June 2018 issue

Volume XLVI • Number 24 • Issue 1240

June 14, 2018

P U C E H T O T D A O R E TH . .. ry lo g o t h t a p ir e h t d n Minnesota players a page 13

IN THIS ISSUE KEVIN HARTZELL

On focus and work ethic ... pg. 6

KIM MCCULLOUGH

Why your backhand is bad ... pg. 7

JACK BLATHERWICK

Do you want to score goals and win titles? ... pg. 10

PETE WAGGONER

KEVIN KURTT

The Minnesota Wild at the NHL Draft ... pg. 15

DAN BAUER

Restoring Polar pride ... pg. 11

Not just another fish story ... pg. 19

MICHELLE CRECHIOLO

ANDY NESS

How the Penguins landed Jake Guentzel ... pg. 12

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Paul Fenton named new Minnesota Wild GM

Minnesota Wild Owner Craig Leipold announced the hiring of Paul Fenton to a multiyear contract as the team’s General Manager and Alternate Governor. He will oversee the Wild’s hockey operations department including all matters relating to player personnel, coaching staff, scouting department and minor league operations.

“Paul is uniquely suited for this job, having played 10 years of professional hockey and holding 25 years of management experience in the NHL,” said Leipold. “His gift of evaluating talent is obvious in Nashville’s roster and recent success. My relationship with Paul goes back to my early days in Nashville and I know that Wild hockey fans are going to love Paul’s infectious passion for the game and unsurpassed work ethic.

He’s the right person to deliver a Stanley Cup to the State of Hockey.”

Fenton, 58, spent the previous 20 seasons with the Nashville Predators, including the last 12 as Assistant General Manager. He was instrumental in acquiring many of Nashville’s core players that helped the Predators advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 11 of the last 14 seasons, reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2017. Fenton served as Nashville’s Director of Player Personnel during its first eight seasons in the NHL

Minnesota Wild Owner Craig Leipold (left) introduced the team’s new GM Paul Fenton on May 21.

(1998-2006) before he was promoted to Assistant General Manager on June 5, 2006. As Assistant General Manager, Fenton oversaw amateur player development, managed the team’s professional and amateur scouting staff and advised General Manager David Poile on player personnel decisions.

The native of Springfield, Mass., also served as General Manager of the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey

League (AHL), who made 12 consecutive playoff appearances from 2002-14, while also focusing on prospect development. Milwaukee became the first team in AHL history to post 40-or-more wins and 90-or-more points in eight consecutive seasons (200311). The Admirals advanced to the playoffs in 17 of their 20 seasons in the IHL and AHL and won the 2004 Calder Cup. He also managed the NHL Entry Draft for Nashville from 2003-08, helping the Predators se-

lect Roman Josi, Pekka Rinne, Ryan Suter and Shea Weber.

Prior to joining the Predators, Fenton spent five seasons with the Anaheim Ducks (1993-98), serving as a scout for three seasons and chief professional scout the last two seasons. He has also served as Associate General Manager for Team USA at the 2011 World Championship and Director of Player Personnel for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

Fenton collected 183 points and 198 penalty minutes in 411 career NHL games during eight seasons (1984-92) with Hartford, the New York Rangers, Los Angeles, Winnipeg, Toronto, Calgary and San Jose.

He notched a career-high 32 goals and 50 points with the Jets in 1989-90. Fenton tallied five points in 17 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests. He also recorded 402 points and 279 PIM in 355 career AHL/IHL games with Peoria, Binghamton and New Haven and was an All-Star selection three times. Fenton notched 74 points in 63 games during three seasons at Boston University (1979-82).

He and his wife, Nona, have two sons, P.J. (wife, Stefanie and daughter, Emerie) and Owen.

Fenton hoping good things come to those who wait

By Dave Schwartz Let’s Play Hockey Before we even started the interview, new Minnesota Wild General Manager Paul Fenton was more than happy to talk about our shared northeast United States upbringing. He grew up in Springfield, Mass., just about an hour and a half from my hometown of Selkirk, N.Y. Instantly, we talked about rivalries in the AHL between Springfield and Glens Falls. He regaled me with stories of how he got his call up to the NHL and playing alongside Marcel Dionne. His love for the game and the memories that it’s given him were clear and infectious. It was also what has given him success and a desire to be in hockey management at the highest level.

If good things truly do come to those who wait, then Fenton should have the time of his life in Minnesota. He was hired by owner Craig Leipold on May 21 away from Nashville where he’d been the assistant GM for the last 12 years and with the organization in other roles for the past 20.

“Past (job interviews) that I had gone to I don’t know what happened,” Fenton said.

“Maybe I was trying too hard. With Craig, there was already a comfort level there. I already knew what he was like as a person.

I have had several conversations with him, socialized with him and saw him as an owner in a light that I’d like to work for someone like that.”

Leipold has been familiar with Fenton from his days as owner of the Predators, before he sold the team in 2007. Even then, he knew of his work ethic and passion for the game and that it could someday translate to him being a good GM. “I know that Wild hockey fans are going to love Paul’s infectious passion for the game and unsurpassed work ethic,” Leipold told NHL.com. “He’s the right person to deliver a Stanley Cup to the State of Hockey.”

That’s pretty high praise from an owner who was very adamant about the type of General Manager that he was looking for.

“This is not a rebuild,” Leipold told reporters back on April 23 when he decided not to give Chuck Fletcher another contract.

“And I’ll be very direct about that when I’m interviewing a general manager.”

It seems Fenton agrees with that senti-

ment - that this Wild team does not need to be a complete tear down to become a contender.

“Leadership and youth,” Fenton said of the strengths of the current roster. “They go hand-in-hand and you’re not gonna win in this league unless you have the correct leaders that have been put into place. And you have to implement all of these young kids now. It’s just the nature of our game. Before the salary cap, you could find a way to buy your team. Now you have to develop your team and you have to replace parts all the time.”

Fenton, who will hit the ground running with less than a month until the NHL Draft, has a lot of tough decisions to make – probably first and foremost on restricted free agents Jason Zucker and Matt Dumba. Others like Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter are possibly some of the most tradeable assets the team has. But to make deals, keep everybody happy and keep the team under the cap, it will take creativity and an aggressive approach, one that Fenton has been proven to possess. Look no further than the deal he helped make in Nashville that sent Shea Weber to Montreal in exchange for one of the game’s best young defensemen, P.K. Subban.

“I have a creative mind when it comes to hockey analysis,” Fenton says. “It seems to have done really good in Nashville. Will I be aggressive? If the opportunity is there, then we will be aggressive.”

Certainly, if he chooses to, he’ll have the backing of the ownership. Leipold has proven to open his checkbook when needed, whether it was signing Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to dual $98 million contracts or making a deal to get goalie Devan Dubnyk. That willingness to do and spend what it takes to win is what made this franchise and situation such a desirable one for Fenton.

“Not everybody in the league does that,” Fenton said with a smile of Leipold’s willingness to pay for talent. “Everybody has their own restrictions and what have you.

Craig has an open mind on how you do things and he’s going to give me the responsibility to let me handle the hockey people to be able to put the improvements in place for us.”

While there is no timetable for those im-

provements, Fenton knows that Leipold and the fanbase are anxiously awaiting a Stanley Cup in the State of Hockey and that comes with a lot of pressure. But Fenton can keep all of that in perspective.

“Our ultimate goal is to win a Stanley Cup,” Fenton says. “I’m going to do everything in my power to bring that here. It’s tough. Pro-

fessional sports are tough. As I said, I am fortunate to be in it and I want to have that challenge.”

It’s a challenge that has been a long time coming. But it’s one that Fenton has no intention of failing after waiting so long to get it.

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Minnesota Hockey, an affiliate of USA Hockey, is the governing body of youth and amateur hockey in Minnesota and the premier developer of hockey players in the state.

With over 67,000 registered players and coaches, it is the largest state governing body for amateur hockey in the United States.

Five summer activities to boost athleticism

By Steve Mann

Summer is a great time for hockey players of any age to build strength, sharpen their skills and improve overall athleticism.

For young skaters, it’s also important to mix things up and have fun.

A young athlete doesn’t have to play more hockey to get better at hockey, says Matt Cunningham, former Minnesota State Maverick and USA Hockey Level 4-certified coach and instructor.

“Our youth sports culture pushes the myth that not participating in hockey year-round will lead an athlete to ‘fall behind’ his or her peers,” said Cunningham. “At the younger ages, our focus should be on developing well-rounded athletes who have a solid base of general athletic skills. We sometimes don’t connect the dots among activities that don’t seem to have similarities to hockey.

Mountain biking is an example. It requires body control while building the legs and lungs – both big parts of hockey.”

Cunningham, who has experience in holistic health coaching and has demonstrated the benefits of core power yoga for athletes, suggests there are many out-of-the-box activities kids can try during the offseason that may make them better hockey players down the road.

Here are some examples described by Cunningham:

• Tennis – Tennis has many crossover benefits to hockey, including agility and coordination and short-burst, multi-directional speed. You are constantly stopping and starting. Tennis requires lots of power, both forehand and backhand.

• Stand-Up Paddleboarding – It might look easy but it requires significant core strength. As you have to maintain an athletic stance on a board (feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, etc.) your core and quads are engaged throughout. Balance is obviously paramount. Plus, you are outside and on the water, so it’s fun, too.

• Skateboarding – Skateboarding requires balance, agility and coordination.

Skateboarding also requires lots of body control and general athleticism. If you go to

a skateboard park, you see lots of peer coaching and mimicry, along with little to no structured coaching (from adults). It’s as creative as sport gets. The flip side, of course, is the risk involved, so be smart, and wear protective equipment – especially if you’re a beginner.

• Floorball – Extremely popular in parts of Europe (including Sweden and Finland), it’s been gaining traction in North America. Floorball incorporates similar skills and concepts to ice hockey but there is no body contact, other than incidental. It’s a great way for players to develop creativity and deception skills.

Floorball has similar game concepts to hockey, such as creating 2-on-1s or 3-on-2s and creating time and space. Floorball also involves significant decision-making, situational awareness, read-and-react scenarios and more.

• Yoga – Yoga has become a huge part of my life and it started strictly as a physical practice, to rehab some old injuries. The physical benefits range from general strength and flexibility to using those muscles in different ways. I also find it extremely beneficial for my posture, especially

considering how much time we spend sitting and staring at screens. Yoga is another area where the athlete must learn to focus on his or her own practice while channeling thoughts and energy in a positive way (often easier said than done).

Other fun, “different” summer activities that can boost athleticism away from the rink include canoeing or kayaking, ultimate Frisbee, obstacle courses and even unstructured “free play” activities such as tag.

“Something as simple as tag has numerous benefits,” said Cunningham. “It can be played anywhere and requires no equipment. Think of all the skills that translate to hockey such as stopping and starting, shortburst speed in multiple directions, agility and body control. Another huge benefit is the deception involved in the game. Plus it’s fun and competitive in an unstructured environment.”

For young hockey players who may be apprehensive to try something new, Cunningham offers some words of advice: “Anyone who has tried to play a new sport or develop a new skill will have to develop frustration tolerance,” he said. “I speak from experience as someone who got into triathlon as an adult. It can be incredibly frustrating to fail repeatedly and struggle with something different and new. But it’s important to keep in mind the pursuit of progress, not perfection.”

Minnesota Hockey breaks records for 8 & Under players

The final registration report from USA Hockey has been released following last week’s USA Hockey Annual Congress and Minnesota Hockey has established a new record of 8 & Under (8U) players with 18,839. That number marks the third consecutive record-breaking year, a fifth consecutive year of growth and the second straight year Minnesota has surpassed the 18,000 8U player mark. The total helped USA Hockey establish a record as well, with 122,135 8U players gearing up across the country.

The 18,839 8U players includes 14,030 boys and 4,809 girls and is an increase of 4.6% increase over 2016-17. As encouraging as the 8U number is, perhaps the most encouraging statistic is that Minnesota had

its largest number of new 8U players with 7,053 kids suiting up for the first time.

When inviting new players into the game of hockey, an emphasis is placed on attracting boys and girls younger than 8 years old, when the large majority of players try the sport. By increasing the number of players at the 8U age level, Minnesota Hockey associations are positively impacting the 9 to 14 age groups, thus supplementing longterm growth and success. Minnesota continues to lead the nation in retaining players at the 10U (91.4%), 12U (96.7%) and 14U (98%) levels.

The future of the State of Hockey continues to look bright as more and more associations and families are taking advantage

of growth initiatives provided by USA Hockey and Minnesota Hockey, including the USA Hockey 2 & 2 Challenge, Try Hockey For Free Days, the Little Wild Learn to Play program, the Dick’s Sporting Goods Gear Up Minnesota! Equipment Grant program, Minnesota Hockey’s Pass the Puck Grants and many other programs that are unique to individual associations.

“To set another record at the 8U level really is astonishing and shows that the strength of hockey in Minnesota has never been better thanks to the incredible efforts of our local hockey associations,” said Minnesota Hockey President, Dave Margenau.

“With the 2017-18 season being an Olympic year, we are hopeful that we’ll see an

even bigger spike of new players this upcoming year, especially with how many young girls were inspired by our Gold Medal winning women.”

In April, Minnesota Hockey awarded the Dick’s Sporting Goods Grow the Game awards to Wadena and Cottage Grove. This award is given to communities that have shown consistent growth while implementing unique recruiting and retention initiatives.

Associations that are interested in learning about new ways to increase participation should reach out to the Minnesota Hockey membership development committee by emailing info@minnesotahockey.org or calling 651-602-5727.

Tier I League tryout schedules released Tryout schedules for the 2018 CCM High Performance Tier I Fall Leagues have been released. This season, which will mark the third year of Minnesota Hockey’s Tier I Fall League, tryouts will begin in late June.

New in 2018, in partnership with TRIA, the first-ever Tier I Training Camp will take place August 10-12 at the TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center and will allow participants an on-ice and off-ice training experience complete with dryland training, skill work, health and nutrition education, Fusionetics movement screening/education and TRIA Concussion Program and baseline ImPACT testing events.

This year’s format will consist of five regular season competition weekends, including the first-ever Minnesota Hockey Tier I National Invitational for Youth 14U & 15 and Girls 14U levels the weekend of September 14-16 at the Schwan Super Rink and Fogerty Arena in Blaine. Tier I teams from across the country will be in town to compete with the Minnesota teams.

Competitive regular season weekends for 14’s and 15’s will begin August 24 – 26 and host sites will include Blaine, Brainerd Burnsville, Shakopee, St. Cloud and the new TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center in down-

town St. Paul. The Minnesota District Playoff weekend will take place at Plymouth Ice Center the weekend of October 6-7. The playoffs for 16, 18 and 19 classifications are to be determined.

Last year, the CCM High Performance Tier I Leagues included 25 teams between the Youth 14U, Youth 15, Youth 16U, Girls 14U and Girls 15 classifications. Two teams from the Leagues qualified for the 2018 USA Hockey Tier I National Championships and the Green Giants of District 10 won the national title at the Girls Tier I 14U classification.

Minnesota Hockey’s Tier I structure was established in 2016 to enhance Minnesota’s community-based association and high school model by bringing together the most talented 14, 15 and year olds from all over Minnesota for highly competitive League play and providing a path to compete in the USA Hockey Tier I National Championships. The League schedule is designed to allow participants to play for their association or high school team.

Tryout schedules for each age level are available at www.minnesotahockey.org/ tier1.

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On focus, work ethic and problem solving

By Kevin Hartzell Let’s Play Hockey Columnist

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Every year, we are all reminded how great the Stanley Cup Playoffs are. They were again this year. I love all the other sports, especially football, but there is no other championship where the players have to pay such a severe price to win the playoff trophy. Twenty-plus games at the highest intensity are required to win team sports’ oldest trophy, the Stanley Cup. For the NFL, it is a three-game minimum, four-game maximum effort. Those three or four wins for football are not easy. However, it is not the 20-plus game grind of hockey. Hockey takes a grinding work ethic and sacrifice like no other. I am always amazed.

