What parts of the US is hockey most popular?

I hear the parts of the US where hockey is most popular is in the northern most states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York. No need to mention Canada and other countries since it is much more popular there than it is here. Canada invented hockey after all. Is hockey criticized in the US because of expenses to train its players, and due to fighting?|||Minnesota, Illinois and the northern east coast|||hockey is most popular in the south. the northerners are just to snotty to give hockey a chance, its sad really. canada doesnt accept hockey either, i mean the ottawa senators went bankrupt, the winnipeg jets had to move to phoenix because they werent supported, the quebec nordiques had to move to colorado because they weren't supported.|||Massasoit and the other northern stats but also teams like carolina are big to|||North...Minnesota and Michigan the most|||Michigan.|||in the parts where it's marketed