blueblood wrote:My prediction
QF game 1: #2 Duluth East vs. Eastview
QF game 2: #3 Edina vs. Moorhead
QF game 3: #1 Hill Murray vs. Lakeville North
QF game 4: #4 Wayzata vs. #5 Centennial
The MSHSL will not have an all northern QF game.
Unlike last year, the top seeds will all win their QF games this year.
So instead, we get an all eastern quarterfinal? Hmm. Too bad East Ridge and Eastview are in the same section.
I really like the balance in this year's Tourney field. On the one hand, we have the four most frequent visitors to State over the past 10-20 years in Hill, Edina, East, and Moorhead--including a private school, a public school many love to hate, a northern team among the favorites, and a northern team that will be an underdog. On the other hand, we have three Metro teams with only a handful of tournament appearances between them to give us some fresh blood. One is a serious title threat, and the other two have outstanding goaltenders and team defense, and cannot be taken lightly. And then, of course, there's Lakeville North, who has the dubious honor of being the team with the worst record to ever qualify in AA--but then, they have given some good teams some good games, and they finished 5th two years ago with a similar record.