Wyoming Amateur Hockey Association

Wahl News

Date: Jan 17, 2010

Affilate Growth

USA Hockey Affiliate Growth Results:

Observations & Insights at the 4-8 age group from 2004-05 Through 2008-09

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KEY TAKEAWAYS 200405 THROUGH 200809

While the overall game of ice hockey in the United States has grown most years, the foundational core of the

game - youth hockey - has been shrinking for more than a decade. Almost twothirds of all hockey players start

playing the game between the ages of 4 and 8, making this segment the lifeblood of the game and the key to the

future health and welfare of the game in the U.S.

Our objective then is to grow the game at the very entry level - the 48 year old segment - and we can accomplish

this goal in one of three ways; (1) Increase the number of players NEW to the game; (2) Increase the number of

players RETURNING to the game from the previous season; or (3) Both.

The goal for every association within every Affiliate each year across the U.S. should be to increase the number of

players from one year to the next. Delivering a NET GAIN in the number of players every year will help reverse the

recent trends and insure the health of the game for years to come.

NET GAINS is the positive INCREASE in overall players from one season to the next.

NET LOSS is the negative DECREASE in overall players from one season to the next.

 Net Gains are almost always the result of strong acquisition. Strong acquisition years are almost always

followed by strong retention years. Similarly, a weak acquisition year will almost always be followed by a

weak retention year. (Acquisition + Retention - Loss = Net Gains / Loss)

 82,108 players have been LOST over the last five seasons in the 4‐8 year old segment.

 Prior to posting a +2,085 gain in players in 2008‐09, the 4‐8 year old segment had shrunk by about 10

percent or nearly 10,000 players since its peak in 1998‐99.

 Over the last five seasons, this segment has been a detractor to overall growth for USA Hockey by posting

a NET LOSS of 4,412.

 22 Affiliates have grown over the last five seasons.

 This segment has not posted back‐to‐back growth years in close to 20 years.

 In fact, the segment has declined in every non‐Post‐Olympic year since the Albertville Winter Olympics

(1992) - except for 2008‐09.

 While 18 of our 34 Affiliates increased the overall number of 4‐8 year olds in 2008‐09 (NET GAIN), no

Affiliate would have fully met the 2 & 2 CHALLENGE by averaging 2 or more NEW as well as 2 or more

RETURNED players for each association. Some achieved their ACQUISITION CHALLENGE TARGET, but fell

short of their RETENTION CHALLENGE TARGET (11‐ AK, AZ, CT, MA, Mid‐Am, MN, MT, NV, Potomac Valley,

SD, VT). Others achieved their RETENTION CHALLENGE TARGET, but fell short of their ACQUISITION

CHALLENGE TARGET (2 - CO, WY). Long‐term sustainable growth is the result of both ACQUISITION AND

RETENTION working together. GETTING them on the ice AND KEEPING them coming back.

LAST FIVE SEASONS NET RESULTS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS SEASON TOTALS:

In 200809 - a NET GAIN of +2,085

In 200708 - a NET LOSS of 592

In 200607 - a NET GAIN of +1,754 - A POSTOLYMPIC YEAR

In 200506 - a NET LOSS of 3,875 - POST NHL LOCKOUT

In 200405 - a NET LOSS of 3,850 - NHL LOCKOUT

TOTAL AFFILIATES (total of 34) POSTING NET GAINS DURING LAST FIVE SEASONS:

18 Affiliates in 200809

21 Affiliates in 200708

18 Affiliates in 200607 - A POSTOLYMPIC YEAR

12 Affiliates in 200506 - POST NHL LOCKOUT

10 Affiliates in 200405 - NHL LOCKOUT

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POSITIVE GROWTH

AFFILIATES WITH NET GAINS LAST SEASON:

1. Minnesota

2. New York

3. Potomac Valley

4. Arizona

5. Colorado

6. MidWest

7. Nevada

8. Wyoming

9. North Dakota

10. South Dakota

11. Atlantic

12. Massachusetts

13. Connecticut

14. Alaska

15. Montana

16. Vermont

17. Pacific Northwest

18. MidAm

AFFILIATES WITH NET GAINS FOR EACH OF

THE LAST THREE SEASONS:

