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by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Girls State High School Hockey Tournament
Replies: 81
Views: 4486

Re: 2024 Girls State High School Hockey Tournament

First time in a while its looked like a random draw as Tonka, as the #1 seed, gets Maple Grove. A tough first round matchup for sure. Minnetonka had the same tough 1st round match-up last year against Centennial/SLP, and barely got by them. Here’s the field with their rankings, for what it’s worth:...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

I went from this (Feb 5): https://twitter.com/mnhockeytv/status/1754614511607201958/photo/1 1. Minnetonka 2. Hill-Murray 3. Centennial 4. Andover 5. Northfield 6. Benilde 7. Edina 8. Moorhead 9. Lakeville North 10. Lakeville South 11. Roseville/Mahtomedi Ok, I see, thanks for clarifying. However, h...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

They all were, if you wanted to pay. 6 of the top 11 teams in the last AA poll failed to make state. Pretty crazy. The last ranking on the girls hockey hub shows 6 of the top 10 making it. 1. Minnetonka 2. Hill Murray 3. Andover 5. Edina 8. Northfield 10. Maple Grove I went from this (Feb 5): https...
by Lace'emUp
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

Sparlimb wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:18 pm
They all were, if you wanted to pay.


6 of the top 11 teams in the last AA poll failed to make state. Pretty crazy.
The last ranking on the girls hockey hub shows 6 of the top 10 making it.
1. Minnetonka
2. Hill Murray
3. Andover
5. Edina
8. Northfield
10. Maple Grove
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

5 Class AA Sections champions have been crowed. Here’s who’s left: Hub School/Team - Sec LSQR QRF SOS 1 MINNETONKA – 2AA 1 1 3 2 HILL MURRAY – 4AA 3 2 4 (4AA champs) 3 ANDOVER – 7AA 2 3 1 (7AA champs) 4 BENILDE ST MARGARETS – 6AA 5 4 11 5 EDINA – 6AA 4 7 2 6 CENTENNIAL/SLP – 5AA 9 5 21 8 NORTHFIELD ...
by Lace'emUp
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

This is who we have left in Class AA as of Wednesday afternoon: Hub School/Team - Sec LSQR QRF SOS 1 MINNETONKA – 2AA 1 1 3 2 HILL MURRAY – 4AA 3 2 4 3 ANDOVER – 7AA 2 3 1 4 BENILDE ST MARGARETS – 6AA 5 4 11 5 EDINA – 6AA 4 7 2 6 CENTENNIAL/SLP – 5AA 9 5 21 7 MOORHEAD – 8AA 7 6 17 8 NORTHFIELD – 1AA...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

Or cap AA at top 40 or so enrollments plus opt-ups and put the rest in A. The enrollment cut-off is far too arbitrary particularly in this sport. Not sure what the exact solution is but MSHSL has to think outside the box and avoid these games. Right on, cap at 40 or 48 for class AA (or make it Clas...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2024 Section Tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 2087

Re: 2024 Section Tournaments

Northfield wins 18-0, up 9-0 seven minutes into the game. What are we doing? Why is Austin in AA? I agree. AL’s enrollment is only 760 and the MSHSL cutoff for AA was 1047 and above. That means they elected to play-up. Makes no sense. Also, I would have no problem with a running clock starting in t...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Games of the Night
Replies: 70
Views: 73652

Re: Games of the Night

SOS for South Suburban teams in particular is a bit of a vacuum as over 70% of their games are against one another. But I agree with what I think you're hinting at, I fully expect both North and South to make it but will be overwhelmed by the top teams at state. (Even though they both have a qualit...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Games of the Night
Replies: 70
Views: 73652

Re: Games of the Night

I was telling some folks at a game the other day, this 8 team field in AA may be the deepest ever. It is entirely likely all 8 sections send someone with 5 or less losses. Anything can happen. Rankings have dumped HM down to like 7th for losing to Andover and Tonka. Except they had already beat bot...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Girls HS Hockey LSQRank JAN 25, 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 598

Re: Girls HS Hockey LSQRank JAN 25, 2024

Thanks for your work with the statistical rankings! Can you run a list showing the rankings of SOS for AA and A teams? Thanks!
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Games of the Night
Replies: 70
Views: 73652

Re: Games of the Night

I was telling some folks at a game the other day, this 8 team field in AA may be the deepest ever. It is entirely likely all 8 sections send someone with 5 or less losses. Anything can happen. Rankings have dumped HM down to like 7th for losing to Andover and Tonka. Except they had already beat bot...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: 2023-2024 Season Transfers
Replies: 4
Views: 5628

