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DE's success will largely depend on their ability to retain second year bantams. Last year they lost some top players to Varsity. This may be a more common thing for DE as Duluth Marshall is getting more eastside kids to play varsity and therefore, more pressure is put on DE HS to bring up top banta...

Attention to all you teeny boppers posting goalie trash talk on this board: <br><br>The word is SIEVE<br><br>Not siv, sive, scive or one of the other 50 variations I've seen here so far (and noone ever gets it right).<br> <p></p><i></i>

I think the top players will be those that made the advanced 15 rosters and will be returning. <br><br>I am mostly familiar with D10. I think that Lovick and Aus from Centennial, Jensen, Tufte, and Harper from Blaine were 1st year Bantams that made the D10 roster. <br><br>List any other 1st year Ban...

Top 3 teams s/b:<br><br>Conneticut Yankees (beat the Blades two years ago for 3rd place at this tourney)<br><br>MN Blades (beat the Jr Jets last year at the Champions Cup)<br><br>Jr Jets (lots of talent to draw from) <br><br>A lot will depend on if these 3 elite teams have their full rosters and if ...

Blaine s/b top 5. They'll return 5 skaters, a goalie and get the rest from a ranked B1 Bantam team plus Bjugstad from Peewees. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Both teams have improved their rosters. The Blades improved their roster by a larger margin by adding Max Smith and two players from the Shattuck Tier 1 Bantam team. Head to head, I'd spot the Blades 5 goals. <br> <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

I'm getting a little tired of the childish Edina bashing. I like beating Edina as much as the next guy, but I must say that the Edina players and parents I've met have been nice people. Edina continues to have a quality program and that will continue. Deal with it. <br> <p></p><i></i>

Predators could be the top 93 team and the Icemen could be the top 94 team. <p></p><i></i>

The Blades will be the top team as usual, followed by the Icemen and Predators. <br><br>Will there be a 92 Jr Stampede? They were pretty good last year.<br><br>From up north, the Northern Blades were very good, the Northern Wings and Lake Superior Stars were pretty good too. <br><br>I also remember ...

Roseau took a 2-1 lead 10 minutes into the game with even play. Roseau's second goal was scored with the net clearly off of the mooring before the shot was taken. Ref conferred with the goal judge and it still counted. After that it was all Blaine, but Lee was great in the nets. Shots were in the ne...

Best Power Play: Lakeville So<br>Best Penalty Kill: EP<br>Best Team Speed: Stillwater<br>Best Team D: EP<br>Best Forecheck: Edina<br>Best Defensive Duos: Edina (Everson/VanVorhis), EP (Rau/Seeler), Rochester No<br>Best Scoring Duos: Bjugstad/Brodzinski (Blaine), Tabury/Jensen (Wayzata), Omdahl/Baumg...

Matchups don't look good for Sartell, D.E. or G.R. They are facing the 3 best teams in the state and all three looked awesome in regions and should be ready to fire. All three have played tough schedules and have had few letdown games this year. Edina is susceptible if goaltending gets shakey, but t...

My two cents: <br><br>Don't change anything! <br><br>4 TC area teams vs 4 outstate teams makes a great tournament. I don't see why we need to have a 5th or even 6th TC area team make the state playoffs when they haven't proven themselves as a top 4 from the TC area. Sure, the #5 from the TC area cou...

St Cloud Red over Highland Park 4-0 <br>(nice job by HP goalie to keep it close for 2 periods)<br><br>Wayzata over Chaska 6-2 (?)<br>(Wayzata is back on track) <br><br>EP over Mahtomedi 7-0 <br>(yes, they are a machine) <br><br>Blaine over Rochester 5-3<br>(It looks like there is more to Blaine's te...

if the subject is hottest teams, then: <br><br>EP with their record of no losses to MN teams.<br>Lakeville South is near perfect since the first of the year.<br>Edina showed they can play with EP with an OT loss.<br>Blaine is on a long winning streak (18 or 19 games). <br>St Cloud Black is on a roll...

expect quality to be similar to good PW B1 teams from the metro <p></p><i></i>

Rink #1 is the SMALLER rink.<br>In Rink #1, the ice seems to be shorter than usual behind the nets. <br>Neither are Olympic.<br>Fast ice on both sheets.<br>Hat Trick Hockey store is attached and carries a full line of gear and sticks at good prices - a nice bonus.<br>Ample parking. <br>Nice place to...

I believe Roseau's tie was to St Cloud Black in January. Roseau's loss was to Stillwater in the Moorhead Tourney in a shootout. They had some tight games against lesser opponents early in the year then blew out those same teams later. I don't think they've played any ranked teams from the TC area ot...

Good team. Won D10 league (a league very deep in good B teams) which guaranteed them a #2 seed into regions. They lost to Blaine late in the season and lost (to Chisago Lakes I believe) in the D10 tourney and lost to Blaine in the 3rd place game which was meaningless for both teams as far as playoff...

I think most associations do a pretty good job with the youngest kids and follow these guidelines pretty well. While I strongly agree with what Lucia says, I still believe that there is no magic method. Success of the player mostly falls on the player, regardless of age. <br><br>I think the most imp...

In championship games, D10 plays 5 on 5 until a winner is determined. The 2004 PW A game went 5 OT's (first game of the morning) Followed by two other OT games. The schedule at Anoka was running almost 3 hours behind by the end of the day. Good stuff. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

Very slight edge to Blaine, but I expect a low scoring affair and OT a high possibility. <p></p><i></i>

It's hard for a team to beat a league rival for a third time especially when on the oppenents home rink. I'm not too surprised by St Cloud's win (2-0). They play very sound D. I was more surprised by Elk River's 5-4 win over Champlin Park since Elk River has had trouble scoring all year long and Cha...

"Omdahl from roseau would play with that kid like a barbi dol" <br><br>Well let's see here. The last time Omdahl faced Bjugstad (Northern Wings or Northern Blades vs MN Blades) Omdahl's entire team managed a total of 2 goals in 4 games, while Bjugstad racked up over 10 points in those game...

Jones is the best player I've seen all year. "Hardest shot by far" Nope. Her slapper is still a few mph short of Maunu's. <p></p><i></i>