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Several Minnesota girls at all levels. Rosters are posted.

http://beantownclassic.com/events/womens-classic/

save me some clicks, which teams are out there? I know the 02 Blades are

Since 85 dads are there I'm hoping for some scores and updates.

observer wrote:Since 85 dads are there I'm hoping for some scores and updates.

Is that 85 Minnesotans at 14u? That Futures AAA division must have 150 local girls just in that level?

Ok 200 dads. Let's get some game reports. I'll guess top MN teams will do very well.

Blades 02
Sat, Jul 25 at San Jose U14 (W) 0 - 6
Sat, Jul 25 vs. VT Red Clovers (W) 12 - 0
Fri, Jul 24 at ECS On 2002 (L) 3 - 1

01 os selects
Sun, Jul 26 vs. MF CT Stars (W) 4 - 0
Sat, Jul 25 at ECS On 2001 (W) 1 - 4
Sat, Jul 25 vs. ECS Qc 2001 (L) 0 - 5
Fri, Jul 24 at Team Game Plan (W) 0 - 3

MN Blades Haus
Sun, Jul 26 at Anaheim 2000 (W) 1 - 7
Sat, Jul 25 at MA Spitfires 2000 (W) 0 - 4
Sat, Jul 25 vs. Bay State Breakers (T) 2 - 2
Fri, Jul 24 vs. Vipers (Rickwood) (L) 2 - 4

MN Blades Sit

Sat, Jul 25 at Hurricanes (T) 2 - 2
Sat, Jul 25 at Vermont Shamrocks (W) 1 - 2
Fri, Jul 24 vs. EC Wizards Lisner (W) 1 - 0

MN JR Whitecaps

Sat, Jul 25 at MF CT Stars U19 (T) 2 - 2
Fri, Jul 24 vs. GTA Hawks (W) 6 - 0
Fri, Jul 24 at Warriors (W) 2 - 3

MN Blades Black

Sat, Jul 25 vs. Ottawa 67's (W) 3 - 1
Fri, Jul 24 at Montreal Express (W) 1 - 3
Fri, Jul 24 vs. HB Michigan (T) 3 - 3

STE u-19


Sat, Jul 25 vs. 98 ECS (L) 3 - 4
Fri, Jul 24 at HB Michigan (T) 4 - 4
Fri, Jul 24 vs. EC Wizards Jr Ken. (W) 7 - 1

MN Ice Cats

Sat, Jul 25 vs. Titans FAAA (W) 4 - 0
Sat, Jul 25 at Black Aces (DGF) (L) 3 - 1
Fri, Jul 24 vs. Pro Tips (W) 7 - 1

MN Blades Maroon

Sat, Jul 25 vs. Walpole Express (W) 6 - 2
Sat, Jul 25 at Team ONE (L) 6 - 1
Fri, Jul 24 vs. Ottawa Sens (W) 2 - 0

Zamboni,

Skate to Excellence also in the FAAA division is 2-0 with 7-0 and 6-0 wins.

Knight7 wrote:also Skate to Excellence is 2-0 with 7-0 and 6-0 wins.

Looks like they finished 2-2?

The website isn't the easiest to navigate

Mavs, I see them playing their third game now. It isn't easy to navigate. and they are still 2-0

Knight7 wrote:Mavs, I see them playing their third game now. It isn't easy to navigate. and they are still 2-0

okay, my bad. maybe it was a different ste team. very difficult site

Knight7 wrote:Zamboni,

Skate to Excellence also in the FAAA division is 2-0 with 7-0 and 6-0 wins.

Ummm STE was in the B (consolation) playoff bracket. Maybe he was just listing those MN still in contention on Sunday (that's A bracket for Futures AAA for those following at home.) All teams ranked by points after 3 round robin games. The score only mattered if the win/tie/loss was equal. Didn't watch them but I guess my point is - do you realize you are boasting about being in the consolation bracket? Just sayin. He also didn't mention the MN team playing AA.
Who won it all?

Ntmh, first my daughter is at home in Minnesota. No boasting, as I have no dog in the fight. Just stating the fact that STE was another mn team playing in Boston. And when I wrote this morning they had only played two games on Sunday. They were in the process of playing their third game this morning at 8:20am. So yes they were still in contention at that point with the third game yet to be played.

No intention to slight the website was very hard to discern. That being said looked like all the teams did quite well. Might be fun to have a true team MN at each division and see how they would do.

Knight7 wrote:Ntmh, first my daughter is at home in Minnesota. No boasting, as I have no dog in the fight. Just stating the fact that STE was another mn team playing in Boston. And when I wrote this morning they had only played two games on Sunday. They were in the process of playing their third game this morning at 8:20am. So yes they were still in contention at that point with the third game yet to be played.

All the Futures AAA teams played three games between Friday and Sat. They were ranked and divided into two brackets (A championship and B consolation) for the games that started Sunday. So, not that it matters, but STE was not "in it" on Sunday.
Congrats to the Jr. Whitecaps for winning it all!

zambonidriver wrote:No intention to slight the website was very hard to discern. That being said looked like all the teams did quite well. Might be fun to have a true team MN at each division and see how they would do.

Define "true MN team." Many teams all locals.
?

Nevertoomuchhockey wrote:

zambonidriver wrote:No intention to slight the website was very hard to discern. That being said looked like all the teams did quite well. Might be fun to have a true team MN at each division and see how they would do.

Define "true MN team." Many teams all locals.
?

Have a tryout and select the best 15 skaters and 1 goalie for each level. Have MN hockey pick the teams could be the HP teams for each level.

zambonidriver wrote:

Nevertoomuchhockey wrote:

zambonidriver wrote:No intention to slight the website was very hard to discern. That being said looked like all the teams did quite well. Might be fun to have a true team MN at each division and see how they would do.

Define "true MN team." Many teams all locals.
?

Have a tryout and select the best 15 skaters and 1 goalie for each level. Have MN hockey pick the teams could be the HP teams for each level.

The team that went out as Jr. Whitecaps are all (or almost all) D1 committed and prob more u18 national campers there than any other team anywhere (including this winter's gold medalists.) I would say they repped MN pretty well. Add a couple from Blades, maybe a goalie and forward from Icecats. That's team MN right there. Maybe.

zambonidriver wrote:No intention to slight the website was very hard to discern. That being said looked like all the teams did quite well. Might be fun to have a true team MN at each division and see how they would do.

It seems to me that more than 200 MN girls proved they could compete in this tourney. I'm not sure I see value in arbitrarily assigning 20 kids as a true team, when one of the teams participating won the tourney. What would additional consolidation of talent accomplish? Winning the tournament more? Winning the tournament better? I'd rather see a little parity in the MN teams, and dominate the tourney by placing all 4 semi-final teams.

Plenty of posts on other threads opining the idea that only 2 or 3 programs contain all of the talent. Doesn't this tournament prove that hundreds of MN girls can consider themselves among the best in the country? The beauty of hockey in Minnesota is that you don't have to fly all over the country to play great hockey (I'm not saying you shouldn't, just that you don't have to) - put the best 20 kids on one team, and they no longer have any local competition. It would be fantastic if those girls end up scattered on 10 or 12 different teams. Let the 'watered down' conversation begin.