Here's What It's Like Sharing Your Home With a Future Hockey Star
The United State National Team Development Program is looking for families to open their homes to some of the best young hockey players in the country.
Jimmy Howard. Patrick Kane. Jack Johnson. These are just three of the more than 60 National Hockey League players who stopped in Washtenaw County on the way to fulfilling their big league dreams. Each year, Washtenaw County families open their homes to 46 of the best young hockey players in America. They play in the United State National Team Development Program, launched in 1996 by USA Hockey to identify and train the country’s best players. Based out of the Ice Cube in Ann Arbor, which is also home to the Saline Hornets varsity hockey team, the US NTDP ices two teams that play across the country and around the world. The US NTDP is looking for host families to put up young hockey players for the season. What’s it like having a future …
Tran Longmoore
1:18 pm on Friday, July 27, 2012
Haha. Sonia did the telling! If I had a 9-to-5 job, I'd probably go to all the USNTDP hockey games. It's some of the best hockey you'll see more ›