USA Hockey to be sold on Canadian newsstands

Colorado-based USA Hockey Magazine is to be available on Canadian newsstands starting in October. It claims to be the world's most widely circulated hockey publication, with an audited 418,000. (Transcon's The Hockey News, which has an audited paid circulation in North America of 89,000, claims an average 225,000 readership for each of its 41 annual issues.)

USA Hockey Magazine has been around since 1959, and is published 10 times annually by USA Hockey, the official association of hockey in the U.S. and is mailed as a benefit of membership. The newsstand copies, which will be carried in select Chapters stores and independent bookstores, will sell for $4.95 in Canada, $3.95 in the U.S. (Guess they haven't heard about the surging loonie?)The October issue includes a cover story on Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and asks, “Can Sid The Kid Grow Hockey In America?”