I have been thinking, how do we better prepare our kids (and hockey players) for such adventure. To have a willingness to persevere. To sacrifice. To have this kind of Stanley Cup work ethic day after day, night after night. Twice this week, I heard complaints about our younger generation. One such complaint was from a grocery store worker I have seen for many years in “my” store. “These young kids today,” she said, “no work ethic…” You likely have heard it many times also from adults in various fields of endeavors.

So how did this happen? I am not pointing fingers here; it happened on my watch as well. I am a parent of this generation of young people. I am pointing an equal finger at myself.

We have kept our kids plenty busy. Our kids are occupied with tasks from morning till night, which include homework and many activities. We run them to this and we run them to that. When they have a minute to breathe, they are often occupied with social media. They grow up busy and then out of our homes with a different sense of “intensity.” They grow their own sense of what they feel might be acceptable sacrifices in life after high school. In the end, grocery store workers, and many others, complain

about their work ethic.

I conducted a hockey camp-experience in May for high school seniors moving upward and onward, as well as for high school underclassmen who endeavor to return to their high school teams in leadership roles.

I tried to give our attendees an experience unlike any other. I thought it went well for a first-year endeavor. There will be things I do different next time, but a lot of things were pretty good, I think. It was a great learning experience for me as well.

Before what I learned, here’s a camp highlight for me. For the three weeks, each Sunday night was a competition Sunday. We did more than play 5-on-5 or 4-on-4. We included odd-man rush competitions, team shootouts and more. The first Sunday, we had five events which included full-ice 4on-4 and 5-on-5 as two of the five events.

In these competitions, we shared with team captains (who then shared with their respective teams) that at each faceoff, the puck would be placed on the faceoff dot, teams would line up and then Team White would win all faceoffs during the first half of the

competition, Team Blue the second half. At the end of the Sunday competition night, we met as a group and shared thoughts from the week of things learned.

One of the things I shared with the group was that during the just-completed Sunday competition night, that during the 5-on-5 and 4-on-4 portions, where each teammate knew a faceoff would be won, not once did either team at any time, have a plan for the faceoff. Each team simply brought the puck back to a D, and then went about playing.

But not once, was there a “plan.” It was a failure by everyone to not recognize the opportunity, devise a plan and then execute the plan.

This, in essence, was the purpose of the camp. To recondition these boys to think.

To be active, proactive participants in the problem-solving equation, both as the presenter of ideas and as listeners. To cooperate as a team to execute the plan. For those moving on in hockey, or at the “grocery store,” this will be expected of them. Pay attention to details, always have situational awareness and use the information gath-

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ered to be a problem solver.

Over the three weeks, our group made considerable progress in this regard. I watched many young people start to analyze a drill and ask themselves, “what does this drill ask of me?”, “what are the important details?” and a bigger question of “how I hold myself and my teammates accountable?”

The boys at the camp worked hard physically, they really did. But the key to work is to work hard mentally. To work “smart.” To do this, one must live in the current moment, observe and understand what it is that is about us. Situational awareness! We must learn to work, with focus, with purpose and to problem solve. And know that accountability runs in every direction throughout the group.

As groups go, this group of boys was quiet.

They were polite. They were respectful and “nice.” I like nice in a trait for everyone. To a point. I think what our young people need more of is the focus, the attention to details, the problem solving. I suspect that too often society asks for the physical work, but does not allow the time and the freedom required to think and problem-solve. Today’s world of constant “noise” is of little help in this pursuit.

I could be wrong about all this. But then how do we explain the complaint of the grocery store worker and many other adults with complaints of our current generation of young people and their general lack of desire in the work place? I don’t have answers. Only suspicions.

A St. Paul native and forward for the University of Minnesota from 1978-82, Kevin Hartzell coached in the USHL from 198389 with the St. Paul Vulcans and from 200512 with the Sioux Falls Stampede. He was the head coach of Lillehammer in Norway’s GET-Ligaen from 2012-14. His columns have appeared in Let’s Play Hockey since the late 1980s. His book “Leading From the Ice” is available at amazon.com.

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The No. 1 reason your backhand might be bad

By Kim McCullough

you that it will have a positive impact on your performance.

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The backhand is one of the most feared shots in the world of girls’ hockey. Goalies hate backhands because they can be very unpredictable when done well and players tend to hate them because they aren’t very good at them.

The main reason that girls struggle with their backhand shot is that they keep their top hand too close to their hip. In order to shoot an effective backhand, and make hard and accurate backhand passes, you need to get your top hand away from your hip.

What do I mean by that? If you are a righthanded shot, your left hand is your top hand.

Most female hockey players (for some strange reason I still can’t quite figure out) hold their top hand very close to their hip. In this case of the righty, it would be on their left hip. This means that both hands and the stick are being carried very close to the body and that the stick is most likely nowhere close to the ice (but that’s another topic entirely).

When your hands are that close to your body, it restricts your ability to stickhandle, shoot and pass effectively. The reason is that you lose a significant range of motion with your arms and your stick when you carry your hands close to your body.

So why is this important for your backhand? Because you need to be able to cup and sweep the puck the same way you do on your wrist shot in order for your backhand to be effective (as a side note, having your top hand glued to your hip has devastating effects on your wrist shot too).

Most young players shoot what I like to call a “pitchfork backhand.” Their blade never cups the puck at all, they don’t start with the puck behind their back foot and

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they basically try to lift the puck into the air by flinging their stick as high and hard into the air as they can. This is a great way to get the puck into the air quickly – either to clear the zone as a defenseman or to put the puck in the top of the net while standing near the blue ice for a forward.

But if you don’t have your top hand away from your hip, you won’t be able to get your hands and stick lower to the ice which is really what allows you to get the puck in the air with force. Once you get your top hand away from your hip, you give yourself a much greater range of motion with your arms and stick. That allows you to cup the puck, sweep the puck like you would in a wrist shot and follow through at the end, pointing your stick at the target when you’re shooting a longer range backhand shot or when you’re trying to get the puck in the air with force and speed.

Getting your top hand away from your hip is something that I am constantly telling my players to do to help their passing, stickhandling and shooting. Sometimes I feel like a broken record out there, repeating myself over and over again. It’s one of those little details that makes a huge

difference in the way you play the game. So as you are practicing your shot in your driveway this summer, I want you to think about making this little adjustment to your game. It may feel a little awkward at first if you aren’t used to it, but I can guarantee

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Heartland Hockey Camp wins the trifecta

The Heartland Hockey Camp is entering its 34th summer in Deerwood, Minn. The calendar year of 2018 has been the most prolific and exciting year in the camp’s colorful history.

This past April, the Heartland Hockey Camp won three USA Hockey National Championships, in Tampa, Fla. Heartland Hockey Camp captured the Over 60/Tier 1, Over 65 & the Over 70 championship cups, winning its 10th, 11th & 12th tournament titles in the past 11 years.

Highlights of the tournament: • Rodger Moy (Bloomington, Minn.) won his 24th National Championship with the Over 60 team.

• Frank Smith (Naples, Fla.) recorded three consecutive shutouts with the Over 65 team.

• Todd Zedjlik (Plymouth, Minn.) won two National Championships with both the Over

Heartland Hockey Camp captured three USA Hockey National Championships, including the 60+ Tier 1 title (above).

60 team & the Over 65 team.

The Heartland Hockey Camp is also proud

and pleased to announce three new major expansion projects this upcoming summer.

The camp will now feature a newly built 4,800-square foot weight room, a private lesson rink & a regulation-sized lacrosse field. The weight room will have its grand opening on Sunday, June 17. The private lesson rink is scheduled for completion in 2020. Owners Sandy & Steve Jensen plan to begin offering the Heartland Lacrosse Camp in the summer of 2021.

Finally, the first week of camp, June 1723, will feature appearances from 2018 U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Coach Robb Stauber and three players from the gold medal-winning team – Maddie Rooney, Sidney Morin and Hannah Brandt.

For more information regarding the summer of 2018, at the Heartland Hockey Camp, please call 800-945-7465, go to www.heartlandhockey.com or email the Founding Owner & Executive Director, Steve Jensen, at steve@heartlandhockey.com.

Heartland Hockey Camp is currently building a new weight room, private lesson rink and lacrosse field.

It’s BSU vs. SCSU in U.S. Hockey HOF Women’s Game Game between two WCHA rivals is set for Nov. 20 in Brainerd, Minn.

Two of the top women’s teams from the country’s premier hockey conference will battle in the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women’s Face-Off Classic, set for Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m., at Essentia Health Sports Center in Brainerd, Minn. The contest will feature Western Collegiate Hockey Association rivals Bemidji State against St. Cloud State.

“We are thrilled to be playing in this game in Brainerd,” Bemidji State head coach Jim Scanlan said. “They have a terrific hockey community and they have always supported their teams with pride and passion that northern Minnesota is known for.”

“This is a great opportunity for us to bring women’s college hockey to young girls and college fans that might not have had a chance to come out and watch a game in person,” St. Cloud State head coach Eric Rud said. “I know people will be impressed with the skill of the college game and we can’t wait to be a part of this event.”

The women’s Hall of Fame game will raise awareness for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum in Eveleth, Minn., along with bringing women’s Division I hockey to a local community. ”We are pleased to be part of this game and I am personally excited to be able to watch this game in our barn,” Brainerd Amateur Hockey Association President Sam Blum said. “The game gives us a unique opportunity to create access for spectators to watch a DI women’s hockey game in our area.”

A capacity crowd is expected for the game. Proceeds will go to Sharing Bread

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history of ice hockey in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and teams.

Soup Kitchen in Brainerd.

“This is a fantastic organization that helps out those in need on a daily basis,” Brainerd High School girls’ hockey head coach Jim Ernster said. “A safe, inviting atmosphere allows people to get hot meals seven days a week, no questions asked. To have the opportunity to help out an organization that embodies humility and grace is indeed a privilege.”

Additional details of the event will be announced in coming months.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum (www.ushockeyhall.com) was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the rich

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Do you want to score goals and win championships?

It’s Alex Ovechkin’s PASSION that makes him the best goal-scorer of this era. He never gives up on a scoring chance.

Others might not even think of these as scoring opportunities. Photos: Getty Images

By Jack Blatherwick Let’s Play Hockey Columnist As a former hook-and-hold defenseman who didn’t score goals, I’m about to let you in on Alex Ovechkin’s secret. Don’t believe pundits who point to special physical gifts that account for Ovi’s dominance as the most prolific scorer of our generation. The pundits are knowledgeable hockey folks, but they’re wrong.

Ovi scores because he lives to score. It’s what makes his heart beat. Actually, it’s a simple formula: He has more PASSION to score than the rest of the hockey world.

Consider how many highlight videos we’ve seen of impossible goals he scored after being knocked off his feet (study the photos, because they say it all). Then ask yourself why you can’t score goals like that. Very few can score Connor McDavid goals, but everyone could score Ovi-goals if we practiced scoring with his crazy passion.

He NEVER gives up on a scoring chance if he has to shoot from his knees or lying face down on the ice or on his back, or if he has to score one-handed or on a spin-o-rama after the D has him totally wrapped up. He scores even if he has to shoot while flying through the air. I’ve seen it up close in every practice, and it drives his goaltenders crazy.

One-on-one (2-on-2 or 3-on-3) drills are Ovi’s scoring practice – not shooting drills without opposition. He tries to score when others give up on a drill – competitive drills that, for most of us, end when the forward fumbles the puck, or the D pokechecks or makes a good body check. At that moment, most normal humans are done. We just skate to the end of the line and wait for another opportunity to be handed to us.

That’s when Ovechkin – for his entire life

– has practiced scoring, and that’s why he gets shots off in games when others can’t.

For a two-season stretch (a decade ago) Ovechkin got off 1,647 shots, scoring 121 goals and 101 assists! When he was a teen-ager, his coaches insisted that on every 1-on-1, he had to finish with a shot, then a rebound, regardless of how effective the D was against him.

Our 1-on-1’s tend to be “all-or-nothing” – either a highlight goal (beat the D and deke the goalie) or a successful defense. In other words, we teach quitting when there are still opportunities to pursue. Ovi’s coaches prepared him to score in the most competitive situations – like the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Are the pundits right that he has a physical advantage, being so big and strong? Of course, but in the 13 years of Ovi’s NHL career, there have been dozens who are bigger and stronger. Does he shoot harder and more accurately than others in shooting drills without defenders? Short answer: No. So how do coaches build another Ovechkin? How do we develop a player who dominates the state high school tournament like Dave Spehar did (three tournament hat tricks for Duluth East) or Grant Besse did (scoring all five Benilde goals in the championship game)?

It starts with uncomfortable – maybe unpopular – practice drills that teach relentless second and third efforts when the easy answer is to quit. Does anyone think it’s easy to become an Ovechkin?

It also requires coaches to CULTIVATE scoring passion, not SUPPRESS it with counterproductive references to “selfish play.” Scoring goals is an unselfish, team-building contribution. Ask the Capitals.

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Restoring Polar pride

New North St. Paul boys’ hockey coach Rick Hill is on a mission to return the Polar program to greatness

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New beginnings, old home Hill returned to the locker room that he once sat in and was shocked by what he saw. The walls were painted in black with a dark maroon color of which was not the red and white that he had remembered as a Polar.

“I hate to say it, but I was actually disappointed,” Hill said of his first impression of the Polar locker room. “There were jerseys on the floor and trash. It was depressing. I played here, this is my homeland, my team that I grew up to play high school hockey.

Everything was red and white. They had black on the walls, they had maroon for the colors on the wood. I stood in that room looking at how much in disarray it looked, no pride because of jerseys on the floor.”

He had a vision of what would brighten the mood and bring back the pride of North Polar hockey. “All I could see was white walls, red racks – clean it up and move forward,” Hill said. He enlisted current players to as-

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When Rick Hill was approached to coach the North (St. Paul) High School boys’ hockey team, it did not take the former alumni much time to consider applying and eventually accepting the job. Hill inherited a team that currently has 22 players in the entire program. That is enough to field a little more than a varsity roster and not enough for a JV team. He observed a culture that will require plenty of work. Hill plans to return to North High School back to its glory days through passion, integrity, motivation and discipline.

New North coach Rick Hill (far left) and member of the Polar team cleaned and painted the locker room at Polar Arena.

sist in cleaning and painting the room the familiar red and white.

“I feel like everyone is looking at it as kind of a cleanse,” junior center Joey Keran said. “Wipe out the past and start a new beginning. I am just excited to have a new beginning.”

Experienced skill-based leader Hill has run hockey camps for boys and girls’ players at the youth, high school and college levels for 35 years. When meeting Hill, it is obvious to feel the passion he has for the game and the ability to cultivate it in the players with which he works.

Hill’s coaching career began in 1980 where he took his first team, an in-house team, to the conference and playoff cham-

pionship. He went on to coach the PeeWee A team that included Bret Hedican who played in the NHL and Olympics. Hill continued to coach in the North St. Paul youth program, including the Bantam level, and was still playing hockey. He eventually moved to Colorado in the early 1980s where he played in the International Hockey League.

He returned to Minnesota in 1987 and made the switch from boys’ to girls’ coaching as a result of having two daughters in the White Bear Lake program. His 2006 12U girl’s team captured the state championship. “I have been fortunate to be successful with great hockey players around me who bought into my systems, “ Hill said.

“I certainly push girls the same way I

coached the boys.”

Being well-known for his work with hockey camps, Hill looked back on the evolution of them: “Just recently, over the last five to six years, I’ve had the girls and boys in my camps at the same time. Also, I have college, high school and youth players on the ice at the same time.”

Since his camps are skill based, he is able to blend players of different levels. “The reason is, I was teaching skills,” Hill said. “I wasn’t working on battles so much, it was all about skills. Everyone got along, everyone worked. When we did one-on-one battles, we made sure the college players were together, the high school players were together and the young kids were playing against the young players.”

