02-18-2011, 09:56 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/sp...r=1&ref=sports
An interesting read about the growth of the game in the US.
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In the Southeast, there were 4,462 registered players in 1990-91; in 2009-10, there were 39,807. There was similar growth in the Pacific and Rocky Mountain regions.
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Since USA Hockey began keeping registration statistics in 1998-99, North Carolina has had the highest per capita rate of hockey growth at 112 percent, followed by Georgia (86 percent), Tennessee (80), Florida (58), Kentucky (57), Virginia (55) and Texas (49).
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