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Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by elliott70 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:09 am

Continuing the fine work of Stang....

My top 15
Not much to go on since preseason but what the heck

1 Hermantown 0-0-0
2 Greenway 1-0-0
3 St Cloud Cathedral 0-0-0
4 Alexandria 0-0-0
5 East Grand Forks 2-0-0

6 Thief River Falls 1-1-0
7 Mahtomedi 0-0-0
8 Warroad 0-0-0
9 Northfield 0-0-0
10 Mankato East 0-0-0


11 Orono 0-2-0
12 Virginia 1-0-0
13 Monticello 1-0-0
14 Litchfield
15 tie Eveleth 1-1-0 and Rochester Lourdes 0-1-0

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by elliott70 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:10 am

Others please post your own, edit mine, criticize or comment.
I do not claim to be an expert, watch some hockey, read a lot and talk with lots of people.

But the more feedback here the better idea we all will have on what is what in Class A.

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by MrBoDangles » Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:34 am

-I see mahtomedi at 1
-Orono out of it
-Monticello around 8
-North Branch around 10

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by Stang5280 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:51 pm

Thanks for the props, Elliott. You motivated me to whip up some rankings, even though there isn’t much to go on yet, as you said. Accordingly, I won’t move any teams from my preseason ranks who haven’t played yet, even though I’m not totally satisfied with this order.

1. Hermantown (0-0-0)
2. Cathedral (0-0-0)
3. Greenway (1-0-0)
W 4-1 @ Grand Rapids
4. Mahtomedi (0-0-0)
5. Alexandria (0-0-0)
6. East Grand Forks (2-0-0)
W 3-1 vs. Orono, W 4-1 vs. Delano
7. Warroad (0-0-0)
8. Thief River Falls (1-1-0)
W 4-1 vs. Delano, L 1-2 vs. Farmington
9. Northfield (0-0-0)
10. Mankato East (1-1-0)
W 5-1 vs. Hopkins, L 2-4 vs. Hudson
11. Monticello (1-0-0)
W 7-1 vs. Prairie Centre
12. Orono (0-2-0)
L 1-3 @ EGF, L 0-10 @ GF Central
13. Litchfield-DC (0-0-0)
14. Virginia-MIB (1-0-0)
W 4-1 vs. Little Falls
15. North Branch (2-0-0)
W 5-1 vs. Minnesota River, W 5-3 @ Simley

Honorable mentions (alphabetical order):
Breck (1-1-0)
Chisago Lakes (2-0-0)
Marshall (1-1-0)
Sartell-St. Stephen (0-0-0)
Totino-Grace (0-0-0)

A few notes:
- It is hard to find 20 teams I like (hence Marshall and Breck)
- Orono is on thin ice after a rough weekend, but I will keep them in for now (vs. LDC Thursday is big)
- It feels odd giving lots of love to 5A, but I may actually be shortchanging them
- I’m holding off on Lourdes and Eveleth for now
- Next week should shake up the rankings more with everyone in action and a few games between ranked teams
Last edited by Stang5280 on Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by Stang5280 » Mon Nov 26, 2018 3:03 pm

Some of the more notable A vs. A matchups this week...
Tuesday 11-27
LDC @ New Ulm

Thursday 11-29
LDC @ Orono
Delano @ Breck
Greenway @ Virginia

Friday 11-30
Monticello @ Pine City
Crookston @ Sartell
Warroad @ St. Cloud Cathedral
EGF @ Totino-Grace
Mound-Westonka @ Mankato East

Saturday 12-1
Warroad @ Sartell
Mound-Westonka @ New Ulm
EGF @ St. Cloud Cathedral
Henry Sibley @ Northfield

- LDC has two important midweek section and conference games
- Big early season 7A showdown between Greenway and Virginia
- Sartell and Cathedral each host two strong 8A opponents
- We’ll see how Mound-Westonka looks against a few SoMinn foes

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by SouthMN » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:27 pm

Albert Lea might surprise some people this year. I've heard that there is good young talent that could make a difference early. They have the luxury of not splitting up into multiple schools come high school unlike other teams in the area like Rochester and Mankato.

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by Mite-dad » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:30 pm

Stang5280 wrote:
Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:51 pm
Thanks for the props, Elliott. You motivated me to whip up some rankings, even though there isn’t much to go on yet, as you said. Accordingly, I won’t move any teams from my preseason ranks who haven’t played yet, even though I’m not totally satisfied with this order.

1. Hermantown (0-0-0)
2. Cathedral (0-0-0)
3. Greenway (1-0-0)
W 4-1 @ Grand Rapids
4. Mahtomedi (0-0-0)
5. Alexandria (0-0-0)
6. East Grand Forks (2-0-0)
W 3-1 vs. Orono, W 4-1 vs. Delano
7. Warroad (0-0-0)
8. Thief River Falls (1-1-0)
W 4-1 vs. Delano, L 1-2 vs. Farmington
9. Northfield (0-0-0)
10. Mankato East (1-1-0)
W 5-1 vs. Hopkins, L 2-4 vs. Hudson
11. Monticello (1-0-0)
W 7-1 vs. Little Falls
12. Orono (0-2-0)
L 1-3 @ EGF, L 0-10 @ GF Central
13. Litchfield-DC (0-0-0)
14. Virginia-MIB (1-0-0)
W 4-1 vs. Little Falls
15. North Branch (2-0-0)
W 5-1 vs. Minnesota River, W 5-3 @ Simley

Honorable mentions (alphabetical order):
Breck (1-1-0)
Chisago Lakes (2-0-0)
Marshall (1-1-0)
Sartell-St. Stephen (0-0-0)
Totino-Grace (0-0-0)

A few notes:
- It is hard to find 20 teams I like (hence Marshall and Breck)
- Orono is on thin ice after a rough weekend, but I will keep them in for now (vs. LDC Thursday is big)
- It feels odd giving lots of love to 5A, but I may actually be shortchanging them
- I’m holding off on Lourdes and Eveleth for now
- Next week should shake up the rankings more with everyone in action and a few games between ranked teams
I don't know who Monticello beat 7-1, but it wasn't Little Falls.

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by elliott70 » Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:38 pm

SouthMN wrote:
Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:27 pm
Albert Lea might surprise some people this year. I've heard that there is good young talent that could make a difference early. They have the luxury of not splitting up into multiple schools come high school unlike other teams in the area like Rochester and Mankato.
I think you are right.

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Re: Class A Week 1 Top 15

Post by Stang5280 » Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:15 pm

Mite-dad wrote:
Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:30 pm
I don't know who Monticello beat 7-1, but it wasn't Little Falls.
Sorry, Monticello actually beat Prairie Centre 7-1, which is a much lesser accomplishment. It was probably a copy and paste error from Virginia’a LF victory when I was moving teams around. I don’t think it particularly impacts my rankings, but I don’t mind moving teams around early in the season and will re-examine next week.

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