I'm not sure about the rest of the team, buy Tyler is one hell of a player. One of our coaches played semi pro in europe and for the Army team and Tyler keeps up with him without breaking a sweat.
Which socks? Real men don't wear socks with their skates, if your talking hockey socks, you better be hung like an elephant.
And MO hockey only lists 21 rinks in the metro area.
Hockey is the only sport played on a Semi pro to pro level in all 50 states, yes even Alaska (and yes Hawiaii). And more and more colleges have Division I teams, even the University of Alabama, of couse instead of playing hard alternative rock between plays, its dueling banjos.