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By the Numbers: Try Hockey For Free

By USA Hockey, 11/10/16, 3:00PM MST

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Record number of sites hosting free hockey events in 2016

Children all across the United States who have never before tried hockey will have a chance to skate, shoot and score on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, as USA Hockey hosts Try Hockey For Free Day as part of the sixth annual Come Play Hockey Month.

Parents and guardians can find the Try Hockey location closest to them and register children between the ages of 4 and 9 years old to participate by visiting TryHockeyForFree.com. Nearly 500 sites throughout the U.S. will host a Try Hockey For Free event on Nov. 12. Forty-nine of the nation's 50 states will be represented, led by Wisconsin with 62 host sites.

By the Numbers

Facts and figures for this year's celebration:

  • 499 - Number of sites nationwide that will host an event (an all-time record)

  • 49 - Number of states participating

  • 63 - Number of free hockey clinics offered in Wisconsin, the most of any state

  • 14,000 - Number of youngsters who will try hockey on Saturday

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