All districts have been crunched, now we can tally and rank them all. Remember, what this reflects is how far above or below the expected level each association is playing at for the PeeWee level. The number equates to goal differential per game, e.g., collectively the Edina teams are scoring ~1/3 of a goal per game more than should be expected. As you can see, the EGF teams are a collective 6 1/2 higher! Certainly, some of the successes (or failures) can be attributed to a certain "bubble" of talented kids that come through a given program. But for instance, the Moorheads and Duluth Easts of MN are well known to be at the top for development.
As one poster alluded to, recruitment of eligible players is core piece of a successful association. Associations like Moorhead, DE, etc. have an edge in recruitment becasue they have established, successful programs. These communities are geared to the hockey culture and inherently are able to attract the best athletes to the sport.
However, once the kids are there they need to be developed. I think another poster was spot on in the analysis that the successful associations tend to have dedicated "hockey guys" (i.e., dads) that are integrated into their associations.
The whole point of this exercise was, for me, to analyze the various associations, identify the stronger ones, and hopefully find out what makes these top associations tick. I am heavily involved in my association - have been for years - and sadly, I must say that it is NOT one of the "successful" ones. I would like to change that. I would hope that others that see their associations lagging behind the others would want to do the same. In the end, I would like to see Minnesota Hockey improve - so that we can remain the top youth hockey development model in the U.S.! Mind you, I do not think that our model is "broken", I just think that we could all learn from those that have succeeded and use it to improve all of us.
~ Pioneer ~
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1 East Grand Forks 6.55
2 Duluth East 5.58
3 Moorhead 5.57
4 Crookston 5.38
5 Warroad 5.21
6 Hallock 4.93
7 Luverne 3.76
8 Lake of the Woods 3.71
9 Red Lake Falls 3.61
10 Hutchinson 3.44
11 La Crescent 3.37
12 Crow River 3.26
13 Hermantown 3.17
14 Kennedy 3.12
15 Sauk Rapids 2.96
16 Litchfield Dassel Cokato 2.82
17 Willmar 2.77
18 Jefferson 2.67
19 Thief River Falls 2.49
20 Lakeville North 2.41
21 Alexandria 2.37
22 Detroit Lakes 2.37
23 Hopkins 2.37
24 North Metro 2.13
25 Bemidji 2.07
26 Duluth Lakers 2.04
27 Cloquet 1.97
28 Anoka 1.90
29 Winona 1.84
30 International Falls 1.83
31 Superior 1.81
32 Rosemount 1.57
33 New Prague 1.52
34 Proctor 1.49
35 Mason City 1.46
36 Hibbing 1.40
37 Red Wing 1.37
38 South St. Paul 1.3
39 Stillwater 1.27
40 Brainerd 1.25
41 Eden Prairie 1.21
42 Highland Central 1.1
43 St. Michael Albertville 1.09
44 Mahtomedi 1.08
45 Eastview 1.06
46 Farmington 1.
47 Northfield 0.97
48 Burnsville 0.97
49 Osseo Maple Grove 0.97
50 Roseau 0.94
51 Lakeville South 0.91
52 Mankato 0.88
53 Elk River 0.84
54 Hudson 0.65
55 Prairie Center 0.62
56 Centennial 0.58
57 Woodbury 0.57
58 Wayzata 0.57
59 Orono 0.53
60 Hastings 0.5
61 Sartell 0.47
62 Moundsview 0.47
63 Cottage Grove 0.39
64 Forest Lake 0.35
65 Edina 0.29
66 Apple Valley 0.28
67 Inver Grove Heights 0.21
68 Buffalo 0.2
69 St. Peter Le Sueur 0.18
70 Roseville 0.12
71 Sibley Area 0.11
72 Owatonna 0.08
73 Grand Rapids -0.01
74 White Bear Lake -0.03
75 Coon Rapids -0.06
76 Fergus Falls -0.06
77 Mora -0.1
78 Spring Lake Park -0.1
79 Minnetonka -0.1
80 Chisago Lakes -0.11
81 Marshall -0.15
82 Sleepy Eye -0.2
83 North St. Paul -0.21
84 Prior Lake -0.25
85 St. Francis -0.28
86 Tartan -0.28
87 Monticello Annandale Maple Lake -0.46
88 Mesabi East -0.47
89 Princeton -0.47
90 St. Cloud -0.54
91 Andover -0.63
92 Wadena -0.66
93 Rogers -0.73
94 Shakopee -0.81
95 Faribault -0.81
96 Blaine -0.95
97 Somerset -0.95
98 Mound Westonka -0.96
99 River Lakes -1.24
100 New Ulm -1.27
101 Eagan -1.39
102 Chaska -1.44
103 Northern Lakes -1.45
104 Rochester -1.47
105 Little Falls -1.48
106 Albert Lea -1.53
107 Champlin Park -1.54
108 St. Paul Saints -1.67
109 River Falls -1.76
110 Minneapolis Park -1.84
111 Worthington -2.
112 New Richmond -2.
113 Leech Lake -2.15
114 Cambridge Isanti North Branch -2.2
115 Armstrong -2.34
116 Redwood Falls -2.67
117 Austin -2.94
118 Two Harbors -2.98
119 Waconia -3.02
120 Dodge County -3.14
121 Virginia -3.57
122 Irondale -3.61
123 Eveleth -3.94
124 Greenway -4.18
125 Morris Benson -4.86
126 Moose Lake -5.08
127 Fairmont -5.36
128 Windom -5.49
129 St. Marys Point -5.5
130 Ashland -5.65
131 Silver Bay -5.66
132 Dinomights -5.89
133 Waseca -6.37
134 Langford -7.01
135 Pine City -7.74
136 Edgecumbe -11.66
137 Ely -12.8