1. Minnesota

2. New York

3. Potomac Valley

AFFILIATES WITH NET GAINS FOR EACH OF

THE LAST TWO SEASONS:

1. Minnesota

2. New York

3. Potomac Valley

4. Arizona

5. Colorado

6. MidWest

7. Nevada

8. Wyoming

TOP 10 GROWTH CONTRIBUTORS THE LAST

FIVE SEASONS:

1. MidAm (+599)

2. Minnesota (+576)

3. New York (+564)

4. California (+282)

5. Potomac Valley (+270)

6. Arizona (+236)

7. Texas (+210)

8. North Dakota (+196)

9. South Dakota (+120)

10. Southern Amateur (+89)

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200809 VERSUS 200304

2008‐09 2003‐04 NET GAIN/(LOSS) LOST

RANK AFFILIATE TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐ TOTAL

1 MID‐AM 5834 5235 599 3970

2 MINNESOTA 16140 15564 576 10845

3 NEW YORK 9727 9163 564 8261

4 CALIFORNIA 1585 1303 282 1202

5 POTOMAC VALLEY 1663 1393 270 1097

6 ARIZONA 562 326 236 350

7 TEXAS 843 633 210 792

8 NORTH DAKOTA 1347 1151 196 928

9 SOUTH DAKOTA 605 485 120 545

10 SO AMATEUR 1002 913 89 1063

11 ALASKA 1408 1331 77 1351

12 COLORADO 2068 2026 42 1290

13 UTAH 385 352 33 309

14 WYOMING 441 411 30 492

15 FLORIDA 856 828 28 852

16 NEVADA 115 91 24 133

17 PAC NORTHWEST 906 885 21 1061

18 OREGON 103 85 18 56

19 NEW MEXICO 198 183 15 172

20 VERMONT 1286 1279 7 1341

21 CAROLINA 667 660 7 673

22 ATLANTIC 3829 3827 2 2328

23 IDAHO 360 366 (6) 393

24 MIDWEST 1253 1277 (24) 1097

25 MONTANA 493 568 (75) 563

26 MAINE 1503 1588 (85) 1544

27 RHODE ISLAND 1607 1778 (171) 1946

28 MISSOURI 1349 1574 (225) 1293

29 ILLINOIS 3612 3909 (297) 2962

30 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1333 1659 (326) 1577

31 WISCONSIN 4775 5161 (386) 5436

32 CONNECTICUT 3149 3658 (509) 3496

33 MICHIGAN 8323 11129 (2806) 6745

34 MASSACHUSETTS 12131 15079 (2948) 15945

TOTALS 91458 95870 (4412) 82108

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AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS MEMBERSHIP LOST OVER LAST FIVE SEASONS

TOTAL LOST

RANK AFFILIATE 04‐05 THRU 08‐09

1 MASSACHUSETTS 15945

2 MINNESOTA 10845

3 NEW YORK 8261

4 MICHIGAN 6745

5 WISCONSIN 5436

6 MID‐AM 3970

7 CONNECTICUT 3496

8 ILLINOIS 2962

9 ATLANTIC 2328

10 RHODE ISLAND 1946

11 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1577

12 MAINE 1544

13 ALASKA 1351

14 VERMONT 1341

15 MISSOURI 1293

16 COLORADO 1290

17 CALIFORNIA 1202

18 POTOMAC VALLEY 1097

19 MIDWEST 1097

20 SO AMATEUR 1063

21 PAC NORTHWEST 1061

22 NORTH DAKOTA 928

23 FLORIDA 852

24 TEXAS 792

25 CAROLINA 673

26 MONTANA 563

27 SOUTH DAKOTA 545

28 WYOMING 492

29 IDAHO 393

30 ARIZONA 350

31 UTAH 309

32 NEW MEXICO 172

33 NEVADA 133

34 OREGON 56

TOTALS 82108

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AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200809

2008‐09 2007‐08 NET

RANK AFFILIATE NEW RET LOST TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐

