🏒 CHAMPIONSHIP DAY.
Bigger than one game.
For the alumni.
For the coaches.
For the families.
For the next generation.
Tonight we compete for the first state title in program history.
📺 TV: WDAY | WDAZ | KBMY | KMCY
💻 Stream: WDAY+
Do it for the program.
⭐️𝗪𝗖𝗛𝗔 𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗡𝗜 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧⭐️
Former North Dakota women's hockey star Margot Miller is an Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner & serves as the Director of Girls Hockey in Grand Forks, North Dakota!
Full feature➡️ https://t.co/3Nv9TWB92E
Facts:
USA Hockey Youth Registration in 2007-2008:
Minnesota: 45,168
Michigan: 34,614
Difference: 10,554 more players registered in MN over MI
USA Hockey Youth Registration in 2024-2025:
Minnesota: 50,597
Michigan: 24,391
Difference: 26,206 more players in MN registered over MI
USA Hockey Youth Registration from 2008-2025:
Minnesota: +5429 players
Michigan: -10,223 players
Difference: In 15 years, MN is +15,652 players registered over MI
2007-2008 Players in D1 College Hockey
Minnesota: 211
Michigan: 151
Difference: 60 more D1 players from MN over MI
2024-2025 Players in D1 College Hockey
Minnesota: 249
Michigan: 112
Difference: 137 more D1 players from MN over MI
Players in D1 College Hockey from 2008-2025
Minnesota: +38
Michigan: -39
Difference: In 15 years, MN is +77 players in D1 hockey over MI
2008 NHL Draft Picks
Minnesota: 11
Michigan: 5
Difference: 6 more players drafted from MN over MI
2025 NHL Draft Picks
Minnesota: 17
Michigan: 3
Difference: 14 more players drafted from MN over MI.
NHL Draft Picks from 2008-2025
Minnesota: +6
Michigan: -2
Difference: In 15 years, MN is +8 in NHL draft picks over MI
*This isn't a great sample size and draft numbers fluctuate a lot, but still these numbers are telling.
The two youth development models between Minnesota and Michigan could not be more different. I think it might be time for a reimagining of the Michigan hockey model.
Congrats Kelly Kilgore (Gramps) on coach of the year. Well deserved! Thank you for everything you have done for me and the program. I’ve grown under you as both a coach and person. You always find a way to keep me on my toes.
FINAL:
KR wins 3-2
Goals from Mannausau, Common & Marto
Here’s a picture to mark the beginning of the ‘lasts’ for this amazing group of girls, starting with their last home game. Cherish every last moment of your senior season.
FINAL:
KR wins 4-1
Goals from Sigdahl, Yahna, Mannausau, & E. Kilgore
With 9 consecutive wins, this makes for the longest winning streak in program history!!! 😤💪
For all the young hockey players out there playing for tough or hard coaches…
I played for a lot of hard coaches in my day where sometimes it wasn't easy, but this one piece of advice that my parents gave me really helped to put things into perspective allowing me to thrive in that environment:
Listen to what they're saying…not how they're saying it.
Sometimes tough coaches will raise their voice. They'll get into you on a consistent basis. They’ll push you more than you want to be pushed.
Listen to the message of what they're trying to teach you. They're just trying to make you better.
I used that throughout my entire career and it really helped me to become the player that I wanted to be. It helped me to relish and thrive in hard environments.
Tough coaches push you outside of your comfort zone, which is where development lives. There will be times you don’t like it. But for the younger kids out there, if you can learn to love being pushed and you can have a perspective that the coach is just trying to make you better…it’ll put you on a path to succeed the higher the level you go.