is almost no way to get involved later because you will be so far behind. I think the pressure and time commitments are just as daunting as the financial costs. With other sports, you can usually find a casual community drop-in thing and let them test it out to see if they like it, but that doesn't exist with hockey so much.
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