Pre-Season Top 10

[nikebauer05]

Eden Prairie #1 - a tough schedule doesn't make a team #1 by itself but tell me a team who is testing itself better than EP with this schedule.

12/2/2010 Apple Valley 0 - 0
12/4/2010 Bloomington Jefferson 0 - 0
12/7/2010 Lakeville North 0 - 0
12/11/2010 Hermantown 0 - 0
12/16/2010 Elk River/Zimmerman 0 - 0
12/17/2010 Grand Rapids 0 - 0
12/18/2010 Edina 0 - 0
12/21/2010 Eagan 0 - 0
12/28/2010 TBD 0 - 0
12/29/2010 TBD 0 - 0
12/30/2010 TBD 0 - 0
1/6/2011 Hill-Murray School 0 - 0
1/11/2011 Burnsville 0 - 0
1/15/2011 Duluth East 0 - 0
1/20/2011 Academy of Holy Angels 0 - 0
1/22/2011 Wayzata 0 - 0
1/25/2011 Lakeville South 0 - 0
1/27/2011 Minnetonka 0 - 0
1/29/2011 Hopkins 0 - 0
2/3/2011 Edina 0 - 0
2/5/2011 Buffalo 0 - 0
2/10/2011 Wayzata 0 - 0
2/12/2011 Minnetonka 0 - 0
2/17/2011 Hopkins 0 - 0
2/19/2011 Edina 0 - 0

I would say that everyone in the new Lake conference has just as tough of a schedule. Most of the teams in the Lake will play pretty much the same teams except Hopkins who has an easier non-conference schedule than the others.

[warriors41]

I'll give class A a whirl.

1. Breck....... 2 time state champs, #1 till they get beat.
2. STA...........Have a great chance to contend and take out Breck at the X
3. Mahtomedi.....Tough 4A section to win.
4. Blake.......May give Breck a run in 2A
5. Hermantown.......anyone in 5A that can contend with them??
6. Warroad
7. Lourdes....Returning freshmen and solid D got them to state last season.
8. Little Falls.....darkhorse
9. Thief River Falls
10. Alexandria........2 visits to state in a row.

Breck lost all their studs to the East Coast. Their weakness will be their goaltending. I put them at #8. Warroad is my darkhorse = wait still you see the surprise they are bringing to their program this season.

Do you know something that the Warroad coaches don't? I talked to one of them this summer and he said they will be alright but down from this year. Maybe make it to state but they will have to battle both TRF and EGF in the section. He also said after this year it looks as if the section will be dominated by EGF for a few years. He was very impressed by their youth programs of late.

[FunTimes]

Who cares. All you have to do is have money and you can play hockey.

[FREDFLINTSTONE]

Eden Prairie #1 - a tough schedule doesn't make a team #1 by itself but tell me a team who is testing itself better than EP with this schedule.

12/2/2010 Apple Valley 0 - 0
12/4/2010 Bloomington Jefferson 0 - 0
12/7/2010 Lakeville North 0 - 0
12/11/2010 Hermantown 0 - 0
12/16/2010 Elk River/Zimmerman 0 - 0
12/17/2010 Grand Rapids 0 - 0
12/18/2010 Edina 0 - 0
12/21/2010 Eagan 0 - 0
12/28/2010 TBD 0 - 0
12/29/2010 TBD 0 - 0
12/30/2010 TBD 0 - 0
1/6/2011 Hill-Murray School 0 - 0
1/11/2011 Burnsville 0 - 0
1/15/2011 Duluth East 0 - 0
1/20/2011 Academy of Holy Angels 0 - 0
1/22/2011 Wayzata 0 - 0
1/25/2011 Lakeville South 0 - 0
1/27/2011 Minnetonka 0 - 0
1/29/2011 Hopkins 0 - 0
2/3/2011 Edina 0 - 0
2/5/2011 Buffalo 0 - 0
2/10/2011 Wayzata 0 - 0
2/12/2011 Minnetonka 0 - 0
2/17/2011 Hopkins 0 - 0
2/19/2011 Edina 0 - 0

I would say that everyone in the new Lake conference has just as tough of a schedule. Most of the teams in the Lake will play pretty much the same teams except Hopkins who has an easier non-conference schedule than the others.[/quote

But I don't think everyone else in the Lake has a tough non conference schedule. Find out the non conference teams that Wayzata, Edina, and Tonka play and we can see.

