The weirdest thing to me is the club has (had) a connection to an MIAA school. That always will be a draw to players particularly in middle school and high school.
But even with that things still fizzled.
The only reason Preds was able to fill an entire slate of youth teams is they hired an MIAA coach. Then they hired another one.
Where will Loyola get kids? Koopers?
New clubs (except True) always get a decent mix of kids because the first year of a club is the only time most clubs have an honest tryout. Kids who are "late bloomers" (aka improving vs their age any time after 4th grade) are always looking for opportunities like that because why would they go work out for Crabs where there are 60 kids trying out for 3 roster slots.
As for Loyola, in approximate order of club affiliations by players: 91, Looneys (now Predators and FCA), FCA, Predators (JV and younger), Team MD, Crabs, several (but not lots of) Hawks, very few ML, NL kids.