Effort and attitude pays off Hill’s expectations as a coach are simple and clear: for his teams to bring their best effort and work hard every day. While many coaches preach accountability and discipline, it is easier said than done in terms of drawing that from teams to reach their highest potential. He focuses on things a player can control.

“My teams from day one have been all about discipline, responsibility and accountability,” Hill said. “I held every player to that point, every day. This locker room is probably cleaner than it has ever been, and it’s going to be that clean after every practice and after every game. You have to have discipline. I have been there with kids who have turned around and became who they should be, with love and a little harder push to bring them around.”

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How the Penguins landed Jake Guentzel

By Michelle Crechiolo Pittsburgh Penguins Team Reporter

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As the 2013 NHL Draft entered the third round and Pittsburgh was getting closer to its pick, former Penguins’ amateur scout Scott Bell was getting nervous.

Though he was only coming off of his first season with Pittsburgh, there was a player Bell had been watching for years in his native Minnesota who was on the Penguins’ draft board. That was Jake Guentzel, who had first gotten on Bell's radar during tryouts for USA Hockey’s Select 15 Camp despite his lack of size.

“He weighed 105 pounds and he was like 5-1,” Bell said with a laugh. “But he was this magic little player that everybody said, ‘he's too small, he's too small.’ Then he just kept scoring points and making plays.”

Bell used Guentzel’s performance there as the baseline for when he watched him play in the state championship game with Hill-Murray School following a season where the forward posted 74 points (24G-50A) as a senior.

And with the USHL being Bell’s assigned area to cover as a Penguins scout, he saw a lot of Guentzel after he joined the Sioux City Musketeers for his draft year in 201213. Bell watched as Guentzel finished with 73 points (29G-44A) in 60 games, tying a Tier-1 USHL record with a 21-game scoring streak (16G-27A-43PTS).

“At every level, he has always overcome his size,” Bell said. “When he got to the USHL, he was doing the same thing. And I was like well, there’s a pattern here of 6-7 years.”

That prompted Randy Sexton, then the Penguins’ director of amateur scouting and current assistant GM with the Buffalo Sabres, to come out and take a look at

Repeat good skating habits off-ice, and they will stay with you for a lifetime.

Guentzel – where he said something that hit home for Bell, who grew up in Inver Grove Heights and played at the University of Minnesota.

“He made the comment, ‘oh, he reminds me of a young Neal Broten,’” Bell said. “And for us, Neal Broten – he won the Hobey Baker, he played for the North Stars, he played for New Jersey and won a Stanley Cup and a gold medal in the 1980 Olympics. And it was like well, if he’s comparing him to Neal Broten, I’m onto something here. So that gave me some confidence with him.”

After that, the Penguins put Guentzel on the draft board that they took with them to the Prudential Center in New Jersey, where all seven rounds of the draft took place in one day because of the previous season’s work stoppage.

With their first pick, Pittsburgh traded up to draft goaltender Tristan Jarry in the sec-

ond round (44th overall). And with their second pick, which was 77th overall – received as part of the trade that sent Joe Morrow and a fifth-round pick to Dallas in exchange for Brenden Morrow – Bell was praying that the Penguins would take Guentzel.

As the third round progressed, everything was going fine until it was time for the 76th selection, which was held by the New York Islanders. Bell knew that Trent Klatt, an Islanders amateur scout from Minnesota, knew Guentzel, so Bell was worried that the Islanders might take him.

Bell waited with bated breath as the Islanders were on the clock. From their draft table, they took the microphone and began to announce their pick.

“From the USHL…” Bell's heart dropped.

“I assumed oh, they’re taking Jake Guentzel,” Bell said. “I felt like I was going to throw up because we lost him. I really did. I felt sick to my stomach.”

The anticipation built as the Islanders named their selection.

“From Waterloo, Taylor Cammarata.”

And with that, the anxiety Bell was feeling transformed into pure joy.

“I jumped up, like oh my God, we’re going to get (Guentzel)! This is so wonderful,” Bell laughed. “It was a feeling of sickness to ecstasy in about a two-minute span.”

After Guentzel went through everything a draft pick does, like stopping at Pittsburgh’s draft table, doing media and taking photos for his draft portraits and rookie cards, he went to the Penguins’ suite to meet the rest of the scouts.

“All of the other scouts hadn’t seen Jake,” Bell recalled. “They're like, ‘that’s your guy?’

I’m like, ‘that’s him.’ They’re like, ‘the kid that looks like a fourth-grader? We took him?’ I’m like yeah, ‘that’s him. He’s awesome.’”

Now, five years later, Guentzel is a Stanley Cup champion who led the NHL in postseason goals (13) and game-winning goals (5) playing alongside Sidney Crosby in the 2017 playoffs.

His 21 playoff points tied the league record for a rookie, while the five gamewinners were a new NHL rookie mark.

Guentzel added another 21 points in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

So what was it that Bell saw in Guentzel, despite the lack of size, that made him think he would be able to have such success at this level?

“Honestly, I always thought he was the smartest player on the ice,” Bell said. “Aside from anything else – skill level, skating - he has always been the smartest. I went back and looked at my reports on him, and most of my reports were, ‘He was the smartest guy on the ice.’ Every time. When you’re revisiting things, that was the one consistent thing with Jake Guentzel, his hockey IQ. It’s off the charts.”

Bell pointed out the goal Guentzel scored off a setup from Crosby in Pittsburgh’s pre-

season game against Buffalo as a perfect example of that.

“He saw that coming and so did Sid,” Bell said. “No one else. He was moving to that spot before the puck even got to Sid. He did stuff like that all the time, even when he was younger. He was always moving ahead of people, or even when he played with not as high-level players as Crosby, he still was a step ahead of everybody.”

Bell pointed out that while Crosby and Guentzel made that play look easy, it’s actually a complicated one. It began with Conor Sheary digging the puck out from along the boards and sending a short, crisp pass to Crosby, who moved into the slot.

Guentzel, who had drifted behind the net, recognized the play unfolding and jumped out to the side of the net. Crosby put it right on his stick, and Guentzel one-timed it into the yawning cage.

“It’s a perfect example of how they work,” Bell said. “Because Sid was passing there before he even got the puck and Jake was moving there. Their minds were two steps ahead of everybody else on the ice, and they were both on the same page. Jake saw the puck going in that direction, he knew Sid was going to get to it first, and Sid knew Jake was going to go over there because that's the open ice. And then he taps it in.”

That’s why Guentzel is such a good fit on Crosby’s wing after playing center for the majority of his career until he turned pro, and being viewed as more of a playmaker than a scorer. Especially coming out of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, where Guentzel finished with 30 goals in 108 career games played with the Mavericks.

“He just didn’t get the production because he had a hard time playing with people,” Bell said. “I think that’s why he was more of a passer, because he always had to make the plays because he was two steps ahead, and no one else was two steps ahead to give him the puck. Now he’s with somebody who’s on the same level.”

With younger players, sometimes management feels like it’s important to manage expectations. And that could have been the case for Guentzel, especially considering he spent the first half of his rookie season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. But as Mike Sullivan said, expectations for Guentzel are high.

“I think Jake has built a body of work where it’s hard not to have high expectations,” Sullivan said with a smile. “He’s a really good hockey player and shows no signs of slowing down. He has great hockey sense, he's a competitive kid, he thinks the game on a high level, and he has a quiet confidence about him that I think really helps him as a young pro. So internally, we have high expectations of him because we think he's a really good player.”

After he joined WBS for their 2016 Calder Cup run following his junior year in Omaha, he scored five goals and 14 points in just 10 games. And that summer, assistant general manager Bill Guerin said that because Guentzel came in and played so well, he wouldn’t be a secret in that league anymore.

He’d have to come in and earn it all over again.

As Sullivan has said, it’s not in Guentzel’s nature to get complacent, and he is aware that he’s certainly not a secret in this league anymore.

Following the first period of Pittsburgh’s eventual 4-2 win over Philadelphia in the Stadium Series, as the Flyers headed to the locker room, one of them said, “Who is this 59 kid?” They didn’t know Guentzel then, but now the entire league knows his number and his name.

This article appeared on nhl.com and is reprinted with permission.

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The Road to the Cup

34 Minnesotans have won the Stanley Cup a total of 45 times. What was their path to hoisting the sport’s ultimate trophy?

By Kevin Kurtt Let’s Play Hockey Editor On June 7, the Washington Capitals used a thrilling two-goal third period to come from behind and edge the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final. With the victory, the Capitals claimed their first NHL championship and triumphantly raised the most famous trophy in all of sport.

On the ice that night in Las Vegas were a quartet of Capitals from the State of Hockey – Travis Boyd (Hopkins), Shane Gersich (Chaska), Matt Niskanen (Virginia) and T.J. Oshie (Warroad)* – with each getting a chance to raise Lord Stanley’s Cup and add to Minnesota’s legacy of NHL champions.

(Officially, Boyd and Gersich will not have their names engraved on the Cup as they did not meet the criteria of playing in half of the team’s regular season games or appearing in at least one Stanley Cup Final game.)

With the Capitals’ win, Niskanen and Oshie will become the 33rd and 34th Minnesota natives to have their names added

Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie (Warroad, Minn.) raised the Stanley Cup on June 7 in Las Vegas.

to the Stanley Cup as players. In all, Minnesotans have raised the Cup 45 times with seven players winning multiple times.

Since 2007, 10 Minnesota natives have won the Stanley Cup, including six in the last three years. Those players are: • 2018 (Washington) – Niskanen, Oshie

• 2017 (Pittsburgh) – Josh Archibald (Brainerd), Matt Cullen (Virginia), Jake Guentzel (Woodbury) • 2016 (Pittsburgh) – Cullen • 2013 (Chicago) – Nick Leddy (Eden Prairie) • 2010 (Chicago) – Dustin Byfuglien

(Roseau) • 2009 (Pittsburgh) – Alex Goligoski (Grand Rapids) • 2007 (Anaheim) – Ryan Carter (White Bear Lake), Joe Motzko (Bemidji) When looking at the most recent Minnesota natives to raise the Cup, a pattern emerges. Based on their backgrounds, the “typical” Minnesotan Stanley Cup winner calls Northern Minnesota home, played high school hockey through his senior season, was a Mr. Hockey finalist or winner, played less than a full season of junior hockey, played college hockey, left college early and played in the AHL before making the jump to the NHL. Below is a look at each of the last 10 Minnesotans to raise the Cup and their path to winning hockey’s ultimate prize.

Turn to page 14 for the all-time list of Minnesota native players on the Stanley Cup. * T.J. Oshie was born in Washington before moving to Warroad prior to high school. He considers Warroad his hometown.

Stanley Cup Winners from Minnesota (2007-18) HS note

Years of

Junior Hockey

College

AHL/ECHL games

Player

Team (year)

Hometown

High School

Matt Niskanen

Washington (2018)

Virginia, Minn.

Virginia

No

2005 Mr. Hockey finalist

0

2 (UMD)

T.J. Oshie

Washington (2018)

Warroad, Minn.

Warroad

No

2005 Mr. Hockey finalist

0 (11 games)

3 (UND)

2008 Hobey finalist

0

Josh Archibald

Pittsburgh (2017)

Brainerd, Minn.

Brainerd

No

2011 Mr. Hockey finalist

0

3 (UNO)

2014 Hobey finalist

~130

Matt Cullen

Pittsburgh (2017, 16)* Virginia, Minn.

Moorhead

No

1995 Mr. Hockey finalist

0

2 (SCSU)

~15

Jake Guentzel

Pittsburgh (2017)

Woodbury, Minn.

Hill-Murray

Yes

1

3 (UNO)

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Nick Leddy

Chicago (2013)

Eden Prairie, Minn.

Eden Prairie

No

2009 Mr. Hockey winner

0

1 (MINN)

0

Dustin Byfuglien Chicago (2010)

Roseau, Minn.

n/a

Yes

No MN high school action

0

~50

Alex Goligoski

Pittsburgh (2009)

Grand Rapids, Minn.

Grand Rapids

No

2004 Mr. Hockey finalist

0 (20 games)

3 (MINN)

~65

Ryan Carter

Anaheim (2007)

White Bear Lake, Minn. White Bear Lake

No

2002 Mr. Hockey finalist

2

2 (MSUM)

76

Joe Motzko

Anaheim (2007)

Bemidji, Minn.

No

0

3 (SCSU)

~50

Bemidji

Left HS Early?

Years of

3 (WHL)

College note

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* also won in 2006 with Carolina

Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen played youth and high school hockey in Virginia, Minn., before heading to UMD.

T.J. Oshie was a standout forward at Warroad High School and UND before he made it to the NHL.

Nick Leddy (2013 Chicago Blackhawks)

Jake Guentzel (2017 Pittsburgh Penguins)

Matt Cullen (2016 Pittsburgh Penguins)

Dustin Byfuglien (2010 Chicago Blackhawks)

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Minnesotans on the Stanley Cup (players) Name Position Hometown Year Team Josh Archibald .............................................. Forward ........................................................ Brainerd ........................................................ 2017 ............................................................. Pittsburgh Penguins Frank Brimsek ............................................. Goalie ........................................................... Eveleth ......................................................... 1939 ............................................................. Boston Bruins 1941 ............................................................. Boston Bruins Neal Broten .................................................. Forward ........................................................ Roseau ......................................................... 1995 ............................................................. New Jersey Devils Dustin Byfuglien ........................................... Forward ........................................................ Roseau ......................................................... 2010 ............................................................. Chicago Blackhawks Ryan Carter ................................................. Forward ........................................................ White Bear Lake ........................................... 2007 ............................................................. Anaheim Ducks Tom Chorske ................................................ Forward ........................................................ Minneapolis .................................................. 1995 ............................................................. New Jersey Devils Ben Clymer ................................................. Defense ........................................................ Bloomington .................................................. 2004 ............................................................. Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Cullen .................................................. Forward ........................................................ Virginia ......................................................... 2006 ............................................................. Carolina Hurricanes 2016 ............................................................. PIttsburgh Penguins 2017 ............................................................. Pittsburgh Penguins Cully Dahlstrom ........................................... Forward ........................................................ Minneapolis .................................................. 1938 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks Leroy Goldsworthy ...................................... Forward ........................................................ Two Harbors ................................................. 1934 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks Alex Goligoski ............................................. Defense ........................................................ Grand Rapids ............................................... 2009 ............................................................. Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel .............................................. Forward ........................................................ Woodbury ..................................................... 2017 ............................................................. Pittsburgh Penguins Bret Hedican ................................................ Defense ........................................................ North St. Paul ............................................... 2006 ............................................................. Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill ...................................................... Defense ........................................................ Duluth ........................................................... 1993 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens Dan Hinote ................................................... Forward ........................................................ Elk River ...................................................... 2001 ............................................................. Colorado Avalanche Don Jackson ................................................ Defense ........................................................ Bloomington .................................................. 1984 ............................................................. Edmonton Oilers 1985 ............................................................. Edmonton Oilers Virgil Johnson .............................................. Defense ........................................................ Minneapolis .................................................. 1938 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks Mike Karakas .............................................. Goalie ........................................................... Eveleth ......................................................... 1938 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks Tom Kurvers ................................................ Defense ........................................................ Bloomington .................................................. 1986 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens Jamie Langenbrunner ................................... Forward ........................................................ Cloquet ......................................................... 1999 ............................................................. Dallas Stars 2003 ............................................................. New Jersey Devils Nick Leddy .................................................. Defense ........................................................ Eden Prairie ................................................. 2013 ............................................................. Chicago Blackhawks Dave Langevin ............................................. Defense ........................................................ St. Paul ........................................................ 1980 ............................................................. New York Islanders 1981 ............................................................. New York Islanders 1982 ............................................................. New York Islanders 1983 ............................................................. New York Islanders David Maley ................................................ Forward ........................................................ Edina ............................................................ 1986 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens Chris McAlpine ............................................ Defense ........................................................ Roseville ...................................................... 1995 ............................................................. New Jersey Devils Joe Motzko .................................................. Forward ........................................................ Bemidji ......................................................... 2007 ............................................................. Anaheim Ducks Matt Niskanen .............................................. Defense ........................................................ Virginia ......................................................... 2018 ............................................................. Washington Capitals Bill Nyrop .................................................... Defense ........................................................ Edina ............................................................ 1976 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens 1977 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens 1978 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens T.J. Oshie .................................................... Forward ........................................................ Warroad ........................................................ 2018 ............................................................. Washington Capitals Joel Otto ...................................................... Forward ........................................................ Elk River ...................................................... 1989 ............................................................. Calgary Flames Mike Peluso ................................................. Defense ........................................................ Coleraine ...................................................... 1995 ............................................................. New Jersey Devils Derek Plante ................................................ Forward ........................................................ Cloquet ......................................................... 1999 ............................................................. Dallas Stars Shjon Podein ................................................ Forward ........................................................ Rochester ..................................................... 2001 ............................................................. Colorado Avalanche Mike Polich .................................................. Forward ........................................................ Hibbing ......................................................... 1977 ............................................................. Montreal Canadiens Doc Romnes ................................................ Forward ........................................................ White Bear Lake ........................................... 1934 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks 1938 ............................................................. Chicago Black Hawks

