State AA seeding

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:18 am

What we have...

Section 1 tonight Lakeville North or South
Section 2 Eden Prairie
Section 3 tonight STA or Bloomington Jefferson
Section 4 Friday Hill Murray or Stillwater
Section 5 tonight Maple Grove or Centennial
Section 6 Wayzata
Section 7 tonight Duluth East or Grand Rapids
Section 8 Moorhead

After tonight we will be able to guess better.

But Seed 1 will be Eden Prairie.
Not seeded will be Wayzata.
Moorhead will get seeded somewhere.

Jefferson and South will not get seeded if they make it.

So, assuming the top team makes it, the seeding should go.

1 EP
2 Stillwater
3 STA
4 Moorhead
5 Centennial

leaving Duluth East, North and Way to fill in.

Unless you follow a different guru, then...
1 EP
2 STA
3 Centenniel
4 Stillwater
5 Moorhead
With the same 3 being fill-ins.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:22 am

But if you go by Let's Play Hockey

1 EP
2 Stillwater
3 Centennial
4 STA
5 Lakeville North
with Moorhead joining DEast and Way as fillers.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:25 am

And, if you put any faith in Karl:

1 EP
2 Stillwater
3 STA
4 Centennial
5 Lakeville North
with Moorhead joining DEast and Way as fillers.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:11 am

I'm a little bit sad that two of the top four ranked teams (per LPH) will not be in it. More so for HF than Edina, of course.

Doc Holliday · Post by **Doc Holliday** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:25 am

I think Stillwater & St. Thomas Academy are the two "win & they get seeded" squads left. The others (Moorhead, Lakeville North, Centennial) could probably all have an argument both for & against and it could probably go any order.

Slammer · Post by **Slammer** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:26 am

Moorhead will still probably end up somehow playing East.

nahc · Post by **nahc** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:36 am

IF Lakeville North wins tonight, they deserve to be seeded since the Panthers beat both St. Thomas and Stillwater on their home ices this season...... nuff said.......

Doc Holliday · Post by **Doc Holliday** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:43 am

The more I look at it, I agree that Lakeville North > St. Thomas Academy in terms of seeding.

St. Thomas > Centennial (head to head)

The more I think about it, I think your 3 unseeds are (if LN & STA win):
-Centennial/Maple Grove
-Grand Rapids/Duluth East
-Wayzata

I think Hill Murray would nab a seed if they beat Stillwater.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:51 am

Will be interesting if EP draws Wayzata, this repeats last year Championship game, might spook the Eagles a little?

hockey59 · Post by **hockey59** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:21 am

WestMetro wrote:Will be interesting if EP draws Wayzata, this repeats last year Championship game, might spook the Eagles a little?

If this ISN'T the matchup...then they're NOT playing with the seeds the way they have the past few years, because MYSTERIOUSLY... the 6th, 7th & 8th ranked teams have played the 3rd, 2nd and 1st seeded teams every time. And with 17 losses, Wayzata is the 8th seed, unless BJ takes down STA.

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:25 am

Very astute observation 59! Hadnt been aware of that. Thought the lower three were still random draw with top 3.

SFA1992 · Post by **SFA1992** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:32 am

wouldn't be fair IMO but maybe it wouldn't be a 'bad' thing if the northern teams were both not seeded so they could avoid one another in round one.

Or.......:

1 EP
NS Wayzata

4 Centenniel
5 Lakeville North

3 Spuds
NS Duluth East

2 STA
NS Hill

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:25 pm

59 and 1992 and Elliott

If you use the Lets Play Hockey March 2 rankings and following 59's logic and if no more sectional upsets, would the first round pairings be:

Wayz 8 vs EP 1

GR/DE 7 vs SW 2

MH 6 vs CENT 3

LVN 5 vs STA 4

Am I right or wrong?

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:28 pm

WestMetro wrote:59 and 1992 and Elliott

If you use the Lets Play Hockey March 2 rankings and following 59's logic and if no more sectional upsets, would the first round pairings be:

Wayz 8 vs EP 1

GR/DE 7 vs SW 2

MH 6 vs CENT 3

LVN 5 vs STA 4

Am I right or wrong?

Looks right.
And a cake walk to the final for Moorhead.
And then another pounding of Grand Rapids for the title.

Sparlimb · Post by **Sparlimb** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:46 pm

WestMetro wrote:59 and 1992 and Elliott

If you use the Lets Play Hockey March 2 rankings and following 59's logic and if no more sectional upsets, would the first round pairings be:

Wayz 8 vs EP 1

GR/DE 7 vs SW 2

MH 6 vs CENT 3

LVN 5 vs STA 4

Am I right or wrong?

I don't even see my state champs pick in your list. CLEARLY WRONG.

SPUDNUT · Post by **SPUDNUT** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:48 pm

elliott70 wrote: Looks right.
And a cake walk to the final for Moorhead.
And then another pounding of Grand Rapids for the title.

Oh GREAT - there's the jinx !

Goldyismoldy · Post by **Goldyismoldy** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:58 pm

SPUDNUT wrote:
elliott70 wrote: Looks right.
And a cake walk to the final for Moorhead.
And then another pounding of Grand Rapids for the title.
Oh GREAT - there's the jinx !

Moorhead.... final.... title....

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:45 pm

The R and the S are backwards.

Goldyismoldy · Post by **Goldyismoldy** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:17 pm

elliott70 wrote:The R and the S are backwards.

OH-oh. One of the first signs of dementia. Dyslexia on certain letters.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:21 pm

Goldyismoldy wrote:
elliott70 wrote:The R and the S are backwards.
OH-oh. One of the first signs of dementia. Dyslexia on certain letters.

First sign of dementia was last year at the age of 84 I had eggs for dinner and steak for breakfast.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:23 pm

elliott70 wrote:
Goldyismoldy wrote:
elliott70 wrote:The R and the S are backwards.
OH-oh. One of the first signs of dementia. Dyslexia on certain letters.

First sign of dementia was last year at the age of 84 I had eggs for dinner and steak for breakfast.

Steak was good.
Eggs were over hard. Prefer a little softer.

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:10 pm

Stillwater wins....
1-Eden Prairie
2-Stillwater
3-St Thomas
4-Moorhead
5-Maple Grove

Hill Murray wins.....
1-Eden Prairie
2-St. Thomas
3-Moorhead
4-Maple Grove
5-Hill Murray

WestMetro · Post by **WestMetro** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:34 pm

New prediction, Elliott check my logic

Ep plays Wayzata 6 pm

Lvs plays SW 11 am

Moorhead plays Mapke Grove 8.30 pm

STa plays GR 1.30 pm

Post by **karl(east)** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:47 pm

goldy313 wrote:Stillwater wins....
1-Eden Prairie
2-Stillwater
3-St Thomas
4-Moorhead
5-Maple Grove

Hill Murray wins.....
1-Eden Prairie
2-St. Thomas
3-Moorhead
4-Maple Grove
5-Hill Murray

Agree with this.

50in15 · Post by **50in15** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:03 pm

Are we sure Rapids doesn't get the 5 over maple grove? I prefer Rapids is unseeded instead of section 7 vs. 8 matchup again but I have my doubts.