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Who are the top teams in the state at the Peewee A level?

in case you havent figured it out this board is for bantams and parents of bantams only..

Pee Wee A clubs I have been able to see play and have a good shot at making state:
Apple Valley
Hopkins
Duluth East
Chaska

decent clubs who could make a run:

Hermantown
Grand Rapids
Brainerd
Moorhead
Bemidji

District 8 is pretty strong this year. Given the makeup of the South region. I would expect you'd see two D8 teams in the state tournament. So pick two from Eagan, Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Rochester (possibly Woodbury and River Heights (IGH/SSP)).

Other nice teams I've seen: Edina, Wayzata, Duluth East, Centennial -- Pretty much business as usual.

One sleeper pick would be Champin Park -- I understand the nucleus is from Team Midwest and they have one defensemen who is the best PW player I've seen this year on a Minnesota Hockey association team.

i agree D8 is very strong
watch for both lakevilles and eagan

north
grand rapids advance to state
international falls
hibbing
brainerd advance to state
moorhead
bemidji
trf
warroad

east
nsp advance to state
stillwater
rogers
champlin
centennial
duluth east advance to state
duluth lakers
hermantown

south
MPLS park
washburn
roseville
faribault
mankato
lakeville north advance to state
eagan advance to state
lakeville south

west
maple grove advance to state
hopkins
brooklyn park
buffalo
MAML
minnetonka
apple valley advance to state
chaska

state championship game grand rapids vs. maple grove

grand rapids is plain tough. top player is 6 feet 3 inches and NO one in the state can cover him. that team top to bottom is solid and their goaltending is adequate. maple grove has a top goalie as well as excellent players 1-15. these teams played in the semis in the Bemidji tournament and the game was awesome.
the outcome should be the same at state as it was in the Bemidji tournament: Grand Rapids 4 Maple Grove 3.

north
grand rapids advance to state
international falls
hibbing
brainerd advance to state
moorhead
bemidji
trf
warroad


My guess is it will be Bemidji, Roseau or East Grand Forks from D16.
And TRF. Not Warroad.
Grand Rapids, Moorhead, Brainerd, or Bemidji will advance.
I would go with Grand Rapids and Bemidji.

State Tournament TEAM PREDICTION

north
Grand Rapids
Brainerd

east
Rogers
Duluth East

south
Lakeville North
Eagan

west
Hopkins
Apple Valley

Championship Game
Apple Valley Vs Eagan

I didn't figure out who would be which seed coming out of each Region and that is going to hamper this breakdown a bit.


CLICK HERE for the PWA State Tournament Bracket
http://www.minnesotahockey.org/assorted ... ee%20A.pdf

I think Bemidji is quite a bit better than brainerd. at least they were the game i watched

Eagan ain't too bad.

Doesnt L. South have that giant goalie?

watchdog wrote:in case you havent figured it out this board is for bantams and parents of bantams only..

Hey, there pal... in case you haven't figured it out, this board is for YOUTH HOCKEY

Being a bartender, you should have picked up on the Watchdog's sarcasm. He's simply pointing out that the forum has become overrun with bantam talk.

I have been watching Rogers the last few weeks and they are playing outstanding hockey right now. They have to be a strong consideration to win state. In the last week that have beaten the Fargo Flyers 3-1, Maple Grove 5-4 and they beat Edina 6-3 the other night.

The team is on a roll.

ive been saying all year roseau peewees are week but they have beaten every team in the distrect and lost to grand rapids in overtime without one of their best players who was out sick. east hockey you mention warroad but not roseau? warroad is beyond bad they have zero chance of getting out of the distrect. it will be roseau,bemidji,and the host team trf in regions from dis. 16 east grand could take out roseau or bemidji with some luck. regions looks like its totally up for grabs whoever comes out will get smoked hard at state the whole region is weak as far as im concerned.

elliot you have made many smart comments on this board and i respect your hockey knowledge but brainerd for state come on? they came up here to roseau and lost 4-1 and looked like they couldnt win roseaus monday night league let alone advance to state.

dont count out Minnetonka half the kids on that team took second last year(pee-wee B1)

Watchdog,

Don't be so quick to judge teams by scores until you have seen the game, or know the facts. Yes, Brainerd did lose to Roseau 4-1, however, did you know that Brainerd had played Bemidji L 6-5 earlier that day, and had traveled to play a rested Roseau Team.

I don't know that Brainerd has enough horses to get to State, but Mr. Elliott was at the Brainerd - Bemidji game and he does know his youth hockey. I think Elliott was commenting on Eastcoasthockey's North prediction. Elliott is a Lumberjack Supporter all the way.

The North Region is WIDE open and good luck to the teams as they begin the District Tournaments!

i watched the brainerd roseau game and its not an excuse that they played earlier in the day. these kids have plenty of strength and energy to play two games. i played hockey i could have played four games a day. heck id get done playing a game and wanted to play another one. i watched brainerd bantams beat a very good roseau team and i think they played a game earlier in the day also. lets just go with this the entire north region is week and who could possible predict what team will come out on top but dont sit on here and blow the horn for any of these teams because none of them are that good and who ever goes to state from the north is going to be embaressed at state much like sartell was last year unless the whole age group is weak i havent seen any of the city teams play so im really guessing on that prediction. im not cutting anyone down im just telling it like it is and the reality of the whole situation. im from the north and nobody likes to see the north regardless of who have success down south more than i do.

I agree with the multiple games per day comment, I was only stating a fact. playing well rested at home over a team traveling and having already played does give an advantage. The Bantam game you reffered to also required that an exhausted Brainerd team hold on for the win after being up 4-1. please check any of my previous posts and you will discover that I am by no means blowing any teams horn, just a hockey observer that has watched many PW games.
It is playoff time and it will be very interesting to see how things shake out. I think it is Wide open up North and that is a good thing.

Hey btw, nice comment on the Selects Thread! right on!