[blueblood]

Tonka's non-conference schedule is comparable to EP

Hibbing
Roseau
St. Thomas Academy
Chaska
Eagan
Benilde
Stillwater
Blaine
St. Thomas Academy (Schwan Cup)
WBL or Blaine (Schwan Cup)
TBD (Schwan Cup)
Moorhead
Blake
Holy Angels
Rochester Century
Jefferson
Buffalo

[TTpuckster]

I'll give class A a whirl.

1. Breck....... 2 time state champs, #1 till they get beat.
2. STA...........Have a great chance to contend and take out Breck at the X
3. Mahtomedi.....Tough 4A section to win.
4. Blake.......May give Breck a run in 2A
5. Hermantown.......anyone in 5A that can contend with them??
6. Warroad
7. Lourdes....Returning freshmen and solid D got them to state last season.
8. Little Falls.....darkhorse
9. Thief River Falls
10. Alexandria........2 visits to state in a row.

Breck lost all their studs to the East Coast. Their weakness will be their goaltending. I put them at #8. Warroad is my darkhorse = wait still you see the surprise they are bringing to their program this season.

Do you know something that the Warroad coaches don't? I talked to one of them this summer and he said they will be alright but down from this year. Maybe make it to state but they will have to battle both TRF and EGF in the section. He also said after this year it looks as if the section will be dominated by EGF for a few years. He was very impressed by their youth programs of late.

Actually, I was kinda hoping that EGF would consider moving up to AA because of this.

They have actually done better than Roseau in youth hockey lately and much better that Moorhead.

[Benito Juarez]

Actually, I was kinda hoping that EGF would consider moving up to AA because of this.

They have actually done better than Roseau in youth hockey lately and much better that Moorhead.

It is not uncommon for EGF to have strong youth teams, they always implode by High School.
Stay in A.

[supertacks]

Actually, I was kinda hoping that EGF would consider moving up to AA because of this.

They have actually done better than Roseau in youth hockey lately and much better that Moorhead.

It is not uncommon for EGF to have strong youth teams, they always implode by High School.
Stay in A.

All the good ones must leave and head to Warroad!

[aceinthehole]

totino lmao

[The Best in the Bizz3]

1. Edina (returning almost whole team)
2. Eden Prairie (rau, rau, molenaar, ford)
3. Hill Murray (bahe, lavalle, shaughnessy, controneo)
4. Burnsville (enghum, dockry, madigan)
5. Apple Valley (michaelson, Fasching, Pedrie?, smith)
6. Minnetonka (shutt, coatta, frawley, baskin, younger D should get better)
7. Eagan (zajac, boedeker, merchant)
8. Duluth East (randolph, schendel, jeanetta, toninato, hollappa)
9. Benilde (Horn, daly, steinhausser, besse)
10. Holy Angels (labate, hurley, mork)


Edina is returning practically everyone. They will be very strong... but beatable

Eden Prairie has the whole super soph crew back as seniors. Will have a truck load of skill

Hill Murray -casto, faust but should have huge core of leaders back.

Burnsville has great goalie and pretty good forwards and D. enghum can win many games

Apple valley power back a year older a year better

Minnetonka, lost their top 3 D but little prochno and co. will get good practice during the reg season. 2 forward lines strong for sure

Eagan, bigger and more experienced. They got the job done last year, can expect them to do it again

Duluth East, lose Welinski early but juniors on team will carry the load

Benilde, Horn Besse Stein (fire power) 60+ points for all three of them. goalie? We'll see who steps up

Holy Angels, Big ? but labate and hurley will score alot. have a couple reliable D. have to see how underclassmen do. good reg season schedule


On the bubble....

Moorehead
Blaine
Jefferson
There are more

[FREDFLINTSTONE]

1. Edina (returning almost whole team)
2. Eden Prairie (rau, rau, molenaar, ford)
3. Hill Murray (bahe, lavalle, shaughnessy, controneo)
4. Burnsville (enghum, dockry, madigan)
5. Apple Valley (michaelson, Fasching, Pedrie?, smith)
6. Minnetonka (shutt, coatta, frawley, baskin, younger D should get better)
7. Eagan (zajac, boedeker, merchant)
8. Duluth East (randolph, schendel, jeanetta, toninato, hollappa)
9. Benilde (Horn, daly, steinhausser, besse)
10. Holy Angels (labate, hurley, mork)


Edina is returning practically everyone. They will be very strong... but beatable

Eden Prairie has the whole super soph crew back as seniors. Will have a truck load of skill

Hill Murray -casto, faust but should have huge core of leaders back.

