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As last year, I intend on tracking freshmen who make the jump to varsity play this season. These are not necessarily the best 94s in Minnesota since many at the larger schools will still be playing Bantam A's or Junior Varsity. Still, it is interesting to see young players making an impact on their team, no matter whether it is a Twin City powerhouse (e.g., Christian Horn @ Benilde last season) or a small outstate school (e.g., the boys at Red Lake Falls).

Not all rosters are up yet at FollowThePuck.com (thank you Doug for your hard work!), so add names if you know of any missed, or for schools for which rosters are not yet available.

This is a long list, but it will get whittled as play begins and the scoring leaders are tracked. (I don't follow Goal-keepers, sorry....)

Name/School/Grade (8 or 9), Position
Johnny Austin, Blake 8 D
Christopher Chute, Blake 9 F

TJ Page, Cambridge 9 D

Ryan Edevold, Crookston 9 F/D
Connor Morgan, Crookston 9 F/D
Ryan Bittner, Crookston 9 D

Bobby Shusta, Ely 8 F
Ryan Mahoney, Ely 9 D
John Schreffler, Ely 8 D
Louis Gerzin, Ely 8 D
Carter Manning, Ely 9 F
Pat Leustek, Ely 8 F
Austin Berens, Ely 9 F

Brett Kivela, Eveleth 9 D
Cole Jackson, Eveleth 9 W

Connor Thie, Hopkins 9 F

Cole DeSplinter, Luverne 9 F
Austin Maxwell, Luverne 9 D

Billy Bigham, Mankato West 9 D

Ryan Leo, Minnehaha Acad 9 F
Jacob Eggers, Minnehaha Acad 9 D

Max Coatta, Minnetonka 9 F

Benji Smieja, Northern Lakes 9 F
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 9 D
Gaven Bickford, No Lakes 9 D
Adam Burke, No Lakes 9 F
Kyle Naveson, No Lakes 9 F

Ryan Amiot, Red Lake Falls 8 F
Zach Landman, Red Lake Falls 8 F
Kayler Knott, RLF 9 F
Austin Hanson, RLF 9 F
Lars Brevick, RLF 8 D
Matt Eskeli, RLF 8 F

Mitchell King, Rochester JM 9 F
Brett Helling, RJM 9 D
Taylor Anderson, RJM 9 F
Jackson Wilson, RJM 9 D

Jason Samuelson, Rochester Lourdes 9 F
Karl Krecke, RL 9 D
Alex Funk, RL 9 F

Chase Broten, Roseau 9 F

Jack Pietruzewski, South St.Paul 9 D

Cameron Kaehler, St. Francis 9 F
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 9 D
Jimmy Mayer, St. Francis 9 F

Christopher Forney, Thief River Falls 9 W

T J Roo, Totino-Grace 9 F

Kade Navratil, Walker 8 F
Chris Walters, Walker 8 D

Three very interesting names:
Coatta @ Minnetonka (Sam's younger brother probably)
Chambers @ Northern Lakes (Shawn's spawn?)
Broten @ Roseau (Aaron's, Neal's, or Paul's son?)

Someone just put the Hill-Murray roster on a thread.

Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 9 F

I found another source for rosters.

Schools beginning with A.

Frankie Mork, Acad Holy Angels 9 D
Zach Hartley, AHA 9 W
Mario Bianchi, AHA 9 W

It seems that Zach Hartley played for Minnehaha Academy last season as an eighth-grader.

Dylan Adler, Anoka 9 D
Kristian Manthey, Anoka 9 D

Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 9 F

Marcus Stoulil, Austin 9 D

Schools beginning with B.

Jesse Dukek, Bagley-Fosston 9 D
Brady Anderson , B-F 9 D
Kael Fontaine, B-F 9 W
Aaron Leintz, B-F 9 W
Grant Cardinal, B-F 8 D
Torry Swenson, B-F 9 C
Chris Clark, B-F 9 W

Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 9 F
Patrick Graham, BSM 9 D
Dominic Burg, BSM 9 F
T. J. Moore, BSM 9 F
Dan Labosky, BSM 9 F
Seth Chumley, BSM 9 D

Michael Brodzinski, Blaine 9 D
Jesse Norling, Blaine 9 W

Johnny Austin, Blake 8 D
Christopher Chute, Blake 9 F

Aaron Rouse, Buffalo 9 F

And the schools starting with C.

TJ Pagel, Cambridge 9 D

Drew Dincau, Cloquet 9 D
Thomas Udenberg, Cloquet 9 D

Ryan Edevold, Crookston 9 F/D
Connor Morgan, Crookston 9 F/D
Ryan Bittner, Crookston 9 D
Austin Larson, Crookston 9 F

D.

