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50-3-1 this year. Only lost to the 2nd and 3rd teams in the rankings.
Yeah, mostly, though they got nicked by Grand Forks in OT in February. Beat Minnetonka 3 times after they lost to them early, with 1 in OT.
Just for clarification the team that won nationals was comprised of 12 kids from Moorhead and 8 from various other towns. This is a before and after team, ran in a similar fashion to how NE prep school does it. It is still extremely impressive as that Little Caesars team they upset was arguably the top team in North America.
Those games included multiple 09s on Moorhead's side, one of which is playing for NTDP next year. It is still impressive, not arguing that. Just wanted to provide some clarity.
The Minnesota model is the best for creating the most players, but not the highest quality players
The MN model is not possible outside of a handful of states.
It’s the best in general, IMO. Kids play for their hometown growing up, parents don’t have to drive and fly all across the country. The way it should be.
Like someone else said, the Minnesota model only works in a handful of states where there's a large enough mass of minor hockey players to where they have enough competition to stay in their home association and play other local teams. Not possible at all in Texas and Florida where there aren't enough kids playing hockey and there's not enough competition close by, you have to travel.
There are zero states in the rest of the US that could pull the Minnesota model off, though. There are 236 rinks in the state of Minnesota alone. Minnesota has a rare combination of very high participation rate and accessibility. Actually, it would be a horrible development model in the rest of the country.
