The Red and Black High School League will be expanding to the northern and northwest metro starting in the fall of 2019. New hosting sites under the Red and Black umbrella include Monticello, the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine, St. Michael-Albertville, Princeton, Maple Grove, and Cambridge-Isanti. 

The Red and Black League was formed in 2014 to provide high school eligible players a chance to improve in the off-season. It has since experienced immense growth, expanding to the Bantam and Peewee levels, and has grown from six high school teams in 2014 to 20 in 2019, and eight youth teams in 2017 to 14 in 2019. The league is professionally run, with Minnesota high school coaches involved since the league’s inception and League Director Brian Hansen on-site for all games. One of the core tenets of the Red and Black League is that open-ice hits and massive bodychecks are illegal, which helps the games avoid the war-on-ice themes that can overtake off-season play. 

In addition to having former NHL Draft No. 1 overall pick Brian Lawton, Stanley Cup winner Tom Chorske, and Minnesota high school hockey legend Tony Bianchi behind various benches for the league, the Red and Black features numerous players that have gone on the more prominent stages in the sport. 36 Red and Black alums have played in either the USHL or NAHL and 11 players have earned Division I scholarships. 

Expanding the league to the northern edges of the metro has come naturally as the demand to play Red, and Black hockey has grown. The Red and Black League looks forward to a great first season in the north metro.