NAHA 2008

[joehockey]

North American Hockey Academy Labor Day Tournament in Burlington, Vermont is this weekend 8/29-31. Jr. White Caps, Press Ice Cats, Walser and Crunch are the Minnesota Teams in the Tournament. Each has been seeded into a seperate division so will only play in the medal rounds if they advance.

Divisions:

Jr. WhiteCaps, JWEL Washington Pride, CDN Hamilton Hawks, Colorado Selects, RM Storm, Futures

Ice Cats, Cambridge Fury, MWEL Little Ceasers, Steelers Black, CTPB, So. Alberta

Walser, JWEL NAHA White, MWEL Madison Capitals, Etobicoke, LA Selects

Crunch, Dawson College, Assabet, Steeers Blue, Durham Cancer Fighting Lightning, Team Alaska

Ottawa Capitals, Wisconsin Wild, JWEL Boston Shamrocks, Warner School, JWEL NAHA

Good Luck to All!

[Hux]

North American Hockey Academy Labor Day Tournament in Burlington, Vermont is this weekend 8/29-31. Jr. White Caps, Press Ice Cats, Walser and Crunch are the Minnesota Teams in the Tournament. Each has been seeded into a seperate division so will only play in the medal rounds if they advance.

Divisions:

Jr. WhiteCaps, JWHL Washington Pride, CDN Hamilton Hawks, Colorado Selects, RM Storm, Futures

Ice Cats, Cambridge Fury, MWEL Little Ceasers, JWHL Steelers Black, CTPB, So. Alberta

Walser, JWHL NAHA White, MWEL Madison Capitals, Etobicoke, LA Selects

Crunch, Dawson College, Assabet, JWHL Steeers Blue, Durham Cancer Fighting Lightning, Team Alaska

Ottawa Capitals, Wisconsin Wild, JWHL Boston Shamrocks, JWHL Warner School, JWHL NAHA Red

Good Luck to All!

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[joehockey]

Thanks Hux for edits......you know we hear things in Minnesota but don't get out much....it will be fun to see some of these teams and get a feel for top U19 AAA teams from the East and Canada against the 4 MN teams.

[SportsMa]

Would love to read updates on how the tournament goes! Thanks!

[unbelievable]

North American Hockey Academy Labor Day Tournament in Burlington, Vermont is this weekend 8/29-31. Jr. White Caps, Press Ice Cats, Walser and Crunch are the Minnesota Teams in the Tournament. Each has been seeded into a seperate division so will only play in the medal rounds if they advance.

Divisions:

Jr. WhiteCaps, JWHL Washington Pride, CDN Hamilton Hawks, MWEHL Colorado Selects, RM Storm, Futures

Ice Cats, Cambridge Fury, MWEHL Little Ceasers, JWHL Steelers Black, CTPB, So. Alberta

Walser, JWHL NAHA White, MWEHL Madison Capitals, Etobicoke, LA Selects

Crunch, Dawson College, Assabet, JWHL Steeers Blue, Durham Cancer Fighting Lightning, Team Alaska

Ottawa Capitals, MWEHL Wisconsin Wild, JWHL Boston Shamrocks, JWHL Warner School, JWHL NAHA Red

Good Luck to All!

EDITED

EDITED

Good Luck to All - should be some great hockey!!!

[joehockey]

Here is the schedule link not sure if they will update scores? I will share what I see/hear.

http://winter-hawks.org/LaborDay/Labord ... 08_000.htm

[hockeya1a]

Here is the schedule link not sure if they will update scores? I will share what I see/hear.

http://winter-hawks.org/LaborDay/Labord ... 08_000.htm

http://winter-hawks.org/LaborDay/index.html

It looks like they will update it on this site.

[SuperStar]

MN Jr. Whitecaps 2 Washington Pride 1. I heard they had 35 scouts at this game alone. Sounds like a great tourney!

[hockeyrube7]

What about the other MN teams?

[SuperStar]

MN IceCats 4-2 over the So. Alberta...

