Bantam A: who could take a surprise run at a state title?

betterupnorth · Post by **betterupnorth** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:04 pm

Interested to see what anyone thinks on this.. Is there a smaller school that has both A and AA that can come out on top of the bigger schools' top teams this year, like Andover, Cottage Grove or Rogers?

edgeless2 · Post by **edgeless2** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:26 pm

Edina A is a complete AA team in about 97% of any other association.

betterupnorth · Post by **betterupnorth** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:34 pm

edgeless2 wrote:Edina A is a complete AA team in about 97% of any other association.

Edina is always a contender, whatever level you look at. The teams the would be a surprise would be teams from smaller schools with a AA team as well

silentbutdeadly3139 · Post by **silentbutdeadly3139** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:28 am

betterupnorth wrote:
edgeless2 wrote:Edina A is a complete AA team in about 97% of any other association.
Edina is always a contender, whatever level you look at. The teams the would be a surprise would be teams from smaller schools with a AA team as well

your fishing pretty hard for your team aren't you

Marty McSorely · Post by **Marty McSorely** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:47 am

New Ulm?Sleep Eye should be a powerhouse.

@hockeytweet · Post by **@hockeytweet** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:26 am

your fishing pretty hard for your team aren't you

You have to love this forum. The guy who started the thread was looking for surprise BA contenders. The next 2 posts are about Edina, so he wants to steer his thread back to "surprise" teams. Maybe he's fishing, maybe not-BIG DEAL. I'm pretty sure his reasons for starting this thread wasn't to discuss how the Edina BA team was going to sneak into the State Tourney again.

Let me contribute a few smaller programs: Sibley and Orono,-from the Metro. Thief River Falls from the North, although I base this on watching them last year. Andover? No idea about them.

Hopkins had a solid BA team last year, how many returners do they have?

silentbutdeadly3139 · Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:45 am

@hockeytweet wrote:
your fishing pretty hard for your team aren't you
You have to love this forum. The guy who started the thread was looking for surprise BA contenders. The next 2 posts are about Edina, so he wants to steer his thread back to "surprise" teams. Maybe he's fishing, maybe not-BIG DEAL. I'm pretty sure his reasons for starting this thread wasn't to discuss how the Edina BA team was going to sneak into the State Tourney again.

Let me contribute a few smaller programs: Sibley and Orono,-from the Metro. Thief River Falls from the North, although I base this on watching them last year. Andover? No idea about them.

Hopkins had a solid BA team last year, how many returners do they have?

I love this forum too where people don't read. Sorry your entries don't count ... he wants only teams from smaller schools that have both and AA and A team.

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:55 am

Andover/CG/Rodgers don't have both.[@ Bantam]

silentbutdeadly3139 · Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:20 pm

old goalie85 wrote:Andover/CG/Rodgers don't have both.[@ Bantam]

Yep that is my point. I'm guessing there are very few small schools that are fielding a AA and A. One of them is his team Hermantown.

edgeless2 · Post by **edgeless2** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:56 pm

My only point on Edina is that it will most likely prevent any surprise run to the title in Bantam A. I have no problem with the fishing expedition.

edgeless2 · Post by **edgeless2** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:15 am

edgeless2 wrote:My only point on Edina is that it will most likely prevent any surprise run to the title in Bantam A. I have no problem with the fishing expedition.

After the quarter pole of the season and seeing many good teams I have been able to look at this from a different angle. I do not think Edina is a runaway favorite. They have been one of the best teams I've seen but could be beaten by, in no particular order. Mahtomedi, Mankato, Mound Westonka(What's up with the M's), and Orono. Not sure if any qualify as surprises with none of the assoc. Having a AA team. I was most impressed with Mankato, pretty complete squad.

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:58 am

One of my kids played Orono last night and I agree they looked good. I thought Tarten looked good as well. Is Hibbing AA or A. They have a nice team. [ I know they are an A highschool]

Coachklutz300 · Post by **Coachklutz300** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:57 am

Metro teams in d3 mpls BA and maple grove

Goaliedad1 · Post by **Goaliedad1** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:21 pm

Hibbing is Bantam AA.

Currently 8 out of 9 District 3 Bantam A teams are ranked by Let's Play Hockey magazine in the Bantam A top 20 rankings in the state.