1 MID‐AM 2862 2972 826 5834 5124 710

2 MINNESOTA 6626 9514 2185 16140 15465 675

3 NEW YORK 4318 5409 1690 9727 9200 527

4 ATLANTIC 2023 1806 433 3829 3569 260

5 MASSACHUSETTS 5313 6818 2462 12131 11871 260

6 POTOMAC VALLEY 886 777 239 1663 1490 173

7 CONNECTICUT 1497 1652 583 3149 2986 163

8 ARIZONA 360 202 76 562 430 132

9 ALASKA 628 780 251 1408 1278 130

10 NORTH DAKOTA 566 781 160 1347 1243 104

11 COLORADO 899 1169 254 2068 1972 96

12 MONTANA 241 252 81 493 431 62

13 VERMONT 614 672 324 1286 1240 46

14 NEVADA 72 43 21 115 77 38

15 SOUTH DAKOTA 287 318 124 605 573 32

16 PAC NORTHWEST 424 482 198 906 892 14

17 MIDWEST 553 700 239 1253 1240 13

18 WYOMING 188 253 100 441 430 11

19 UTAH 186 199 76 385 388 (3)

20 OREGON 47 56 15 103 106 (3)

21 NEW MEXICO 95 103 34 198 202 (4)

22 TEXAS 429 414 176 843 865 (22)

23 FLORIDA 448 408 202 856 899 (43)

24 CALIFORNIA 741 844 292 1585 1633 (48)

25 IDAHO 149 211 98 360 413 (53)

26 MISSOURI 558 791 318 1349 1410 (61)

27 SO AMATEUR 452 550 259 1002 1068 (66)

28 CAROLINA 301 366 158 667 758 (91)

29 RHODE ISLAND 559 1048 419 1607 1706 (99)

30 MICHIGAN 3276 5047 1219 8323 8430 (107)

31 MAINE 550 953 296 1503 1636 (133)

32 NEW HAMPSHIRE 571 762 354 1333 1486 (153)

33 ILLINOIS 1511 2101 725 3612 3848 (236)

34 WISCONSIN 1941 2834 1145 4775 5014 (239)

TOTALS 40171 51287 16032 91458 89373 2085

AFFILIATE RESULTS 5

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200708

2007‐08 2006‐07 NET

RANK AFFILIATE NEW RET LOST TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐

1 NEW YORK 4163 5037 1664 9200 8787 413

2 ILLINOIS 1867 1981 542 3848 3545 303

3 MISSOURI 742 668 188 1410 1193 217

4 MINNESOTA 6182 9283 2140 15465 15249 216

5 RHODE ISLAND 717 989 322 1706 1577 129

6 WYOMING 244 186 84 430 360 70

7 MID‐WEST 568 672 218 1240 1171 69

8 POTOMAC VALLEY 742 748 218 1490 1432 58

9 MAINE 664 972 331 1636 1586 50

10 COLORADO 912 1060 262 1972 1922 50

11 SOUTHERN AMATEUR 563 505 273 1068 1031 37

12 TEXAS 503 362 191 865 831 34

13 CALIFORNIA 827 806 265 1633 1601 32

14 FLORIDA 486 413 166 899 868 31

15 IDAHO 199 214 58 413 383 30

16 UTAH 197 191 51 388 365 23

17 OREGON 58 48 9 106 86 20

18 ARIZONA 212 218 70 430 416 14

19 NEW MEXICO 100 102 46 202 196 6

20 NEVADA 38 39 20 77 73 4

21 CAROLINA 381 377 189 758 754 4

22 NORTH DAKOTA 517 726 237 1243 1246 (3)

23 NEW HAMPSHIRE 716 703 267 1419 1422 (3)

24 PACIFIC NORTHWEST 432 460 210 892 906 (14)

25 SOUTH DAKOTA 259 314 138 573 588 (15)

26 MONTANA 178 253 95 431 452 (21)

27 ATLANTIC 1831 1738 560 3569 3614 (45)

28 MID‐AM 2244 2880 898 5124 5186 (62)

29 VERMONT 479 761 286 1240 1318 (78)

30 ALASKA 517 761 333 1278 1383 (105)

31 CONNECTICUT 1280 1706 694 2986 3193 (207)

32 WISCONSIN 1986 3028 1137 5014 5257 (243)

33 MICHIGAN 3198 5232 1270 8430 8838 (408)

34 MASSACHUSETTS 4706 7165 3144 11871 13069 (1198)

TOTALS 38708 50598 16576 89306 89898 (592)

