Country (current number of teams) Players active (2012–13)[36] Players active (2013–14)[37] Players active (2014–15)[38] Players active (2015–16)[39] Players active (2016–17)[40] Players active (2017–18)[41] Players active (2018–19)[42] Belgium – – – – 1 – – Canada 36 69 56 41 52 53 61 China (1 team) – – – – 3 – 2 Croatia – 3 2 2 7 1 1 Czech Republic 46 47 29 35 35 33 28 Denmark – 1 2 4 3 5 6 Finland (1 team) 40 37 50 47 51 42 45 France – – 1 1 2 – 3 Germany 1 3 3 1 – – – Italy – – – 1 2 – – Israel – – – – – 1 – Kazakhstan (1 team) 30 29 28 36 40 38 34 Latvia (1 team) 35 34 29 34 33 34 34 Lithuania – – – – – – 1 Norway 3 3 3 1 – 1 – Russia (19 teams) 540 573 594 634 679 663 605 Slovakia 51 43 32 27 28 24 24 Slovenia – 2 4 4 4 4 3 Sweden 24 22 28 27 23 25 25 Switzerland – – – – 1 – – Ukrainea 11 12 3 3 3 1 – United States 13 20 27 21 23 20 20 Total 863 938 936 957 1,027 913 918