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We say we're the best. Who's next?

Where is 'other' because I'd select Massachusetts.

big_thurst wrote:Where is 'other' because I'd select Massachusetts.

I just added it, and I agree that Massachusetts should be second.

Lee

Yeah, really, how could you make this and not put Mass. in there?

Michigan

Honestly I was thinking of Mass. when I put NH. Sorry guys.

Thanks for the correction.

Mass.

Are we definitely superior?

Where would their top team fit in with ours?

Why don't our guys play their's?

HShockeywatcher wrote: Why don't our guys play their's?

Are you aware of how far away Mass is?

it's a land far far away

1522.86 miles and 24 hours, 53 minutes according to mapquest. So our top 5 teams call their top 5 teams and make a 4 year deal where we go out there twice and they come here twice. You'd make money from the ticket sales as I'm sure many would love to see these games.

Holy Angels used to do this, but then they were winning by 10 goals and it wasn't worth it.

Mass and mich

Mass did have the top team in the country last year.

How are some of the other eastern states with hockey powers at the college of pro level? I know there is a lot of minor league hockey out there. Does the interest go to the high schools?

How can you know they had the top team?

Also, there are interstate HS basketball games on ESPN every once in a while of 'big teams' in the national ranking. Couldn't ESPN do that for Holy Angels/Edina/Cloquet/Moorhead to play the tops from Michigan/Massachusetts?

HShockeywatcher wrote:How can you know they had the top team?

Also, there are interstate HS basketball games on ESPN every once in a while of 'big teams' in the national ranking. Couldn't ESPN do that for Holy Angels/Edina/Cloquet/Moorhead to play the tops from Michigan/Massachusetts?

Basketball has a lot more nationwide draw than hockey does.

State Champ - on the East Coast it's all about Prep School and Junior hockey. High School teams like we talk about are mediocre out there - lots of 9th and 10th graders playing, and the best of those then move on to prep schools or the juniors. Prep schools are tough to compare, too; in the past, a year of prep school after graduating high school was common, now prep schools scoop up much of the 16 and 17 year old talent. The good players often go to the HS as youngsters, play a year of prep, then a year or two of juniors, then off to HE or ECAC or AHA schools. The also have terrific D-III hockey out East and lots of it - a number of top leagues and teams.

It's really tough to compare states because they're so different. The talent pool is really diffused out East.

But one of the knocks on MN kids is that they're often so convinced they're the best that they don't compete well when day to day playing time is at stake - they want to be catered to and pampered. Stuff like this poll can tend to reinforce that - we can be awfully good here in MN, but at some point we have to admit that some awfully good hockey players are born, bred and developed in other regions, as well.

mass. and michigan close behind

On that national rankings page are those teams that are on there from other states their HS teams or their prep teams or what? Because like timmy said their actual HS teams lose a lot of talent to Prep schools