The 2016 CCM Minnesota Hockey High Performance Program season will continue this weekend with the Boys’ and Girls’ HP 16 & 17 Spring Festivals at Plymouth Ice Center. The CCM Minnesota Hockey High Performance 15, 16, 17 & 18 programs are designed to identify the best players in Minnesota and to provide the top players from each district or section the chance to play with and against the best players in the state.

The Festival kicks off this Friday and will wrap up with championship games on Sunday. The top 54 boys’ and girls’ players at each age level will be selected to participate in the Final 54 to be held April 21 – 24 with the boys playing at Plymouth Ice Center and the girls playing at Braemar Arena in Edina. 

From that event, the top players will be chosen to represent Minnesota Hockey at a national festival/camp, sponsored by USA Hockey. The national camp will involve the top players from each of the USA Hockey districts and will be used to identify the top performers in each age group for possible opportunities to represent the United States at advance levels of national and international competition.

“It takes a great deal of skill, dedication, perseverance and hard work to reach this stage of the High Performance evaluation process,” said High Performance Director, Mike MacMillan. “We are so proud of all of these boys and girls as they continue to show why Minnesota continues to produce the most college hockey players in the country.”

Rosters and schedules for the HP 16 & 17 Festivals can be found below:

• High Performance 16 Boys’ Spring Festival Rosters and Bracket
• High Performance 17 Boys’ Spring Festival Rosters and Bracket
• High Performance 16 Girls' Spring Festival Rosters and Bracket
• High Performance 17 Girls' Spring Festival Rosters and Bracket

Following the HP 16 & 17 Festival, the CCM Minnesota Hockey High Performance season will continue with the CCM High Performance Final 54/CCM NIT and the CCM High Performance 15 Festival during the weekend of April 21 – 24: