Andover St. Thomas Academy

[elliott70]

Andover vs St. Thomas Academy
Who wins?

[Bayside Tigers]

Am I the only person that thinks St Thomas is gonna win this game?

[deacon]

No

[hockey59]

Andover 4 (en) St Thomas 1

[BlueLineSpecial]

Andover 4 (en) St Thomas 1

That was my thought as well. STA's D and goaltending have been good all year, and especially so during their 13-1 streak to end the season. That said I think it's going to be difficult for them to keep up. For them to pull an upset they'd need to capitalize on many (most?) of their good scoring chances. They could do it. But in all likelihood I see this being a good game where STA couldn't get over the hump.

[elliott70]

Jan 2 L 3-1 F Rosemount
Jan 4 at Mahtomedi L 4-2 F

Jan 9 vs. Hastings L 5-1 F
Jan 14 vs. Tartan W 6-0 F

Jan 21 vs. Bloomington Jefferson W 5-2 F
Jan 23 vs. South St. Paul W 5-3 F

Jan 25 vs. Simley W 8-0 F
Jan 30 at Hill-Murray L 3-2 F

Feb 1 at Duluth Marshall W 3-1 F
Feb 4 vs. Mahtomedi W 3-1 F

Feb 8 at Henry Sibley W 4-0 F
Feb 11 at Stillwater Area W 5-2 F

Feb 13 at Minnetonka W 2-1 F/OT
Feb 14 at Eveleth-Gilbert Area W 5-2 F

While a nice finish to the year and a nice run in sections some of the results do not leave me abundantly confident.

[deacon]

Here we go

[hockey59]

Thoreson Andover draws 1st blood 1-0

[hockey59]

STA answers, Hallum created that goal 1-1

[hockey59]

Good 1st period by both teams.

[deacon]

Great pace

[hockey59]

Jones! Andover leads 2-1

[hockey59]

STA going on the PP...Soderling ties it for STA 2-2

[hockey59]

Uffdah..,a weak goal let in by Larson...3-2 STA

[jdh]

I smell an upset here.

[hockey59]

After two periods STA 3 Andover 2. Andover has about 90 seconds of PP time carrying over to the 3rd period and need to get one to shift the momentum

[grindiangrad-80]

This is a heck of a game.

[Sparlimb]

This is a heck of a game.

STA is skating with them. Andover has the talent edge, but STA knows how to play defensively. Anyone's game going into the 3rd period.

[BlueLineSpecial]

STA is playing a dangerous game in this 3rd period. They’ve completely sunk into their own zone. Basically content with icing it or flipping it out of their zone. We’ll see if this holds up for the last 6+ min

[hockey59]

Andovers lack of a truly marquee forward is costing them tonight, with 1:39 to go in the 3rd, they are in grave danger...of losing this game.

[deacon]

Nice

[deacon]

First two periods>third period

[SEC Scotty]

Andovers lack of a truly marquee forward is costing them tonight, with 1:39 to go in the 3rd, they are in grave danger...of losing this game.

A little better goaltending goes a long way too.

[Sparlimb]

TRME comes through again!

I did call one of Blake or Andover would lose today. And Andover is clearly the better team, but that's how one and done works. Congrats to STA.

[Joe2015]

Andover chokes one round later than usual