Anthony Miller, Duluth Central 8 F

Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 9 F
Alex Thompson, Dul Denfeld 9 F

E. (In addition to Ely and Eveleth already posted above.)

Parker Reno, Edina 9 D

Benilde hasn't named their varsity yet. They're scrimmaging this weekend.

White Bear has a freshman defender, Lance Carney. I have never seen the Bears skate a freshman before. I have seen Lance skate a few times and he appears to be a talented player.

MedleyWR wrote:White Bear has a freshman defender, Lance Carney. I have never seen the Bears skate a freshman before. I have seen Lance skate a few times and he appears to be a talented player.

Very skilled player indeed. According to some players in the system, he will be one of their best d-men this year.

2darink10 wrote:

MedleyWR wrote:White Bear has a freshman defender, Lance Carney. I have never seen the Bears skate a freshman before. I have seen Lance skate a few times and he appears to be a talented player.

Very skilled player indeed. According to some players in the system, he will be one of their best d-men this year.

In other words, Carney will be gone after a year or two with White Bear (and Sager).

wbmd wrote:

2darink10 wrote:

MedleyWR wrote:White Bear has a freshman defender, Lance Carney. I have never seen the Bears skate a freshman before. I have seen Lance skate a few times and he appears to be a talented player.

Very skilled player indeed. According to some players in the system, he will be one of their best d-men this year.

In other words, Carney will be gone after a year or two with White Bear (and Sager).

And so the continuing complaints about the White Bear Lake coach gets carried on into the Varsity Freshmen thread.

Sigh.....

observer wrote:Benilde hasn't named their varsity yet. They're scrimmaging this weekend.

Thus the long list of freshmen on their roster. Which of those do you see playing varsity, which JV?

Schools F, G, H, I, J, and K

Kevin Olund, Farmington 9 F

Adam Johnson, Hibbing 9 D
Cole Maki, Hibbing 9 C

Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 9 F

Connor Thie, Hopkins 9 F

Zach Gatheridge, Kittson Central 9 F
Kyle Petersburg, Kittson 9 D
J. P. Mortenson, Kittson 9 F

Top 9th Graders to keep an eye on.
FORWARDS-
Hudson Fasching - Apple Valley (2nd line Varsity)
Kyle Osterberg - Lakeville So. ( 2nd line Varsity)
Jake Horton - Tartan (2nd line Varsity will play D next year)
Zach LaValle - Hill-Murray (3rd line Varsity)
Grant Besse - BSM (3rd line Varsity)

DEFENSE-
Parker Reno- Edina (3rd set D)
Frank Mork- AHA (3rd possiby 2nd set D)

Now, we go to L!

Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 9 W

Matt Stumpf, Little Falls 9 D
Austin Bjorge, Little Falls 9 F
Luke Majerle, Little Falls 9 F
Ben Newman, Little Falls 9 F
Spenser Fenske, Little Falls 9 D

Cole DeSplinter, Luverne 9 F
Austin Maxwell, Luverne 9 D

Schools M.

Billy Bigham, Mankato West 9 D

Beau Mikel, Marshall 9 F

Sam Asfahl, Meadow Crk Chr 9 D
Joey Tombers, MCC 8 F
Isak Larson, MCC 9 F
Matt Larson, MCC 9 D
Nolan Bloyer, MCC 8 D
Luke Stauffeneker, MCC 9 F
Lukas Lorensen, MCC 8 F
Tyler Arenz, MCC 8 F

Tony Pnewski, Mpls East 9 C

Ryan Leo, Minnehaha Acad 9 F
Jacob Eggers, Minnehaha Acad 9 D
Keenan Baynard, Minnehaha 9 D

Max Coatta, Minnetonka 9 F

Birk Olson, Monticello 9 D
Reece Carstens, Monticello 9 F
Sam Johnson, Monticello 8 F
Cole Gobel, Moose Lake 9 C
Mike Gassert, Moose Lake 9 F
Tyler Cisar, Moose Lake 9 C

Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 9 D
Dyaln Libra, Mora/H-F 9 F

Andrew Rentz, Morris-Benson 9 F
Tanner Picht, M-B 9 F
Luke Schwarz, M-B 9 F
Mac Beyer, M-B 9 F

N, O, P

Cody Meyer, New Prague 9 D

Andrew Scofield, Northfield 9 C
Spencer Jones, Northfield 9 C

Benji Smieja, Northern Lakes 9 F
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 9 D
Gaven Bickford, No Lakes 9 D
Adam Burke, No Lakes 9 F
Kyle Naveson, No Lakes 9 F

