Playoff Games Thursday 2/22/24

[ClassAGuy]

Class A Playoff Games
Section 1A QF Games
#1 Northfield vs #8 Faribault
#4 Albert Lea vs #5 Rochester Lourdes
#3 LaCrescent-Hokah vs #6 Winona
#2 Dodge County vs #7 Waseca

Section 3A QF Games
#1 Luverne vs #8 Fairmont
#4 Mankato West vs #5 Marshall
#3 Mankato East vs #6 Minnesota River
#2 New Ulm vs #7 Windom

Section 4A QF Playoffs
#1 Mahtomedi vs #8 Bloomington Kennedy
#4 St Paul Highland Park vs #5 St Paul Academy

Section 8A QF Playoffs
#1 East Grand Forks vs #8 Lake of the Woods
#4 Detroit Lakes vs #5 Crookston
#3 Thief River Falls vs #6 Red Lake Falls
#2 Warroad vs #7 Park Rapids

Class AA Playoffs
Section 1AA Games
Lakeville North vs Owatonna- Section 1AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Four Seasons Centre, Owatonna
Rochester Mayo vs Rochester Century/JM- Section 1AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Graham Arena, Rochester
Farmington vs New Prague- Section 1AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | New Prague Community Center, New Prague

Section 2AA Games
Bloomington Jefferson vs Chanhassen- Section 2AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Victoria Recreation Center, Victoria
Prior Lake vs Shakopee - Section 2AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Shakopee Ice Arena, Shakopee
Holy Family vs Eden Prairie- Section 2AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Eden Prairie Community Center, Eden Prairie
Chaska vs Minnetonka- Section 2AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Pagel Activity Center, Minnetonka

Section 3AA Games
Eagan vs Rosemount- Section 3AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Rosemount Ice Arena, Rosemount
Two Rivers vs St. Thomas Academy- Section 3AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | St. Thomas Ice Arena, Mendota Heights
Cretin-Derham Hall vs Park of Cottage Grove- Section 3AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Cottage Grove Ice Arena, Cottage Grove
Hastings vs Eastview- Section 3AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Apple Valley Sports Arena, Apple Valley

Section 5AA Games
Spring Lake Park vs Centennial- Section 5AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Centennial Sports Arena, Circle Pines
Coon Rapids vs Rogers- Section 5AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Rogers Activity Center, Rogers
Totino-Grace vs Champlin Park- Section 5AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Ice Forum at Champlin, Champlin
Blaine vs Maple Grove- Section 5AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Maple Grove Community Center, Maple Grove

Section 6AA Games
Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper vs Benilde-St. Margaret's- Section 6AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | St. Louis Park Rec Center, St. Louis Park
Hopkins vs Edina- Section 6AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Braemar Arena, Edina
St. Louis Park vs Holy Angels- Section 6AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Richfield Ice Arena, Richfield
Blake vs Wayzata- Section 6AA Playoffs - Quarterfinal | Plymouth Ice Center, Plymouth

[ryguyMN]

AA Top picks:
1. EP/HFC
2. Shako/PL (trap game?)
3. Totino/Champlin
4. SLP/Holy Angels
5. Cretin/Park

HFC or Cretin could make an argument for best 5 seed in AA.

[ClassAGuy]

A Top picks;
1- #3 La Crescent vs #6 Winona
Lancers and Winhawks are long time rivals. Winona as a 6 seed won 16 games and this is a great QF
2- #4 Mankato West vs #5 Marshall
These two played an OT classic in last years 3A QF looking similar here
3- #3 Mankato East vs #6 MN River
Mankato has a good back to back double header as MN River comes in off blowing up #19 Dodge could be fun one
4- #2 Dodge County vs #7 Waseca
Waseca is a year away from contending in 1A playing 8 9th graders this year but only lost 2-1 to DC in the season
5- #4 Detroit Lakes vs #5 Crookston
This should be a good battle with both teams being young and wanting a win to build on for future in 8A

[Nostalgic Nerd]

#8 Bloomington Kennedy is doing a tremendous disservice to the '87 team. Just saying.

[SEC Scotty]

Think I will check out the rubber match between Park and CDH. Took me 20 minutes to figure out where to purchase the little square on my phone but I’m good.

