Best hockey city in the US (beautiful, living, state, better)

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Led

I think you guys are both thinking different things. When we say "best hockey city", we mean the city that has the most devoted fans to the sport, not who has the best W-L record... If Phoenix wins the cup next year, will people begin to proclaim Phoenix is the best hockey city? From a W-L aspect yes, but not from what we're discussing in this thread which is the
actual fans.

blackbeauty was absent the day they taught logic at troll school.

[Blackbeauty212]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

blackbeauty was absent the day they taught logic at troll school.

And you obviously must still be in school, grade school that is, learning how to READ!

I said twice already Minneapolis probably is the Top Hockey City...So what they dont win championships.....Does that mean Pittsburgh isn't a top hockey city too...its in the top 5 definitely and it has Stanley Cups and Hockey Legends to go along with it.....

As i've said before...Pittsburgh is an all around sports city, with an emphasis on Football, but we don't overly cater to one sport "Ehemm Minneapolis" and definitely not to one sport where we don't compete.

So Minneapolis can have the most Hockey fans whatever.....Pittsburgh is a top hockey city too, sorry if some MN homers just can't deal with that.

[shapeand]

I voted twin cities

[LarryBilo]

Minneapolis didn't even have NHL from 1991-2000.

[BlackOut]

Originally Posted by LarryBilo

Minneapolis didn't even have NHL from 1991-2000.

Did you not read what the OP had asked Larry? If you would have taken the time to actually read his / her question, you would have understood that this thread isn't about the NHL and/or the number of Stanley Cups won by team, which has absolutely nothing to do with a city being a hockey town.

Originally Posted by Deezus

What's the best hockey city in the US? Not just looking at NHL team support and success, but also looking at college hockey, amount of kids who grow up playing hockey---places where hockey is engrained in the local culture.

And just the US since if you include Canadian cities you are basically looking at a comparison of all Canadian cities---almost everywhere in Canada is a great hockey town.. I'm including a few cities on the poll outside the obvious Northern ones, although I already have my own idea what the top spots are.

[Drewcifer]

I crunched some numbers from the last 5 years of the NHL draft. Over that time Minnesota has produced 16 first round picks, 12 of whom were from the Twin Cities metro.

The full list of first round picks by state:

Minnesota - 16
New York - 7
Michigan - 4
New Jersey - 4
California - 3
Massachussets - 3
Connecticut - 2
Wisconsin - 2
Illinois - 1
Indiana - 1
Utah - 1
Washingtion - 1

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

I crunched some numbers from the last 5 years of the NHL draft. Over that time Minnesota has produced 16 first round picks, 12 of whom were from the Twin Cities metro.

The full list of first round picks by state:

Minnesota - 16
New York - 7
Michigan - 4
New Jersey - 4
California - 3
Massachussets - 3
Connecticut - 2
Wisconsin - 2
Illinois - 1
Indiana - 1
Utah - 1
Washingtion - 1

Just out of curiosity, how many were actually from Minneapolis?

[Drewcifer]

I don't think any of them were from Minneapolis proper. Kyle Okposo is from St Paul, I think the rest were from the suburbs.

[Led]

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

I crunched some numbers from the last 5 years of the NHL draft. Over that time Minnesota has produced 16 first round picks, 12 of whom were from the Twin Cities metro.

The full list of first round picks by state:

Minnesota - 16
New York - 7
Michigan - 4
New Jersey - 4
California - 3
Massachussets - 3
Connecticut - 2
Wisconsin - 2
Illinois - 1
Indiana - 1
Utah - 1
Washingtion - 1

Surprised Michigan's so low.

Interesting how NJ edged Mass too.

[Kid Cann]

Originally Posted by Led

Surprised Michigan's so low.

Interesting how NJ edged Mass too.

Right, You're on the same boat as America. Until the rest of the USA realizes that much of Hockey success in the USA should be put on the state of Minnesota, we'll have a handful of clueless people out there.

David Backes
Zach Parise
Jamie Langenbrunner..


All on the USA olympic team, all from Minnesota.