] Many young athletes, in yearlong pursuits of team sports,
] like baseball, soccer, football, basketball and lacrosse,
] play more than one. The number involved in ice hockey
] alone is striking. USA Hockey, the governing body for the
] sport and the chief advocate for the spread of the game
] among young people, had nearly 25,000 under-18 teams
] registered last year, a total of some 366,000 players, up
] from 166,000 in 1991. That includes more than 48,000
] girls, a nearly eightfold increase in the same time
] period.

Great article on youth hockey and the proper perspective one must have to benefit from it.

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