I was curious as to how cold the NHL cities are. So here are the coldest NHL cities by mean annual temperature in Celsius:
Very Cold
1. Winnipeg - 3.0 C
2. Edmonton - 4.2 C
3. Calgary - 4.4 C
Cold
4. Ottawa - 6.6 C
5. Montreal - 6.8 C
6. Minneapolis - 7.9 C
Temperate
7. Toronto - 9.4 C
8. Chicago - 9.8 C
9. Detroit - 10.0 C
10. Vancouver - 10.4 C
11. Denver - 10.4 C
12. Pittsburgh - 10.8 C
13. Boston - 10.9 C
14. Seattle - 11.3 C
15. Columbus - 11.7 C
Warm
16. New York City - 12.9 C
17. Philadelphia - 13.2 C
18. St. Louis - 13.9 C
19. Washington D.C. - 14.6 C
20. Nashville - 15.4 C
21. San Jose - 16.4 C
Hot
22. Los Angeles - 18.6 C
23. Dallas - 19.0 C
24. Las Vegas - 20.3 C
25. Tampa - 15.9 C
26. Phoenix - 23.9 C
27. Miami - 24.9 C
It's not 32 teams because some teams have more than one city. Raleigh wasn't on the list. Charlotte is 16.1 C. Neither is Newark.
Of course there are other factors to consider, like seasonal fluctuations, sunlight, win, humidity, etc.
30 out of the past 30 Stanley Cups have gone to teams with average temperatures 9.8 C or above. Obviously, that's indicative of the lack of Canadian cups in that time. In the 70s and 80s, colder cities actually won more cups.
Most Americans don't realize how much colder the Canadian prairie cities are than the rest of North America. Although they may realize this after playing in those cities in the winter.
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