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You should have stopped at five like the poster asked.blueblood wrote:Duluth East
Tonka
BSM
Grand Rapids
Edina
Elk River
If you go to the Edina Holiday Classic, you will get to see Edina, ER, GR and EP. 6 games over 3 nights in December.
I also agree maybe a bit lofty expectation, even though I'm the biggest ER homer. I think ER will hang around in the top 20 this year with a chance to always win a big game. Even though ER lost Jaremko, everybody loses in graduation, they will definitely improve upfront in the scoring category. Scoring was the biggest problem last year. ER will bring 3-5 sophomores from a 3rd place State Tourney bantam team and bring back the majority of the scoring from last year. I believe you will see ER most likely 10-20, but hopefully top 10.karl(east) wrote:I would add Maple Grove to the mix near the top.
Elk River will be a good team--they have a very experienced goalie and their bantams did very well last year--but I suspect even their supporters would say top-5, or even top-10, would be a bit lofty at this point. They didn't have a whole lot of firepower last season, and their top skater (Jaremko) graduated.
It's going to be a tough road in 7AA this year. Could be the toughest section this year.Shinbone_News wrote:East
Eagan*
Benilde
Maple Grove
Edina
How about single A?
STA
Hermantown
Breck*
Blake
Lourdes
*darkhorse state champion. I'm going on the record right now!
While it's hard to compete with 6AA, it will definitely be one of the toughest. I have ER around 15-16 in my pre-preseason rankings.CB00 wrote:I also agree maybe a bit lofty expectation, even though I'm the biggest ER homer. I think ER will hang around in the top 20 this year with a chance to always win a big game. Even though ER lost Jaremko, everybody loses in graduation, they will definitely improve upfront in the scoring category. Scoring was the biggest problem last year. ER will bring 3-5 sophomores from a 3rd place State Tourney bantam team and bring back the majority of the scoring from last year. I believe you will see ER most likely 10-20, but hopefully top 10.karl(east) wrote:I would add Maple Grove to the mix near the top.
Elk River will be a good team--they have a very experienced goalie and their bantams did very well last year--but I suspect even their supporters would say top-5, or even top-10, would be a bit lofty at this point. They didn't have a whole lot of firepower last season, and their top skater (Jaremko) graduated.
This is a game that I try to make most every year. Unfortunatley I missed the thriller last year but heard all about it. The atmosphere is always great with it being a Saturday night game with a super large attendance. I would also say that, for the first time in many years, it would be an upset if Eden Prairie won the game. Should be a great game regardlessHockeyMN1 wrote:Number one regular season game to go to for me is always EP Edina in the holiday classic. Amazing atmosphere even though the eagles haven't had great luck in it recently. Always a classic MN high school affair.
for the first time in many years it would be an upset if ep beat edina? i think these teams are pretty equal... edina beat ep twice last year and lost once if i remember correctly so were those wins upsets?oldtendy35 wrote:This is a game that I try to make most every year. Unfortunatley I missed the thriller last year but heard all about it. The atmosphere is always great with it being a Saturday night game with a super large attendance. I would also say that, for the first time in many years, it would be an upset if Eden Prairie won the game. Should be a great game regardlessHockeyMN1 wrote:Number one regular season game to go to for me is always EP Edina in the holiday classic. Amazing atmosphere even though the eagles haven't had great luck in it recently. Always a classic MN high school affair.
No, I would not consider those wins upsets. Sorry bad wording on my part. For the past about 3 years people went into this game expecting it to be very tight and not knowing who'd win. This year i'd think that Edina are pretty big favorites.green4 wrote:for the first time in many years it would be an upset if ep beat edina? i think these teams are pretty equal... edina beat ep twice last year and lost once if i remember correctly so were those wins upsets?oldtendy35 wrote:This is a game that I try to make most every year. Unfortunatley I missed the thriller last year but heard all about it. The atmosphere is always great with it being a Saturday night game with a super large attendance. I would also say that, for the first time in many years, it would be an upset if Eden Prairie won the game. Should be a great game regardlessHockeyMN1 wrote:Number one regular season game to go to for me is always EP Edina in the holiday classic. Amazing atmosphere even though the eagles haven't had great luck in it recently. Always a classic MN high school affair.
i think edina COULD be a top 5 team i think they are being over looked a little bit they have a lot of young talent and yeah they lost a lot of seniors but the last time that happened and people thought they were going to have a down year they won stateobserver wrote:Both Edina and EP will take some lumps this year. Hill too. None will be top 5.
the juniors won a pee wee state title, and had a decent team as bantams. saying they werent top contenders i think would be false, not the most talented group from edina but not badlongdistancespectator8 wrote:This group of seniors and juniors at Edina have never been a top contender through youth hockey. Unless the kids younger than them are phenomenal or they have significantly improved, I find it hard to believe they will jump up with teams like Eagan, Duluth East, or Benilde.
Their program is large enough and they have enough depth to be top 20, maybe top 15. But that top group of 5 teams are significantly stronger.
I think it might finally be Burnsville's year to win section 2 again.
The Juniors from the A Peewee team that won the title are not all playing at Edina as Juniors. Handful of there top players have transferred out to other High Schoolsgreen4 wrote:the juniors won a pee wee state title, and had a decent team as bantams. saying they werent top contenders i think would be false, not the most talented group from edina but not badlongdistancespectator8 wrote:This group of seniors and juniors at Edina have never been a top contender through youth hockey. Unless the kids younger than them are phenomenal or they have significantly improved, I find it hard to believe they will jump up with teams like Eagan, Duluth East, or Benilde.
Their program is large enough and they have enough depth to be top 20, maybe top 15. But that top group of 5 teams are significantly stronger.
I think it might finally be Burnsville's year to win section 2 again.