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Which section's top seed is most likely to not make it to the final?

Poll ended at Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:16 am

1A
3
33%
2A
1
11%
3A
1
11%
4A
1
11%
5A
0
No votes
6A
1
11%
7A
1
11%
8A
1
11%
 
Total votes: 9

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Class A Rankings 2-17-18

Post by HShockeywatcher » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:16 am

The season is over and we have a bunch of great section matchups coming up!
A couple big games and a little bit of moving around this week.

1. [1] Hermantown (20-3-2) (9-0)
2. [2] Totino-Grace (17-7) (3-2)
3. [3] Mahtomedi (18-6-1) (11-2)
4. [4] Cathedral (21-4) (21-2)
5. [5] Alexandria (18-5) (13-4)
6. [7] East Grand Forks (17-8) (13-3)
7. [8] Thief River Falls (14-8-3) (13-3-2)
8. [9] Warroad (13-9-2) (11-5)
9. [6] Orono (16-9) (14-5)
10. [12] Greenway (12-13) (10-6)
11. [10] Monticello (16-8-1) (10-4-1)
12. [13] Sartell (17-7) (13-4)
13. [11] Mankato East (15-9-1) (12-4)
14. [14] Duluth Denfeld (13-8-3) (8-3-3)
15. [-] Marshall (21-2-1) (20-2-1)


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1A
The season ended with 5 teams with winning records; Mankato East, Albert Lea, Rochester Lourdes, Minnesota River and Faribault. The favorite is probably Manktato East, but any of the top 4 could come out on top. East has an OT loss and 1 goal win over Albert Lea and OT win over MN River, and Lourdes has an OT loss and 1 goal win over Albert Lea.

2A
Orono is the favorite as defending state champions and only two section losses, but one of those came to Delano in the last game of the season. Mound Westonka doesn't seem likely to come out on top, but Delano or Breck wouldn't be surprises if there is an upset.

3A
Marshall and Litchfield are the top 2 seeds and tied three weeks ago. New Ulm likely won't beat Litchfield, so it'll come to the rematch.

4A
A month ago one would've thought Mahtomedi would walk through this section and be a top seed at state, then Totino-Grace beat them 5-1. The rematch should be closer, but they should meet in the finals.

5A
Monticello. North Branch. Princeton. Chisago Lakes. Pine City.
Monticello tied Pine City, beat Princeton by 1, lost to Chisago by 2, beat North Branch by 2, beat North Branch by 1, beat Chisago by 3, then beat Princeton by 1.
Monticello is probably the 1 seed, but there really isn't a favorite here.

6A
Cathedral is the favorite and will possibly only be challenged in the final.
Sartell was crushed by Cathedral and beat Alex 1-0.
Alexandria lost to Cathedral in OT, lost to Sartell 0-1 and the rematch was postponed. I wouldn't bet on them winning two big games in a row, but it's possible.

7A
Hermantown beat the 2, 3, and 4 seeds 9-1, 4-0, and 5-3.

8A
East Grand Forks has 10 GF and 10 GA in their 4 games with TRF and Warroad, three 1 goal wins and a 3 goal loss.
TRF has a 2 and 1 goal win over Warroad and two 1 goal losses to EGF.
Warroad has a 2 goal loss to TRF, 1 goal losses to each of EGF and TRF and a 3 goal win over EGF.
East Grand Forks is the favorite as they only have to play the one of the other two, but the final could go either way.

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