Most Improved Teams

[ghshockeyfan]

What teams are the most improved over last season?

I'll start out with Tartan - #65 overall this year with a record over .500 (12-11-1) for the first time in recent memory compared to #93 4-15-6 record last year.

Another is North St Paul - #54 overall this year with a 12-9-2 record compared to #88 4-19-2 last year.

Both programs have 1st year female coaches that have extensive experience in playing at the highest levels including international competiton.

Others?

[OnTheBench]

Just considering the improvement from last year to this year, Eden Prairie has to be in the conversation. They have improved from #25 with a sub .500 record (10-11-4) to #4 with a record of 17-5-3. Last year may have been the anomaly but it is still quite a jump.

A couple of single A teams that deserve mention are New Prague (#81 10-13-2 last year to #47 18-6-1 this year) and Northfield (#90 8-15-1 last year to #62 16-9-0 this year)

[capitalist]

I don't have time to look up all the numbers, but off the cuff I'd say EastRidge, Jefferson, RedWing, Wayzata, Hopkins, Andover, MoundsView, and ForestLake have all cranked it up a notch or two over last year.

[luckyEPDad]

Just considering the improvement from last year to this year, Eden Prairie has to be in the conversation. They have improved from #25 with a sub .500 record (10-11-4) to #4 with a record of 17-5-3. Last year may have been the anomaly but it is still quite a jump.

Last year was more a change in schedule than an anomaly. The 2010/11 season was an anomaly according to KRACH:

2008/09 Record = 14-13-0, Rank = 37
2009/10 Record = 17-8-2, Rank = 22
2010/11 Record = 18-8-2, Rank = 10
2011/12 Record = 11-12-4, Rank = 26

EP's schedule used to have a lot of easy games. That was not the case the last two seasons.

[Marty]

Based on what players graduated from the program, the young ages of their current top lines, and the high level of competition played. Hill Murry