AFFILIATE RESULTS 6

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200607

POSTOLYMPIC SEASON 2006‐07 2005‐06 NET

RANK AFFILIATE NEW RET LOST TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐

1 NEW YORK 3963 4824 1358 8787 8169 618

2 CALIFORNIA 1000 601 133 1601 1116 485

3 MINNESOTA 6178 9071 1964 15249 14832 417

4 POTOMAC VALLEY 832 600 214 1432 1178 254

5 TEXAS 595 236 126 831 579 252

6 SOUTHERN AMATEUR 622 409 140 1031 810 221

7 ATLANTIC 1901 1713 364 3614 3407 207

8 MID‐AM 2327 2859 777 5186 4999 187

9 CAROLINA 452 302 108 754 582 172

10 WISCONSIN 2270 2987 1058 5257 5099 158

11 CONNECTICUT 1427 1766 572 3193 3055 138

12 NEW HAMPSHIRE 719 703 287 1422 1328 94

13 MAINE 688 898 316 1586 1495 91

14 VERMONT 568 750 241 1318 1241 77

15 NORTH DAKOTA 540 706 162 1246 1172 74

16 ALASKA 591 792 242 1383 1311 72

17 RHODE ISLAND 640 937 336 1577 1506 71

18 SOUTH DAKOTA 264 324 101 588 544 44

19 UTAH 182 183 66 365 365 0

20 PACIFIC NORTHWEST 457 449 217 906 906 0

21 NEVADA 31 42 21 73 74 (1)

22 OREGON 48 38 11 86 88 (2)

23 FLORIDA 464 404 186 868 874 (6)

24 NEW MEXICO 91 105 38 196 206 (10)

25 IDAHO 195 188 84 383 404 (21)

26 MONTANA 201 251 124 452 477 (25)

27 ARIZONA 221 195 100 416 445 (29)

28 MID‐WEST 459 712 214 1171 1218 (47)

29 WYOMING 164 196 112 360 420 (60)

30 COLORADO 854 1068 289 1922 1990 (68)

31 ILLINOIS 1590 1955 595 3545 3638 (93)

32 MISSOURI 475 718 267 1193 1310 (117)

33 MICHIGAN 3132 5706 1267 8838 9455 (617)

34 MASSACHUSETTS 5460 7609 3302 13069 13851 (782)

TOTALS 39601 50297 15392 89898 88144 1754

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AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200506

POST NHL LOCKOUT 2005‐06 2004‐05 NET

RANK AFFILIATE NEW RET LOST TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐

