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by karl(east)
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 2/18/24
Replies: 8
Views: 3260

Re: AA Rankings for 2/18/24

Appreciate the kind words, as always! All seeds are now in, along with a few mild corrections such as the ones noted above and a couple typos. I kept Edina at #2 in 6AA (as did the coaches) because they do have a win over Wayzata, and Benilde has a tie against Holy Angels. I think the Hornets' stron...
by karl(east)
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 2/18/24
Replies: 8
Views: 3260

AA Rankings for 2/18/24

Happy end of the regular season! As usual, this means a format change in these rankings, with 1-25 listed out before walking through each section. Seedings are speculative and I’ll adjust if things come out in a different order. The top 25: 1. Minnetonka (23-0-2) 2. Wayzata (21-2-2) 3. Edina (20-4-1...
by karl(east)
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 2/11/24
Replies: 30
Views: 4524

AA Rankings for 2/11/24

We’re heading into the final week of the regular season. The top four are obvious enough, but we are finally seeing some stability in the 5-7 range now. The chaos now comes in the 11-15 range. We’ll preview it all next week, but here’s where I see things with a handful of games left: 1. Minnetonka (...
by karl(east)
Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 2/4/24
Replies: 8
Views: 3359

AA Rankings for 2/4/24

With two weeks left in the regular season we’ve got a riveting three-way battle in the Lake, a couple of lurking teams playing relatively light schedules at this point in the season, and then a great big jumble, with some new faces in the 13-15 range this week. We’re coming down to the wire, and out...
by karl(east)
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: Games Thursday 2-1-24
Replies: 20
Views: 1625

Re: Games Thursday 2-1-24

Deleted a couple of posts that took unnecessary shots at a coaching staff. Please take the hint.
by karl(east)
Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 1/28/24
Replies: 18
Views: 4331

Re: AA Rankings for 1/28/24

A few stray comments: My "not as dominant" comment in regards to Edina wasn't about their overall body of work so much as their gameplay. They got outshot by a lot by Wayzata, and while the shots were closer in the Tonka game, I thought they were outchanced; I would not say they controlled the pace ...
by karl(east)
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 1/28/24
Replies: 18
Views: 4331

AA Rankings for 1/28/24

There are three weeks left in the regular season, and the top four remain clear, albeit with a small shift within them this week. After that? Your guess is as good as mine. Rankings: 1. Minnetonka (17-0-2) -This one remains a constant, as the Skippers obliterated two lesser opponents while their fel...
by karl(east)
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 1/21/24
Replies: 9
Views: 4109

AA Rankings for 1/21/24

We’re into the last month of the regular season, with an entrenched top four. Even though some teams lost, there was about as little movement in the top 15 this week as I can remember, which shows how fixed some of these tiers are, though quite a few sections seem ripe for a quality run by someone d...
by karl(east)
Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 1/14/24
Replies: 5
Views: 3722

AA Rankings for 1/14/24

Last week I called it a week of cream rising to the top, and this week felt similar, with the top four staying firmly put and another early favorite jumping back up to the 5-spot. Beyond that? Yikes. Lake Conference play starts in earnest this week, so we’ll see if that can cause any disruption towa...
by karl(east)
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:38 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 1/7/24
Replies: 4
Views: 5291

AA Rankings for 1/7/24

“And then everyone lost” would be a fitting headline for last week, though said losses came with varying degrees of severity. The top bit, at least, is easy. Halfway through this season, it’s shaping up to a be a fascinating mix between the seemingly inevitable and the absolutely unpredictable. Your...
by karl(east)
Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: A Rankings for 12/31/23
Replies: 8
Views: 8235

Re: A Rankings for 12/31/23

Unusual for HTown to be in so many close games and have L’s on their record this early. We all knew this year wasn’t as strong as previous years, but what’s the deal? Injuries? I think it's a combination of a lot of little things: 1. AJ Francisco, who is probably their best (and certainly highest c...
by karl(east)
Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/31/23
Replies: 14
Views: 13574

Re: AA Rankings for 12/31/23

Good comments here! Appreciate getting some debate. The reasoning on HF at #8 is that they have a tie with #7 (STA) and have only lost to top 5 teams, while Rosemount has the Champlin loss. I do agree Rosemount has more good wins. I generally think it is a little too early to start throwing out the ...
by karl(east)
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/31/23
Replies: 14
Views: 13574

