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[QUOTE="CIL, post: 791807, member: 22"]
That's just not true.  Most elite prep schools are in the north east.  Junior teams are in the northeast, midwest, and canada.  I was far from elitle, but I had the opportunity to play junior A with upstate guys like Tim Connolly from BVille (4th overall NHL pick), Matt Murley (Troy, went to RPI, 2nd round pick), Drew Bucktooth (Nedrow, elitle lax player, played major juniors in Canada), Matt Maglione (JD, late round caps pick, went on to play at Princeton).

Upstate guys just my generation alone who went on to great hockey careers: Eric Cole (Oswego/Clarkson), NHL mainstay / Brooks Orpik (Amherst, NY/BC) NHL Mainstay / Brian Gionta (Rochester, NY/BC) NHL Mainstay / Robert Esche (Whitesboro/OHL) 8 YR NHL Careeer / Robbie Schremp (Fulton/NHL and Europe).  That's just my generation who made it to the NHL.  There are at least 25-30 others that played D1 college around that era.

New York is close to Minny, Mass, and Michigan when it comes to producing solid hockey talent.  We would be like the equivalent of Ohio in football.
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