Winning the Race to the Wrong Finish Line
Winning the Race to the Wrong Finish Line Ken Martel – USA Hockey Director, ADM – Player Development U.S. Youth Hockey Facts: Declining Retention Retention of critical youth players had been in decline 2000 to 2008 20%+ only played one season before dropping out (MA 40+%) 43% of players drop out by age 9 60% of players drop out before Peewees (11-12) 50,000 player drop in core (boys) 2001-2007 IIHF Survey of Players (2011) – Olympic Participants 2010 NATIONAL FEDERATION REGISTRED PLAYERS RINKS POPULATION Total Senior Jr./Youth Female In-door 1. Canada 572,411 18,488 468,096 85,827 2,486 34,030,589 2. United States 500,579 132,866 302,104 65,609 1,800 313,232,044 3. Russia 63,580 2,050 61,000 530 340 138,739,892 4. Minnesota 52,333 7,099 46,351 12,250 194 5,303,925 5. Sweden 62,003 17,875 41,053 3,075 342 9,088,728 6. Massachusetts 43,445 3,381 40,064 8,550 134 6,547,629 7. Finland 65,251 25,324 35,167 4,760 246 5,259,250 8. New York 46,389 11,806 34,583 5,264 158 19,378,102 9. Michigan 51,404 19,186 32,394 4,429 127 9,883,640 10.Czech 100,668 75,671 22,828 2,169 157 10,190,213 Republic 11. Germany 28,932 8,624 18,128 2,580 175 81,471,834 12. Switzerland 26,166 11,219 13,775 1,172 158 7,639,961 13.
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