Walser was losing 3-2 with 2 minutes left -Not sure of the final, but I think they lost

[joehockey]

For a first timer to this Tournament we have a lot of work to do in Minnesota......talent and teams are very good - we do not currently have a comparable tournament in MN either from a field of competition or from draw to college scouts - seems like every D1 & D3 team is here scouting.

Jr. WhiteCaps won 2-1 over Washington Pride (very good goalie) and then 4-3 over tougher CDN Rocky Mountain Storm (Alberta area).

Walser lost first game 3-2 though largely outplayed their opponent.

IceCats one first game 5-3 (late open net goal).

Crunch really outplayed by CDN Dawson College 6-0 and then lost again to Team Alaska 4-2 on two late goals. #16 Ali Parizek and #11 Casey McMullin really stood out - the rest of the team seemed a step slow versus the competition...could just be bus legs?

[joehockey]

From the College Board.....

Full results now posted on site for day 1.

Here are the 10 top seeded teams after day one. Not a lot of surprises.
Teams in Bold are leading their groups.

Team......Pts.....+/-
Senators 6 13
Dawson 4 14
NAHA White JWHL 4 13
Durham 4 12
Assabet 4 10
Polar Bear 4 8
Colorado Selects MWJEHL 4 5
Little Caesars MWJEHL 4 5
Jr. Whitecaps 4 3
Madison MWJEHL 4 -7

Data a bit skewed as 4 teams in this group have already played 3 games.

Assabet and Durham meet head to Head tommorow.

The top 8 seeds are most likely out of this group of teams. LA Selects could join the Fray as they were playing a late game today.

...........
Friday Scores for 4 MN Teams:
MN Crunch 0 CDN Dawson 12
MN Crunch 2 Team Alaska 4
MN Crunch 0 Assabet 9
MN Jr. WhiteCaps 2 JWHL Washington Pride 1
MN Jr. WhiteCaps 4 CDN Rocky Mountain Storm 3
MN Walser 2 Draft Choice 3
MN Walser 2 MWEL Madison Capitals 3
MN Walser 2 Draft Choice 3
MN Walser-LA Select - LATE No Score
MN Ice Cats 5 CDN S. Alberta 3
MN Ice Cats 5 CDN S. Alberta 3
MN Ice Cats 2 MWJEHL Little Ceasars 5

Ice Cats play Polar Bears (undefeated after 2) and Cambridge Fury (Lost to Little Ceasars 5-3) Saturday

Jr. WhiteCaps play the CDN Hamilton Hawks and the MWJHEL CO Selects (undefeated) on Saturday morning.

[joehockey]

Jr. WhiteCaps 6 Hamilton Hawks 2
Colorado Selects 5 Rocky Mountain Storm 1

They play at 11:50 AM to determine division winner.

[Knight7]

Does anyone have rosters and/ or stats available?

Anyone from Minnesota standout to you, that are watching?

[joehockey]

None of the MN teams made the champioship pool of 8....

Jr. WhiteCaps just missed, they lost to the undefeated Colorado Selectso 2-0, and with a 3-1 record and maybe finished 9th. Ice Cats lost 2-1 today to the Conn Polar Bears 2-1 and then beat the Fury 2-0 to finish 2-2. Walser and Crunch finished 0-4.

Not sure of all the consolation games but Little Ceasers will play Jr. WhiteCaps tonight at 9:45 pm - which will be the 3rd game of the day for each team (both started at 7 AM this morning). Little Ceasers finished 2-1-1 only losing 1-0 to CT Polar Bears - should be a good game if either team has any gas in the tank.

[joehockey]

Here is the final from College Board.....

Here are the Seedings with the top 5 the pool winners. What a great list of teams in the Quarters.
Two from PW, One from JW, Two from MEWHL, One from CEGEP, Two from New England.

