Let's Play Hockey Expo

During the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament the hockey is obviously the main attraction, but there is also a little side event known as the Let's Play Hockey Expo.  This expo is during Friday and Saturday of the tournament.  It is a showcase of large and up and coming hockey brands.  Anything and everything from equipment to clothes to anything hockey related.  With all of the hockey in this weekend this expo just adds to the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.  If you are a fan of the game I highly suggest you attend this tournament at least once.

Here is the link to the Let's Play Hockey Expo;

http://www.letsplayhockey.com/expo/st-paul.html

Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament

Over spring break I got the opportunity to go home and watch in my opinion, one of the best sporting events in the country.  The Minnesota Sate High School Hockey Tournament is not your normal high school sporting event.  The best example I can use is what high school football is to Texas is what high school hockey is to Minnesota.  Just the sheer scale of the tournament alone is enough to awe people.  The attendance alone for Friday nights session was 22,400.  That is for a high school hockey game...  Some NHL teams don't even get close to that number.  Speaking of NHL, their were a couple of the athletes participating in the state tournament are projected to get drafted in this years NHL Entry Draft.  They are barely 18 years old. That's crazy to think about.  Also most if not every team in the tournament has at least one division I commitment too.  With competition and the scale of the event as high as it is I thought I'd share it.

Here's a good picture to show the scale of the event:
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