I don't have USA Hockey numbers, but at the beginning of the season I pulled these team counts but it doesn't include the independent teams.
16&18U --- from 58 (2019) to 64 (2022)
14U 67 to 67
12U 82 to 75
10U 77 to 69
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2019 total - 284 teams
2022 total - 275 teams
My son received an invite to a prospect camp for a junior league team. It’s a scam in that we know he’s not anywhere near that level. But it is a personalized invite to an actual camp for a real team. So where did they get our info? Do they buy it from pahl? A clinic that he’s attended? Email everyone who’s registered with USA hockey? Wondering if anyone knows how it works?
Overall # of teams have dropped since 2019 - 2020 season, but the decrease is mostly at the Squirt level.
16&18U --- from 58 (2019) to 64 (2022)
14U 67 to 67
12U 82 to 75
10U 77 to 69
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2019 total - 284 teams
2022 total - 275 teams