1 ARIZONA 289 156 67 445 366 79

2 COLORADO 891 1099 208 1990 1929 61

3 FLORIDA 537 337 146 874 823 51

4 ALASKA 572 739 252 1311 1267 44

5 MID‐AM 2201 2798 674 4999 4956 43

6 SOUTH DAKOTA 247 297 93 544 513 31

7 TEXAS 351 228 134 579 561 18

8 OREGON 50 38 12 88 72 16

9 IDAHO 187 217 82 404 395 9

10 NEW MEXICO 90 116 27 206 198 8

11 UTAH 159 206 54 365 357 8

12 MAINE 621 874 269 1495 1494 1

13 MID‐WEST 529 689 198 1218 1221 (3)

14 MONTANA 246 231 117 477 482 (5)

15 SOUTHERN AMATEUR 447 363 227 810 827 (17)

16 VERMONT 515 726 244 1241 1264 (23)

17 WYOMING 175 245 101 420 444 (24)

18 NORTH DAKOTA 458 714 183 1172 1206 (34)

19 NEVADA 37 37 47 74 110 (36)

20 PACIFIC NORTHWEST 431 475 217 906 954 (48)

21 CAROLINA 270 312 101 582 648 (66)

22 POTOMAC VALLEY 608 570 198 1178 1266 (88)

23 WISCONSIN 2108 2991 1098 5099 5197 (98)

24 CALIFORNIA 576 540 272 1116 1223 (107)

25 RHODE ISLAND 566 940 430 1506 1618 (112)

26 MISSOURI 520 790 267 1310 1465 (155)

27 ILLINOIS 1595 2044 537 3639 3803 (164)

28 NEW HAMPSHIRE 637 691 343 1328 1497 (169)

29 MINNESOTA 5607 9225 2178 14832 15105 (273)

30 CONNECTICUT 1274 1781 765 3055 3336 (281)

31 ATLANTIC 1586 1821 447 3407 3735 (328)

32 MASSACHUSETTS 5887 7964 3217 13851 14185 (334)

33 NEW YORK 3209 4960 1756 8169 8875 (706)

34 MICHIGAN 3239 6216 1506 9455 10628 (1173)

TOTALS 36715 51430 16467 88145 92020 (3875)

AFFILIATE RESULTS 8

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200405

NHL LOCKOUT 2004‐05 2003‐04 NET

RANK NEW RET LOST TOTAL TOTAL *+/‐

1 PACIFIC NORTHWEST 477 477 219 954 885 69

2 NORTH DAKOTA 533 673 186 1206 1151 55

3 ARIZONA 182 184 37 366 326 40

4 WISCONSIN 2149 3048 998 5197 5161 36

5 WYOMING 224 220 95 444 411 33

6 IDAHO 206 189 71 395 366 29

7 SOUTH DAKOTA 256 257 89 513 485 28

8 NEVADA 71 39 24 110 91 19

9 NEW MEXICO 109 89 27 198 183 15

10 UTAH 169 188 62 357 352 5

11 FLORIDA 439 384 152 823 828 (5)

12 CAROLINA 325 323 117 648 660 (12)

13 OREGON 33 39 9 72 85 (13)

14 VERMONT 504 760 246 1264 1279 (15)

15 MID‐WEST 503 718 228 1221 1277 (56)

16 ALASKA 546 721 273 1267 1331 (64)

17 TEXAS 319 242 165 561 633 (72)

18 CALIFORNIA 645 578 240 1223 1303 (80)

19 SOUTHERN AMATEUR 392 435 164 827 913 (86)

20 MONTANA 196 286 146 482 568 (86)

21 ATLANTIC 1898 1837 524 3735 3827 (92)

22 MAINE 593 901 332 1494 1588 (94)

23 COLORADO 829 1100 277 1929 2026 (97)

24 ILLINOIS 1689 2114 563 3803 3909 (106)

25 MISSOURI 544 921 253 1465 1574 (109)

26 POTOMAC VALLEY 592 674 228 1266 1393 (127)

27 RHODE ISLAND 610 1008 439 1618 1778 (160)

28 NEW HAMPSHIRE 634 863 326 1497 1659 (162)

29 MID‐AM 2130 2826 795 4956 5235 (279)

30 NEW YORK 3758 5117 1793 8875 9163 (288)

31 CONNECTICUT 1387 1949 882 3336 3658 (322)

32 MINNESOTA 5896 9209 2378 15105 15564 (459)

33 MICHIGAN 3917 6711 1483 10628 11129 (501)

34 MASSACHUSETTS 5967 8218 3820 14185 15079 (894)

TOTALS 38722 53298 17641 92020 95870 (3850)

AFFILIATE RESULTS 9

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS LAST FIVE YEARS 200405 THROUGH 200809

ALASKA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 570 546 (24) 572 26 591 19 517 (74) 628 111

RETAINED 761 721 (40) 739 18 792 53 761 (31) 780 19

TOTAL 1331 1267 (64) 16 1311 44 4 1383 72 16 1278 (105) 30 1408 130 9

LOST 243 273 252 242 333 251 1351

ARIZONA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 148 182 34 289 107 221 (68) 212 (9) 360 148

RETAINED 178 184 6 156 (28) 195 39 218 23 202 (16)

