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THE PYRAMID STRUCTURE OF THE SPORT OF HOCKEY | DALLAS/FORT WORTH PARTICIPATION NUMBERS FOR THE 2015-16 SEASON (7/1/15-6/30/16) 23 players NHL AHL PROFESSIONAL MINORS ECHL Allen Americans (Allen Event Center) = 22 players SPHL CANADIAN MAJOR JUNIOR NCAA DIV I DIV II DIV III Southern Methodist University (SMU), Texas Christian University (TCU), & US COLLEGES University of North Texas (UNT), Dallas Baptist University (DBU) = 83 players AMERICAN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOC. (ACHA) / CLUB TIER 1 - USHL CANADIAN JUNIOR “A” / “B”, TIER II - NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE (NAHL) Lone Star Brahmas (NYTEX) = 22 players US JUNIOR A LEAGUES & TIER III - WESTERN STATES HOCKEY LEAGUE (WSHL) Snipers (Plano), Brahmas (NYTEX) = 40 players (see note 1) HIGH SCHOOLS TIER III - NORTH AMERICAN 3 HOCKEY LEAGUE (NA3HL) Euless Jr. Stars (DPSC Euless) = 20 Players AT&T Metroplex High School Hockey League (HSHL) comprised of 18 varsity teams HIGH SCHOOL & 23 JV teams = 986 players (see notes 2 and 3) =63 =526 =586 =500 =622 AAA 63 AAA 99 AAA 36 Texas Total AA 0 AA 180 AA DFW Non-DFW TAHA (TX) 0 96 AAA 34 AAA 34 A+B 0 98 90 Mites 642 740 1,382 A+B H A+B Squirts 532 389 975 149 H 278 ALL GIRLS H AA 66 AA 85 Peewee 622 529 1,151 ORGANIZED YOUTH HOCKEY MIDGET (15/16/17) BANTAM (13/14) Bantam 500 509 1,009 Midget 526 383 909 A+B 80 A+B 85 All Girls Teams 63 0 63 =642 Total Youth Hockey 2,939 2,550 5,489 642 406 418 HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE MITES (7/8) SQUIRTS (9/10) PEEWEE (11/12) (See notes 4 & 5) EU FB FR MK PL RI DPSC ALLEN PARKS NYTEX NON-DPSC TOTAL NHL ONE GOAL MINI MITES(4/5/6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 10 35 64 64 HOCKEY ACADEMIES 265 291 254 313 144 217 1,484 174 95 89 358 1,842 USAH ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT SKATING ACADEMIES 303 500 759 615 479 163 2,819 660 585 460 1,705 4,524 MODEL (ADM) GRASS ROOTS (FREE) 214 291 332 348 241 305 1,731 95 178 128 401 2,132 DFW Totals 782 1,082 1,345 1,276 864 685 6,034 948 868 712 2,528 8,562 Note 1: Governing body from Mites to U.S. College hockey is USA Hockey (USAH), except for EU FB FR MK PL RI SSHL ALLEN PARKS NYTEX MCHA NON-SSHL TOTAL U.S. Junior Tier III (WSHL) which is governed by the American Athletic Union (AAU). A 0 96 18 0 14 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 Note 2: Last season (2014-15), an estimated 565 players played high school hockey exclusively, meaning an estimated 21% of high school hockey players are double B 0 174 80 4 42 149 449 0 0 0 44 44 493 rostered with travel or house league teams in organized youth hockey. C 128 144 170 35 270 87 834 0 216 358 320 894 1,728 Note 3: Teams can elect to participate in a TAHA-run High School Championship in either a D 184 77 66 8 52 43 430 160 120 350 195 825 1,255 “pure” or “blended” division. TAHA seeds teams and organizes playdowns leading to 235 206 168 156 133 63 961 0 0 176 68 244 1,205 a Final Four, from which winners represent Texas at Nationals. D2 ADULT LEARN TO PLAY 73 9 45 2 7 25 161 90 0 0 0 90 251 Note 4: Unique participant counts within each program. Some participant double-count may 0 26 0 0 0 13 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 occur for participants who graduated from one program to another during the season. WOMENS ADULT RECREATIONAL OVER 35 0 0 78 0 0 0 78 0 72 0 0 72 150 Note 5: Grass roots free programs include Little Rookies, Junior Rookies, Girls Rookies, USAH Try Hockey for Free and USAH Girls Hockey Weekends. DFW Totals 620 732 625 205 518 380 3,080 250 408 884 627 2,169 5,249 Non-DFW Totals 2,958 Data compiled by Dallas Stars on a best efforts basis. Note 6: There may be adult players playing on multiple teams. Total TAHA Registered (See note 6) 8,207 Copyright © 2016 Dallas Sports & Entertainment, LP.

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