Varsity Freshmen

[starmvp]

Top Forward Line (like already said): Coatta-Besse-Fasching
Second Line: Osterberg-Horton-Lavalle

Top D Pair: Mork-Reno

[keepyourheadup]

You could make an arguement for Osterberg being on the top line..what else is he suppose to do to qualify..While Coatta is a fine player his numbers have tailed off since Gardiner went down. Bottom line is they are all making an impact.

[Doglover]

Looks like a few BSM freshmen dads have joined the forum! Welcome aboard.

[tmoore17]

I am a BSM Freshman Dad. See if you can figure out which one from my name. I think I should speak up at this point.

Thanks to all of you who have said nice things about TJ (and his freshman friends).

As someone said, our kid is a pretty good freshman hockey player. He is working hard in his role this year to help his team win games. His coach is happy with his play. No other opinion (including mine) matters very much.


For what its worth, moving TJ from bantams to varsity was a very hard decision (his Edina coaches are outstanding and friends of mine). It has turned out to be the right decision so far, both for hockey and, more importantly, for school reasons. Our Edina friends have been very gracious.

My wife, daughter, two nieces and two nephews all attend(ed) BSM. TJ has been in catholic school since kindergarten. It was hard to leave Edina, but BSM is the best school fit for him. We consider both hockey programs excellent. TJ was not recruited to BSM (Edina worked harder).

If you see TJ play hockey and want to comment on that, good or bad, you are free to do so. The rest of the stuff is probably out of bounds. Also, it is best to be specific instead of saying things like "bad players".

[eastsideguy]

kudos to Terry Moore, it's unfortunate people feel the need to hide behind their screen name and ridicule 15 year old kids. What is really scary is that i think some of the worst and most critical offenders are actually adults.

[The51]

kudos to Terry Moore, it's unfortunate people feel the need to hide behind their screen name and ridicule 15 year old kids. What is really scary is that i think some of the worst and most critical offenders are actually adults.

im not so sure they are ridiculing the players as much as the coach for taking freshman when there were probably better juniors and seniors

[eastsideguy]

No-fly-bys

I think you have your Benilde freshman mixed up. Besse is real. Tied for the scoring lead with Patterson (sr) and Horn (soph) with 26 points. The other 3 are non-factors and made a mistake moving to high school this year and would have been much smarter to play 50-60 high end bantam A games, and be leaders, with Edina and EP. The Benilde coach made a mistake naming them to the team. I can't even figure out why the families, or coach, would even do that. Benilde=not that impressive.

Besse fits the rule, top two lines, power play and shorthanded, go for it. Otherwise, play bantam A.

Ha, you're right. Too bad that criteria is waaay out the window. It's amazing how coaches are taking "average" freshman to the varsity team. It's too bad. But i disagree with your assesment of the BSM kids...i think Labosky is good and he sees a pretty good amount of ice despite his size.

you have obviously not watched a benilde game this year because labosky makes about 10 mistakes a game

you are one of the guilty parties

[The51]

Ha, you're right. Too bad that criteria is waaay out the window. It's amazing how coaches are taking "average" freshman to the varsity team. It's too bad. But i disagree with your assesment of the BSM kids...i think Labosky is good and he sees a pretty good amount of ice despite his size.

you have obviously not watched a benilde game this year because labosky makes about 10 mistakes a game

you are one of the guilty parties

1. i never said i wasnt
2. i was trying to point out the coach shouldn't have taken him and that is one piece of evidence why

[Teak]

I am a BSM Freshman Dad. See if you can figure out which one from my name. I think I should speak up at this point.

For what its worth, moving TJ from bantams to varsity was a very hard decision (his Edina coaches are outstanding and friends of mine). It has turned out to be the right decision so far, both for hockey and, more importantly, for school reasons. Our Edina friends have been very gracious.

Thanks for the insight into this type of decision-making. I have played high school hockey and coached bantams, but I much prefer high school hockey since it represents a school and a community, and probably 99% of the players do not go beyond high school/bantam hockey. This is why I like to keep track of freshmen playing varsity. It doesn't matter to me if they are NHL caliber, being recruited by D1 schools, or simply representing their community high school. It is a special talent that can make varsity as a freshman in ANY sport.

You will notice that some posters seem only interested in talking about the potential D1 recruits. I am not. Nor do I consider any players 'bad'. My sons could not play ice hockey, because they grew up in Malaysia! But, if we had lived back in Minnesota, we would gone the ice hockey bantam/high school route. Even with the cost of sticks these days. Ouch!

[hockeyfan893]

Battle of the Zach's in HM vs AHA.

Zach Lavalle picking up one goal, Zach Hartley also picking up one goal.

Not sure if you do one goal updates, but it was a fun one to watch!

[Slap Shot]

For the record - my nephew is a F at BSM playing bantam A for a western suburb. He realizes he make not make BSM varsity until he's a Jr. (he's probably a better fb player), but his family all agreed that BSM was the best place for him academically given their school district. If this district didn't take the turn it did the past 5-7 years he probably would never have left his school.

