The most dominant ice hockey teams are from five continents.
In international competitions , the national teams of six countries -LRB- the `` Big Six '' -RRB- predominate : Canada , Czech Republic , Finland , Russia , Sweden and the United States .	Canada	Canada men's national ice hockey team	United States	Ice hockey in the United States	Finland	Finland men's national ice hockey team	Czech Republic	Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team	Sweden	Sweden men's national ice hockey team	Russia	Russia men's national ice hockey team	Big Six	Big Six (hockey)	the United States	United States men's national ice hockey team
