GopherGrit
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Not sure outside the metro, but in the metro I feel like hockey is a game for rich folks. Damn expensive equipment. Have to pay for ice time at a limited number of facilities, so guessing you pay top dollar for a decent time or you take a terrible time. If you don't start early, you have no chance at making a competitive team. Then if you want your kid to be good it's year round plus you're probably paying for separate training (dry land/weights, as well as hockey specific).Money and the fact that you have to start young are the main limitations to hockey. You can’t pluck the most athletic kid in middle school and turn him into a great HS player.
Maybe it's more subsidized (in some cases) than I'm imagining.