The Minnesota 1993 Blades hockey team is comprised of players from the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The mission of the Minnesota Blades Club is to provide exceptional youth hockey players the opportunity to develop advanced individual and team skills by playing with and against players and teams of equal or superior skill. This years team was formed and started practicing the spring of 2006. Many of the players have been playing summer AAA hockey together for the last five years. The team has participated in numerous high level tournaments across North America to include the Toronto Prospects Tournament and the Edmonton Brick Tournament.