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Happy section tournament time! This week, instead of putting the write-ups with the rankings, I’ll simply list the end-of-regular-season Top 25, then make my comments on the teams in the features on each section. 5AA Quarters: Sat 2/23 Champlin Park/Coon Rapids Semis: Wed 2/27 Coliseum Final: Fri 3...

No doubt, good to see this group of talented boys on the ice again. All of the rosters look strong but in looking at the NW roster I was not surprised to hear that they outplayed SE. Are any teams going to emerge and run away with the league? How will the Colorado and Great Plains team hold up?

elliott70 wrote:Hermantown and Maple Grove will go the longest.

Intersting pick on the AA side. MG has a big test Tuesday against BSM and if they get by that they could make a run into January.

Blades take 3 of 4 from Shattuck sm u16 boys ... Playing the last of 4 meetings today the blades beat Ssm 8~5 to wrap up the season!!! Next stop for the Blades is Chicago NikeBauer tournament.... Good luck Men! [/u] Is this the same group of kids that won the Young Guns Tourney in Philly this Sprin...

Some ugly scores in pool play/seeding games. Quite the range of team/district talent and pool strength (or weakness in some cases). **** At New Hope Next Weekend **** 8 Team Tourney comprised of: District 6 / 8 / 10 / 16 = Pool Winners ~and~ District 2 / 4 / 5 / 15 = 2nd Place in Pool 4 Team Tourne...

Here's a few: Snuggerud D Eden Prairie Spinner F Eden Prairie Yon F Roseau Strand F Roseau Sheehy F Burnsville Fiddler F Edina Nanne F Edina Poolman D EGF Sheppard G Grand Rapids Michaud F Cloquet Here is a few more.... Erickson Maple Grove Hale SLP/Benilde

egf hockey1 wrote:Hands down worst rink is Sunmart Arena in Fargo!

Granted...we don't have to play in Sunmart every week but that rink is so bad it's actually kind of cool and a unique experience for the kids. When the kids play in Fargo all the rinks tend to blend together...but they remember Sunmart!

Moundsview 2
OMG 2

A great fast paced, physical, Bantam A hockey game. MV capitalized on a powerplay late in the third period to knot up the score.

Romulus plays for the Wolfpack; he is coached by his dad, Wolfie. He has DI offers from North Dakota, Boston College, and Vatican City. Romulus is projected to be the number one pick in the 2016 NHL draft. When he is not on the ice or at the rink, Romulus likes to play with his pet hamster. He favo...

Overall, I think Edina did a nice job setting up these pools with good match up's between favorites and good teams that could make a run. Coming into the tournament here is what I see.... Pool A Favorite - Edina Sleeper - Forest Lake Pool B Favorite - OMG Sleeper- SLP (very good team) Pool C Favori...

Overall, I think Edina did a nice job setting up these pools with good match up's between favorites and good teams that could make a run. Coming into the tournament here is what I see.... Pool A Favorite - Edina Sleeper - Forest Lake Pool B Favorite - OMG Sleeper- SLP (very good team) Pool C Favorit...

How bout wayzata and OMG? Watched these two squads the other night in a D3 match up. Both top lines looked very good and moved the puck well. OMG's top line notched all three goals including the game winner. I was told OMG's #3 was out with injuries but he was centering that line and looked to be f...

Wdbry 4
OMG 4

Looked like the Maple Grove squad was light a few players. Good game with a few lead changes.

OMG 3 Burnsville 2 Good test between strong D6 and D3 teams. Nice victory for OMG skating without one of their top players due to injury. Why would you leave off the OT? Sorry about that Outside Observer I was getting my score from someone at the game and you are correct. The game lasted 60 seconds...

OMG 3
Burnsville 2

Good test between strong D6 and D3 teams. Nice victory for OMG skating without one of their top players due to injury.

Should be a good battle in District 3 between those two teams. /quote] Three team race my friend. Mpls-Park is currently in first place in D3 and beat Wayzata in their first meeting. Only 2 berths to regions this year from D3 so one of these three outstanding teams will be staying home after the se...

Both semi finals were well fought and very close games too... EP & ER was a great game (4-3 ER). ER jumped on EP hard in the 1st period, but things settled down and it was a great back and forth game. And from what I saw with Wayzata & OMG that was a great battle too. (2-1 Way) EP and OMG w...

Are you suggesting the 96 birth year is stronger and deeper than the 95 birth year. If so, then I'd disagree with you. No I am stating that this years A Bantams a combination of 95 & 96 (mostly) are stronger than the combination of 94 & 95's last year. A OK - I can buy that. Alright...it's ...

Way to early to put any kind of merit in the rankings. It will be interesting to see what shakes out of the Duluth tournament this weekend. If you look at the current ranking teams from #7 Wayzata through #12 North St. Paul have a 14-19 record with only one team above 500. I would be interested in t...

As far as Maple Grove Bantams coming up: Gross likely will be the 4th/5th Defensemen and will help them for sure especially on the Power Play. Some very talented players but I don't see them making a huge impact on a very deep team. Augustine and Randall will be very good and could play 3rd line, h...

Any update on the D1 vs. D2 scrimmage last night? The D2 squad is really a mystery this year and I'm wondering if they will have the depth to make noise at the Festival this year.

This argument can go on forever...Obviously it is my opinion that East is WAS the best team in the state this year. Lastly, LPH loses credibility with me in their rankings and putting tonka and East out of the top 8 because they didn't make it to state. If these are truly "RANKINGS" than ...

Some action from the South Region today: Wayzata 2 Hopkins 1 Buffalo 8 Faribault 7 OMG 6 Albert Lea 1 Hopkins pulled goalie with 1:17 and had a number of chances to convert. The second seed coming out of the Red Pool is a little complicated with Buffalo, Faribault, and Albert Lea all going 1-2. OMG ...

South Region:

OMG 10
Faribault 2

Faribault went up 1-0 and then all OMG. Speed, powerplay, and puck movement was impressive from this squad.

Interesting that OMG and Wayzata are in opposite pools in more than one level for regions! Three of the regions have sleeper teams that can possibly do some damage in the tournaments. I would put Eagan, Apple Valley, Elk River, Moundsview, EGF, and Andover in this group. The South region is a littl...