ECHL Totals by Birth State - 1996‑1997 Stats

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Massachusetts	50	2091	574	922	1496	2487	163	30	73
2	Michigan	37	1498	361	599	960	1627	98	22	49
3	New York	22	793	224	353	577	1527	59	7	24
4	Illinois	12	540	193	298	491	789	39	19	26
5	Minnesota	26	922	154	309	463	983	32	5	22
6	Connecticut	6	268	103	139	242	264	36	5	15
7	Ohio	5	234	110	129	239	226	39	3	16
8	New Hampshire	5	187	42	90	132	185	14	2	1
9	Pennsylvania	7	185	35	40	75	216	7	4	4
10	California	3	141	22	50	72	360	8	1	1
11	Alaska	4	109	21	41	62	127	3	0	7
12	Maine	3	147	17	44	61	174	5	0	3
13	Rhode Island	2	78	22	30	52	64	4	2	6
14	New Jersey	2	75	13	36	49	20	5	0	4
15	Iowa	2	87	12	36	48	99	4	0	2
16	Missouri	3	91	17	20	37	204	1	1	1
17	Maryland	2	78	11	24	35	83	1	0	0
18	Kansas	1	59	6	21	27	155	2	0	2
19	North Dakota	1	52	9	12	21	40	0	0	1
20	Wisconsin	4	96	2	19	21	40	0	0	1
21	Texas	1	26	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
22	Washington	1	23	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
23	North Carolina	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	Florida	1	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Percentage of ECHL Players by Birth States ‑ 1996-1997 Stats

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Massachusetts	24.9%	26.8%	29.5%	28.7%	29.0%	25.7%	31.3%	29.7%	28.3%
2	Michigan	18.4%	19.2%	18.5%	18.6%	18.6%	16.8%	18.8%	21.8%	19.0%
3	New York	10.9%	10.2%	11.5%	11.0%	11.2%	15.8%	11.3%	6.9%	9.3%
4	Illinois	6.0%	6.9%	9.9%	9.3%	9.5%	8.2%	7.5%	18.8%	10.1%
5	Minnesota	12.9%	11.8%	7.9%	9.6%	9.0%	10.2%	6.2%	5.0%	8.5%
6	Connecticut	3.0%	3.4%	5.3%	4.3%	4.7%	2.7%	6.9%	5.0%	5.8%
7	Ohio	2.5%	3.0%	5.6%	4.0%	4.6%	2.3%	7.5%	3.0%	6.2%
8	New Hampshire	2.5%	2.4%	2.2%	2.8%	2.6%	1.9%	2.7%	2.0%	0.4%
9	Pennsylvania	3.5%	2.4%	1.8%	1.2%	1.5%	2.2%	1.3%	4.0%	1.6%
10	California	1.5%	1.8%	1.1%	1.6%	1.4%	3.7%	1.5%	1.0%	0.4%
11	Alaska	2.0%	1.4%	1.1%	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%	0.6%	0.0%	2.7%
12	Maine	1.5%	1.9%	0.9%	1.4%	1.2%	1.8%	1.0%	0.0%	1.2%
13	Rhode Island	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	2.0%	2.3%
14	New Jersey	1.0%	1.0%	0.7%	1.1%	0.9%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	1.6%
15	Iowa	1.0%	1.1%	0.6%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.8%
16	Missouri	1.5%	1.2%	0.9%	0.6%	0.7%	2.1%	0.2%	1.0%	0.4%
17	Maryland	1.0%	1.0%	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
18	Kansas	0.5%	0.8%	0.3%	0.7%	0.5%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.8%
19	North Dakota	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
20	Wisconsin	2.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
21	Texas	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
22	Washington	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
23	North Carolina	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
24	Florida	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%