Minnesota-Grown Champions Area players who won 2017-18 league titles

Pro

ACHA Division 2 Men Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Player Drake Stimpson (Brooklyn Park)

ACHA Division 1 Women Liberty Lady Flames

Player Lauren McDonald (Rochester)

NHL Washington Capitals

Players Travis Boyd (Hopkins), Shane Gersich (Chaska), Matt Niskanen (Virginia), T.J. Oshie (Warroad)

Liiga (Finland) Kärpät

Player Teemu Kivihalme (Burnsville)

Swedish Hockey League Växjö Lakers HC

Player Ben Youds (Brooklyn Park)

BCHL Wenatchee Wild

Player Seth Eisele (Stillwater)

National Women’s Hockey League Metropolitan Riveters

Player Hillary Crowe (Eden Prairie)

MJHL Steinbach Pistons

Players Austin Heidemann (Maple Grove), Jack Johnson (Bemidji), Jaret Lalli (Bemidji), Alec Severson (Roseau), Brady Tatro (Bemidji)

Elite Women’s Hockey League Vienna Sabres

Players Laura Bowman (Minneapolis), Hillary Crowe (Eden Prairie)

NAHL Shreveport Mudbugs

Players Andrew Erwin (Eden Prairie), Jacob Holmers (Plymouth), Jack Jaunich (White Bear Lake), Nikolai Jenson (Cold Spring)

SIJHL Dryden Ice Dogs

Players Tristan Knott (Red Lake Falls), Eric Stout (Brainerd)

USHL Fargo Force

Players Ryan Bischel (Medina), Connor Mayer (Champlin), Spencer Meier (Sartell), Ben Meyers (Delano), John Schuldt (Minnetonka), Mark Senden (Medina), Robbie Stucker (St. Paul), Blaine Warnert (Chaska)

USPHL Premier Hampton Roads Whalers

Players Matt Hanchon (Bemidji ), Brandon Leitz (Savage)

WSHL El Paso Rhinos

Player Nicholas Hames (St. Louis Park)

College NCAA Division I Men Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Players Joey Anderson (Roseville), Matt Anderson (Shakopee), Mikey Anderson (Roseville), Kobe Bender (Cloquet), Peter Krieger (Oakdale), Karson Kuhlman (Esko), Nick McCormack (Ramsey), Scott Perunovich (Hibbing), Avery Peterson (Grand Rapids), Louie Roehl (Eden Prairie), Kobe Roth (Warroad), Dylan Samberg (Hermantown), Hunter Shepard (Cohasset), Nick Swaney (Lakeville), Jared Thomas (Hermantown), Riley Tufte (Blaine), Nick Wolff (Eagan)

NCAA Division I Women Clarkson Golden Knights

Players Jenna Brenneman (Eagan), Taylor Turnquist (Blaine)

NCAA Division III Women Norwich Cadets

Player Sophie McGovern (Hermantown)

Juniors

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44 percent of the Minnesota Wild’s picks at the NHL Draft make it to the NHL. Where does that rank among other teams?

By Kevin Kurtt Let’s Play Hockey Editor The past two NHL Drafts have been relatively uneventful for Minnesota Wild with the team selecting only twice in the first three rounds total. Minnesota had a franchise-low four picks in 2016, followed by six picks in 2017. Historically, the Wild averages about 7-8 picks per draft. For a team looking to stock its prospect pool, Minnesota’s 10 selections the past two years didn’t make a huge dent.

However, one look at the numbers shows that, in terms of producing NHL players, the NHL Draft is a giant crapshoot. Take the 2017-18 season-ending roster of the Wild, for example. Of the 27 players, 12 were originally drafted by Minnesota, while one was signed by the Wild as undrafted free agents. Over half of the Wild roster was either drafted by another team or not drafted at all, demonstrating that the draft is just a small part of putting together an NHL roster, with trades and free agency playing a major role.

Looking further, 20 players on the Wild’s roster were drafted in the first three rounds, including 14 first-round picks. Of those 14 first rounders, seven went in the top 10.

Clearly, getting drafted early is a predictor of making it to the NHL, at least for the Wild’s roster this past season.

Entering the 2017 NHL Draft, Minnesota

Zack Phillips, selected 28th overall in 2011, is one of only three Minnesota Wild first-round selections who has not yet yet played a game in the NHL. Let’s Play Hockey photo by Mike Thill

has selected 129 players in 18 drafts, not including the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.

Of those 129 players, 44 percent (57 players) have played at least one game in the NHL. Of those players, only 28 have played 100 or more NHL games. So, just 22 percent of the Wild’s all-time draftees have played 100 games in the NHL. Getting drafted early is certainly a predictor of playing in the NHL for Minnesota’s all-time draft picks. In fact, 88 percent of the Wild’s first-round picks (15 of 17) have made it to the NHL. Eleven of

Minnesota Wild Draft Picks (2000-17) • NHL Games Played • By Draft Year Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total

1-49 games 3/9 33% 1/7 14% 2/10 20% 1/9 11% 2/12 17% 0/7 0% 0/7 0% 2/5 40% 1/4 25% 2/8 25% 1/6 17% 1/6 17% 1/7 14% 2/7 29% 1/8 13% 1/7 14% 1/4 25% 0/6 0% 22/129 17%

50-99 games 0/9 0% 1/7 14% 1/10 10% 0/9 0% 0/12 0% 1/7 14% 0/7 0% 0/5 0% 0/4 0% 0/8 0% 0/6 0% 1/6 17% 0/7 0% 1/7 14% 1/8 13% 1/7 14% 0/4 0% 0/6 0% 7/129 5%

100+ games 3/9 33% 3/7 43% 2/10 20% 2/9 22% 4/12 33% 1/7 14% 2/7 28% 2/5 40% 1/4 25% 3/8 38% 3/6 50% 1/6 17% 1/7 14% 0/7 0% 0/8 0% 0/7 0% 0/4 0% 0/6 0% 28/129 22%

Total 6/9 5/7 5/10 3/9 6/12 2/7 2/7 4/5 2/4 5/8 4/6 3/6 2/7 3/7 2/8 2/7 1/4 0/6 57/129

67% 71% 50% 33% 50% 28% 28% 80% 50% 63% 67% 50% 28% 43% 25% 28% 25% 0% 44%

Minnesota Wild Draft Picks (2000-17) • NHL Games Played • By Draft Position Round 1st 1-5 6-10 11-30 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1-49 games 2/17 12% 0/2 0% 0/6 0% 2/9 22% 2/15 13% 6/14 43% 2/19 11% 4/14 29% 2/17 13% 2/24 8% 1/4 25% 1/4 25%

50-99 games 2/17 12% 0/2 0% 0/6 0% 2/9 22% 3/15 20% 0/14 0% 0/19 0% 0/14 0% 1/17 6% 1/24 4% 0/4 0% 0/4 0%

100+ games 11/17 65% 2/2 100% 6/6 100% 3/9 33% 6/15 40% 3/14 21% 3/19 16% 0/14 0% 1/17 6% 3/24 13% 1/4 25% 0/4 0%

Where the 2017-18 Minnesota Wild were picked R d Pick 1 2 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 7 1 9 1 10 1 12 1 14 1 15 1 17 1 20 1 26 1 28 2 35 2 46 2 50 2 59 3 81 3 91 4 104 4 112 5 131 5 137 6 156 9 265 Undrafted

Year 2003 2010 2001 2003 2012 2010 2011 2011 2004 2016 2003 2015 2008 2010 1996 2013 2015 2010 2013 2011 2009 2005 2011 2013 2008 2004 2010

Player Eric Staal Nino Niederreiter Mikko Koivu Ryan Suter Matt Dumba Mikael Granlund Jonas Brodin Ryan Murphy Devan Dubnyk Luke Kunin Zach Parise Joel Eriksson Ek Tyler Ennis Charlie Coyle Matt Cullen Gustav Olofsson Jordan Greenway Jason Zucker Kurtis Gabriel Kyle Rau Marcus Foligno Alex Stalock Nick Seeler Carson Soucy Jared Spurgeon Daniel Winnik Nate Prosser

Team Carolina N.Y. Islanders Minnesota Nashville Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Carolina Edmonton Minnesota New Jersey Minnesota Buffalo San Jose Anaheim Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Florida Buffalo San Jose Minnesota Minnesota N.Y. Islanders Phoenix Minnesota

Amateur Team (League) Peterborough (OHL) Portland (WHL) TPS Turku (FIN) USNTDP (NAHL) Red Deer (WHL) HIFK Helsinki (FIN) Färjestad (SWE) Kitchener (OHL) Kamloops (WHL) Wisconsin (B1G) North Dakota (WCHA) Färjestad (SWE) Medicine Hat (WHL) South Shore (EJHL) St. Cloud State (WCHA) Green Bay (USHL) USNTDP (USHL) USNTDP (USHL) Owen Sound (OHL) Eden Prairie HS (MSHSL) Sudbury (OHL) Cedar Rapids (USHL) Eden Prairie HS (MSHSL) Spruce Grove (AJHL) Spokane (WHL) New Hampshire (HE) Colorado College (WCHA)

those 15 players have played 100 or more games.

The two players who have not made it to the NHL are 2004 pick A.J. Thelen and 2011 pick Zack Phillips.

Additionally, 2008 pick Tyler Cuma has played in only one NHL game.

Minnesota has had eight draft picks in the top 10 in franchise history, and all eight have gone on to play 100 or more NHL games. Outside the top 10, the Wild is batting .778 with two first-round picks not yet making the NHL, four picks playing between 1-99 games and three picks with 100 or more games.

Using 100 career games as a measure of success, it’s clear that the higher a player is drafted, the more likely he is to play a season or more worth of games in the NHL. Sixty-five percent of the Wild’s first-round picks have played 100 or more games. After the first round, that number dips to 40 percent for second-rounders, 21 percent third-rounders and 16 percent for fourth rounders. Only one of the Wild’s 31 fifth- or sixth-round picks (Darcy Kuemper) has played 100 or more NHL games. Four sev-

enth- and eighth-round picks – Lubomir Sekeras, Derek Boogaard, Anton Khudobin and Erik Haula – have played 100 or more games.

Until this offseason, the Minnesota Wild had two general managers in the franchise’s 18-year history – Doug Risebrough and Chuck Fletcher. Through 18 drafts – nine for each GM – 50 percent of Risebrough’s picks made it to the NHL vs. Fletcher’s 37 percent. Similarly, 29 percent of Risebrough’s draft picks have played 100 or more NHL games vs. 14 percent of Fletcher’s picks. Of course, several of Fletcher’s selections in recent years will have a chance to reach the NHL in upcoming seasons.

But how does the Wild compare with other NHL franchises? Quite closely, as a matter of fact.

Take the past two Stanley Cup Champions, the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins. Thirty-eight percent of Washington’s selections from 2000-17 have made the NHL vs. 45 percent of the Penguins’ picks. Minnesota’s 44 percent fits firmly between those two teams’ percentages. How about draft picks that end up playing 100 or more games? The Wild’s 22 percent again is between the Capitals’ 21 percent and the Penguins’ 27 percent.

Minnesota’s closest comparison may be the Columbus Blue Jackets, the franchise that joined the NHL at the same time as the Wild. While the Jackets have had 24 more draft picks all-time, the percentages are similar – 44 percent of Columbus picks make the NHL, 26 percent play 100 games.

League-wide, those percentages are about the same. About 40 percent of all draft picks from 2000-17 have made the NHL, and about 20 percent have played 100 or more games.

While fans love to point out the Wild’s draft misses and enjoy using examples of other teams’ draft successes, the numbers show that the NHL Entry Draft is really just a giant lottery ticket.

Minnesota Wild Draft Notes • Through 18 NHL Drafts, the Minnesota Wild have drafted 129 players.

• 44 percent (57 players) of the Wild’s all-time draft picks have played at least one NHL game.

• 22 percent (28 players) of the Wild’s draft picks have played 100 or more NHL games.

• The Minnesota Wild’s best drafts (most players reached NHL): - 2007, 4 of 5 (80 percent) - 2001, 5 of 7 (71 percent) - 2000, 6 of 9 and 2010, 4 of 6 (67 percent) - 2009, 5 of 8 (63 percent) • The Minnesota Wild’s most successful draft picks (by NHL games played) - D Nick Schultz, 2000 2nd round, 1066 NHL games - F Marian Gaborik, 2000 1st round, 1035 NHL games - D Brent Burns, 2003 1st round, 961 NHL games - F Mikko Koivu, 2001 1st round, 925 NHL games - F Cal Clutterbuck, 2006 3rd round, 714 NHL games - F Benoit Pouliot, 2005 1st round, 625 NHL games - F Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 2002 1st round, 593 NHL games - D Nick Leddy, 2009 1st round, 578 NHL games - F Stephane Veilleux, 2001 3rd round, 506 NHL games • The Minnesota Wild’s most successful draft picks (by NHL points) - F Marian Gaborik, 2000 1st round, 407-408--815 - F Mikko Koivu, 2001 1st round, 193-466--659 - D Brent Burns, 2003 1st round, 182-384--566 - F Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 2002 1st round, 110-246--356 - F Mikael Granlund, 2010 1st round, 78-190--268 - D Nick Leddy, 2009 1st round, 56-202--258 - F Benoit Pouliot, 2005 1st round, 109-97--206 - D Nick Schultz, 2000 2nd round, 30-145--175 - F Jason Zucker, 2010 2nd round, 97-75--172 • The Minnesota Wild’s most successful late-round picks (by NHL games played): - F Erik Haula, 2009 7th round, 342 NHL games - F Derek Boogaard, 2001 7th round, 277 NHL games - D Lubomir Sekeras, 2000 8th round, 213 NHL games - G Anton Khudobin, 2004 7th round, 147 NHL games

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June 14, 2018

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15 champions crowned at 14th annual Walleye Chop Hockey, socializing and fishing-related games give this annual tournament its unique vibe

are a constant theme throughout the tournament. Divisions were named after fish species, such as the Muskie or Northern Pike Divisions. And championship teams were presented with mini-canoe trophies.

The sponsors of Walleye Chop 2018 were Poolside, Hormel, Big Green Egg, and Coors Light.

Here are the 2018 Walleye Chop champions: Women’s Divisions: Bowfin (Women’s A): Puck Beauties, Twin Cities.

Bluegill (Women’s B Upper): Regretskys, Chippewa Falls, Wis. Salmon (Women’s B Lower): Hinote’s Heroes, Twin Cities.

Sunfish (Women’s C Upper): Spice on Ice, Twin Cities.

Sturgeon (Women’s C Lower): Warriors, Twin Cities.

The 14 th annual Walleye Chop adult hockey tournament wrapped up three days of play on Sunday, May 13 by crowning 15 new champions at the Schwan Super Rink on the National Sports Center campus in Blaine.