TOTAL 326 366 40 3 445 79 1 416 (29) 27 430 14 18 562 132 8

LOST 157 37 67 100 70 76 350

ATLANTIC 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 1828 1898 70 1586 (312) 1901 315 1831 (70) 2023 192

RETAINED 1999 1837 (162) 1821 (16) 1713 (108) 1738 25 1806 68

TOTAL 3827 3735 (92) 21 3407 (328) 31 3614 207 7 3569 (45) 27 3829 260 4

LOST 569 524 447 364 560 433 2328

CALIFORNIA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 691 645 (46) 576 (69) 1000 424 827 (173) 741 (86)

RETAINED 612 578 (34) 540 (38) 601 61 806 205 844 38

TOTAL 1303 1223 (80) 18 1116 (107) 24 1601 485 2 1633 32 13 1585 (48) 24

LOST 354 240 272 133 265 292 1202

CAROLINA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 290 325 35 270 (55) 452 182 381 (71) 301 (80)

RETAINED 370 323 (47) 312 (11) 302 (10) 377 75 366 (11)

TOTAL 660 648 (12) 12 582 (66) 21 754 172 9 758 4 21 667 (91) 29

LOST 91 117 101 108 189 158 673

COLORADO 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 905 829 (76) 891 62 854 (37) 912 58 899 (13)

RETAINED 1121 1100 (21) 1099 (1) 1068 (31) 1060 (8) 1169 109

TOTAL 2026 1929 (97) 23 1990 61 2 1922 (68) 30 1972 50 10 2068 96 11

LOST 238 277 208 289 262 254 1290

CONNECTICUT 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 1694 1387 (307) 1274 (113) 1427 153 1280 (147) 1497 217

RETAINED 1964 1949 (15) 1781 (168) 1766 (15) 1706 (60) 1652 (54)

TOTAL 3658 3336 (322) 31 3055 (281) 30 3193 138 11 2986 (207) 31 3149 163 7

LOST 636 882 765 572 694 583 3496

FLORIDA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 434 439 5 537 98 464 (73) 486 22 448 (38)

RETAINED 394 384 (10) 337 (47) 404 67 413 9 408 (5)

TOTAL 828 823 (5) 11 874 51 3 868 (6) 23 899 31 14 856 (43) 23

LOST 161 152 146 186 166 202 852

AFFILIATE RESULTS - 2004-05 THROUGH 2008-09 10

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200405 THROUGH 200809

IDAHO 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 183 206 23 187 (19) 195 8 199 4 149 (50)

RETAINED 183 189 6 217 28 188 (29) 214 26 211 (3)

TOTAL 366 395 29 6 404 9 9 383 (21) 25 413 30 15 360 (53) 25

LOST 50 71 82 84 58 98 393

ILLINOIS 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 1613 1689 76 1594 (95) 1590 (4) 1867 277 1511 (356)

RETAINED 2296 2114 (182) 2044 (70) 1955 (89) 1981 26 2102 121

TOTAL 3909 3803 (106) 24 3638 (165) 27 3545 (93) 31 3848 303 2 3613 (235) 33

LOST 639 563 537 595 542 725 2962

MAINE 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 671 593 (78) 621 28 688 67 664 (24) 550 (114)

RETAINED 917 901 (16) 874 (27) 898 24 972 74 953 (19)

TOTAL 1588 1494 (94) 22 1495 1 12 1586 91 13 1636 50 9 1503 (133) 32

LOST 302 332 269 316 331 296 1544

MASSACHUSETTS 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 6476 5967 (509) 5887 (80) 5460 (427) 4706 (754) 5313 607

RETAINED 8603 8218 (385) 7964 (254) 7609 (355) 7165 (444) 6818 (347)

TOTAL 15079 14185 (894) 34 13851 (334) 32 13069 (782) 34 11871 (1198) 34 12131 260 5

LOST 3754 3820 3217 3302 3144 2462 15945

MICHIGAN 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 4201 3917 (284) 3239 (678) 3132 (107) 3198 66 3276 78

