🏒 The State of Hockey — Built by Community. 🏒 From backyard rinks to college arenas and the NHL — it all starts right here in our local associations. 💥 Minnesota Hockey by the Numbers: ✅ 18,500+ Mite/8U players lacing up every winter ✅ More than 55,000 total players across the state ✅ Over 300 NHL players from Minnesota since 2000 (23% of all American NHL Draftees) ✅ Minnesota made up 40% of all American players in the PWHL (20 out of 54 American players) ✅ Nearly 500+ Division I players ✅ And thousands more competing in Junior and Division III hockey These numbers aren’t just stats — they’re proof of what happens when a community comes together to grow the game the right way. ❤️🏒 We believe in local hockey, community hockey — because nobody does it better than Minnesota. #StateOfHockey #MNHOCKEY #GrowTheGame #CommunityBuilt #FromMitesToTheNHL