This year, a full tournament of teams – 122 – competed in 15 different divisions for men and women. Teams represented nine different states and Canadian provinces: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Skill levels ran the gamut, from divisions for players with minimal experience, up to the Men’s and Women’s A Division, featuring past and current collegiate players. The Women’s A Division even featured four players from the

gold medal-winning USA Olympic Team. Dani Cameranesi and Lee Stecklein played for the championship Puck Beauties team.

And Kelly Pannik and Sidney Morin played for the runner-up team, The Goonies.

For most of the teams, however, the fun activities rival the hockey as the big draw.

There was a fish fry, a King of the Blacktop tailgating competition – with the SotaStick.com Enforcers, Moosemen and Highlanders combining to win – and the BBQ on the Blacktop, featuring the Big Green Egg. Smoked ribs were prepared by the BBQ experts from Poolside.

The popularity of Walleye Chop, which is always held on the Minnesota walleye fishing opening weekend, proves that not all hockey players fish. But fish, and fishing,

Women’s A Champion: Puck Beauties

Women’s B Upper Champion: Regretskys

Women’s B Lower Champion: Hinote’s Heroes

Women’s C Upper Champion: Spice on Ice

Women’s C Lower Champion: Warriors

Men’s A Champion: Palm CRE

Men’s B Champion: Scoregasms

Men’s C Upper Champion: NoDak Crioux

Men’s C Mid Champion: Fans of Bacon

Men’s C Lower Champion: Point Beer Classics

Men’s D Upper Champion: Team Poland

Men’s D Mid Champion: Fireside Pizza

Men’s D Lower Champion: PHIL

Men’s Novice Upper Champion: SotaStick.com Enforcers

Men’s Novice Lower Champion: Sharks

Men’s Divisions: Muskie Division (Men’s A): Palm CRE, Twin Cities.

Northern Pike Division (Men’s B): Scoregasms, Collegeville, Minn.

Bass Division (Men’s C Upper): NoDak Crioux, Grand Forks, N.D. Bullhead (Men’s C Mid): Fans of Bacon.

Catfish Division (Men’s C Lower): Point Beer Classics, Stevens Point, Wis. Whitefish Division (Men’s D Upper): Team Poland, Duluth, Minn.

Steelhead Division (Men’s D Mid): Fireside Pizza, Twin Cities.

Eelpout Division (Men’s D Lower): PHIL, Twin Cities.

Carp (Men’s Novice Upper): SotaStick.com Enforcers, Twin Cities.

Mooneye (Men’s Novice Lower): Sharks, Twin Cities.

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Men’s Division I Name, Position Wyatt Aamodt, D Alex Adams, F Roman Ahcan, F * Ben Almquist, F * Grant Anderson, D * Josh Benson, G Cameron Berg, F Jacob Berger, G Blake Biondi, F * Ryan Bischel, G * Kaden Bohlsen, F Jake Boltmann, D * Cade Borchardt, F Jake Braccini, F * Bobby Brink, F * Ben Brinkman, D * Bryce Brodzinski, F * Alec Broetzman, F Brendan Bushy, D Andy Carroll, D Jackson Cates, F * Noah Cates, F * Marcus Chorney, D Ray Christy, F * Rob Christy, F * Ben Copeland, F Garrett Daly, D * Matt Denman, D Ben Dexheimer, D * Ryder Donovan, F * Casey Dornbach, F Zach Driscoll, G Billy Duma, F * Chase Ellingson, F Henry Enebak, F * Brock Faber, D * Chase Foley, D * Ethan Frisch, D * Owen Gallatin, D * Will Garin, F * Eric Gotz, D Michael Graham, F * George Grannis, F * Gavin Hain, F * Jake Hale, F * Brian Halonen, F * Hobie Hedquist, G Ben Helgeson, F * Drew Helleson, D Sam Hentges, F Sam Huff, F * Aaron Huglen, F * Brian Hurley, D Justin Jallen, F Trevor Janicke, F * Jack Jensen, F * Ethan Johnson, F * Jake Johnson, D Luke Johnson, D Jett Jungels, F * Jackson Jutting, F * Tyler Jutting, D Connor Kelley, D * Nate Knoepke, F Brandon Koch, D Cole Koepke, F * Carson Kosobud, D * Mike Koster, D * Travis Kothenbeutel, F Demetrios Koumontzis, F Kyle Kukkonen, F * Trevor Kukkonen, F * Teddy Lagerback, F * Jack Lagerstrom, D * Luke LaMaster, D * Shane LaVelle, F * Jarrett Lee, F Nicky Leivermann, D * Luke Loheit, F * Austen Long, F Kyle Looft, D Grant Loven, F Chaz Lucius, F Cruz Lucius, F Josh Luedtke, D * Luke Manning, F James Marooney, D * Mitchell Mattson, F Connor Mayer, D * Devlin McCabe, F * Lucas McGregor, F * Blake McLaughlin, F * Spencer Meier, D * Brady Meyer, F * Ben Meyers, F Zach Michaelis, F * Christian Miller, D * Joe Miller, F * K’Andre Miller, D * Micah Miller, F * Dylan Mills, F Jared Moe, G Jaxon Nelson, F * Griffin Ness, F * Bauer Neudecker, F * Mason Nevers, F * Bennett Norlin, F Nik Norman, F Brett Oberle, D * Eric Otto, F Jack Peart, D Keaton Pehrson, D *

Hometown Hermantown Grand Rapids Burnsville Victoria Wayzata Stillwater White Bear Lake Minnetonka Hermantown Medina Willmar Edina Burnsville Hanover Minnetonka Edina Ham Lake Hudson, WI Thief River Falls Northfield Stillwater Stillwater Hastings St. Paul St. Paul Edina Lakeville Prior Lake Edina Duluth Edina Apple Valley Wayzata Blaine Lakeville Maple Grove West St. Paul Moorhead Hugo Mound Hermantown Eden Prairie Duluth Grand Rapids Minneapolis Delano Heron Lake Lake Elmo Farmington New Brighton Maple Grove Roseau Dellwood Woodbury Maple Grove Eden Prairie Newfolden Bloomington Edina Edina Prior Lake Mankato Maple Grove Farmington Hastings Hermantown Moorhead Chaska Sauk Rapids Edina Maple Grove Maple Grove Chanhassen Edina Duluth Chaska Hibbing Eden Prairie Minnetonka Blaine Mankato East Grand Forks North Oaks North Oaks Minnetonka Stillwater Chaska Grand Rapids Champlin North Oaks Lino Lakes Grand Rapids Sartell North Branch Delano Elk River Coleraine Minneapolis Hopkins Grand Rapids Cottage Grove New Prague Luverne Wayzata St. Louis Park Edina Farmington Maplewood Woodbury Burnsville Grand Rapids Lakeville

2017-18 Team Lincoln (USHL) Minot (NAHL) Cedar Rapids (USHL) Holy Family Catholic HS Omaha (USHL) Fairbanks (NAHL) Omaha AAA 16U (AAA) Merritt (BCHL) Hermantown HS Fargo (USHL) Des Moines (USHL) Edina HS Madison (USHL) Buffalo HS Minnetonka HS Edina HS Blaine HS Madison (USHL) Dubuque (USHL) Green Bay (USHL) Waterloo (USHL) Omaha (USHL) Amarillo (NAHL) St. Thomas Academy St. Thomas Academy Waterloo (USHL) Lakeville North HS Cedar Rapids (USHL) Edina HS JV Duluth East HS Lincoln (USHL) Omaha (USHL) Coulee Region (NAHL) Des Moines (USHL) Penticton (BCHL) OMGHA Bantam AA St. Thomas Academy Moorhead HS White Bear Lake HS Brooks (AJHL) MN Wilderness (NAHL) Muskegon (USHL) Duluth Marshall HS USNTDP Dubuque (USHL) Des Moines (USHL) Sioux Falls (NAPHL) Hill-Murray HS USNTDP Des Moines (USHL) Waterloo (USHL) Roseau HS Fargo (USHL) Northeast (NAHL) USNTDP Eden Prairie HS Waterloo (USHL) Cedar Rapids (USHL) Sioux City (USHL) Edina HS Prior Lake HS West Kelowna (BCHL) Maple Grove HS Sioux City (USHL) Coulee Region (NAHL) Sioux City (USHL) Des Moines (USHL) Chaska HS Austin (NAHL) Edina HS OMGHA Bantam AA Maple Grove HS Minnetonka HS Shattuck-St. Mary’s Duluth East HS Chaska HS MN Magicians (NAHL) Penticton (BCHL) Minnetonka HS Lincoln (USHL) Cedar Rapids (USHL) Minot (NAHL) Gentry Galaxy Bantam Gentry Galaxy Bantam Minnetonka HS Des Moines (USHL) Waterloo (USHL) Sioux Falls (USHL) Madison (USHL) Lincoln (USHL) Centennial HS Chicago (USHL) Fargo (USHL) North Branch HS Fargo (USHL) Elk River HS Greenway HS Blake School USNTDP Sioux City (USHL) Waterloo (USHL) Waterloo (USHL) Sioux Falls (USHL) Wayzata HS Dubuque (USHL) Edina HS West Kelowna (BCHL) Shattuck-St. Mary’s Hill-Murray HS Chicago (USHL) Grand Rapids Bantam AA Tri-City (USHL)

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Brown Maple Grove Notre Dame Eden Prairie Minnesota Thief River Falls Mercyhurst Jefferson RPI Edina Providence Edina Northern Michigan Prior Lake Colorado College Mankato West Air Force Maple Grove Minnesota Duluth Lakeville South Nebraska Omaha Shattuck Air Force Hermantown Minnesota Duluth Moorhead Arizona State Chaska Minnesota Sauk Rapids-Rice Nebraska Omaha Edina Arizona State Osseo Michigan Tech Osseo Michigan Tech Minnetonka Arizona State Shattuck Cornell Duluth East Wisconsin Chaska Wisconsin Hibbing/Chisholm Northern Michigan Eden Prairie Notre Dame Minnetonka Minnesota Duluth Spring Lake Park Colorado College Mankato West Bemidji State East Grand Forks Northern Michigan Gentry Academy Minnesota Gentry Academy Minnesota Minnetonka Northern Michigan Stillwater Air Force Holy Family Ohio State Grand Rapids Michigan State Benilde-SM Connecticut St. Paul Acad.

Minnesota Duluth Centennial Minnesota Grand Rapids Minnesota Sartell-SS St. Cloud State North Branch Minnesota Duluth Delano Minnesota Elk River Nebraska Omaha Greenway St. Cloud State Blake Minnesota Minnetonka Wisconsin Grand Rapids St. Cloud State Hill-Murray Niagara Holy Family Minnesota Luverne Minnesota Wayzata Air Force St. Louis Park Alabama-Huntsville Edina Minnesota Shattuck Air Force Shattuck Minnesota Hill-Murray Minnesota Duluth Burnsville American Int’l Grand Rapids St. Cloud State Lakeville North Michigan

Jack Perbix, F * Elk River Elk River HS Elk River Nick Perbix, D * Elk River Omaha (USHL) Elk River Luke Perunovich, D Edina Northeast (NAHL) Edina Nick Pierre, F * Cottage Grove Hill-Murray HS Hill-Murray Garrett Pinoniemi, F * Delano Delano HS Delano Rhett Pitlick, F * Chaska Chaska HS Chaska Carter Randklev, F * Moorhead Moorhead HS Moorhead Jake Ratzlaff, D * Rosemount Rosemount HS Rosemount Marko Reifenberger, F Hastings Central Illinois (USHL) Hill-Murray Willie Reim, F * North Oaks West Kelowna (BCHL) St. Thomas Parker Revering, D Alexandria Brookings (NAHL) Alexandria Zach Risteau, F Lakeville Sioux Falls (USHL) Benilde-SM Jack Robbel, G Bloomington Shattuck-St. Mary’s Shattuck Ryan Sandelin, F * Hermantown Penticton (BCHL) Hermantown Nolan Sawchuk, D Burnsville Minot (NAHL) Burnsville Nolan Schaeffer, D Marshall Fairbanks (NAHL) Marshall Bram Scheerer, F * Edina MN Magicians (NAHL) Edina Alex Schilling, G Medina Austin (NAHL) Wayzata Colin Schmidt, F * Maple Grove Wayzata HS Wayzata Taylor Schneider, F Lakeville Dubuque (USHL) Lakeville North John Schuldt, D Minnetonka Fargo (USHL) Minnetonka Mark Senden, F * Medina Fargo (USHL) Wayzata Grant Silianoff, F Edina Shattuck-St. Mary’s Shattuck Jason Smallidge, D Inver Grove Heights Central Illinois (USHL) St. Thomas Jack Smith, F * St. Cloud St. Cloud Cathedral HS SC Cathedral Hank Sorenson, D Plymouth Waterloo (USHL) Wayzata Jaxson Stauber, G Wayzata Sioux Falls (USHL) Holy Family Levi Stauber, F * Duluth Duluth Marshall HS Duluth Marshall Casey Staum, D * Falcon Heights Dubuque (USHL) Hill-Murray Zach Stejskal, G * Grand Rapids Central Illinois (USHL) Grand Rapids Andy Stoneman, F Faribault Shattuck-St. Mary’s Shattuck Robbie Stucker, D * St. Paul Chicago (USHL) St. Thomas Nolan Sullivan, F * Eden Prairie Muskegon (USHL) Eden Prairie Ben Troumbly, F * Coleraine Greenway HS Greenway Noah Tussey, F * Stillwater Stillwater Area HS Stillwater Ryan Ullan, G Hibbing Bismarck (NAHL) Hibbing/Chisholm Tanner Vescio, D Blaine Bismarck (NAHL) Blaine Mike Vorlicky, D * Edina Edina HS Edina Garrett Wait, F * Edina Waterloo (USHL) Edina Sammy Walker, F * Edina Edina HS Edina Ben Ward, F * Annandale MN Wilderness (NAHL) MAML Nate Warner, F * St. Cloud St. Cloud Cathedral HS SC Cathedral Blaine Warnert, F * Chaska Chaska HS Chaska Cole Weaver, G Champlin Dubuque (USHL) n/a Dalton Weigel, D * Bloomington Aberdeen (NAHL) Breck Nick Williams, D * Edina Edina Bantam AA Edina Garrett Worth, F * Duluth Duluth East HS Duluth East Jensen Zerban, F Elk River Sioux City (USHL) Elk River Brady Ziemer, D * Carver Holy Family Catholic HS Holy Family Trevor Zins, D St. Michael Cedar Rapids (USHL) STMA Will Zmolek, D * Rochester Cedar Rapids (USHL) Century Total: 163 (HS 61, USHL 61, NAHL 20, BCHL 7, Shattuck 5, USNTDP 4, Gentry 2, AAA 1) * Committed while playing for an MSHSL team

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Women’s Division I Name, Position Cheyenne Abear, F Paige Anderson, F Taylor Anderson, F Lexi Baker, G Ali Beltz, F Gabby Billing, F Madison Bizal, D Haylee Blinkhorn, F Kate Boland, D Abigail Boreen, F Josie Bothun, G Mackenzie Bougerie, F CC Bowlby, F Sydney Breza, F Erin Brousseau, F Sam Burke, F Addie Burton, F Bailey Burton, F Claire Butorac, F Katie Calliguri, D Allie Cornelius, F Peyton Cullaton, F Izzy Daniel, F Abigail DeLaRosa, D Lily Delianedis, F Alexa Dobchuk, G Emma Dornseif, D Brynn DuLac, G Lolita Fidler, F Maggie Flaherty, D Calla Frank, G Rory Guilday, D Jada Habisch, F Kylie Hanley, F Maggie Hanzel, D Nicole Harnett, G Kenzie Hauswirth, F Taylor Heise, F Grace Heiting, F Morgan Helgeson, F Peyton Hemp, F Crystalyn Hengler, D Lyndsey Howard, D Gabbie Hughes, F Katie Huntington, F Tella Jungels, F Vivian Jungels, D Katie Kaufman, F Mariah Keopple, D Meredith Killian, D Emily King, F Kelsey King, F Kaitlyn Kotlowski, D Gabby Krause, F Annie Kuehl, F Grace Kuipers, F