RETAINED 6928 6711 (217) 6216 (495) 5706 (510) 5232 (474) 5047 (185)

TOTAL 11129 10628 (501) 33 9455 (1173) 34 8838 (617) 33 8430 (408) 33 8323 (107) 31

LOST 1471 1483 1506 1267 1270 1219 6745

MID‐AM 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 2218 2130 (88) 2201 71 2327 126 2244 (83) 2862 618

RETAINED 3017 2826 (191) 2798 (28) 2859 61 2880 21 2972 92

TOTAL 5235 4956 (279) 29 4999 43 5 5186 187 8 5124 (62) 28 5834 710 1

LOST 776 795 674 777 898 826 3970

MID‐WEST 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 508 503 (5) 529 26 459 (70) 568 109 553 (15)

RETAINED 769 718 (51) 689 (29) 712 23 672 (40) 700 28

TOTAL 1277 1221 (56) 15 1218 (3) 13 1171 (47) 28 1240 69 7 1253 13 17

LOST 244 228 198 214 218 239 1097

MINNESOTA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 6807 5896 (911) 5607 (289) 6178 571 6182 4 6626 444

RETAINED 8757 9209 452 9225 16 9071 (154) 9283 212 9514 231

TOTAL 15564 15105 (459) 32 14832 (273) 29 15249 417 3 15465 216 4 16140 675 2

LOST 1982 2378 2178 1964 2140 2185 10845

AFFILIATE RESULTS - 2004-05 THROUGH 2008-09 11

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200405 THROUGH 200809

MISSOURI 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 634 544 (90) 520 (24) 475 (45) 742 267 558 (184)

RETAINED 940 921 (19) 790 (131) 718 (72) 668 (50) 791 123

TOTAL 1574 1465 (109) 25 1310 (155) 26 1193 (117) 32 1410 217 3 1349 (61) 26

LOST 226 253 267 267 188 318 1293

MONTANA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 282 196 (86) 246 50 201 (45) 178 (23) 241 63

RETAINED 286 286 0 231 (55) 251 20 253 2 252 (1)

TOTAL 568 482 (86) 20 477 (5) 14 452 (25) 26 431 (21) 26 493 62 12

LOST 94 146 117 124 95 81 563

NEVADA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 43 71 28 37 (34) 31 (6) 38 7 72 34

RETAINED 48 39 (9) 37 (2) 42 5 39 (3) 43 4

TOTAL 91 110 19 8 74 (36) 19 73 (1) 21 77 4 20 115 38 14

LOST 19 24 47 21 20 21 133

NEW HAMPSHIRE 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 694 634 (60) 637 3 719 82 716 (3) 571 (145)

RETAINED 965 863 (102) 691 (172) 703 12 703 0 762 59

TOTAL 1659 1497 (162) 28 1328 (169) 28 1422 94 12 1419 (3) 23 1333 (86) 28

LOST 360 326 343 287 267 354 1577

NEW MEXICO 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 107 109 2 90 (19) 91 1 100 9 95 (5)

RETAINED 76 89 13 116 27 105 (11) 102 (3) 103 1

TOTAL 183 198 15 9 206 8 10 196 (10) 24 202 6 19 198 (4) 21

LOST 25 27 27 38 46 34 172

NEW YORK 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 3750 3758 8 3209 (549) 3963 754 4163 200 4318 155

RETAINED 5413 5117 (296) 4960 (157) 4824 (136) 5037 213 5409 372

TOTAL 9163 8875 (288) 30 8169 (706) 33 8787 618 1 9200 413 1 9727 527 3

LOST 1824 1793 1756 1358 1664 1690 8261

NORTH DAKOTA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 443 533 90 458 (75) 540 82 517 (23) 566 49

RETAINED 708 673 (35) 714 41 706 (8) 726 20 781 55

TOTAL 1151 1206 55 2 1172 (34) 18 1246 74 15 1243 (3) 22 1347 104 10

LOST 175 186 183 162 237 160 928

OREGON 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 51 33 (18) 50 17 48 (2) 58 10 47 (11)