AA Rankings for 12/31/23

We’re now in deep to this season, and things are vaguely taking shape. Seven of the top nine teams (and nine of the top 15) are in two sections, which is as unbalanced as I can ever remember, but the real separation is between the top two and everyone else. Their first clash lived up to its billing,...
by karl(east)
Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/24/23
Replies: 22
Views: 63863

Re: AA Rankings for 12/24/23

I've been far too absent lately. Cleaning up on a few stray topics: The Hub: come on, get it together, sorting through to find the surprise location of dates on the schedule is not my idea of a fun time. Holiday "Tournaments": I have such mixed feelings about this week. One the one hand, there is a ...
by karl(east)
Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: Games Thursday 12-28-23
Replies: 7
Views: 8657

Re: Games Thursday 12-28-23

Anybody know the EGF/Hermantown score? HTown 5 EGF 1 So it was. EGF actually controlled most of the first period, including killing off a major, but came away empty-handed, and the Hawks' top liners went to work in the 2nd. The third goal was as soft as it gets and EGF does not seem built to sustai...
by karl(east)
Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/24/23
Replies: 22
Views: 63863

AA Rankings for 12/24/23

The week before holidays tournaments is always one of the hardest for rankings, with the last vestiges of preseason opinion hanging on before there’s finally enough data to do the analysis at the level I like. Teams therefore tend to carry on as they were unless surprising things happen, though ther...
by karl(east)
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/17/2023
Replies: 0
Views: 13178

AA Rankings for 12/17/2023

Thanks for your patience after another weekend on the road for me. I should be back to the regular schedule for the rest of the season! 1. Minnetonka (6-0) -The Skippers handled Moorhead to stay steady at the top, and there isn’t much else new to say here. They have two more respectable opponents th...
by karl(east)
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/10/23
Replies: 12
Views: 20356

AA Rankings for 12/10/23

I’m on the road this weekend, so perhaps not the usual depth of description, but there are rankings nonetheless! 1. Minnetonka (5-0) -The Skippers’ OT win over Chanhassen confirms their top spot status, though it does show they are not in some different universe from anyone else, either. They pay a ...
by karl(east)
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:02 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Rankings for 12/3/23
Replies: 12
Views: 21691

AA Rankings for 12/3/23

With a lot of big games among serious contenders, it was a chaotic first week and a half of the season, with a few top teams setting themselves apart and a lot of mystery beyond that. Here we go with the first in-season rankings: 1. Minnetonka (4-0) -Putting your first four opponents, all of them at...
by karl(east)
Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:32 am
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: AA Preseason Rankings for 2023-2024
Replies: 5
Views: 9720

AA Preseason Rankings for 2023-2024

Let the 2023-2024 season begin! It’s a pleasure to be back for another season of this operation. One team on this list opens a week from today. The “schedule” portion names all a team’s games over the first two weeks, and the first in-season rankings will be out on December 3. 1. Minnetonka -When th...
by karl(east)
Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: 2023-24 season Early departures
Replies: 91
Views: 190091

Re: 2023-24 season Early departures

Hearing good news on Brock Schultz as well...
by karl(east)
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:06 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: R.I.P. Adam Johnson
Replies: 7
Views: 9036

Re: R.I.P. Adam Johnson

Very sad news. Adam carried Hibbing to its most recent Tourney back in 2011 and was a delight to watch.
by karl(east)
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: 2023-24 Preseason A Rankings
Replies: 8
Views: 7598

Re: 2023-24 Preseason A Rankings

Hibbing is too low. :P

Great work, as always! You're lucky to have just a few players we're waiting on to find out definitively if they're back or not in Class A. Lots of the prep work for AA is done, but I can't in good faith post anything for about 2 more weeks.
by karl(east)
Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: Section 6A 23-24
Replies: 90
Views: 54254

Re: Section 6A 23-24

Love it. Just over a month till hockey!
by karl(east)
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
Topic: Summer HS varsity festival schedules
Replies: 16
Views: 13752

Re: Summer HS varsity festival schedules

Caught a few games in Proctor this past weekend, and got reports from others (not many scores, more just thoughts on how teams looked). Notes on a few teams, with all the usual summer hockey asterisks about teams missing players: Mahtomedi - Despite graduating a lot off of last season's surprise sta...