Best freshman in the state

[Teak]

Jay Hoeffencamp with the hat trick for M.I.B. tonight

Okay, I give up. I don't know what 'M.I.B.' is other than:

1) (Virginia) Mountain Iron/Buhl, or
2) Men In Black

Which school does Hoeffencamp play for? He's not on the Virginia MI/B roster.

[iwearmysunglassesatnight]

[quote="Teak"][quote="iwearmysunglassesatnight"]Jay Hoeffencamp with the hat trick for M.I.B. tonight[/quote]

Okay, I give up. I don't know what 'M.I.B.' is other than:

1) (Virginia) Mountain Iron/Buhl, or
2) Men In Black

Which school does Hoeffencamp play for? He's not on the Virginia MI/B roster.[/quote]

Sorry wrong post, it was men's league in waconia.. sometimes when the team is over after the game you can't keep your eye on them.

[Teak]

Jay Hoeffencamp with the hat trick for M.I.B. tonight

Okay, I give up. I don't know what 'M.I.B.' is other than:

1) (Virginia) Mountain Iron/Buhl, or
2) Men In Black

Which school does Hoeffencamp play for? He's not on the Virginia MI/B roster.

Sorry wrong post, it was men's league in waconia.. sometimes when the team is over after the game you can't keep your eye on them.

Right. I get it. M.I.B. = Men Imbibing Beer

Good luck on the rest of your season!

[iwearmysunglassesatnight]

[quote="Teak"][quote="iwearmysunglassesatnight"][quote="Teak"][quote="iwearmysunglassesatnight"]Jay Hoeffencamp with the hat trick for M.I.B. tonight[/quote]

Okay, I give up. I don't know what 'M.I.B.' is other than:

1) (Virginia) Mountain Iron/Buhl, or
2) Men In Black

Which school does Hoeffencamp play for? He's not on the Virginia MI/B roster.[/quote]

Sorry wrong post, it was men's league in waconia.. sometimes when the team is over after the game you can't keep your eye on them.[/quote]

Right. I get it. M.I.B. = Men Imbibing Beer

Good luck on the rest of your season!

[/quote]

hey thanks, we got your usual group... a few that can't wait to get out of the house, a few that bring their pops too the locker room, and a few that think it is game 7.. anyhow, one of them has a freshmen playing but not on your top list. Thank goodness next weeks party is at the sponsors house.

[Teak]

Just to finish the thought, here is the final list of freshmen regular season scoring for 2008-2009. I pulled out the 'games played' stat since most of these will have played 25 regular season games. Some teams, however, did not report all 25 (e.g., Duluth Denfeld showed only 16 total games in their summary). Oh well. It is rough measure.

(Goals – Assists)
51 points
Travis Boyd - Hopkins 26-25 (#1 on team)
38 points
Christian Horn – BenildeSM 23-15 (#2)
35 points
Sam Coborn – Park Rapids 14-21 (#2)
32 points
Austyn Young – South St. Paul 11-21 (#3)
28 points
Garret Schmitz – Red Lake Falls 12-16 (#2t)
26 points
A.J. Fossen – Spring Lake Park 9-17
Mike Reilly - Academy of Holy Angels 2-24
25 points
Gage Torrel – Monticello 12-13 (#3)
23 points
Zac McCarver – North St. Paul 11-12 (#3)
Nick Auman – Spring Lake Park 4-19
22 points
Nate Arentz – Lakeville North 13-9 (#2)
Dylan Zutz – Red Lake Falls 11-11
21 points
Tanner Jordan – Mahtomedi 12-9
20 points
Kyle Krueger – Prior Lake 8-12 (#2)
19 points
Mick Dhein – Richfield 14-5
A.J. Michaelson - Apple Valley 9-10 (#2)
17 points
Jared Kolquist – Hermantown 5-12
Brandon Parker – Faribault 1-16
16 points
Matt Pohlkamp – Brainerd 11-5 (#3)
Braden Devescovi – Bemidji 7-9
Zach Hartley (8th) – Minnehaha Acad. 4-12 (#3)
15 points
Eric Carlson – Albert Lea 9-6
Nate Traina – Breck 7-8
Michael Zajac - Eagan 5-10
Billy Foy – Ely/…/…./ 4-11
14 points
Cody Lowe – Providence Acad. 8-6 (#3)
Wes Iverson – Breck 8-6
Brady Skjei – Lakeville North 2-12
13 points
Riley Williams – Mound-Westonka 7-6
Jordan Stroh – North Metro 5-8 (#3)
Charlie Klos – Waconia 5-8
Nick Matthews – Ely 4-9
Judd Peterson – Duluth Denfeld 4-9
12 points
Eric Schurhammer – STA 2-10
11 points
Jay Dickman – St. Paul Johnson 7-4
Jake Oborsky – Red Wing 6-5
Austin Rudnick – Breck 5-6
Ethan Brekke – Detroit Lakes 4-7
Pete Kreiger - St. Thomas Academy 4-7
10 points
Cory Mack – East Grand Forks 6-4

[Teak]

With the state's top three freshmen scorers already out of the state playoffs, I am looking at some outstanding performances from:

Nate Arentz, 2 goals in Lakeville North's 5-2 win over Lakeville South in the 1AA semi-finals,

and

A.J. Michaelson, game-winning goal for Apple Valley in their 2-0 win over Woodbury in the 3AA semi-finals.

and

Jay Dickman of St. Paul Johnson, with a goal in their 4-3 win over Tartan in 4AA semi-finals.

Good luck to these three frosh in their section finals!

