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CLASS AA STATE TOURNEY LAKE S 1, CENTEN 3 EAGAN 1, HILL 4 SEMI WINNER: CENTEN BRAIN/LF 0, EDINA 7 EP 3, ANDOVER 2 SEMI WINNER: EDINA CHAMP: EDINA CLASS A TOURNEY MARSH 0, BRECK 8 PROC/HERM 1, RED WING 4 SEMI WINNER: BRECK NEW ULM 1, WARROAD 5 SPU 3, ALEC 2 SEMI WINNER: WARROAD CHAMP: BRECK tiebreake...

Thanks; always appreciate the more technical ratings (knowing that the iterative nature will produce increasingly more accurate results throughout the season). It would be interesting to compare the rankings of KRACH, LPH, QRF and whatever else might be used these days rankings at regular-season-end...

Best of luck to all the girls, families, coaches, etc. Hope it works out and the program (and all programs) can maintain some critical mass and perhaps even grow.

Badgers' gain is Oles' gain.

Tues 11/29 # 3AA Maple Grove 4, #9AA Centennial 1 #19AA Stillwater 2, #7AA CDH 4 Thurs 12/1 #12AA Chaska/Chan 2, #11AA Lakeville S 3 #13AA FLake 2, #2A Breck 4 #9AA Centennial 4, #14AA Eagan 1 Fri 12/2 #2A Breck 5, #9A P/Hermantown 1 #6AA Tonka 3, #3A Warroad 2 Sat 12/3 #1A Blake 4, #6A TRF 1 #1AA E...

Minnetonka 3, Forest Lake 2
Hill-Murray 2, Eden Prairie 3
Eastview 3, White Bear Lake 2
Hill-Murray 3, Blake 4
Proctor/Hermantown 2, St. Paul United 4
Elk River/Zimmerman 3, White Bear Lake 1
Eagan 4, Farmington 3

Thanks for taking up the mantle, ZD!

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. Coaches leaving successful (everyone has a different definition, I understand) programs. One thing I wonder about is the link between the youth and HS programs. Granted, some HS don't have youth programs and acquire their players in other ways. ...

Coaching changes because of parents happens on the boys' side, too, so no surprises here.

I'll bite sin. 1) attendance records at nearly every session in both classes at the state tourney 2) seeing respected but struggling programs bringing in new female coaches with personal high school and college playing experience 3) high school programs teaming up with girls association teams to me...

I'm sure someone is just about to create a post about 2016-17 favored teams to win the State tournament, but before that happens, let's take a few minutes to review 2015-16. What were your favorite stories, most pleasant surprises, positivity, successes, etc. for Girls High School hockey? We spend a...

Remove politics and institute a system based only on merit

Looks to be wide open this year with only at most 3 of the top 8 ranked present. Any Cinderellas?

Why can't the girls go to Tier 1 and Tier 2 like the early 90's in boys? Take your 120 teams and put them in 8 sections made up by geography (mshsl rules) and seed them all 1-15. Top 8 from every section goes into Tier 1 tournament. Seeds 9-15 in each section go to the Tier 2 tournament. Naturally,...

I understand the obsession with getting the best teams into the tournament, but what happened to the love for the Cinderella Story? You all sit around here and proclaim to know which teams are the "right" teams to make the tournament, but at the end of the day it's about performing in the...

And this thread was moving along so nicely until someone brought up '99.

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
John Greenleaf Whittier

Late to the party, but again, how does playing well in 2 games on TV equate to being the best player over the preceding 29 games? And doesn't the voting take place prior to the State tourney, so that all players are equal candidates (i.e., some don't get an unfair advantage of 5 additional games, wi...

Of course, we'll never know if Blake would have won AA. Great to speculate, but there's no meat behind it until you step up. Reminds me of a scene from the movie "Whiplash".

huh?

Well, this helps salvage what has been a disengaged and subpar season by my standards, but still great fun was had week to week. MNHockeyFan, thanks again for running the show, great (and classy) commentary, quick updates and a fantastic job of herding the cats. Let's connect in the off-season and s...

Data 80% accurate is better than no data at all. It's often true, but that doesn't mean we have to like it or can do nothing to improve it.

EPDad, congrats, it is good to see a Lake team again in the finals, as we have for so many years now. Also, the Tonka 3peat continues to stand alone. An EP/HM final would have been intense, but I think a final of any of the 4 semi-final teams would have been compelling. I sense that EP would gladly ...

The answer is professinal statisticians. However, the money isn't there so it's a wild west. Compare assits to +/1 (e.g., the number of assists for players who were on the bench during the play), the people who try to give both a 2nd assist and a goal to the same player (most of those are nipped in ...

Congrats, 36. Now it's time to up the ante. No less than 2 national championships the next 4 years for the lady Badgers.

How come no one has yet groused about the A games costing the same as the AA games?