Looks like you're right. Ice hockey is the national _winter_ sport of Canada while lacrosse is the _summer_ sport.

OT: you could fix the intended italics in your comment by using '<asterisk-char>' instead of '_'.

> Looks like you're right. Ice hockey is the national winter sport of Canada while lacrosse is the summer sport.

See here for the formatting options supported: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

Too late to edit now, but thanks. :)