Hometown Brainerd Andover Eagan Lakeville Sleepy Eye

2017-18 Team (Year) High School College Brainerd/Little Falls (11) Brainerd Union Andover HS (11) Andover Bemidji State Eagan HS (12) Eagan Minnesota Duluth Lakeville South HS (12) Lakeville South Bemidji State New Ulm HS (12) SESM Maine Breck School (12) Breck Dartmouth Elk River Elk River/Zimmerman (12) Elk River Ohio State Oakdale Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray Boston University Northfield Northfield HS (11) Northfield Bemidji State Somerset, WI Hill-Murray HS (12) Hill-Murray Minnesota Forest Lake Forest Lake HS (10) Forest Lake Penn State St. Michael North Wright County (10) STMA St. Cloud State Edina Edina HS (11) Edina Dartmouth Mound Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Cornell Hopkins Hopkins/Park (9) Hopkins Yale St. Paul St. Paul United (12) Visitation Cornell Wayzata Blake School (10) Blake Minnesota Bloomington Bloomington Jefferson HS (11) Jefferson Providence Andover Andover HS (12) Andover Minnesota State New Prague New Prague HS (12) New Prague Sacred Heart St. Cloud St. Cloud (12) SC Cathedral St. Cloud State Overland Park, KS Lakeville North HS (11) Lakeville North Northeastern Blake School (11) Blake Cornell Hugo White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake Bemidji State Edina Blake School (10) Blake Cornell Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (12) Eden Prairie Colgate Mahtomedi Mahtomedi HS (10) Mahtomedi Princeton Minnetonka Minnetonka 15U A (9) Minnetonka Cornell Edina Edina HS (12) Edina Harvard Lakeville Lakeville North HS (12) Lakeville North Minnesota Duluth Hugo White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake Minnesota State Minnetonka Minnetonka HS (9) Minnetonka Cornell Buffalo Buffalo HS (10) Buffalo Connecticut Hopkins Hopkins/Park (12) Hopkins Minnesota Duluth Rochester Rochester Lourdes HS (9) Rochester Lourdes Boston University Plymouth Armstrong/Cooper (11) New Hampshire Farmington Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Quinnipiac Lake City Red Wing HS (12) Red Wing Minnesota Woodbury East Ridge HS (12) East Ridge Union Roseau Hill-Murray HS (12) Hill-Murray Clarkson Andover Andover HS (9) Andover Minnesota Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (12) Eden Prairie Minnesota Burnsville Burnsville HS (11) Burnsville Minnesota State Lino Lakes Centennial HS (12) Centennial Minnesota Duluth Prior Lake Prior Lake HS (12) Prior Lake Quinnipiac Edina Edina HS (10) Edina Minnesota Edina Edina 15U A (8) Edina Minnesota Stillwater Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray Merrimack Hudson, WI Hill-Murray HS (12) Hill-Murray Princeton St. Paul St. Paul United (10) Visitation Union St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall (11) Cretin-DH RPI Elk River Elk River/Zimmerman (11) Elk River Minnesota State Warroad Warroad HS (11) Warroad Wisconsin Andover Andover HS (9) Andover Minnesota Duluth Edina Edina HS (11) Edina Princeton Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (9) Eden Prairie Princeton

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Officially Speaking: The hand pass

There’s not much that OS hasn’t hit on over the past few years, but after a full month of Canadian beer league tournaments out here in my neck of the cactus, it is clear that the concept of a hand pass is ripe for complete examination.

Here’s what commonly occurs – a “C level” defender wrists a shot from his zone, the puck strikes the glove of a teammate and then flops to the ice right onto the tape of another teammate who’s cherry-picking at the offensive blue line.

Naturally, OS doesn’t whistle this down.

And more times than not, a scoring opportunity results for the team creating the “infraction.” Abuse of officials quickly follows.

Let’s analyze.

Rule 618 | Handling Puck with Hands (b) A player or goalkeeper shall not be allowed to “bat” the puck in the air, or push it along the ice with his hand, directly to a teammate unless the “hand pass” has been initiated and completed in his defending zone, in which case play shall be allowed to

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continue. If the “hand pass” occurs in the neutral or attacking zone, a stoppage of play will occur and a faceoff will take place according to last play faceoff rules provided no territorial advantage has been gained.

OK, for you law-school applicants, the mens rea, or intent of the player, is key to rendering a decision. We know this because through definition, the rule utilizes the word “bat” as a prerequisite for a hand pass.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “bat” is defined as follows: 1. A stout solid stick; 2. A usually wooden implement used for hitting the ball in various games; 3. To strike or hit with or as if with a bat.

Now, as any competent test-taker knows, you throw out all of the impossibilities to obtain your answer. And in the above analysis, the two nouns can be

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properly disposed of, which leaves definition 3, the verb as the correct choice.

Thus, to bat, means to strike or hit.

Back to our example. Striking or hitting an object requires intent. It means to direct the puck in a desired direction. But when a butcher league hoser wrists a clearing shot three feet off the ice which accidently caroms off a teammate’s glove, you do not have a player batting the puck.

You do not have a hand pass.

Even USA Hockey agrees with OS in this scenario. Check out Situation 8 in the casebook for Handling Puck With Hands: A hand pass occurs with the front or back of an open hand and the puck is simply batted in a desired direction.

Got it? Desired means intended. Accidental contact does not meet that definition.

There you have it. And for those coaches, parents, low-level JV players and even referees who think the game is all about blowing their whistles, make sure to re-read this column prior to next season.

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Not just another fish story

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Fish stories tend to get better with age.

Last spring, Predators fan Jacob Waddell tossed a catfish onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

When that catfish, smuggled all the way from Tennessee hit the ice, it brought a smile to my face and sparked a flood of fish stories from my days as head coach of SWS (Spooner-Webster-Siren) Rails. I imagine it did the same for many of my former players.

This is a fish story, not about the one that got away, but about the one that got tossed back – or this case tossed onto the ice.

Hurling aquatic life onto the ice at hockey games has a long history, most notably the octopi tradition started in 1952 by Detroit fish market owner Pete Cusimano.

Believing the eight legs of the octopus represented the eight victories needed to win the Stanley Cup, the tradition began as the Red Wings went on to win the Stanley Cup. Back in the heydays of the Badgers/ North Dakota rivalry, (PETA members look away) there may or may not have been frozen badgers tossed on to the ice at the Winter Sports Center in Grand Forks.

Former Badger Scott Mellanby triggered a rat tossing epidemic when playing for the Florida Panthers, when he allegedly killed a rat with his stick prior to a game in which he went on to score a pair of goals. Teammate John Vanbiesbrouck labeled the feat the “Rat Trick” and Panther fans began tossing plastic rats after goals.

As a young coach in Spooner, looking to increase student interest in our hockey program, I may or may not have posted an article in our locker room about the New Hampshire Wildcats’ tradition of tossing a fish onto the ice after the team’s first goal.

Literally taking the bait, as I knew they would, our players got the word out and by our next home game, a large northern hit the ice as we tallied our first goal. In most cases, our fish came straight from a local frozen lake, caught that day, then deposited onto the ice of the Spooner Area Civic Center. It became an instant SWS Rails tradition.

Scoring first in hockey games equates to roughly a 65-percent rate of winning, so that first goal is important. Knowing a flying fish would follow added an intangible element to notching the first goal. We quickly learned that officials didn’t really want to retrieve the fish, so the goal scorer learned to claim his trophy fish and proudly display it to an

elated crowd.

Our school administration tried to curtail this seemingly harmless gesture, but our fish bandits worked hard to disguise themselves and their intentions. Finding creative ways to sneak the fish into the rink and get it on to the ice became a cat-andmouse game with a high degree of educational value in problem solving. Or at least that is the way I saw it.

Never underestimate the ingenuity of a motivated teenager.

As you would expect, the WIAA eventually figured out there was something “fishy” going on in Spooner. The tipping point came when a Moose Lake goalie had to make a save on an overzealous toss headed toward his net. Apparently, that was a fish story the WIAA couldn’t ignore. Clearly, too many people were now having fun, so it had to stop.

Several threats were delivered by the WIAA, but the fish kept flying. It took an ultimatum that we would be postseason ineligible if another fish hit the ice to end the fish story, or did it? Refusing to end our newly-established tradition so quickly, a resourceful parent devised a way to let the flying fish live on. When the following season began, the fish returned. Strung on a steel cable high above the crowd and spanning the length of the rink, our new wooden flying fish sailed from one of the rink to the other as the crowd roared in approval.

Never underestimate the ingenuity of a motivated hockey dad.

Years later, during the summer ice season, our beloved flying fish disappeared.

This was one fish that not even the DNR could locate. Snatched by a rival, rumored to have been Rice Lake, it was a mystery I’m not sure we ever completely solved. As our season approached, the fish returned, but brutally chopped up into pieces. It is time for the real thieves to come clean. The statute of limitations is up, but revenge has no set timeline.

The Spooner rink, like the mystical Phoenix, has once again risen from the ashes. It was opened again for hockey business this season. And if someday the flying fish returns, like any good fish story, it will live on forever.

Dan Bauer is a freelance writer, retired teacher and hockey coach in Wausau, Wis. Contact him at drbauer13@gmail.com.

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Carroll Goalie School offers weekend programs

Fish used to fly in Spooner

By Dan Bauer

June 14, 2018

The Minneapolis-based Carroll Goalie School (CGS) continues to grow and evolve as it enters its 24th season of providing skill development programs for boys and girls.

“We help goalies of all abilities take their game to new levels by building individual skills, techniques, athleticism, consistency and self-confidence,” said Steve Carroll, an Edina, Minn., native, who is lead instructor at the popular weekend camps offered in the summer and fall.

Carroll uses his extensive coaching experience to teach goalies what it takes to be successful. He shares his wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm for the position with the goalies who attend his camps. “I’m proud of the reputation we’ve earned for developing quality, fundamentally-sound goaltenders, Carroll said. “Our instructors are passionate about goaltending and do an excellent job of explaining, demonstrating, and reinforcing the essential techniques used in today’s game, Goalies who train with us work hard, improve their skills and have fun!”

This year, CGS is offering four programs for goalies, ages 6-15, including: Intro to Goaltending, Intermediate Skills, Advanced Skills and Tryout Tune-up.

Ice times are scheduled at night and weekends at six Minnesota arenas including Braemar Arena (Edina), Eagan Civic Arena, Richfield Arena, Rochester Rec Center, Schwan Super Rink (Blaine) and the TRIA Rink in St. Paul, which is the new practice facility for the Minnesota Wild.

Goalie parents like the variety of CGS programs because they realize that training under the watchful eye of Coach Carroll and his staff makes a significant impact on the development of their kids.

“I would highly recommend CGS. Goalies have a fun time learning new skills.

Very professional coaches and great locations,” said Joyce Birchard, Willmar.

“CGS has improved our son’s goalie skills tremendously the past two years,” said Megan Altman from Woodbury.

“Coach Carroll and his staff always treat the goalies with respect and you can tell they love what they do.”

Goalie Logan Cooksy from Lakeville said, “Is it a coincidence? Five years with Carroll and five winning seasons?”

“Wow, Steve and his crew run a great program,” said Mike Swenson, Savage. “My sons never complained when coming off the ice tired and were eager to get up and go to the ice early the next day. My oldest said he loved it and “by the way dad, we are doing this again next year.”

Brian Kalafatich from Mahtomedi said, “This is our second time with Steve Carroll.

We love the camp, from the good price/ value, coaching, ice time, and skills that are developed. As long as our son continues to have fun, love hockey, and love being a tender, then we will find a way to attend his camps.”

CO A CH CARR OLL ’S BA CK GR OUND COA CARROLL OLL’S BACK CKGR GROUND Carroll is a USA Hockey Level 4 certified coach who trains goalies at the youth and high school levels. He also is the goalie coach for the Gustavus Adolphus College women’s team.

As a goalie, Carroll won a State Peewee “A” title with Edina and participated in the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament. In college at Minnesota State, Mankato, he played in four consecutive NCAA Division II Final Fours and led the Mavericks to a National Championship. He also earned All-American honors. Carroll has been inducted in the Minnesota State, Mankato and Edina High School athletic halls of fame.

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NAHL announces results of 2018 Draft

In what has become another part of the essential and important NAHL event structure, it was another banner day for hundreds of players and the 24 NAHL teams in the annual NAHL Draft, which was held on Tuesday, June 5. The NAHL is pleased to announce the results of the 2018 Draft.

In total, 208 players were selected in the draft, which took just over three hours to complete.

View the results of the 2018 NAHL Draft at nahldraft.com.

“The Draft is always a great day for the league. There is a lot of hard work and effort by our coaches and their scouting staffs that go into what the draft is all about, and that is providing an opportunity for the next wave of NAHL players. We congratulate everyone who was selected and wish them continued success in their next steps toward playing in the NAHL,” said NAHL Commissioner and President Mark Frankenfeld.

The first player taken in the draft was forward Steven Agriogianis, who was selected by the expansion Maryland Black Bears with their first ever draft pick. The native of East Hanover, N. J., played for the Central Illinois Flying Aces in the USHL this past season.

The first defenseman went off the board with the #3 overall pick as the Kenai River Brown Bears selected Jeremy Boucher, a native of Gloucester, Ont. Sixteen goals were selected in the draft, which included the first goalie selected in the draft, Zach

Stejskal, who was taken by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights with the 13th overall pick in Round 1. Like Agriogianis, Stejskal played for the Central Illinois Flying Aces in the USHL last season.

Breakdown of positions drafted: Forwards: 125 (60%) Defense: 67 (32%) Goalies: 16 (8%) Breakdown of teams/levels/leagues where players were selected from: Canadian Junior: 55 High School/Prep: 49 18U: 31 16U: 26 Tier III Junior: 19 European Junior: 15 USHL: 12 NAHL: 1 Birth year breakdown: 1998: 45 1999: 70 2000: 61 2001: 32 Players not drafted or tendered by NAHL teams are still able to participate in each team’s respective open tryout camps.

Each team’s protected list now stands at 30 players. All rosters must be reduced to 25 players by September 1 and 23 players

by October 1.

