Duluth Marshall Hilltopper Classic
Moderators: Mitch Hawker, east hockey, karl(east)
Good showing by the WI teams in this tourney. According to a guy I kow who was at the ND-Marshall game he said it was a really good H.S. hockey game and said the teams were pretty evenly matched from what he saw. Looks like the stats (which do not always tell the story) seem to back up his perception of the game with shots on goal and penalties etc.. etc.. all being pretty even as well. Good on Superior for taking third place as well. It wasn't too many years ago that no HS team in WI would have had a chance to even remotely sty with a team like Marshall, or really any MN HS team, now you have teams like ND staying with good MN HS teams, you have Eau Claire in the championship game of the Kiwanis, WI is making some good progress in the game. Ong ways to go still but I like the progress, it's good for the sport.