[tommyjosh]

also need to add to your list, goalie Anders Franke from elk river 6-1 win over CEC in 7AA semis

[eagle4life9]

With the state's top three freshmen scorers already out of the state playoffs, I am looking at some outstanding performances from:

Nate Arentz, 2 goals in Lakeville North's 5-2 win over Lakeville South in the 1AA semi-finals,

and

A.J. Michaelson, game-winning goal for Apple Valley in their 2-0 win over Woodbury in the 3AA semi-finals.

and

Jay Dickman of St. Paul Johnson, with a goal in their 4-3 win over Tartan in 4AA semi-finals.

Good luck to these three frosh in their section finals!

Nate Arentz actually had 3 in the game vs South he just didnt get credit for one of them.

[mch]

With the state's top three freshmen scorers already out of the state playoffs, I am looking at some outstanding performances from:

Nate Arentz, 2 goals in Lakeville North's 5-2 win over Lakeville South in the 1AA semi-finals,

and

A.J. Michaelson, game-winning goal for Apple Valley in their 2-0 win over Woodbury in the 3AA semi-finals.

and

Jay Dickman of St. Paul Johnson, with a goal in their 4-3 win over Tartan in 4AA semi-finals.

Good luck to these three frosh in their section finals!

Dickman's goal against Tartan was a quaterfinal game. Johnson plays stillwater in the semis

[Coonskin]

i was really impressed with Arentz's performance in the section semis.. kid definitly has potential to be great. there are also some other pretty decent players in his class. lakeville could have a good team next year if players stick around

[Hoops]

With the state's top three freshmen scorers already out of the state playoffs, I am looking at some outstanding performances from:

Nate Arentz, 2 goals in Lakeville North's 5-2 win over Lakeville South in the 1AA semi-finals,

and

A.J. Michaelson, game-winning goal for Apple Valley in their 2-0 win over Woodbury in the 3AA semi-finals.

and

Jay Dickman of St. Paul Johnson, with a goal in their 4-3 win over Tartan in 4AA semi-finals.

Good luck to these three frosh in their section finals!

A couple of very good frosh defensemen in these finals also..Skjei for LN and Derek Smith for AV. I know we focus on points for discussion which is fine...and I see mainly Lake conference games but I have a hard time belieiving there is a better all around 9th grade player than Michaelson at AV. Alot of good young players though and it's been fun watching all of them progress. Thanks for keeping us updated also!

[Teak]

also need to add to your list, goalie Anders Franke from elk river 6-1 win over CEC in 7AA semis

Yeah, I kind of dropped the ball (dropped the puck?) on the goalies. Franke is certainly the starter for Elk River.

Another frosh goalie left in the playoffs is Bitzer of Moorhead, who is their #2 (but with a very good record, 7-0-0 in regular season). Sawyer Marshall of Mahtomedi is also left, but he is #2 also.

[northwoods oldtimer]

Judd Peterson - Duluth Denfeld

11 goals
16 assists

27 points

[Teak]

Judd Peterson - Duluth Denfeld

11 goals
16 assists

27 points

Some teams, however, did not report all 25 (e.g., Duluth Denfeld showed only 16 total games in their summary). Oh well. It is rough measure.

13 points
Judd Peterson – Duluth Denfeld 4-9

So Peterson had 14 points in Denfeld's final 9 games? Wow. Or else you are using a different database from the one I used (http://www.mnhockeyhub.com), which still only shows 16 total games.

Whatever; 27 points is a good season for any freshman.

[coach95]

how many of the top freshman from your list are there playing in state and for what teams

[tardy4mr.hockey]

Anders franke

[Teak]

how many of the top freshman from your list are there playing in state and for what teams

Not many.

21 points
Tanner Jordan – Mahtomedi 12-9
15 points
Nate Traina – Breck 7-8
14 points
Wes Iverson – Breck 8-6
11 points
Austin Rudnick – Breck 5-6

Also, Jordan Revier of St. Cloud Cathedral, 4 g 3 a = 7 pts

And Michael Bitzer, the backup goalie for Moorhead.

From FollowThePuck.com:
Nate Traina, 8 g 10 a 18 pts
Wes Iverson, 8 g 6 a 14 pts
Austin Rudnick, 5 g 9 a 14 pts

[Vars31]

austin rudnick is a solid defensemen from breck and will become a huge factor as years move on for them.

[spectatorfun]

breck has a lot of talent at the freshman level...iverson was making big plays with and without the puck...rudnick was making big hits and smart plays and traina is doing what needs to be done...hats off to these guys and good luck playing in the championship

[61ache]

2-1 what do I win?

[hockeyjunkie2]

Derek Smith, Apple Valley

2 goals, 7 assists for 9 points in 28 games. Controls the game very well, always looks smooth and calm on the ice. Worked on the PP and PK all year controlling it at the point. Will be one to watch.

[Teak]

2-1 what do I win?

What do you want to win??

[Hoops]

Derek Smith, Apple Valley

2 goals, 7 assists for 9 points in 28 games. Controls the game very well, always looks smooth and calm on the ice. Worked on the PP and PK all year controlling it at the point. Will be one to watch.

I'll 2nd that...great yr for a 9th grade d..literally played like a sr.

[Teak]

Big congratulations to the three Breck frosh who played big roles in their team's State A championship season:

Austin Rudnick
Wes Iverson
Nate Traina

[capitalshockey]

what about. erikur arnason. goalie from greenway. defenseman jake bushey from duluth marshall. ryker holm from duluth central, forward judd peterson denfeld, hibbing mike pechovnik defenseman. played very well at the decc.