YHH Coverage of HP-15/16/17

frederick61 · Post by **frederick61** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:33 am

silentbutdeadly3139 wrote:
frederick61 wrote:Just posted a preview of the opening games at the Select 15 camp that will be played Saturday. YHH will be posting stories this coming week on the games played. The preview post can be read at:

http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/select-15 ... -saturday/
Is long playing for Hill now or do you need an editor "Long just tore the Festival up and is Staum’s teammate at Hill-Murray. "

My error. I was writing about Long and thinking about Joey Anderson. Thank you for catching that.

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:41 am

Not much talk about the Festival? Did the National Camp team get announced?

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:31 am

dogeatdog1 wrote:Not much talk about the Festival? Did the National Camp team get announced?

Saturday Scores:
Royal 6
Lt Blue 0

Red 3
Gray 6

Gold 2
White 2

Sunday Scores:
White 5
Blue 1

Red 3
Lt Blue 1

Grey 2
Gold 4

Watched all six games, some notables I thought stood out at their positions:

Forwards (Bellows, Huff, Long, Anderson)
Defense (Denman, Lindquist, Kelly from OMG)
Goalies (Edquist, Meyers)

Camp runs to Thursday, National Team should be posted by Saturday.

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:04 am

I thought that it ended this Saturday. Sorry. Good to hear. Thanks for the update.

GoldenBear · Post by **GoldenBear** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:06 am

Thanks for updates, although I'm confused with the Blue and Light Blue scores, not sure if a blue team exists. Don't think there is a lindquist defensemen, and shocked you didn't list more prior lake players. Just giving you crap thanks for the update.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:18 am

Curious to know if Jarret Cammarata plays like his brother? Or maybe that's a cousin?

GoldenBear · Post by **GoldenBear** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:22 am

He has thickness like brother, same height, kind of small. He continues to get better each time I see him. Also has a good shot, like brother. He's not his brother yet.

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:24 am

GoldenBear wrote:Thanks for updates, although I'm confused with the Blue and Light Blue scores, not sure if a blue team exists. Don't think there is a lindquist defensemen, and shocked you didn't list more prior lake players. Just giving you crap thanks for the update.

Good Catch, Sorry that would be Lindgren and he is as advertised, man among boys.

Velocity3 · Post by **Velocity3** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:18 am

Eagle86 wrote:
dogeatdog1 wrote:Not much talk about the Festival? Did the National Camp team get announced?
Saturday Scores:
Royal 6
Lt Blue 0

Red 3
Gray 6

Gold 2
White 2

Sunday Scores:
White 5
Blue 1

Red 3
Lt Blue 1

Grey 2
Gold 4

Watched all six games, some notables I thought stood out at their positions:

Forwards (Bellows, Huff, Long, Anderson)
Defense (Denman, Lindquist, Kelly from OMG)
Goalies (Edquist, Meyers)

Camp runs to Thursday, National Team should be posted by Saturday.

Eagle.....Thanks for the scores and the comments. There has been little written so far.

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:58 am

Monday Results:

White 4
Red 3

Grey 4
Lt. Blue 1

Gold 3
Royal Blue 3

So many talented players at all positions. I'm amazed sometimes these are 14 and 15 year olds. I will not be suprised to see a large number of Minnesota Boy's on the final USA Development Team.

frederick61 · Post by **frederick61** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:21 am

Just posted an update on the Boy's Select 15 summer camp being held at St. Cloud. It can be read at:

http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/halfway-t ... mmer-camp/

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:53 am

Tuesday Scores:

Gold 2
Lt Blue1

Royal 7
Red 1

Grey 5
White 4

Players making a real push to make the final roster:

Forwards (Long, Anderson, Bellows, Fellows, Paterson, Huff)
Defense (Lindgren, Calengor, Denman, Kelly OMG)
Goalies (Edquist, Rasmussen)

GatorLand · Post by **GatorLand** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:18 am

Lots of good defensemen. I thought Rossini, Helickson, Lindgren, Kelly, Staum, Denman, and Vescio have been consistently standing out.

minnscout · Post by **minnscout** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:17 am

Lets start by saying Lindgren is at a way different level than anyone else. Overall the play was very impressive (Best 15 group I can remember). Players that stood out Rossini, Anderson, A. Moore, Rasmussen, Fellows, Long, Kelly, Edquist.

hockey98 · Post by **hockey98** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:36 am

Our son is up there right now and according to him he is having a blast! Meeting new kids, lots of ice time, staying in the dorm and the whole camp has been a great experience for him. Kudos to MN Hockey for running a great festival. It has been well worth it!

hockey59 · Post by **hockey59** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:05 pm

I watched the Royal vs Red and Grey vs White games Tuesday (they're the only games I've seen).