2017-18 Final Regular Season Standings/Stats Central Division Team GP y Aberdeen 60 x Austin 60 x MN Wilderness 60 x Minot 60 Bismarck 60 Brookings 60

W 39 33 33 28 24 23

L 16 19 21 26 30 30

OTL 4 4 3 4 4 2

SOL 1 4 3 2 2 5

PTS 83 74 72 62 54 53

GF 194 176 184 161 165 169

GA 140 160 181 168 184 211

DIFF 54 16 3 -7 -19 -42

PCT 0.692 0.617 0.600 0.517 0.450 0.442

PIM 931 894 727 839 1186 778

East Division y Philadelphia x New Jersey x W-B/Scranton x Northeast Johnstown

60 60 60 60 60

41 29 30 29 23

15 22 24 26 33

3 7 5 4 2

1 2 1 1 2

86 67 66 63 50

206 203 175 184 142

134 183 196 205 195

72 20 -21 -21 -53

0.717 0.558 0.550 0.525 0.417

922 1163 761 1008 1121

Midwest Division z Fairbanks 60 x Janesville 60 x Springfield 60 x MN Magicians 60 Coulee Region 60 Kenai River 60

45 38 33 28 17 18

8 13 21 24 34 38

4 6 5 5 4 1

3 3 1 3 5 3

97 85 72 64 43 40

223 181 169 164 162 153

125 140 166 183 214 238

98 41 3 -19 -52 -85

0.808 0.708 0.600 0.533 0.358 0.333

713 856 670 789 661 1269

0.742 0.717 0.592 0.533 0.475 0.317

1163 929 1211 1302 1333 1217

South Division y Shreveport 60 41 x Lone Star 60 38 x Odessa 60 33 x Corpus Christi 60 27 Amarillo 60 23 Topeka 60 17 x = clinched playoff position Leading Scorers PLAYER Jakov Novak Travis Kothenbeutel Hunter Wendt Samuel Ruffin Josh Boyer Kip Hoffmann Mike Egan Erkka Vanska

12 3 4 12 6 4 22 3 2 23 5 5 26 8 3 39 2 2 y = clinched division

TEAM JNE AUS FAI FAI BRK JNE NTE FAI

Save Percentage PLAYER TEAM Mitchell Gibson LOS Chad Veltri COR * bold indicates Minnesota native

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89 191 112 79 86 164 111 53 71 192 163 29 64 160 177 -17 57 166 193 -27 38 128 233 -105 z = regular season champion

P F F F F F F F F

GP 56 56 60 55 50 48 48 48

G 32 24 17 20 25 20 18 17

A 41 43 44 37 28 32 31 30

GPI 43 39

MINS 2496 2268 * More NAHL

W-L-OTL-SOL GAA 26-7-5-4 1.59 21-13-2-2 2.30 stats on nahl.com

PTS 73 67 61 57 53 52 49 47 SV% .935 .930

2017-18 NAHL College Commitments

Aberdeen Wings Nathan Burke Chris Mammas Zach Noble Jimmy O’Brien Evan Rochowiak Andrew Sinard Nate Smith* Keenan Spillum Joey Strada Gabe Vinal Dalton Weigel

St. Cloud State SUNY-Canton Michigan Tech Colorado College UMass-Boston Miami Minnesota State Colorado College Arizona State Brown Air Force

Amarillo Bulls Cameron Bartkoski Jason Brancheau Brandon Bussi Marcus Chorney Bray Crowder* Jared Domin Billy Duma Luke Edgerton* Anthony Firriolo Brendan Furry Brendan Michaelian Trevor Miccucci Austin O’Rourke Stephen Rex Brendan Walkom*

Utica Ferris State St. Lawrence Quinnipiac Omaha Adrian Air Force Niagara Colorado College Niagara Robert Morris Buffalo State UMass Lowell Amherst Bentley

Austin Bruins Jacob Berger* Justin Brandt Evan Cholak Riley Doyon Zach Driscoll* Matt Eller George Hansen Travis Kothenbeutel Che Landikusic Kyle Looft* Alex Mella Joseph Mysak Dan Petrick Chase Pilawski Alex Schilling Levi Stauber

Minnesota State Tufts St. Norbert Aurora Bemidji State Adrian Gustavus Adolphus Nebraska Omaha Lake Superior State Bemidji State Northeastern Alaska Anchorage Northeastern Lake Superior State Air Force Michigan Tech

Bismarck Bobcats Tristan Ashbrook* Solag Bakich* Andrew Bellant Tanner Breidenbach George Grannis Grant Johnson Michael Mahan Jared Resseguie Adam Stacho Alex Troumbley Ryan Ullan Tanner Vescio Mitch Walinski

RPI Notre Dame Michigan Tech Concordia Clarkson Northern Michigan St. John’s Denver American Int’l Ohio State Northern Michigan Northern Michigan Air Force

Brookings Blizzard Benjamin Beck Cade Borchardt Josh Boyer Derek Hammer Connor Koviak Logan Nelson* Brenden Payne* Blake Pietila Parker Revering Max Sasson Taylor Schneider* Marek Wazny

Samuel Ruffin Tanner Schachle Nolan Schaeffer Erkka Vanska Hunter Wendt Noah Wilson

Alaska Alaska Anchorage Robert Morris Holy Cross Ferris State Army

Janesville Jets Joey Abate* Grant Anderson Jake Barczewski* Regan Cavanagh Carter Ekberg Colin Felix Kip Hoffmann Matt Jurusik* Luke LaMaster Robert Lebedeff Brenden MacLaren Ian Malcomson Garrett Nieto Jakov Novak TJ Polglaze Sam Renlund Alec Semandel

Omaha Omaha Canisius Bentley Air Force Massachusetts Robert Morris Michigan Tech Wisconsin Wisconsin Ferris State Northern Michigan Union Bentley Michigan Tech Colorado College Lake Superior State

Johnstown Tomahawks Joey Baez Hunter Carrick Justin Cmunt* Zak Galambos* Donovan Ott Vinnie Purpura Andrew Quetell

Alabama Huntsville Penn State Mercyhurst Minnesota State RPI Boston University Army

Kenai River Brown Bears David Kaplan UW-Superior Cole Stewart* S. New Hampshire Anthony Tzveyn* Aurora Lone Star Brahmas Justin Addamo Blake Evennou* Mitchell Gibson Kyle Hallbauer Steven Ipri Drew Lennon Ture Linden Wyatt Mathews Ryan Orgel Chase Pletzke Jon Russell Jakub Sirota Aidan Spellacy Connor Stuart A.J. Vanderbeck* Jordan Wishman*

Minnesota Magicians Tyler Bump* Matt Denman Ethan DeStefani Zach Dubinsky* Calvin Dybicz Davis Kirkendall Maine Jarrett Lee Minnesota State Josh Luedtke Omaha Griffin Ness* UW-Eau Claire Eric Otto* UW-Eau Claire Tino Passarelli UW-Stout Gustavus Adolphus Blais Richartz* Isaiah Saville Michigan Tech Bram Scheerer American Int’l John Schuldt* Maine Brendan Skarda Bowling Green Cole Weaver* New Hampshire Charlie Weiand

Corpus Christi Ice Rays Matt Acciaioli Cam Burggrabe Jake Garman* Garrett Hallford Larry Jungwirth Joey Kubachka Griffin Loughran* Brendan Miller Aleksi Peltonen Ryan Rosenberg Angus Scott Chris Smith Chad Veltri Coltan Wilkie

Northern Michigan Northern Michigan Framingham State Trine Aurora Cornell Northern Michigan Air Force Wisconsin SUNY-Fredonia Tufts Mercyhurst Niagara Colorado College

Coulee Region Chill Trenton Bliss* Nick Bowman Matt Doran* Brady Ferner* Brandon Koch Marshal Plunkett Emil Zetterquist

Michigan Tech RPI Alaska RPI Air Force Army St. Lawrence

Fairbanks Ice Dogs Josh Benson Robert Blueger Connor Chilton Daniel Haider Caleb Hite Kyle Mayhew Luke Orysiuk

Sacred Heart Lake Superior State Aurora Army Alaska Denver Bentley

Robert Morris Ferris State Harvard RPI Mercyhurst Alabama Huntsville RPI Aurora Denver Bowling Green Harvard Maine Robert Morris Arizona State Ohio State Michigan State

St. Olaf Minnesota Merrimack RPI Michigan State St. John’s Northern Michigan Northern Michigan Air Force American Int’l Miami Michigan Tech Omaha Colorado College Omaha Tufts Niagara UW-Eau Claire

Minnesota Wilderness Garrett Daly Chase Ellingson* Eric Gotz Brian Hurley* Edward Lindelow Dylan Mills * Alex Truscott Ben Ward Garrett Worth

Bowling Green Alaska Miami Clarkson Maine Niagara Niagara St. Cloud State Arizona State

Minot Minotauros Alex Adams Dakota Boutin Colby Enns Aaron Grounds Luke Johnson* Grant Loven Luke Manning* Spencer Meier* Miroslav Mucha Jack Robbel Jake Rosenbaum Nolan Sawchuk Michael Talbot

Bemidji State Northern Michigan Omaha Ohio State Providence Northern Michigan Air Force St. Cloud State Lake Superior State Lake Superior State Minnesota Duluth UMass Lowell St. Scholastica

New Jersey Titans Maxim Andreev* Tyler Antonucci Brad Becker* Holden Biebel Nicholas Boyagian

Cornell SUNY-Oswego Utica St. Mary’s Sacred Heart

Matthew Cameron Jimmy Dowd, Jr. Chris Garbe Todd Goehring Andrew Husted Ryan Naumovski Zack Parrott Tate Singleton Ryan Wheeler

RPI Penn State Brown Sacred Heart SUNY-Buffalo State Niagara Trine Army Connecticut

Northeast Generals Colin Bilek Louis Boudon Brian Chambers Matt Demelis Austin Halpin* Patrick Harrington Justin Jallen Colin McCabe Mike McPherson* Shawn Montgomery Alex O’Dowd* Luke Perunovich Jeff Skinner Matt Wiesner

Army Lake Superior State UMass Lowell Northeastern Colby UMass-Boston Brown Connecticut College Plymouth State Suffolk Franklin Pierce Providence UMass-Boston Babson

Odessa Jackalopes Llucas Anderson Blake Bride Matt Brown Peyton Frantti Zac Herrmann Eric Huss Petr Miko Noah Pondexter Evan Somoza Ludwig Stenlund*

Nichols Air Force UMass Lowell St. Norbert Niagara Army Nichols Nichols Utica Niagara

Philadelphia Rebels Ben Allen* Jonathan Bendorf Eli Billing Bryant Gunn Ryan Patrick Brandon Stanley Michael Underwood* Kolby Vegara Jensen Zerban

Alabama Huntsville RPI UW-Stevens Point Amherst Stevenson Niagara Clarkson Massachusetts Air Force

Shreveport Mudbugs Jonatan Asplund Ryan Burnett Jack Clement Cam Cook Jake Cox* Kieran Durgan Jordan Fader Zach Faremouth Gueorgui Fedulov Gustavs Grigals Jack Hatton* Jacob Holmers Andrew Lane Shawn O’Malley* Dominick Procopio Jake Transit* Matt Weber

Michigan State SUNY-Geneseo Omaha Niagara S. New Hampshire Air Force UW-Stevens Point Western Michigan Mercyhurst Alaska St. Mary’s Aurora Alaska Anchorage Aurora UMass Lowell Ferris State Bentley

Springfield Jr. Blues Aiden Beck Spencer DenBeste Danny DiGrande* Fletcher Fineman TJ Freidman* Jordan Muzzillo Dylan Rauh Nick Schulze Christian Simeone* Ethan Stewart Zach Tyson* Marcus Walter

Canisius Lake Superior State RPI Union Quinnipiac Alaska Aurora Tufts Merrimack Ferris State Hobart Bentley

Topeka RoadRunners Nick Granowicz Lucas Herrmann Joey Moore* Will Schlagenhauf Ryan Snowden*

Michigan Niagara Hamilton Bentley Ohio State

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Jeff Belstrand Penn State Tyrone Bronte Bemidji State Curtis Carlson Nichols Paul Cimilluca Wilkes Justin Engelkes Miami Thomas Farrell Army Anthony Firriolo Army Mike Gelatt Skidmore Steve Holtz* Michigan Greg Japchen Omaha Paul Maust* Mercyhurst Mike Morrissey Colby Jack Olmstead Michigan Reed Robinson Niagara Gabe Temple Michigan Tech NAHL Alumni Adam Goodsir Roman Kinal * NAHL Alumni

Michigan State Connecticut

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Update Bump commits to St. Olaf The North Iowa Bulls announced that forward Tyler Bump has committed to St. Olaf College after finishing as North Iowa’s leading scorer in 2017-18. Bump joined the Bulls in mid-January last year, after playing 71 games and tallying 16 points for the NAHL’s Minnesota Magicians. His NA3HL career took off instantly, tallying three points in his North Iowa debut against the Wisconsin Whalers. The Prior Lake, Minn., native tallied 24 points in 16 regular-season games with the Bulls last year, and added seven postseason points in leading North Iowa to its fifth straight Fraser Cup tournament.

In 2017-18, Bump picked up right where he left off, racking up 85 points in 45 regular-season games. That effort included a nine-game mid-season point streak, and led to an invitation to the 2018 NA3HL's Top Prospects event in February.

He’ll join a St. Olaf team led by Mike Eaves, one of college hockey’s most recognizable names. Eaves recently finished his second year as the Oles’ head coach, after spending 14 years leading the University of Wisconsin’s program. Eaves won an NCAA Division I title with the Badgers in 2006, appearing again in the finals in 2010.

Bump’s older brother, former North Iowa standout Connor Bump, recently finished his second season at Wisconsin-Stout.

Hanson signs NAHL tender The Wisconsin Whalers announced that forward Sam Hanson has signed an NAHL tender agreement with the Minot Minotauros of the NAHL’s Central Division.

Hanson, 19, just completed his first season of junior hockey, and spent the second half of the Whalers. In 23 regular season games played, the native of Eau Claire, Wis., recorded 23 points (6 goals, 17 assists).

Hanson was also selected to and played in the 2018 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament for the Blue (Central/Coastal Division) team.

Hanson began the 2017-18 season with the Minotauros in the NAHL, where he played in two games at the NAHL Showcase.

“We were very pleased to get Sam halfway through last season and he is a player that is getting better all the time and has a bright future ahead of him,” said Whalers head coach Tom McDermott. “He is a great leader on and off the ice and works really hard to get better each day.”

Minot head coach Marty Murray stated the following about Hanson this past season, “Sam really grew on our staff as our main camp progressed. He is one of those players, that the more you watch him, the more you appreciate what he brings to the table. He moves well for a big guy, and I see him being a shutdown type player, that excels in the faceoff circle and could play a pivotal role on our penalty kill.”

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Leading Scorers • Regular Season PLAYER TEAM P Brad Becker BNG F Eric Vanderhoff SKY F Riley Butler YEL F Connor Inger MET F Cole Stewart YEL F Ryan Reifler BNG F Logan Nelson ALX F Tyler Bump NIO F

GP 47 47 46 45 39 36 46 45

G 53 53 40 41 37 33 38 29

A 63 53 54 52 54 57 47 56

PTS 116 106 94 93 91 90 85 85

Defenseman Scoring • Regular Season PLAYER TEAM P Mason Stewart YEL D Tim O’Connor BNG D Cole Ouellette LEA D Matt Goodman PTM D Alec Skar ALX D

GP 47 49 45 45 46

G 13 31 18 23 11

A 66 31 41 31 42

PTS 79 62 59 54 53

Save Percentage • Regular Season PLAYER TEAM GPI Drew Scites NIO 21 Reid Waszczenko YEL 33 Brady Anderson BNG 22 Carson Murison TEX 28 Tyler Hawk PIT 16

MINS 1224 1951 1309 1551 964

W-L-OTL-SOL 20-0-0-0 24-6-1-2 17-1-1-2 24-2-0-0 14-2-0-0

GAA 1.42 1.85 1.38 1.43 1.62

SV% .949 .947 .945 .939 .938

Goals-Against Average • Regular Season PLAYER TEAM GPI Brady Anderson BNG 22 Drew Scites NIO 21 Carson Murison TEX 28 Brian Tallieu MET 23 Tyler Hawk PIT 16 * bold indicates Minnesota native

MINS W-L-OTL-SOL SV% 1309 17-1-1-2 .945 1224 20-0-0-0 .949 1551 24-2-0-0 .939 1209 18-2-0-0 .935 964 14-2-0-0 .938 * More stats on NA3HL.com

GAA 1.38 1.42 1.43 1.54 1.62

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Deflecting praise to his players is easy for Hill to do in regard to his coaching success.

He acknowledges that they work hard and do what is expected from them by Hill and his staff. The players’ success contributes to his success.. “I feel I learn more from the kids than they do from me,” Hill said. “I give them all the credit for what they have done.

Fortunately, I have coached and won championships.”

Numbers game The North St. Paul youth program was robust with players and teams in the late 1960s and early 1970s. All high school sports rely on a youth program to cultivate young talent. The North youth program is in a co-op with St. Paul Como Park and St. Paul Johnson, allowing for players to develop at their current level. That provides many positives, yet brings on a number of challenges as well.

“The youth program is your foundation,” Hill said. “It’s huge that we get to be part of it. I don’t think the right people were involved with it. This wasn’t being taken care of like it should be. It’s not how I would envision it and kids were moving away from the North St. Paul area.”

Hill plans on working closer with the youth program to maintain the North St. Paul area players and grow the numbers as well. “Talking to Moose Younghans at Johnson, he’s involved with the youth program that is cooping and he’s invited to be there and be a part of it. I need to be there and I want to be there, and that didn’t happen here previously. We need to take care of that foundation.”

