On Thursday afternoon, the Minnesota Wild plans to unveil a major Youth Hockey Initiative. Representatives from the Wild, Minnesota Hockey, Reebok/CCM and Total Hockey are set to discuss. The event will be held after Mike Yeo's post practice Press Conference at the Xcel Energy Center.
YHH will be report on what traspires both online and via social media.
The hope for many in youth hockey circles is that the state's most visible hockey entity will continue to foster it's long term fan base with a program or programs that will make it easier for families to play the game. Attracting non-traditional families to try hockey in the working-class urban/suburban Twin Cities and rural areas of population growth is vital to the growth of the game in Minnesota.
Minnesota Hockey and Total Hockey already have a "Grow the Game" intiatives in place. It will be exciting to see what is unveiled Thursday.
