Holiday Classic at St. Louis Park

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:43 pm

I understand it's early, but there should be some good debate on this tournament. Seems to be a pretty solid tournament with at least 5 of the 8 teams consistently seen in the various rankings.

(Rankings based off of Karl's from 12/20)
OPENING GAMES:
#14 Elk River VS Maple Grove
#5 Jefferson VS #15 Moorhead

Centennial VS Woodbury
#10 Benilde VS #4 Wayzata

My prediction for semis:
#8 Elk River VS #2 Jefferson
#5 Benilde VS Centennial

I see a #2 Jefferson VS #5 Benilde Championship Game with a 6-4 win for the Jaguars. Don't be surprised when I'm 100% correct haha.

The51 · Post by **The51** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:45 pm

elk river over maple
moorhead over jefferson (upset)

woodbury over centennial
wayzata over bsm

moorhead over elk river
wayzata over woodbury

wayzata over moorhead 4-2 en

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:56 am

With the Cretin win over BSM I agree with you on Wayzata over BSM.

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:21 am

Where are these games being played at? St. Louis Park does not ring a bell. Is the arena called something else?

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:28 am

#8 Elk River VS Maple Grove
#2 Jefferson VS #13 Moorhead

Centennial VS Woodbury
#5 Benilde VS #9 Wayzata

My prediction for semis:
#8 Elk River VS #2 Jefferson
#9 Wayzata VS Centennial (taking a chance with Wayzata over benilde, but with Benilde's Daly breaking his leg, this could happen)

GVvikes · Post by **GVvikes** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:06 am

The St. Louis Park Rec Center is the home rink for both Benilde and St. Louis Park High Schools: http://www.rinkfinder.com/arenas/view_arena.asp?ID=148

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:58 pm

Now this tournament looks a bit different with another week of games gone by. I'd say Wayzata is favorite.

Post by **karl(east)** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:02 pm

I'd definitely like to see a Jefferson-Wayzata final.

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:03 pm

espnmobile8 wrote:Now this tournament looks a bit different with another week of games gone by. I'd say Wayzata is favorite.

I wouldn't doubt Wayzata either.

Papa Bergundy · Post by **Papa Bergundy** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:06 pm

I agree Wayzata vs. Jefferson would be the most fun matchup, they do play the next week after the tourney in non-conference play. So maybe a little shakeup wouldn't be so bad.

Not that I don't want to see Wayzata in the 'ship or anything

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:42 am

Jefferson won a pretty chippy game against Moorhead. Neither team looked as impressive as I thought they'd be.

Semifinals

Maple Grove VS Jefferson
Centennial VS Benilde

hotpotato81 · Post by **hotpotato81** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:10 pm

The Moorhead Elk River game ended in a tie. 5-5, however for the purposes of the tourny, they went to a shootout.

Moorhead was 3 for 3 and the Elk's missed one of the attempts.

Sounded like a good game, too bad they played at noon on a Tuesday.

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:51 pm

Jefferson beat Maple Grove 3-1 (EN) and Benilde and Centennial are currently playing. It was 1-0 after the 1st.

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:54 pm

Centennial 4
Benilde 0

After 2

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:59 pm

espnmobile8 wrote:Centennial 4
Benilde 0

After 2

This surprises me, what's happening?

Post by **karl(east)** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:41 pm

starmvp wrote:
espnmobile8 wrote:Centennial 4
Benilde 0

After 2
This surprises me, what's happening?

7-2 Final.

I was only half-watching the game, but Centennial was very impressive; they're a balanced team with no obvious weaknesses. If I stumbled into the arena knowing nothing about Centennial and you told me this team had lost to DE and Wayzata and been killed by Jefferson earlier this month, I wouldn't have believed it.

We'll get a very good idea of how much they've improved with the rematch against Jefferson tomorrow.

Benilde got into a little more penalty trouble than they should have, but the better team clearly won tonight. Benilde's lack of depth might have played a role, especially coming off a taxing game against Wayzata.

espnmobile8 · Post by **espnmobile8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:07 pm

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Jefferson VS Centennial

Predictions? The teams have met once before and Jefferson scored 9 on them. I'm thinking it's going to be closer than last time.

toptitty96 · Post by **toptitty96** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:56 am

espnmobile8 wrote:CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Jefferson VS Centennial

Predictions? The teams have met once before and Jefferson scored 9 on them. I'm thinking it's going to be closer than last time.

Definitely closer. Centennial is talented and seems to be getting it together as they play more games. I'll still take Jefferson. I thought they looked really impressive today against Maple Grove. It was a fast-paced back and forth game, but I thought that Jefferson moved the puck really well and had more and better chances than MG. Overall I thought both teams played very well. If Herbert stays out of the box he is a huge threat. He and Faust have been huge in the tournament thus far, so I'll take Jefferson in a 4-2 (EN) nailbiter. I still want to know what happened to Benilde. This year has been up and down for so many teams; the holiday tournaments really haven't cleared much up for me as far as rankings of teams other than Tonka being a clear #1.

CitiesSpudsGuy · Post by **CitiesSpudsGuy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:09 am

Does anybody know what time Moorhead and Wayzata play on Wednesday? I can't seem to find anything about the start time.

CB00 · Post by **CB00** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:19 am

CitiesSpudsGuy wrote:Does anybody know what time Moorhead and Wayzata play on Wednesday? I can't seem to find anything about the start time.

2:00 p.m. St. Louis Park

CitiesSpudsGuy · Post by **CitiesSpudsGuy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:47 am

CB00 wrote:
CitiesSpudsGuy wrote:Does anybody know what time Moorhead and Wayzata play on Wednesday? I can't seem to find anything about the start time.
2:00 p.m. St. Louis Park

I just now found on followthepuck.com that it says 2:30...

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