1. By: Dominick Procopio

2.  Everyday you’ll be partaking in physical activity. Whether it be practice, weight training, agility/endurance training.  Long days usually from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. if no game that day.  Complete focus on the game if you are playing that day.  Constant hard-work one slack of and you will most likely not play on the current team.  Long and physical season usually around 82 games a year not including post- season.

3.  There are currently 7 NCAA Division 1 Hockey schools in Michigan.  The schools are. Michigan State University, Michigan Tech University, Lake Superior State University, University of Michigan, Northern Michigan University, Western Michigan University, and Ferris State University  Professional scouts come to these games and watch their future draft picks.  The best way to prepare for professional hockey is taking the college hockey route.

4.  The cost of schooling for the usual Division 1 hockey player is pretty low.  The student athletes usually reach their college team on a full ride scholarship.  The students who did not reach the team on a scholarship (walk-ons) have to pay full tuition usually have to pay for one year of schooling.  In my case if I were a walk-on I would attend Michigan State University.

5.  The average year of schooling at Michigan State University cost is about $28,000,000 for tuition alone.  For an economics major the cost of books is about $5,000.  The food cost for a year is about $4,500.  Residential cost for a year is about $6,000 a year.

6.  Most college hockey players who to choose to play college hockey usually attend 4 years of college.  Although most college hockey player attend all four years of college before going to the professional level, the more outstanding college players will most likely leave college early to play at the professional level.

7.  Most professional hockey teams don’t require an education to play professional hockey. Although they prefer to draft or acquire players with at least a 2.75 GPA. Taylor Hall the #1 overall pick in the NHL 2010 draft had a 3.0 GPA through his high-school career.

8.  The Best : N.H.L. Or National Hockey League (North America and Canada)  Second Best : K.H.L. Or Kontinetal Hockey League (Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine)  Third Best : A.H.L. Or American Hockey League is a farm system to the N.H.L. (North America)  Fourth Best: E.C.H.L. Or Eastern Coast Hockey League is a farm club to the A.H.L. (North America)  Fifth Best: F.H.L Or Federal Hockey League is an independent hockey league (North America)  Best Major Junior League: C.H.L. Or Canadian Hockey League (Canada)

9.  The minimum salary for an N.H.L player is $900,000 a year, while the average is about $1.5 million a year.  In the K.H.L. The minimum price is about $1.25 million a year while the average is $3.5 million a year.  The average hockey player in the A.H.L. or E.C.H.L. makes about $70,000 a year.

10.  Their will always be a demand for entertainment, and thus a demand for professional hockey players.  It’s a very difficult task to do though only about 1 in 100,000 youth hockey players will play professional hockey.  The odds of making the N.H.L. are 1 in 270,000.

11.  I will continue to pursue this career until it seems unreasonable to continue.

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