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    District 9 Spring High Performance Programs

    District 9 has posted the information and tryouts times for the Boys Spring High Performance programs.   These programs are for players with 2008 or 2009 birth years.  We have posted this information on the homepage of our website.  Below is a link to the information from MN hockey on these programs and further below are docements with infomration on the District 9 tryouts, process, and schedule.

    Link to information from MN Hockey on HP Spring Program:

    https://www.minnesotahockey.org/hp

     

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