They don’t call Minnesota the State of Hockey for no good reason. In the history of the NHL the state of Minnesota has produced 244 NHL players that have played in 57,409 contests, the most of any other state in these great United States of America. Makes sense though don’t it? As a reader of this website (thank you for your patronage!) you’re aware that we in Minnesota love the sport as have the generations before us. Our support of our NHL franchises the North Stars, and now the Wild has been the bench mark for other fans everywhere.