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What the article tells me is that Canadian Juniors and the USHL both have pretty tough competition, probably a lot tougher overall than Minnesota high school hockey. Why would it be a surprise that players that leave from high school would not do as well as those that stay? They're essentially playi...

I've been following this post for a while now and I have a few questions. Why is SSM ineligible to play MSHSL?... Not being from MN I can't answer this question definitively, but I think a major reason has to do with the number of games they play, SSM's schedule having many more games than are perm...

Massachusetts actually has quite a few state owned rinks, but for the most part rinks are privately owned. Our biggest problem is too few rinks because real estate costs so much. Unfortunately, like dominos, that drives tuition up, which reduces access, eliminates players, limits competition and ult...

From the replies so far, it looks like Minnesota hockey costs quite a bit less. I imagine that has something to do with the relative hockey outperformance by Minnesota vs Massachusetts hockey players since Herb Brooks's Miracle (when US team had just about same number of players from each state).

As a New member of the forum and a Massachusetts hockey parent I have limited knowledge of the whole Minnesota youth hockey/AAA landscape. I understand that there may be a new AAA league, which is more similar to the rest of the country's (including Massachusetts') structure. All that being said, I'...