St Thomas (1-0) @ Minnetonka (4-0) 12-19-09 7pm
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OK boys here's what I could find out about Tonka from my Tonka sources ... you tell me if they are credible...
Goalie: Krueger (D1 possibility - on a great night the other team has no chance)
Defense: (the story everyone knows) Tremendous core of 4 D - 3 who are D1 selects and the 4th is very solid... Prochno and Holl are both offensive threats and fast. No one gets by Hesketh and Rossman is strong. Two other young up and comers..
Forwards: Gardiner (D1 - MN), Schutt, Frawley and Lunquist are all potentially D1 candidates, are very fast, will populate top two lines and are big scoring threats against any line. These guys will see a lot of ice time tonight. However , the real Tonka weapon is Tonkas depth as the other 5 forwards can all and have all put the puck in the net. The third line (Thornberg, Ryan)moves the puck very well and is a serious scoring threat. The depth and scoring potential of the 3 lines was identified as the biggest threat Tonka poses to every team.
Weaknesses: no obvious weaknesses however as someone mentioned above anyone can throw a brick in any given night. The Cadets will hope for that as well as a PP advantage and an off night by Krueger. Both STA and Tonka should have a strong PP...
Good luck to both teams with a little bit more for STA...
Let's Play Hockey!!!

Goalie: Krueger (D1 possibility - on a great night the other team has no chance)
Defense: (the story everyone knows) Tremendous core of 4 D - 3 who are D1 selects and the 4th is very solid... Prochno and Holl are both offensive threats and fast. No one gets by Hesketh and Rossman is strong. Two other young up and comers..
Forwards: Gardiner (D1 - MN), Schutt, Frawley and Lunquist are all potentially D1 candidates, are very fast, will populate top two lines and are big scoring threats against any line. These guys will see a lot of ice time tonight. However , the real Tonka weapon is Tonkas depth as the other 5 forwards can all and have all put the puck in the net. The third line (Thornberg, Ryan)moves the puck very well and is a serious scoring threat. The depth and scoring potential of the 3 lines was identified as the biggest threat Tonka poses to every team.
Weaknesses: no obvious weaknesses however as someone mentioned above anyone can throw a brick in any given night. The Cadets will hope for that as well as a PP advantage and an off night by Krueger. Both STA and Tonka should have a strong PP...
Good luck to both teams with a little bit more for STA...

Let's Play Hockey!!!
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scor update
tonka - 4
sta - 2
2 minutes to play
sta with the goalie out for a 6th attacker
sta - 2
2 minutes to play
sta with the goalie out for a 6th attacker
Final Score
tonka - 5(en)
sta - 2
shots:
tonka - 29
sta - 22
tonka clamps down after the first period and holds sta to 10 shots in the last 2 periods and no goals.
sta - 2
shots:
tonka - 29
sta - 22
tonka clamps down after the first period and holds sta to 10 shots in the last 2 periods and no goals.
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High Flyer wrote:Minnetonka is a very good team, was my pick this summer to win AA and still is. There has been a lot of hype about the team this year and very deserving I might add.
But I think there are a lot of Mtka kool aid drinkers on the forum that are clue less about the talent level and fire power that STA has this year. I find it very interesting that they dismiss last years game (as the two teams are basically the same this year) with that one went going to over time and STA coming out on top with a game winning goal by a freshman forward Krieger.
Last years game was about as evenly played as you could get in all areas and I expect this year’s game to be another close one.

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