Alex Gross, Orono 9 C
Wil Horoshak, Orono 9 C

Cody Stewart, Prairie Centre 9 F
Nate Mettenburg, Pr Centre 9 F

Marshall Tema, Providend Acad 9 C
Ryan Tapani, Prov Acad 9 C
Jacob Braun, Prov Acad 9 C
Jonathan Strand, Prov Acad 9 C

Q, R

Ryan Amiot, Red Lake Falls 8 F
Zach Landman, Red Lake Falls 8 F
Kayler Knott, RLF 9 F
Austin Hanson, RLF 9 F
Lars Brevick, RLF 8 D
Matt Eskeli, RLF 8 F

Ryan Rehder, Red Wing 9 F

Mike Welch, Redwood Valley 9 F
Austin Kretsch, Redwood V 9 F
Logan Swan, Redwood V 9 F
Fabian Ortega, Redwood V 9 D

Mitchell King, Roch JM 9 F
Brett Helling, RJM 9 D
Taylor Anderson, RJM 9 F
Jackson Wilson, RJM 9 D

Jason Samuelson, R Lourdes 9 F
Karl Krecke, RL 9 D
Alex Funk, RL 9 F

Chase Broten, Roseau 9 F

S

Jack Pietruzewski, SSt.Paul 9 D

Joe Weir, St. Cloud Cathedral 9 D
Mitchell Fritz, SCC 9 F
Austin Swingle, SCC 9 F

Jacob Peterson, St. Cloud Tech 9 D

Cameron Kaehler, St. Francis 9 F
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 9 D
Jimmy Mayer, St. Francis 9 F

Gunnar Regan, St.Thomas Acad 9 D

Jack Pexa, Shakopee 9 C

Tynan Clark, Silver Bay 9 D
Charlie King, Silver Bay 9 F

Nick Anderson, St. Paul Acad 9 C

Brandon Leier, St. Paul Saints 9 F
Joe Lynn, SP Saints 9 D
Kendall Porter, SP Saints 9 F
David Schuyler, SPS 9 D
Eric Madison, SPS 9 F
Charlie Welter, SPS 9 F

Brock Solomon, St. Peter/LaSueur 9 F

T, U, V

Jake Horton, Tartan 9 C

Christopher Forney, Thief River Falls 9 W

T J Roo, Totino-Grace 9 F

Austyn Wasko, Two Harbors 9 F
Corey Johnson, Two Harbors 8 F

W, X, Y and Z

Ryan Mattson, Waconia 9 D
Forrest Parsch, Waconia 9 F

Kade Navratil, Walker 8 F
Chris Walters, Walker 8 D

Lance Carney, White Bear Lake 9 D

Kyle Luhmann, Windom 9 D
Tyler Presthus, Windom 9 W

Dan Armstrong,Woodbury 9 F

Alex Thompson, Worthington 9 C
Isaac Kruse, Worthington 9 C
Jacob Molden, Worthington 9 C
Jacob Oberloh, Worthington 9 C
Joe Heffernan, Worthington 9 C
Levi Leach, Worthington 9 C
Rylan Scholtes, Worthington 9 C
Seth Meier, Worthington 9 C

Everyone is a Center at Worthington??

Goalmouth wrote:Top 9th Graders to keep an eye on.

DEFENSE-
Parker Reno- Edina (3rd set D)

Parker Reno with an assist in Edina's 2-1 win over Maple Grove. First frosh on the scoring books.

Teak wrote:W, X, Y and Z

Ryan Mattson, Waconia 9 D
Forrest Parsch, Waconia 9 F

Kade Navratil, Walker 8 F
Chris Walters, Walker 8 D

Lance Carney, White Bear Lake 9 D

Kyle Luhmann, Windom 9 D
Tyler Presthus, Windom 9 W

Dan Armstrong,Woodbury 9 F

Alex Thompson, Worthington 9 C
Isaac Kruse, Worthington 9 C
Jacob Molden, Worthington 9 C
Jacob Oberloh, Worthington 9 C
Joe Heffernan, Worthington 9 C
Levi Leach, Worthington 9 C
Rylan Scholtes, Worthington 9 C
Seth Meier, Worthington 9 C

Everyone is a Center at Worthington??

I'd wonder how Worthington does faceoffs then haha

If I'm correct, Armstrong is a move-in from Vermont(?). Helps compensate a little bit for the mass exodus of younger players to East Ridge.

wbmd wrote:

2darink10 wrote:

MedleyWR wrote:White Bear has a freshman defender, Lance Carney. I have never seen the Bears skate a freshman before. I have seen Lance skate a few times and he appears to be a talented player.

Very skilled player indeed. According to some players in the system, he will be one of their best d-men this year.

In other words, Carney will be gone after a year or two with White Bear (and Sager).

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