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Ffs, Louisiana is a hockey desert. The dmv is actually a pretty good youth hockey area. If, at 14u going into 16u, you think your kid has a chance of making “it” you have have some decisions to make, but that true of all American families except those in Minnesota, Detroit, and Boston, maybe Buffalo and Chicago too. But cmon, we don’t need to be so dramatic about it.[/quote]

1000%. Even areas in CANADA have remote small towns where the AA or AAA team has to travel 3 hours for almost all of their games because they are from way north Ontario or middle of nowhere BC.

The Hockey havens (Minnesota, Michigan, New England) have more hockey, sure, but the DMV hockey offerings are way better that areas like North Carolina.
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I'm in North Carolina. I always get a little giggle out of the number of DMV teams that come down here for tournaments. But, yeah, our options are very slim here. Two AAA programs in the whole state, neither of which are good imo. Even the AA programs are middling at best.

We looking to leave NC for a whole host of reasons and we're trying to decide if we return to DC, or go to Minnesota, which is where DH and I went to college and lived for several years after (before moving to DC). It feels absurd that we're taking youth hockey opportunities into account, but here we are. Believe me, the option to keep travel mostly in state in incredibly appealing. Then again, all paths lead to beer league, so maybe just playing rec hockey in the DC area is the way to go.[/quote]

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