MNState0fHockey
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You somewhat oddly don't seem to know the UW men's hockey team has six national titles, ranking fourth best in college hockey history.
The UW woman's hockey team has 4 NCAA titles, making a total of TEN for the Big10 school. Both teams have a lot of homegrown players.
The Milwaukee Admirals won the AHL Calder Cup in 2004, sweeping the WBS Penguins. That is a league that had 28 teams at the time.
Wisconsin has no NHL team, but has a few players who came from here. Perhaps you recognize Joe Pavelski, Phil Kessel, Ryan Suter, Gary Suter, Drew Stafford, Craig Smith and Alex Galchenyuk, to name a few.
Despite roughly the same population of Minnesota, Wisconsin has less than half the amount of youth players. While Minnesota has produced 282 NHL players all-time, Wisconsin has produced just 40.
I was born in Minnesota, went to college in Western Wisconsin, and have lived in Milwaukee the last 20+ years. While hockey is pretty big in Western Wisconsin, hockey interest is virtually non-existent in the Eastern half of the state.