It seems some people want to bash some of these kids simply because they've chosen the private school route. My suggestion is to get over it. I don't like the fact that recruitng goes on (surely it does, let's not claim otherwise) but that should have nothing to do with evaluating kids that are 14, 15, 16 years old. You may not like the program, you may not like the way it works, but that should have nothing to do with taking potshots at kids and at parents who in many cases may be very good people.

[Teak]

A lot of frosh scoring to report for Thursday night games.

Max Coatta 2g 1a in 'Tonka's 5-2 win over Hopkins. Connor Thie picked up a goal for Hopkins.

Apple Valley downs Rosemount 7-1 with Hudson Fasching picking up 1g 1a.
Also, picking up 1g 1a each in wins are:
Connor Chambers, Northern Lakes
TJ Roo, Totino-Grace
Ryan Mattson, Waconia

Ben Newman picked up a goal in Little Falls 3-1 loss to Alexandria
Hill-Murray downs AHA 3-2 in OT
Zach Lavalle with 1g for H-M
Zach Hartley with 1g for AHA

The top-scoring 8th Grader, Louis Gerzin, picks up 3a in Ely's 8-7 win over Silver Bay

Morris-Benson downs Marshall 4-3 with freshmen leading the way:
Tanner Picht, 1g 2a
Mac Beyer, 2a
Luke Schwarz, 1a

Finally, Ryan Tapani scored for Providence Academy in their 3-2 loss to Blake

Games Played-Goals-Assists (Factored into % of team goals)
Top in each category emboldened

34 points
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 16-9-25 (47%)
32 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 15-21-11 (37%)
26 points
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 16-11-15 (42%)
25 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 17-15-10 (24%)
24 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 16-14-10 (39%)
Jake Horton, Tartan 16-11-13 (38%)
23 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 14-12-11 (40%)
21 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 16-14-7 (32%)
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 13-11-10 (33%)
19 points
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 17-7-12 (36%)
17 points
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 16-9-8 (29%)
16 points
Andrew Scofield, Northfield 13-7-9 (48%)
15 points
Ian Johnson, Park Rapids 19-10-5 (15%)
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 16-8-7 (19%)
Mike Welch, Redwood Valley 15-7-8 (21%)
14 points
Luke Schwarz, Morris-Benson 14-9-5 (26%) <--Just discovered, he's a sophomore. Bye bye.....
Louis Gerzin, Ely [8] 16-7-7 (16%)
Ryan Mattson, Waconia 16-5-9 (32%)
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 14-4-10 (29%)
13 points
Dylan Libra, Mora/H-F 14-8-5 (23%)
12 points
Mario Bianchi, AHA 14-8-4 (14%)
Luke Majerle, Little Falls 18-3-9 (30%)
Mac Beyer, Morris-Benson 13-3-9 (20%)
11 points
Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 14-5-6 (20%)
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 14-5-6 (17%)
Zach Hartley, AHA 14-4-7 (11%)
Connor Thie, Hopkins 16-4-7 (18%)
10 points
Tyler Cisar, Moose Lake 15-7-3 (12%)
Christopher Forney, Thief River Falls 15-2-8 (18%)
9 points
Alex Funk, Roch Lourdes 14-7-2 (20%)
Alex Johnson, STA 10-5-4 (11%)
Ben Newman, Little Falls 18-5-4
Adam Johnson, Hibbing 17-3-6 (14%)
Cody Meyer, New Prague 15-2-7 (20%)
8 points
Marcus Stoulil, Austin 12-7-1 (18%)
Cole Jackson, Eveleth 12-5-3 (22%)
Jacob Peterson, St. Cloud Tech 16-3-5
Brock Solomon, La Sueur/St. Peter 13-1-7
7 points
T. J. Moore, BSM 15-4-3
Ryan Leo, Minnehaha Acad 14-3-4

[AV PUCK 17]

Fasching picked up another 2 goals against Lakeville North today

[Teak]

Fasching picked up another 2 goals against Lakeville North today

Yes he did! In fact, Hudson Fasching picked up 2g and 1a in Apple Valley's 5-3 win over Lakeville North.

Max Coatta nailed 3a in 'Tonka's 7-1 defeat of Edina.
Kyle Osterberg scored his 10th goal in Lakeville South's 6-3 loss to Burnsville.
Connor Thie had 1g and 2a for Hopkins as they beat Duluth Marshall, errr, make that The Marshall School of Duluth. Oh yeah, 6-0.
Austin downed Waseca 2-1 with Marcus Stoulil getting goal #8 for the season.

Freshies picked up assists in Benilde's 6-2 over St. Francis
Grant Besse (BSM, 2a)
Pat Graham (BSM, 2a)
Zach Foesch (SF, 1a)

Sam Stenson picked up a goal for Holy Family Catholic in their 6-3 loss to Orono.

And, Zach Lavalle picked up a single assist as Hill-Murray did bury Henry Sibley 12-0.

[newsguy35]

[quote="starmvp"]Adding some depth to Teak’s awesome work….