DIVISION/TEAM………. W L T PTS GF GA Rat
JWHL NAHA White……….... 4 0 0 8 22 0 100
MEWL Colorado Selects…... 4 0 0 8 12 1 12
CDN Ottawa Senators…... 4 0 0 8 17 2 8.5
CT Polar Bears…..... 4 0 0 8 13 3 4.33
CDN Durham CFL……….... 3 0 1 7 21 2 10.5
Assabet Valley……... 3 0 1 7 17 4 4.25
LA Selects…………... 3 1 0 6 10 3 3.33
CDN Dawson Blues…….... 3 1 0 6 28 4 7

MN Jr. Whitecaps…….... 3 1 0 6 12 7 1.71
MWEHL Little Caesars………. 2 1 1 5 11 7 1.57
CDN Cambridge Fury…... 2 1 0 4 8 5 1.6
JWHL NAHA Red………...... 2 1 0 4 5 5 1
CDN Rocky Mountain Storm…………….. 2 2 0 4 11 10 1.1
Madison Capitals….. 2 2 0 4 8 17 0.47

[MNHockeyFan]

What a great list of teams in the Quarters.
Two from PW, One from JW, Two from MEWHL, One from CEGEP, Two from New England.

Would have been a better if Minnesota had a playoff representive...looks like the Jr. Whitecaps were very close.

[joehockey]

What a great list of teams in the Quarters.
Two from PW, One from JW, Two from MEWHL, One from CEGEP, Two from New England.

Would have been a better if Minnesota had a playoff representive...looks like the Jr. Whitecaps were very close.

Hey I totally agree..just passing along the post and results! NAHA Whtie has good talent but man are they playing a great system of move the puck control the puck - would be interesting to see this put to work in MN......

[MNHockeyFan]

Hey I totally agree..just passing along the post and results! NAHA Whtie has good talent but man are they playing a great system of move the puck control the puck - would be interesting to see this put to work in MN......

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Jr. Whitecaps are pretty much a "tournament team"? I would bet that if they played together as a unit for an extended period, with good coaching, they would have better and quicker puck control.

Not to make any excuses for the MN teams, but it seems to me they are at a disadvantage in tournaments like this, because the teams are typically a collection of individuals without the benefit of practicing as a cohesive team over the course of an entire season. To be successful you need to have great individual talent, but high-level hockey is very much a team sport, and to have success you need to jell as a unit. The higher the level of play, as the weaker players are weeded out, teamwork becomes more and more critical.

Also, maybe overlooked in the "all star" teams we send, are the defensive schemes that need to be employed at the higher levels. If you are practicing as a team for an extended period, good team defense becomes naturally ingrained in how you play the game. Due to the disparity of talent that our girls usually see in high school play, these talents (teamwork and team defense) can often be corrected once they graduate to the college level. Given the number of D1/D3 players Minnestota has produced, I think college coaches are well aware of this.

[joehockey]

Consolations:

Jr. WhiteCaps tied Little Caesars 0-0 - in an exhibition 10 puck shootout JWC won.

Ice Cats beat Steelers - Blue.

[joehockey]

Here were the MN rosters listed at NAHA: If others want to edit in complete info please do so - just listing what I have from handouts at tourney (did not have pass out from IceCats, Crunch or Walser)

MN Icecats
1 Tiana Press G 2011
2 Sam Press F 2010
3 Janessa Haller D 2009
5 Becky Kortum F 2009
7 Corinne Buie F 2010
9 Sally Komarek F 2009
11 Lindsay Domass D 2009
13 Lisa Martinson D 2009
15 Alex Nelson F 2009
18 Lauren Zrust F 2009
19 Haylea Schmid F 2009
20 Callie Dahl F 2009
21 Rose Alleva D 2010
23 Megan Gilbert F 2009
91 Megan Dalbec D 2010
22 Mara Sobczak G 2010

