New York
Total Players: 48,354 (-0.39%)
National Rank: 3
Notes: After a minimal, almost negligible loss from 2012-13 in players, I’d expect a rather large bounce-back in 2014-15 for New York. With the Rangers’ deep run to the Stanley Cup Final, high TV ratings locally and a potential landmark hockey facility (HARBORCenter) in Buffalo opening next year, the best is yet to come. And in three years when the Kingsbridge rink in New York City opens up, there will be even more infrastructure support for a huge boom in the Empire State.
