NHL and F1: where do the twain meet?

Another thing I really like is the visual display of information. I was watching the Malaysian GP and an NHL game on the same day, and it occurred to me that there probably aren't that many countries where you can easily follow both the NHL and Formula 1.

Here they are. In blue, countries that are home to an active NHL player. I'm not using the frankly moronic system the Hockey Hall of Fame uses, where players are ranked by their country of birth, but rather the country they are eligible to represent in international hockey. In red, countries that are represented in F1 by an active driver in the 2010 season.

So at the end of the day, the NHL and F1 only meet in Finland, Russia, Germany and Switzerland. As you can see, this is a more exclusive combination than one might think! The map also highlights how much of a northern hemisphere sport hockey is.