MN Jr. WhiteCaps

Number Player Position Class School Hometown
7 Gina McDonald F 2010 Irondale New Brighton
8 Ellie Gleason D 2010 Edina Edina
9 Jocie Slattery F 2010 Centennial Circle Pines
10 Christina LaCombe D 2010 Eden Prairie Eden Prairie
11 Cara Johnson F 2010 Hopkins Hopkins
12 Maggie Pendleton D 2010 Hill Murray Woodbury
14 Erika Wheelhouse D 2009 Crookston Crookston
16 Bethany Brausen F 2010 Roseville Roseville
17 Jessica Christofferson F 2009 Bemidji Bemidji
18 Kelsey Romatoski D 2009 Academy of Holy Angels Woodbury
20 Meghan Lorence F 2011 Irondale New Brighton
21 Jess Harren F 2009 Hill Murray Woodbury
22 Ashley Stenerson F 2010 Moorehead Moorehead
25 Maddie Marcotte D 2010 White Bear White Bear
27 Casey Knajdek D 2009 Hill Murray Woodbury (Did not play injured)
30 Kallie Billadeau G 2010 Hopkins Hopkins
33 Kayla Capistrant F 2010 Roseville Roseville
39 Alexius Schutt G 2009 Thoroughbreds Elk River

Walser

2 Kristen Skoog D
3 Alex DeBoer D
4 Lisa Tuuri F
6 Alexa Jacobsen F
7 Mary Kate Rigney F
8 Meg Steinmetz F
9 Michelle Williams F
11 Ange Graske D
12 Amber Ostoff D
14 Casandra Salmen F
15 Jenna Philipczyk F
16 Allison Lorbiecki D
20 Natalie Wedell D
22 Nicole Stumpf F
30 Kaitlyn Rolando G

MN Crunch

Jen Coyle 33
Brittini Flachman 24
Stacy Johnson 18
Emily Haluska 7
Caitlin Murphy 17
Aly Lund 2
Mackenzie Miller 3
Janae Hoeft 4
Kayla Kaiser 19
Miranda Nelson 5
Alex Wiese 20
Ali Parizek 16
Dayna Sherman 8
Jess Bye 78
Casey McMullin 11

[joehockey]

Jr. WhiteCaps finished with 8-1 win over Pacific Steelers Black (Vancouver area) to finish 5-1.

Walser beat Team Alaska 5-2 and then lost their final game to the NAHA Futures (players considering NAHA) 3-0 in a game that was very close to the end. They finished 1-5. Rolando the Tartan goalie for Walser (they only had one goalie) was very good all weekend and kept the Walser in all the games until late.

[chickendance]

From the USCHO posts here are the three rosters Joe didn't have. I only see one name missing otherwise you did good from memory:

19U Minnesota Icecats
1 Tiana Press G 2011
2 Sam Press F 2010
3 Janessa Haller D 2009
5 Becky Kortum F 2009
7 Corinne Buie F 2010
9 Sally Komarek F 2009
11 Lindsay Domaas D 2009
13 Lisa Martinson D 2009
15 Alex Nelson F 2009
18 Lauren Zrust F 2009
19 Hayiea Schmid F 2009
20 Callie Dahl F/D 2009
21 Rose Alleva D 2010
22 Marah Sobczak G 2010
23 Megan Gilbert F 2009
91 Megan Dalbec D 2010

Walser MN All-Stars
2 Kristin Skoog D
3 Alex DeBoer D
4 Lisa Tuuri F
6 Alexa Jacobsen F
7 Mary Kate Rigney F
8 Meg Steinmetz F
9 Michelle Williams F
11 Ange Graske D
12 Amber ostoff D
14 Cassandra Salmen F
15 Jenna Philipczyk F
16 Allison Lorbiecki D
20 Natalie Wedell D
22 Nicole Stumpf F
25 Amelia Kramka D
30 Kaitlyn Rolando G

MN Crunch
Jen Coyle 33
Brittini Flachman 24
Stacy Johnson 18
Emily Haluska 7
Caitlin Murphy 17
Aly Lund 2
Mackenzie Miller 3
Janae Hoeft 4
Kayla Kaiser 19
Miranda Nelson 5
Alexa Wiese 20
Ali Parizek 16
Dayna Sherman 8
Jess Bye 78
Casey McMullin 11

[joehockey]

Sorry Kramka is a very good player and had a good tournament! I didn't mean to exclude/forget/miss.