Tripod
I hate this team
It's probably because kids in Canada start skating before they play hockey. So when they're skating and someone puts a stick in their hand and says, "skate", they're going to hold the stick in their dominant hand like they would if it were any other object.
This is the correct answer.
As a kid learning to skate, you need to hold on to a hand...or a stick so someone call pull you around. It is natural to want to hold on with your strongest hand. So then when you learn to skate on your own, it's natural to hold the stick too with your strong hand. And for most, that is their right, which means they end up shooting left.
But in warmer areas, baseball is often the sport taught first. And most parents will line their kids up on the left side of the plate to swing at a ball. So they become used to swinging that way...and turn to righties for hockey.
Personally, I am right handed, swing a golf club as a righty, and a bat as well. But as a kid, I had a straight blade and "picked" which way to shoot as I could do both ways. I chose left shooting because there were 2 good right shooting wingers on our team....even knew it back in Novice.
Smart choice...one if those RW ended up with a 15 year NHL career and scored over 40 goals 1 year.