RETAINED 34 39 5 38 (1) 38 0 48 10 56 8

TOTAL 85 72 (13) 13 88 16 8 86 (2) 22 106 20 17 103 (3) 19

LOST 23 9 12 11 9 15 56

AFFILIATE RESULTS - 2004-05 THROUGH 2008-09 12

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200405 THROUGH 200809

PACIFIC NORTHWEST 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 426 477 51 431 (46) 457 26 432 (25) 424 (8)

RETAINED 459 477 18 475 (2) 449 (26) 460 11 482 22

TOTAL 885 954 69 1 906 (48) 20 906 0 20 892 (14) 24 906 14 16

LOST 166 219 217 217 210 198 1061

POTOMAC VALLEY 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 713 592 (121) 608 16 832 224 742 (90) 886 144

RETAINED 680 674 (6) 570 (104) 600 30 748 148 777 29

TOTAL 1393 1266 (127) 26 1178 (88) 22 1432 254 4 1490 58 8 1663 173 6

LOST 244 228 198 214 218 239 1097

RHODE ISLAND 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 641 610 (31) 566 (44) 640 74 717 77 559 (158)

RETAINED 1137 1008 (129) 940 (68) 937 (3) 989 52 1048 59

TOTAL 1778 1618 (160) 27 1506 (112) 25 1577 71 17 1706 129 5 1607 (99) 30

LOST 442 439 430 336 322 419 1946

SOUTH DAKOTA 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 202 256 54 247 (9) 264 17 259 (5) 287 28

RETAINED 283 257 (26) 297 40 324 27 314 (10) 318 4

TOTAL 485 513 28 7 544 31 6 588 44 18 573 (15) 25 605 32 15

LOST 110 89 93 101 138 124 545

SOUTHERN AMATEUR 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 459 392 (67) 447 55 622 175 563 (59) 452 (111)

RETAINED 454 435 (19) 363 (72) 409 46 505 96 550 45

TOTAL 913 827 (86) 19 810 (17) 15 1031 221 6 1068 37 11 1002 (66) 27

LOST 183 164 227 140 273 259 1063

TEXAS 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 439 319 (120) 351 32 595 244 503 (92) 429 (74)

RETAINED 194 242 48 228 (14) 236 8 362 126 414 52

TOTAL 633 561 (72) 17 579 18 7 831 252 5 865 34 12 843 (22) 22

LOST 188 165 134 126 191 176 792

UTAH 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 187 169 (18) 159 (10) 182 23 197 15 186 (11)

RETAINED 165 188 23 206 18 183 (23) 191 8 199 8

TOTAL 352 357 5 10 365 8 11 365 0 19 388 23 16 385 (3) 20

LOST 77 62 54 66 51 76 309

VERMONT 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 523 504 (19) 515 11 568 53 479 (89) 614 135

RETAINED 756 760 4 726 (34) 750 24 761 11 672 (89)

TOTAL 1279 1264 (15) 14 1241 (23) 16 1318 77 14 1240 (78) 29 1286 46 13

LOST 285 246 244 241 286 324 1341

AFFILIATE RESULTS - 2004-05 THROUGH 2008-09 13

AFFILIATE GROWTH RESULTS 200405 THROUGH 200809

WISCONSIN 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 2210 2149 (61) 2108 (41) 2270 162 1986 (284) 1941 (45)

RETAINED 2951 3048 97 2991 (57) 2987 (4) 3028 41 2834 (194)

TOTAL 5161 5197 36 4 5099 (98) 23 5257 158 10 5014 (243) 32 4775 (239) 34

LOST 963 998 1098 1058 1137 1145 5436

WYOMING 2003‐04 2004‐05 *+/‐ RANK 2005‐06 *+/‐ RANK 2006‐07 *+/‐ RANK 2007‐08 *+/‐ RANK 2008‐09 *+/‐ RANK

NEW 193 224 31 175 (49) 164 (11) 244 80 188 (56)

RETAINED 218 220 2 245 25 196 (49) 186 (10) 253 67

TOTAL 411 444 33 5 420 (24) 17 360 (60) 29 430 70 6 441 11 18

LOST 69 95 101 112 84 100 492

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