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Minnesota Girls High School Hockey III

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joehockey said:
Big win for Hill Murray over Stillwater 5-0 ...
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Brooky ... brooky ... are you okay? Might be a long year in the St. Croix Valley. Or is Hill that much stronger than expected in the post H.B. era?
 
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ARM said:
Brooky ... brooky ... are you okay? Might be a long year in the St. Croix Valley. Or is Hill that much stronger than expected in the post H.B. era?
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They did return most of their top scorers from last season, excluding Brandt of course and No. 2 Heller. Otherwise, six of their top eight point producers are on this year's team, as are both goalies.
 
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Hill was a good team with talent in addition to the 2012-2013 WCHA ROTY, last season. Still the score surprises me. Ponies are a better team than that score indicates I think. SEC and 4AA will be brutal competition as usual.

D2D...how was the competition at Braemar? Did you see the BSM / Cake Eater tussle?
 
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brookyone said:
D2D...how was the competition at Braemar? Did you see the BSM / Cake Eater tussle?
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Yes, I did see the game on Friday night. BSM controlled play for the most part, outshooting the Hornets in each period and by a final margin of 29-15, but the game was still in doubt until the very end. With BSM holding on to a 2-0 lead, they managed to give Edina a two man advantage in the final minute - a 6 on 3 after pulling their goalie. But seconds later an ill-advised pass led to a costly turnover in BSM's zone, which resulted in a short-handed, empty netter which all but ended it.

I saw this morning that Benilde did handle Breck pretty easily in the championship game, by a 7-1 score and outshooting them 46-15. So they obviously have some offensive firepower, and defensively they appear to be improved over last year as well. In the consolation game, Edina and Blake tied 4-4.

Looking at the schedule this week, it doesn't get any easier for Edina as they will host Minnesota's two best northern teams, Roseau and Warroad, this coming weekend.
 
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Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of November 29, 2012

Class AA (Top 10)
1 MINNETONKA
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
3 Edina
4 Lakeville North
5 Roseville Area
6 Hill-Murray
7 Lakeville South
8 Eden Prairie
9 Wayzata
10 Anoka


Class A (Top 10)
1 WARROAD
2 Red Wing
3 Blake
4 Thief River Falls
5 Breck
6 Orono
7 South St. Paul
8 Mound-Westonka
9 Rogers
10 St. Paul United
 
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Got a chance to watch Benidle play Saturday afternoon here in Cloquet.. they didn't fly up and down the ice like I thought they might, maybe the afternoon game after a night game had them a little tired. Still fun to watch, Cloquet had some chances to carry the puck deep (even got a 1-0 lead on them) and nearly every time a player in red turned on the speed and chased them down.

Photos of Cloquet (Esko/Carlton) vs Benidle if anyone is interested
 
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brookyone said:
2012 Schwan Cup...scroll for the girls brackets:

http://www.nscsports.org.prod.ngin.com/page/show/505765-schwan-cup-schedules-and-results-

Having trouble finding anything on the Kaposia Classic. Is Edina hosting a holiday tournament? Any others?
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The Schwan's tournaments for girls are nowhere near what they used to be...not a single ranked AA team in any of the brackets.

This link will show the teams that are playing in Edina's "Abra Invitational" starting on the 27th: http://www.mngirlshockeyhub.com/page/show/672099-holiday-tournaments
The field here, though still strong, does appear to be slightly weaker compared to what it's been in the recent past.

The "2012 Eagles Mid-Winter Meltdown" in Eden Prairie will have its strongest field ever this year, mostly due to the state's top two ranked teams - Minnetonka and BSM - choosing to play here this year instead of the Kaposia and Schwan's respectively. Perhaps not coincidentally, the host school was placed in the opposite bracket from these two. ;)
http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0023/4496/mwm_var.pdf

The Kaposia Classic, which begins on December 29th at Wakota Arena in South St. Paul, has once again drawn a strong lineup of teams from both classes. First day matchups will be:

Upper Bracket
12:00PM - Hill-Murray vs. Bloomington Jefferson
2:15PM - Roseville vs. Lakeville North

Lower Bracket
5:00PM - Warroad vs. Blake
7:15PM - Hibbing vs. South St. Paul

The semi-finals will be held on Monday the 31st at 2:15PM and 4:30PM, while the championship game will be played on Tuesday the 1st at 4:45PM.

There are many other tournaments held over the Holidays but these three (Edina Abra, EP and Kaposia) are the big ones this year.
 
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Thanks D2D...good info. I usually use the metro area holiday tournaments to catch particular teams...for obvious reasons. I won't see them all obviously...but would like to catch BSM, Hopkins, Blake, Breck, Jeffereson, Roseville, Eagan. Wingers too if the chance presents. I see they're at Breck on the 22nd.

Agree on the Schwan Cup. Used to attend that regularly back when the Blue Division was routinely strong.
 
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brookyone said:
I usually use the metro area holiday tournaments to catch particular teams...for obvious reasons.
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Good opportunity for many college scouts as well, again for obvious reasons. ;)
 
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The problem with scouting the holiday tournaments is that several of the marquee players are away for U-18 Worlds.
 
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