Re: 2023-2024 Season Transfers

Jaycee Chatleain (12 pts as a 7th grader, 28 as an 8th grader) jumps ship from Centennial prior to the start of her freshman season to Hill Murray. With O'Hara (59 pts) and O'Hearn (29 pts) graduating, 116 points has disappeared from the core of their offense. Centennial's top line will still be goo...
by Lace'emUp
Tue Mar 07, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Minnesotans in Division lll Hockey
Replies: 15
Views: 3919

Re: Minnesotans in Division lll Hockey

The DIII tourney is currently strictly formula driven based on the Pairwise poll, with no room for voting or negotiation. Of the 4 NESCAC schools in the tourney, Middlebury and Colby have records of 16-7-3 and 17-7 respectively. Meanwhile, UW-Eau Claire, the first team out, has a record of 22-4-2, ...
by Lace'emUp
Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Coaching Changes
Replies: 84
Views: 113461

Re: Coaching Changes

Wayzata? Didn't he get canned mid year? Who was his replacement? Must have been interim? And what other Lake Conference coach are they wooing away? Get the rumor mill fired up! Cassano (Tonka) Cowger (Edina) Huddy (Buffalo) Olesen (NWC) Persian (EP) St. Martin (If you count hopkins as Lake Conferen...
by Lace'emUp
Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:32 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Glad that's over with. What a dull final. :? Yes, every 5-6 years there’s a clunker AA championship game. Last one was 2017 when Edina crushed Blaine. Gentry was playing with a chip on their shoulder, and Andover played their worst game since probably the 2016/17 season. The tourny will be most mem...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:40 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Glad that's over with. What a dull final. :? Yes, every 5-6 years there’s a clunker AA championship game. Last one was 2017 when Edina crushed Blaine. Gentry was playing with a chip on their shoulder, and Andover played their worst game since probably the 2016/17 season. The tourny will be most mem...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Pretty obvious they are poorly coached. No adjustments and power play has no creativity and forces plays. When your first unit is all signed with umd/um I expect to see something ultra impressive. A 5-3 with Ava Lindsey standing 70 ft out on the half wall and forcing marginal plays to the net says ...
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:15 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: AA semi's - Who do you like?
Replies: 2
Views: 1649

Re: AA semi's - Who do you like?

I don’t care who wins tonight and from looking at past games for both, it’s too hard to predict. I just hope that it goes 2 or 3 OT’s and there’s no cheap-shots.
by Lace'emUp
Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:51 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Agree with eagles. Sometimes I think girls play better as underclassman like tonka did last year as primarily juniors. I don’t know if the pressure of being seniors got to these girls or what. They looked uninspired and played like it was another game in January. I was at the game and thought gentr...
by Lace'emUp
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Cent/SLP certainly made things interesting. Hats off to them for a great effort. I wonder how Tonka is feeling after that. Nice to see at least one good contest today. Unshocking blowouts in the other 3 games (combine 22-0). After those efforts, Cent/SLP should be able to take the consolation champi...
by Lace'emUp
Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Shame on the MSHSL and Warroad’s staff. 8-10 goals makes the point. 15 is an embarrassment. With the disparity in talent maybe it’s time for 3 classes: eight team double A tournament, and two four-team tournaments for A+ and A-. Agreed. Even if another class is created, Warroad is small enough to s...
by Lace'emUp
Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:56 pm
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: tourney
Replies: 48
Views: 27590

Re: tourney

Warroad 15 - Albert Lea 1
So this is what the Class A tournament is supposed to be all about? I’ve have had enough of them at the Class A level. Grow-up Warroad, and make the move to AA. What are you afraid of?
by Lace'emUp
Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Links to Newspaper or Web Articles About MN Girls Hockey
Replies: 465
Views: 215352

Re: Links to Newspaper or Web Articles About MN Girls Hockey

Interesting. Does Stillwater not offer gym class? Worth noting that Stillwater's current starting goalie went to Gentry and benefited from that daily training before moving back to the Ponies. Volk's reason to not schedule Gentry going forward is far more valid than Cashman's. It is an interesting ...
by Lace'emUp
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey
Topic: Links to Newspaper or Web Articles About MN Girls Hockey
Replies: 465
Views: 215352

Re: Links to Newspaper or Web Articles About MN Girls Hockey

Finally, some coaches speak out on Gentry: Problem for Gentry Academy: Rival schools refusing to schedule its hockey team https://www.startribune.com/high-school-girls-hockey-minnesota-state-tournament-preview-gentry-academy/600253183/ Any summary of what the coaches said, for the benefit of those ...