Royal beat Red 7-1 but the over-all play was closer than the score indicated. It was simply a day where Red (in terms of over-all team defense) was not on its game and the Royal line of Montana Streit, Mark Senden and Joey Anderson were TOTALLY on their game, accounting for (at least) 6 of the 7 goals scored by Royal.

Streit did the dirty work in the corners and play-making, Senden played a strong game physically and used his speed in transition well, which allowed Anderson to do what he does best - pounce on opponents mistakes, make excellent hockey plays carrying and moving the puck and BURYING his SHOTS from the slot and in alone on the goalie.

Also thought Royal D Lane Krenzen, Tanner Vescio and Dalton Weigel had strong games, and the other 3 Royal D also played well. Krenzen in particular played a physical game against Long and Wait, which helped limit their chances, Vescio used his reach well and made smart passes and Weigel played a smooth, mistake free type of game.

Red just couldn't get it going offensively or defensely and got a little bit frustrated in the 2nd half. There lone goal was scored by Garrett Wait in transition during the 2nd half (sprung by a nice Austen Long pass) where Wait made a great shot off a one-on one rush threw the neutral zone. Also thought Matt Kiersted looked good on D for the Red team rushing the puck and trying to create scoring chances.

White vs. Grey game ws a tale of two halfs. White led 1-0 very quickly when the Grey team left Bellows alone (with the puck) at the top right circle...Boom. White scored a PP goal midway threw the 1st half. Grey scored to cut it to 2-1, then White scored with like 46 seconds to go in the half and it was 3-1 White at halftime.

Goalie switch at halftime (Rasmussen in for Grey, Meyers in for White). As I re-call, Grey scored a rebound goal off a scramble to cut the lead to 3-2, then less than a minute later scored again to tie it 3-3 (I may have the description of these 2 goals out of order) but in any event, 20 minutes to go in the half and the game is now tied 3-3.

Lindgren then took over and scored or assisted on the next 2 goals for Grey, then led 5-3 late, then White scored kind of flukey goal with 3 minutes left and a tense final minute ended (after Grey iced it twice) with Lindgren taking the final draw against Bellows with 4.5 seconds remaining and somehow flicking it past the White D lined up directly behind Bellows for a 5-4 Grey win.

For the White Bellows played well and so did Patterson, who played on Bellows line. Max Johnson and Brandon Lund played on the other two White lines, respectively, and both had solid games.

Sorenson is a talented player on D for White, but had a rough game, taking 3 penalties, which helped swing the momentum in Greys favor. Hellickson played his usual strong game on D for White.

Thought Grey Forwards Fellows, Tufte, Dow, Ranallo all had strong games and Jennrich pitched in a goal too to get the comeback started. On D for Grey credit needs to be given to VanSant for hanging back patiently and covering the back end...while Lindgren activated his offensive game (like a hybrid) 4th forward...which he is extremely effective in doing! Thought Grey D Staum and Calengor were also an effective pairing.

And finally, credit goes to goalie Rasmussen, he allowed only 1 goal in the 2nd half, while Grey tallied 4 goals.

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:21 pm

Final Day Results:
5th Place Game
Red 7
Lt. Blue 0

3rd Place Game
Royal 3
Grey 3

1st Place Game
White 5
Gold 0

Congratulations to all players. Great week of hockey and thank you to Minnesota Hockey for putting on such a first class event.

Nuts&Bolts · Post by **Nuts&Bolts** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:34 pm

Curious why they run power plays here and not the festival back in April. Good call in dropping the penalty shots IMO. Should do the same at all levels in the spring going forward.

As for the results so much for the great hockey minds in the Reebok coats being able to evaluate players and create balanced teams. What's with lt blue only scoring 5 goals all week with some of the highly publicized names and red giving up the # of GA. Please don't say some teams lacked chemistry, had tough luck, blame it on the goalies or the classic one that the 7-0 game was closer than the score showed.

Mite-dad · Post by **Mite-dad** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:12 pm

Nuts&Bolts wrote:Curious why they run power plays here and not the festival back in April. Good call in dropping the penalty shots IMO. Should do the same at all levels in the spring going forward.