Burnsville has great goalie and pretty good forwards and D. enghum can win many games

Apple valley power back a year older a year better

Minnetonka, lost their top 3 D but little prochno and co. will get good practice during the reg season. 2 forward lines strong for sure

Eagan, bigger and more experienced. They got the job done last year, can expect them to do it again

Duluth East, lose Welinski early but juniors on team will carry the load

Benilde, Horn Besse Stein (fire power) 60+ points for all three of them. goalie? We'll see who steps up

Holy Angels, Big ? but labate and hurley will score alot. have a couple reliable D. have to see how underclassmen do. good reg season schedule


On the bubble....

Moorehead
Blaine
Jefferson
There are more

When looking at last years stats for Edina, 6 of the top ten point getters are gone, along with one season ending injury from the elite league. I would say they lose quite a bit.

[mghockey18]

1. Edina (returning almost whole team)
2. Eden Prairie (rau, rau, molenaar, ford)
3. Hill Murray (bahe, lavalle, shaughnessy, controneo)
4. Burnsville (enghum, dockry, madigan)
5. Apple Valley (michaelson, Fasching, Pedrie?, smith)
6. Minnetonka (shutt, coatta, frawley, baskin, younger D should get better)
7. Eagan (zajac, boedeker, merchant)
8. Duluth East (randolph, schendel, jeanetta, toninato, hollappa)
9. Benilde (Horn, daly, steinhausser, besse)
10. Holy Angels (labate, hurley, mork)


Edina is returning practically everyone. They will be very strong... but beatable

Eden Prairie has the whole super soph crew back as seniors. Will have a truck load of skill

Hill Murray -casto, faust but should have huge core of leaders back.

Burnsville has great goalie and pretty good forwards and D. enghum can win many games

Apple valley power back a year older a year better

Minnetonka, lost their top 3 D but little prochno and co. will get good practice during the reg season. 2 forward lines strong for sure

Eagan, bigger and more experienced. They got the job done last year, can expect them to do it again

Duluth East, lose Welinski early but juniors on team will carry the load

Benilde, Horn Besse Stein (fire power) 60+ points for all three of them. goalie? We'll see who steps up

Holy Angels, Big ? but labate and hurley will score alot. have a couple reliable D. have to see how underclassmen do. good reg season schedule


On the bubble....

Moorehead
Blaine
Jefferson
There are more

Maple Grove is going to be loaded this year. Can't believe you forgot them....Easily a Top 10 team.

[keepyourheadup]

While burnsville has a great coach who seems to get the best out of his guys, a top ten spot is pretty generous.

[keepyourheadup]

Pedrie is gone for apple valley, moved to K.C.

[observer]

Put Maple Grove in Holy Angels spot. Holy Angels is weak this year and will not win a single non-conference game. OK, maybe one. Not top 20.

[standout4thlinejver]

While burnsville has a great coach who seems to get the best out of his guys, a top ten spot is pretty generous.

Agreed. It will also be interesting to see how he handles his son in high school this year and I assume on varsity as a sophomore.

[ddd10]

Duluth East also has a strong group of sophomores coming up who should see some playing time. Valesano and Lundgren made Advanced 15 nationals, (goalie Parker was an alternate), and Meirs Moore is a strong defenseman.

[High Flyer]

1. Edina (returning almost whole team)
2. Eden Prairie (rau, rau, molenaar, ford)
3. Hill Murray (bahe, lavalle, shaughnessy, controneo)
4. Burnsville (enghum, dockry, madigan)
5. Apple Valley (michaelson, Fasching, Pedrie?, smith)
6. Minnetonka (shutt, coatta, frawley, baskin, younger D should get better)
7. Eagan (zajac, boedeker, merchant)
8. Duluth East (randolph, schendel, jeanetta, toninato, hollappa)
9. Benilde (Horn, daly, steinhausser, besse)
10. Holy Angels (labate, hurley, mork)


Edina is returning practically everyone. They will be very strong... but beatable

Eden Prairie has the whole super soph crew back as seniors. Will have a truck load of skill

Hill Murray -casto, faust but should have huge core of leaders back.

Burnsville has great goalie and pretty good forwards and D. enghum can win many games

Apple valley power back a year older a year better

Minnetonka, lost their top 3 D but little prochno and co. will get good practice during the reg season. 2 forward lines strong for sure

Eagan, bigger and more experienced. They got the job done last year, can expect them to do it again

Duluth East, lose Welinski early but juniors on team will carry the load

Benilde, Horn Besse Stein (fire power) 60+ points for all three of them. goalie? We'll see who steps up

Holy Angels, Big ? but labate and hurley will score alot. have a couple reliable D. have to see how underclassmen do. good reg season schedule


On the bubble....

