There's some college sports in Canada, but it's not as big as in the US (not even close). However, the love of watching youth athletes is still there though, as junior hockey is quite popular.
NHL: Republican/Conservative. All the NHL fans I know of are big Stephen Harper supporters that hate the NDP and few Republicans that have negative opinions of Barack Obama. Also, most of this group idealize Don Cherry, the xenophobia European hating support the troops commentator/former head coach.
I can tell you there are still NDP hockey fans out there, and of course who cannot forget the iconic picture of Jack Layton in Habs jersey with a beer from the last election? Also, the return of the Jets helped the NDP win another provincial election in Manitoba.
