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Hey, good life on the forum today! Fun day at Amsoil, even with East losing a tough one to Rock Ridge. That game was a blast, as was Cloquet-Hermantown. I love watching that Cloquet team play hockey--hardworking, great D, good discipline, taking care of business in their own end and just enough flas...

I'm really looking forward to this one. GR has a little more depth and its higher end is a little bit better, and has been a half step ahead of the rest of 7AA since mid-January or so. But, FL has better goaltending and won the regular season meeting, so they know they can beat Rapids. I think both ...

Gameplay in the regular season meeting was relatively even, but RR's experienced talent found the net a few times and that secured the win. I picked RR to win the section because I do think they're the best team in it when at their peak, but the nature of this section is that everyone has flaws, so ...

The top four seeds in each section. 4^8 = $65,536

Update: all official seeds have been added, and some 3AA comments were re-worked given the seeding surprise there.

It’s the end of the regular season! That means for a change in rankings format, as I list the top 25 and then walk through each section. Seedings are speculative (outside of pre-released 7AA and 8AA), and I may update this post as things become official. The top 25: 1. Rogers (20-4-1) 2. Minnetonka ...

Doing high school hockey rankings while unexpectedly stranded overnight in Puerto Rico was not in my plans for the week (long story), but here I am, churning this out at a weird hour. Rankings: 1. Minnetonka (20-1-2) -The Skippers held steady at the top, thumping Eden Prairie and taking care of Wayz...

After a couple of pretty flat weeks toward the top we have some churn in the top six this week, and Lake Conference action is providing some movement here and there, too. Further down, 5AA and 7AA are absolute clusters, and there’s some weird stuff happening around the margins, too. Here are the ran...

We have a pretty stable top seven right now, though this season did take one of its weirder twists when Moorhead lost to Grand Forks Central this past week. Section seeds are coming into shape now, too. Rankings: 1. Minnetonka (16-1-1) -It was smooth sailing for the Skippers against Buffalo and Hopk...

The top two are the same, but things have shuffled a bit beyond that, and once we hit #14 or so, all bets are off. Rankings: 1. Minnetonka (15-1-1) -The Skippers methodically worked their way past St. Michael-Albertville and Maple Grove this past week, remaining in command of the top spot here. They...

CrimsonCakeEater wrote: ↑Sun Jan 11, 2026 10:17 am Would Edina have been #1 without the STMA blunder?

Good question, and one I had not pondered since the STMA loss happened first. I might have gone Spuds-Edina-Tonka in that instance, though I wouldn't have felt great about that.

Sometimes it comes quickly, sometimes it comes slowly, but chaos always comes to the AA rankings. The top two teams, after looking nearly untouchable all season, both suffered blemishes this past week. The rankings may not have shifted much, but the overall landscape certainly has. Your rankings: 1....

In the "I might be biting off more than I can chew" department, I can fairly easily incorporate North Dakota and Wisconsin scores into my PageStat file. The primary reason here is that it should (could?) make the PageStat ratings of those Minnesota games with out-of-state competition more...

We’re at the approximate halfway point of the season, and the rankings are starting to take firmer shape after much early blurriness. 1. Minnetonka (12-0-1) -The shutout train continued for the Skippers as they shut out two more respectable opponents, Blaine and Mahtomedi. The numbers are eye-poppin...

I keep struggling to get it through my brain that Buffalo is in 6AA now. Updated both the 6AA and 8AA write-ups accordingly. The Hill-Edina series summed up the difficulty of ranking teams beyond the top 2. I watched the Saturday night game and agree there just isn't much separation in talent, but w...

It was a relatively light week in terms of number of games, but there were some useful scores to both clarify and clutter parts of the rankings. Here’s what I’ve got: 1. Minnetonka (10-0-1) -The Skippers just did what they do, shutting out East Ridge to keep the momentum going. The week ahead featur...

I'm intrigued by International Falls and Rochester Lourdes appearing in the top 10 in A in PageStat while they are still a bit out of there in most human rankings. Curious to see if those ones hold up over time.

Note: I somehow completely missed White Bear Lake this week. They should be a top 25 team (though not top 15). Don't be surprised if/when they reappear there next week!

Just when you start to think you’re figuring some things out, the chaos arrives. We’ve got a new number one, some teams that were looking like safer bets falling, and a few of the early season surprises that seemed like they were going in the right direction had some setbacks. So, here we are, tryin...

The top three, at least, are pretty clear right now. After that? Good luck. 1. Moorhead (7-0) -Obliterated Alexandria and Grant Rapids to keep the beat going. They’ve got 47 goals in 7 games, a ridiculous pace against reasonably good competition. They’ve got Andover on Friday, which is of course a d...

Now that we’re a few weeks in we’re getting a little more clarity at the top of the rankings, but nothing comes easy after number four or so. Your rankings: 1. Moorhead (5-0) -This part remains nice and easy for us rankers, as the Spuds running timed a St. Michael-Albertville team that has beaten Ro...

High school hockey is already in peak form: everyone ranked 2 through 11 in the preseason rankings managed to either tie or lose in the opening week and a half. Here’s a first attempt at in-season rankings, trying to reflect the results without reading too much in to any one game: 1. Moorhead (4-0) ...

Grand Rapids and Duluth East tie 2-2. Pretty even game; Rapids probably with a few better chances thanks to their veteran upperclassmen; they've got an alright core with Garski, Rajala, Salisbury, Shermoen, etc. that will be enough to contend in this year's 7AA, but I don't think they're top 15 mate...

Welcome back to another season of high school hockey! It was a busy offseason, and tracking down good information on who’s staying and going was as hard as it’s ever been; I am confident in my number one, but only in vague zones beyond that. The real work will start in a couple of weeks, but until t...

Update: all section seeds are in, no surprises that changed any write-ups. Hooray for efficiency!

Guessing seeds is a weird mix of assumptions on head-to-head, reputation, and some vague knowledge of internal politicking.