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(2) Rosemount 0
(7) Eagan 1
After 1st Period
Shots 10-5 Irish

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(2) Rosemount 2
(7) Eagan 1
2nd Period

[JerseyDave]

SCOREBOARD
Tonka 8, Chaska 0 FINAL
Wayzata 9, Breck 0 FINAL
Shakopee 6, Prior Lake 2 FINAL
AHA 7, St. Louis Park 1 FINAL
Edina 6, Hopkins 0 FINAL
BSM 5, Armstrong 1 FINAL
Chanhassen 7, Jefferson 1 FINAL
Eden Prairie 6, Holy Family 1 FINAL
Maple Grove 3, Blaine 1 FINAL
Rogers 6, Coon Rapids 0 FINAL
Champlin Park 5, Totino-Grace 0 FINAL

[SEC Scotty]

Park and Cretin 0-0 after 1st. Park had the better period. Shots 7-2 Park.

1-0 Cretin after 2nd. Both team had great scoring chances. Cretin buried one of theirs.
Shots 17-12 Park.

[OtterPuck]

5AA Quarterfinal
(8) Blaine 1
(1) Maple Grove 1
2nd Period

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(6) Two Rivers 0
(3) Saint Thomas Academy 1
After 2
Shots 34-12 Cadets

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(6) Two Rivers 0
(3) Saint Thomas Academy 3
3rd Period

[OtterPuck]

5AA Quarterfinal
(8) Blaine 1
(1) Maple Grove 2
3rd Period

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(5) Cretin Derham Hall 2
(4) Park-Cottage Grove 0
3rd Period

[OtterPuck]

3AA Quarterfinal
(6) Two Rivers 1
(3) Saint Thomas Academy 3
3rd Period

[SEC Scotty]

Cretin 4
Park 0

Goaltending the difference in this one.
Depth as well. Parks top line pretty much gassed late.

[headsupsticksdown]

EP 6 HF 2

Expected a better game from HF, but EP was much more battle tested and dominated the entire game. Seems like HF’s game plan of trying to knock Moe out early backfired as EP got fired up and scored shortly after…

[JerseyDave]

EP 6 HF 2

Expected a better game from HF, but EP was much more battle tested and dominated the entire game. Seems like HF’s game plan of trying to knock Moe out early backfired as EP got fired up and scored shortly after…

EP vs Tonka on Saturday, no guaranteed win for the Skippers.

[ClassAGuy]

Class A Playoff Game Results (2/22/24)
Section 1A QF Games
#1 Northfield 9 #8 Faribault 2
#4 Albert Lea 3 #5 Rochester Lourdes 2 2OT
#3 La Crescent-Hokah 7 #6 Winona 5
#2 Dodge County 5 #7 Waseca 3

Section 3A QF Games
#1 Luverne 9 #9 Fairmont 0
#5 Marshall 3 #4 Mankato West 2
#3 Mankato East 5 #6 Minnesota River 4
#2 New Ulm 8 #7 Windom 1

Section 4A QF Games
#1 Mahtomedi 10 #8 Bloomington Kennedy 0
#5 St Paul Academy 2 #4 St Paul Highland Park 0

Section 8A QF Games
#1 East Grand Forks 15 #8 Lake of the Woods 0
#4 Detroit Lakes 7 #5 Crookston 1
#3 Thief River Falls 7 #6 Red Lake Falls 2
#2 Warroad 6 #7 Park Rapids 0

[ryguyMN]

AA Top picks:
1. EP/HFC
2. Shako/PL (trap game?)
3. Totino/Champlin
4. SLP/Holy Angels
5. Cretin/Park

HFC or Cretin could make an argument for best 5 seed in AA.

Oof...yeah, that was a swing and a miss. I put the jinx on these games. Good win for Cretin though.

[ryguyMN]

EP 6 HF 2

Expected a better game from HF, but EP was much more battle tested and dominated the entire game. Seems like HF’s game plan of trying to knock Moe out early backfired as EP got fired up and scored shortly after…

Agreed. HF just came out flat and never really got going. If EP can play a similar game plan against Tonka (particularly no parades to the box), it could be interesting.