Moorehead
Blaine
Jefferson
There are more

When looking at last years stats for Edina, 6 of the top ten point getters are gone, along with one season ending injury from the elite league. I would say they lose quite a bit.

season ending injury of ???? (new news to me)

and fred, your not counting high school stats again, are you? "If it makes you feel good...go for it"

[mghockey18]

Reno tore his ACL.

[FREDFLINTSTONE]

1. Edina (returning almost whole team)
2. Eden Prairie (rau, rau, molenaar, ford)
3. Hill Murray (bahe, lavalle, shaughnessy, controneo)
4. Burnsville (enghum, dockry, madigan)
5. Apple Valley (michaelson, Fasching, Pedrie?, smith)
6. Minnetonka (shutt, coatta, frawley, baskin, younger D should get better)
7. Eagan (zajac, boedeker, merchant)
8. Duluth East (randolph, schendel, jeanetta, toninato, hollappa)
9. Benilde (Horn, daly, steinhausser, besse)
10. Holy Angels (labate, hurley, mork)


Edina is returning practically everyone. They will be very strong... but beatable

Eden Prairie has the whole super soph crew back as seniors. Will have a truck load of skill

Hill Murray -casto, faust but should have huge core of leaders back.

Burnsville has great goalie and pretty good forwards and D. enghum can win many games

Apple valley power back a year older a year better

Minnetonka, lost their top 3 D but little prochno and co. will get good practice during the reg season. 2 forward lines strong for sure

Eagan, bigger and more experienced. They got the job done last year, can expect them to do it again

Duluth East, lose Welinski early but juniors on team will carry the load

Benilde, Horn Besse Stein (fire power) 60+ points for all three of them. goalie? We'll see who steps up

Holy Angels, Big ? but labate and hurley will score alot. have a couple reliable D. have to see how underclassmen do. good reg season schedule


On the bubble....

Moorehead
Blaine
Jefferson
There are more

When looking at last years stats for Edina, 6 of the top ten point getters are gone, along with one season ending injury from the elite league. I would say they lose quite a bit.

season ending injury of ???? (new news to me)

and fred, your not counting high school stats again, are you? "If it makes you feel good...go for it"

Still news to you? Get a clue. Of course if you plan on winning the Mr. Hockey, you will be counting high school stats.........Or do they use elite stats? I dunno, I forget.

[Nobodyonya]

Reno tore his ACL.

Reno who?

[my2cents]

Tier 1:

1) EP (best D, exc forwards and G)
2) Hill (speed kills)
3) Edina (still deep)
4) DE (top end D)

Tier 2:

5) Mtka (very deep at F)
6) Benilde
7) Wayzata
AV

Tier 3:

9) Burnsville
10) Eagan

Others; MG, Centennial, Roseau, Lakeville S, WBL, Blaine, Moorhead, Champlin

[The Best in the Bizz3]

couple ?'s

What is going to make MG so good this year?

Why is AHA so down?

Burnsville? not top 10?

Since when is the top 20 about records? all i here is that aha will not win a non conference game? isnt this the type of schedule that makes a team strong? The best teams play the best schedules...

[ManBearPig]

couple ?'s

What is going to make MG so good this year?

Depth, Good goal-tending, and four good defense men.

[Guru20]

couple ?'s

What is going to make MG so good this year?

Depth, Good goal-tending, and four good defense men.

Maple Grove returns most of their important pieces from a team that made it to the Section Final last year.

Some good players who could step in from a very good JV team last year, and some very good players from last years Bantam A team that made it to state.

Last 2 years Bantam A team has made it to state and it should start to show this year and the next few at the High School level.

Goalie
Coyne- Last years starter, Elite League this year

Forwards
Bell- Section 17 team, Elite D League this year
Mason- Elite D league this year
Paulson- Advanced 16 team, Elite D league this year
Dunagan- Section 17 team
Wolden- As talented as any of these guys, hasn't received the accolades
Steman- Advanced 15 team, Elite League this year

Defensemen
Popowitz- Section 17 team
Freburg- Advanced 16 Final 51
Aspinwall- Advanced 16 Final 51, Elite D league this year
Gross- Advanced 15 team

I'm sure I'm missing some and these accomplishments mean nothing once they hit the ice, just saying many have noticed that the talent is there.