WCHL Totals by Nationality ‑ 1996‑1997 Stats

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	122	4021	1363	2218	3581	9195	332	70	122
2	United States	48	1253	362	622	984	2257	71	33	33
3	Russia	23	210	55	79	134	348	11	2	2
4	Finland	2	104	47	45	92	54	7	0	7
5	Czech Republic	3	78	33	57	90	97	8	2	2
6	Ukraine	1	56	16	16	32	53	4	3	0
7	Kazakhstan	5	34	12	10	22	46	5	0	1
8	Sweden	2	33	7	13	20	75	1	1	0
9	Japan	2	36	9	10	19	0	2	0	1
10	Belarus	1	9	5	3	8	21	0	0	2
11	Switzerland	1	8	0	8	8	4	0	0	0
12	Latvia	1	49	0	6	6	24	0	0	0
13	Slovakia	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Percentage of WCHL Players by Nationality ‑ 1996‑1997 Stats

Rk	Nationality	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Canada	57.5%	68.2%	71.4%	71.8%	71.7%	75.5%	75.3%	63.1%	71.8%
2	United States	22.6%	21.2%	19.0%	20.1%	19.7%	18.5%	16.1%	29.7%	19.4%
3	Russia	10.8%	3.6%	2.9%	2.6%	2.7%	2.9%	2.5%	1.8%	1.2%
4	Finland	0.9%	1.8%	2.5%	1.5%	1.8%	0.4%	1.6%	0.0%	4.1%
5	Czech Republic	1.4%	1.3%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	0.8%	1.8%	1.8%	1.2%
6	Ukraine	0.5%	0.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.9%	2.7%	0.0%
7	Kazakhstan	2.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.6%
8	Sweden	0.9%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%
9	Japan	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%
10	Belarus	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%
11	Switzerland	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
12	Latvia	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
13	Slovakia	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%