As for the results so much for the great hockey minds in the Reebok coats being able to evaluate players and create balanced teams. What's with lt blue only scoring 5 goals all week with some of the highly publicized names and red giving up the # of GA. Please don't say some teams lacked chemistry, had tough luck, blame it on the goalies or the classic one that the 7-0 game was closer than the score showed.

I agree on the power play. As far as the Red team, my kid was one of the d-men, and I can say a lot of PIM, a lot of getting 3 fwds too low, and some bad defensive play. I'm not afraid to admit my kid had one particularly dreadful game. And he wasn't alone.

hockey59 · Post by **hockey59** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:30 pm

Mite-dad wrote:
Nuts&Bolts wrote:Curious why they run power plays here and not the festival back in April. Good call in dropping the penalty shots IMO. Should do the same at all levels in the spring going forward.

As for the results so much for the great hockey minds in the Reebok coats being able to evaluate players and create balanced teams. What's with lt blue only scoring 5 goals all week with some of the highly publicized names and red giving up the # of GA. Please don't say some teams lacked chemistry, had tough luck, blame it on the goalies or the classic one that the 7-0 game was closer than the score showed.
I agree on the power play. As far as the Red team, my kid was one of the d-men, and I can say a lot of PIM, a lot of getting 3 fwds too low, and some bad defensive play. I'm not afraid to admit my kid had one particularly dreadful game. And he wasn't alone.

While it would be nice to have power-plays and penalty kills at the Spring Festivals...since both are certainly factors when evaluating players...I'm about 98% sure the reason they use the penalty shot format for settling penaltys...is because they're 12 forwards (4 lines of forwards per team) at the Spring Festival...meaning at even strength forwards only get 5-6 shifts per half during 24 minute stop time halfs. In a game where the refs call alot a penalties, some forwards would only get 3-4 shifts per half, thus, it's a numbers game...why they use the format they do at the Spring Festivals.

In contrast, RBX 15 Summer camp at St. Cloud features 9 forwards per team and RBX 16 & 17 Final 54 features 10 forwards per team.

frederick61 · Post by **frederick61** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:52 pm

just posted a summary of the final day at the Select 15 Summer Camp. It can be read at:

http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/summer-ca ... -new-york/

SECoach · Post by **SECoach** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:44 pm

Just to clarify......Minnesota does not send a "team" to National Camp. Each District in the country sends a specified number of individual players, that are then mixed among the other players in the country to form teams for the camp.

Eagle86 · Post by **Eagle86** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:24 am

2013 HP Select 15 National Selectees & Alternates

Joey Anderson F Hill Murray Var.
Kiefer Bellows F Edina Bantam
Lukas Dow F Duluth East Bantam
Samuel Huff F Osseo Maple Grove Bantam
Max Johnson F Lakeville Bantam
Austen Long F Spring Lake Park Var.
Mitchell Mattson F Grand Rapids Bantam
Luke Paterson F Wayzata Bantam
Mark Senden F Wayzata Bantam
Brendan Skarda F Minnetonka Bantam
Montana Streit F Rochester Lourdes Var.
Riley Tufte F Blaine JV/Var.
Garrett Wait F Edina Bantam
Eric Gotz D Hibbing Var.
Matt Hellickson D Rogers Var.
Jack Kelly D Osseo Maple Grove Bantam
Nick Leitner D Bemidji Bantam
Ryan Lindgren D Shattuck Bantam
Sam Rossini D Burnsville Var.
Casey Staum D Hill Murray JV
Ryan Edquist G Shattuck Bantam
Thomas Hanson G Minnetonka JV

Alternates:
Henry Enebak F Lakeville Bantam
Cody McLean F Centennial Bantam
Jake Theis F Chanhassen Var.
Matt Kierstad D Elk River Bantam
Harmon Sorenson D Wayzata Bantam
Zachary VanSant D Minnetonka Bantam
Ben Meyers G Elk River Bantam
Spencer Olson G Anoka Bantam

Congratulations to all players.

frederick61 · Post by **frederick61** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:11 pm

Just posted a summary of the select 15 picks headed to New York. It can be read at:

http://www.youthhockeyhub.com/22-select ... -new-york/

twocents · Post by **twocents** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:12 am

Select 15s added three players to the National Camp:

Matt Kierstad D Elk River Bantam
Harmon Sorenson D Wayzata Bantam
Spencer Olson G Anoka Bantam