[b]Top Scoring [u]Forwards[/u] on a Ranked AA team:[/b]
Grant Besse (Benilde) – 32 points
Max Coatta (Minnetonka)- 22 points
Hudson Fasching (Apple Valley)- 22 points
Zach Lavalle (Hill Murray)- 14 points
Mario Bianchi (Holy Angels)- 12 points
Zach Hartley (Holy Angels)- 10 points

[b]Top Scoring [u]Defensemen[/u] on a Ranked AA team:[/b]
Frankie Mork (Holy Angels)- 5 points
Michael Brodzinski (Blaine)- 4 points
Parker Reno (Edina)- 4 points
Patrick Graham (Benilde)- 4 points

[b]Top Scoring [u]Forwards[/u] on a Ranked A team:[/b]
Levi Talarico (Duluth Denfeld)- 25 points
Garrett Riebling (Holy Family)- 14 points <-- (some rankings have Holy Family Top 20)
Christopher Forney (Thief R. Falls)- 10 points
Alex Funk (Rochester Lourdes)- 9 points
Jason Samuelson (Rochester Lourdes)- 8 points

[b]Top Scoring [u]Defensemen[/u] on a Ranked A team:[/b]
Austin Swingle (St. Cloud Cathedral)- 6 points
Christopher Chute (Blake)- 5 points
Joe Weir (St. Cloud Cathedral)- 3 points[/quote]

Jesse Dukek (Bagley/Fosston) 5 points (2G, 3A)

[Leave It To Beaver]

TJ Roo 1g 3a against Simley. 14-12-13 25pts

[FrooTyeagledad2b]

TJ Roo 1g 3a against Simley. 14-12-13 25pts

Jim Roo that's good you can boast about your own son , just curious how he did against Eden Prairie, Lakeville S. and N., Burnsville, Jefferson etc.?

[hockeyfan893]

[quote="FrooTyeagledad2b"][quote="Leave It To Beaver"]TJ Roo 1g 3a against Simley. 14-12-13 25pts[/quote]

Jim Roo that's good you can boast about your own son , just curious how he did against Eden Prairie, Lakeville S. and N., Burnsville, Jefferson etc.?[/quote]

Even if "Leave It To Beaver" is the father of TJ Roo, (which I honestly have no idea), merely reporting a statistic can hardly be called bragging.

[FrooTyeagledad2b]

TJ Roo 1g 3a against Simley. 14-12-13 25pts

Jim Roo that's good you can boast about your own son , just curious how he did against Eden Prairie, Lakeville S. and N., Burnsville, Jefferson etc.?

Even if "Leave It To Beaver" is the father of TJ Roo, (which I honestly have no idea), merely reporting a statistic can hardly be called bragging.

That's not the direction my comment was to be taken. Inquiring how he does against top rated teams like others. Coatta, Fasching, Besse and so on. Fasching racking up good numbers and he is a '95 playing better teams, Roo a '94 not sure if there team has played teams like Apple Valley has. I haven't checked there website to find out. Why not brag about your son

[Teak]

Leader board before the onslaught of Tuesday/Thursday games:

Games Played-Goals-Assists (Factored into % of team goals)
Top in each category emboldened

35 points
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 17-10-25 (46%)
34 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 16-21-13 (37%)
28 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 18-15-13 (27%)
27 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 17-16-11 (39%)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 18-12-15 (42%)
25 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 14-12-13 (35%)
24 points
Jake Horton, Tartan 16-11-13 (37%)
23 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 14-12-11 (43%)
21 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 16-14-7 (33%)
19 points
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 18-7-12 (35%)
17 points
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 16-9-8 (29%)
16 points
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 17-8-8 (18%)
Andrew Scofield, Northfield 14-7-9 (46%)
15 points
Ian Johnson, Park Rapids 19-10-5 (15%)
Mike Welch, Redwood Valley 15-7-8 (21%)

There is a discrepancy with Ryan Tapani, between me and MnHockeyHub. I don't have time to figure it out right now, but will before season is over.

[Mite-dad]

Just an FYI, freshman on Little Falls have 45.5% of the team's points.

[HatChick3]

Another congratulations goes to Levi Talarico who is SMDC Orthopaedic’s Player of the Game at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center last night against Superior, WI! Levi is now at 30 points and is really making a name for himself as one of the Minnesota’s Top Freshman. If you ever get a chance to watch Levi, it will be worth your time

[HatChick3]

Another congratulations goes to Levi Talarico who is SMDC Orthopaedic’s Player of the Game at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center last night against Superior, WI! Levi is now at 30 points and is really making a name for himself as one of the Minnesota’s Top Freshman. If you ever get a chance to watch Levi, it will be worth your time

[West side girl]

Freshman Levi Talarico had a goal and two assists to lift Denfeld past Superior 4-1 in a Lake Superior Conference boys hockey game Tuesday night at Heritage Arena. Freshman goaltender Zach Thompson had 26 saves for Denfeld (11-7-1), which improved to 6-0 in the LSC.

[silentbutdeadly3139]

Another congratulations goes to Levi Talarico who is SMDC Orthopaedic’s Player of the Game at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center last night against Superior, WI! Levi is now at 30 points and is really making a name for himself as one of the Minnesota’s Top Freshman. If you ever get a chance to watch Levi, it will be worth your time

You must be very proud of your son