There are plans to reach back to the alumni and regenerate pride in the North

High School boys’ hockey program. For anyone in North St. Paul wishing to get their young kids involved in youth sports, the program will have a home for every player. They will not let economics get in the way. That includes finding equipment for players that may need it. According to Hill, he will do anything he can to get a player on the ice.

He has done that for 35 years with his camps and will do it at North High School.

“I don’t want to tell a kid he can’t skate, Hill said. “We need to open this up to kids so parents can be a part of the program to bring it back to life. To breathe more passion into it. We need the alumni to come in and start helping.”

Hill plans on contacting alumni and has events set up for the upcoming season. They will be having a veterans game with invitations to veterans, an alumni night, and they will be having a letter-writing campaign for players asking for donations after the team is selected. “I want this to explode into a big positive thing where young kids are coming in here and we are going to have our players skate with them and sign autographs,” Hill said. “We did that when I was young and I looked up to the Polars.”

“It’s just something you look forward to since you were young,” Keran said. “Skating at Polar (Arena) and then we do a Polar Pals thing. When we were young, we came in the locker room and saw what the culture was like being around the guys.”

Moving forward The Polars finished with an 11-12-2 record and fell to Stillwater 6-0 in the Section 4AA quarterfinals last season. Hill has plenty to work with as the team has posted a 25-25-2 record over the last two seasons and advanced to the section semi-final in

2016-17. Numbers are an issue for the team, however, and Hill is working to increase participation with the Polar program.

With a new face to the program comes a new attitude. Time will also dictate the direction of the program under their new coach. “Right now it’s hanging if we are going to have a JV team,” Hill said. “If we don’t have a JV team this year, we certainly will next year. People see that this guy has come in, he’s changing things, he’s got a background, he’s been successful and is bringing a new light to it.”

Junior center Jake McClennahan suggested that Hill will bring a new perspective to the program and in its own organic way help the numbers increase. “Just looking at the past, maybe some kids didn’t like the previous coach or previous systems that were run here at North St. Paul,” McClennahan said. “With this new coach, the creativity level and the skill level is just going to be way more changed. We are going to work harder and the atmosphere here never goes down. We are all brothers and the atmosphere in the locker room is just to keep each other up and no one is going to yell at you or anything; it is all just a positive attitude.”

Hill is donating his salary for coaching back to the booster club to help build the program. He is not in it for the money and is dedicated to building the program he loves, including drawing on his professional experience in communication as a realtor.

“Anyone can come in and be called a coach and coach,” Hill said. “People that really do this job are teachers of the game and become teachers. In every situation, I turn it into a positive and it comes from experience. I can teach skills and I can correct skills with kids instantly. I can’t always

make them a better player in one day, but I can make them a smarter player. They are going to get the whole concept of how to play the game with reality, tricks and confidence. They have to play with confidence and I am always going to have their back.

This has to be a team thing across the board.”

When asked what it would be like to get out on the ice with coach Hill, senior right wing Nick Feist said, “It’s going to be a whole different style of play. It’s going to be nice to go out there and actually play real hockey.”

The players are excited to move forward with this upcoming season and say they have an environment at Polar Arena that is great to play in. “I would say just come watch a few games and look at the area around us and how happy the fans are whether we are winning or losing,” Keran said. “Everyone is just excited for you to be on the ice.

Look at the tempo of the game. Last year we played at a higher speed and I think Rick is going to improve that this year and it is going to make kids want to be at that level of hockey.”

Hill knows his team can take the appropriate steps to move forward but admits it will not be just about the coaching staff.

“North St. Paul can move forward and I think it takes a group of people, not just one person,” Hill said. He noted the booster club, Athletic Director Jed Helwig and the arena manager are all providing invaluable support.

“We need to bring it back where it was and that is a proud Polar hockey. I know it can be done and you can see it just with how the kids are helping,” Hill said with pride as he looked on at the work being done with the Polars home in the locker room.

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Planning your development

By Andy Ness Development is such a buzzword lately, probably the biggest buzzword in hockey.

What does development really mean? Is it games, is it drills, is it off-ice? In this article, my goal is to get you to think and understand this concept a little more. Hopefully I can help you guide your skater into making the best decisions that will help take their game to the next level.

One of the biggest questions that I get is, should my son or daughter play more games or work on their skills more during the offseason? First, I would like to start with skaters at the highest level to talk about development.

As NHL players plan out their offseason, they take a lot of things into account. They will first come up with a plan. For example, they will come up with a regimented strength or off-ice training program that will take into account everything. Their programs will be planned out with what to do day-by-day.

The planning is the key – this is what keeps athletes accountable and aids in development. Consistency is key here. There is a difference between training and working out. If I just show up to Lifetime and throw a few weights around, I am going to be disappointed by the results.

Another part of their plan is their on-ice plan. What are they going to do for skating or skill work? How often and what does the duration look like? Do they want to work on skating, shooting or general puck work?

What should the focus be? These are some questions every player should ask themselves as they put together a plan.

Once a plan is in place, now comes the actual execution. This means the skater needs to carry out the plan and continue to practice whatever it is he or she is working on. We always make skaters practice in

between lessons on their own or with a small group. This is the only way to repeat, repeat, repeat. As this happens, skaters will notice improvement. Skating is progressive, so you need to keep building skills with quality repetition.

Finally, the biggest question: game or practice? When pro or college players come to see us, they want skating or individual skill work. They do not want to do cross-ice or scrimmage. Not that that is bad by any means, but really they can get scrimmaging or cross-ice anywhere. They want to learn, get more comfortable with their skating and just flat out get better.

So should kids do more games or practices? There are pluses and minuses to both. One example: Let’s say a player gets five shots off in a game. Do you think the player has really improved his/her shot by taking five shots? No, the best shooters take rep after rep of different types of shots from different angles all over the ice. This is something that needs to be done in a different type of setting. If you get a chance to watch a college or pro practice, you will notice the skaters will come out before or after to try to work on these things.

The biggest advice I can give for someone’s offseason is to have a plan of attack. If you need work on your skating, you need to skate. If you need to work on your shooting, you need to shoot. Younger players that want more games, there is no shortage of tournaments to jump in on.

Remember, a goal without a plan is just a wish. Good luck.

Andy Ness is the head skating and skill coach for the Minnesota Wild. He has also been an assistant skating instructor for the New Jersey Devils, the University of Minnesota men’s and women’s hockey teams and the U.S. Women’s Olympic Hockey Team.

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College Commitments

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Aliyah Lance, F Edina Edina HS (12) Edina RPI Kailey Langefels, D Eden Prairie Minnetonka HS (11) Minnetonka Ohio State Sydney Langseth, F Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (10) Eden Prairie Minnesota State Paetyn Levis, F Rogers Rogers HS (12) Rogers Ohio State Sadie Lindsay, F Minnetonka Breck School (9) Breck Minnesota Anneke Linser, F Lino Lakes Centennial HS (12) Centennial Minnesota Duluth Lacey Martin, F Minnetonka Minnetonka HS (10) Minnetonka Boston University Maia Martinez, F Maple Grove Maple Grove HS (12) Maple Grove Union Maddie Mashuga, F Anoka Anoka HS (10) Anoka Minnesota State Sara McClanahan, F Orono Blake School (12) Blake Dartmouth Kaity McKenzie, G South St. Paul South St. Paul HS (12) South St. Paul Cornell Mannon McMahon, F Maple Grove Maple Grove HS (11) Maple Grove Minnesota Duluth Olivia Mobley, F St. Louis Park Breck School (10) Breck Quinnipiac Ellie Moser, F Farmington Farmington HS (12) Farmington Bemidji State Ellice Murphy, D Roseau Roseau HS (12) Roseau Vermont Ellen Nelson, D Forest Lake Forest Lake HS (10) Forest Lake Minnesota State Jamie Nelson, F Andover Andover HS (10) Andover Minnesota State Maggie Nicholson, D Minnetonka Minnetonka HS (10) Minnetonka Minnesota Lizi Norton, F Long Lake Orono HS (12) Orono Minnesota Duluth Amanda Nylander, F Benilde-St. Margaret’s (12) Benilde-SM Saint Anselm Emily Oden, F Edina Edina HS (12) Edina Minnesota Madison Oelkers, F Warroad Warroad HS (12) Warroad Minnesota State Joslynn Olson, F/D Isanti Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray RIT Gracie Ostertag, D Shakopee Shattuck-St. Mary’s (12) Shattuck Minnesota Makayla Pahl, G Rochester Rochester Mayo HS boys (11) Rochester Mayo Minnesota Ramsey Parent, F Blaine Blaine HS (11) Blaine Ohio State Sadie Peart, F Grand Rapids Grand Rapids/Greenway (11) Grand Rapids Quinnipiac Currie Putrah, F Faribault Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Dartmouth Ally Qualley, F Brooklyn Park Breck School (10) Breck Merrimack Karlie Ries, G Sleepy Eye Hockey Training Institute (12) Sleepy Eye St. Cloud State Sophie Robinson, D Brainerd Brainerd/Little Falls (10) Brainerd Dartmouth Gabby Rosenthal, F Blaine Blaine HS (12) Blaine Ohio State Addi Scribner, D Woodbury East Ridge HS (11) East Ridge Ohio State Sydney Shearen, F White Bear Lake White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake Minnesota Catie Skaja, F New Prague New Prague HS (2) New Prague Minnesota Madelyn Skelton, F Isanti Cambridge/Isanti HS (10) Cambridge/Isanti Vermont Nina Steigauf, F Oakdale Hill-Murray HS (10) Hill-Murray Quinnipiac Taylor Stewart, D Rochester Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Minnesota Duluth Anika Stoskopf, F Roseau Roseau HS (10) Roseau Bemidji State Brooke Tucker, D Edina Edina HS (12) Edina Northeastern Claudia Verkerke, F White Bear Lake White Bear Lake HS (12) White Bear Lake Bemidji State Skylar Vetter, G Lakeville Lakeville North Bantam AA (9) Lakeville North Minnesota Grace Vojta, D Edina Blake School (11) Blake Yale Audrey Wethington, F Edina Blake School (10) Blake Minnesota Madeline Wethington, D Edina Blake School (11) Blake Minnesota Kyra Willoughby, D Deephaven Blake School (12) Blake Harvard Emily Wisnewski, D Plymouth Wayzata HS (11) Wayzata Clarkson Emily Zumwinkle, D Excelsior Breck School (9) Breck Minnesota Total: 104 (HS 97, Shattuck 5, Gentry 1, Hockey Training Institute 1)

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Breezy Point: A summer destination for hockey players

By Bryan Zollman Let’s Play Hockey When it comes to summer hockey, Northern Minnesota is a destination for hockey players not just from the Twin Cities, but from throughout the Midwest and the entire United States.

One of those main destinations is Breezy Point.

With an on-site dormitory that houses up to 100 kids, a full restaurant-size kitchen where they cook everything from scratch, and an indoor and outdoor sheet rink, Breezy Point has a lot to offer. And that doesn’t include the other non-hockey activities that make summer hockey in Northern Minnesota a great experience.

“We don’t just keep the kids at the rink and the dorm all the time,” said Cory Bergquist, director of Breezy Point Hockey Camps. “Our camps are recreationally based, so it’s not just a training regimen

that is going to burn them out. We want them to have the best time possible.”

Those activities include swimming, fishing, golfing, go-karting and going to the movies, among many others.

“Ensuring campers have an enjoyable experience is our number one priority,” said Bergquist.

It was Bergquist’s father who started Breezy Point Summer Hockey Camps 15 years ago. After a few years learning the ropes, attendance began to grow, including bringing in players from Canada and overseas.

“It was amazing to see it grow those first few years,” said Bergquist.

Former NHLer Mike Muller returns for his

second year as the head coach of the camps. The Edina native has more than 19 years coaching and playing professionally.

“Mike comes with a great deal of wisdom, passion and respect for the game of hockey,” said Bergquist. “We admire his ability to organize and implement a routine that is structured to encourage the fundamentals and growth of each individual player.

This type of coaching brings education and enjoyment to the table for all hockey players.”

While hockey training and recreational activities are of the utmost importance at Breezy Point Camps, the top priority is the safety and well-being of each player who attends their summer camps, said

Bergquist.

“We want them to have the camp experience of their lifetime,” he said. “We strive to build bonds with campers so when next year comes around, they already know where they want to go.”

For the past 15 years, thousands have chosen Breezy Point Summer Hockey camps as their summer hockey destination.

“Campers always leave with a big smile on their face, knowing they had a great time and learned a lot about the sport they love,” said Bergquist. “They will be able to take everything we teach them right into their garage, driveway and onto the ice next season. They will learn what it takes to get to the next level they are trying to achieve.”

For more information on Breezy Point Summer Hockey Camps, see their ad on the back cover of this issue or go to www.breezypointsports.com. You can also follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit set for July 10 The Second Annual Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit presented by West Bend Mutual Insurance is set for Tuesday, July 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Saint Paul RiverCentre and Xcel Energy Center. The Leadership Summit is free and open to the first 400 high school and college hockey captains and coaches. This year marks the first time college hockey captains and coaches are invited to participate. Coaches can register their teams at wild.com/leadership.

High school and college hockey captains and their coaches from around the State of Hockey can attend the Leadership Summit.

Like last year, this event will be a great opportunity for hockey captains and coaches to learn from a wideranging, inspiring and influential group of leaders. Attendees will also watch several NHL players and prominent female hockey players talk about leadership in taped interviews and have the opportunity to attend Minnesota Wild Development Camp on July 10. This year marks the first time college hockey captains and coaches are invited to participate.

A dynamic variety of leadership experts are scheduled to speak at this year’s event, including: Glen Andresen (Executive Director of Minnesota Hockey); Bruce Boudreau (Minnesota Wild Head Coach); Melvin Carter (Saint Paul Mayor); Chad and Jenni Greenway; Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. (Senior Lecturer at the University of Minnesota in

the area of social and behavioral sciences), Matt Majka (Minnesota Wild President); Trevor Moawad (Moawad Consulting Group President); Sam Smith (Prouty Project Vice President); Mike Snee (Executive Director of College Hockey, Inc.) and Jason and Carly Zucker.

Teams attending the Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit are asked to bring a team-signed hockey stick to be donated to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. The donated sticks will accompany signed sticks from the NHL and be permanently built into the Zucker Family Suite and Broadcast Studio at the hospital.

It will include a state-ofthe-art broadcast studio where programming produced will range from music request hours to game shows and celebrity visits. The space will also allow children and families to view Minnesota Wild games in a theatre, which will include a ticketed entrance, food and beverage and a large projection screen to simulate the experience of being at a hockey game.

FOX Sports North broadcasters Kevin Gorg and Audra Martin will host roundtable discussions during the event, which will be streamed live on foxsports.com/north.

The Minnesota Wild Leadership Summit is a free event supported by Minnesota Hockey, the Minnesota State High School League, the Minnesota Boys and Girls Hockey Coaches Associations, the Positive Coaching Alliance, the NHL and NHLPA.

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WHITE BEAR LAKE

BEARS

MOOSE GOHEEN 2017-18

TOURNAMENTS WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN

2018:

2 0 19 :

November 29 - December 2 Bantam B1 - 12 Teams PeeWee B1 - 8 Teams 4 Game Guarantee - Pool Play

January 17 - 20 Junior Gold A - 8 Teams Junior Gold B - 12 Teams 4 Game Guarantee - Pool Play

$1300

$1500

December 13 - 16 Girls U10 A - 8 Teams Girls U10 B - 8 Teams 3 Game Guarantee - Bracket Play

January 23 - 27 Bantam AA - 16 Teams PeeWee AA - 12 Teams 4 Game Guarantee - Pool Play

December 13 - 16 Girls U12 A - 8 Teams Girls U12 B - 8 Teams 3 Game Guarantee - Bracket Play

January 31 - February 3 Squirt A - 12 Teams Squirt B - 12 Teams 4 Game Guarantee - Pool Play

$1200

$1200

$1525

$1300

CONTACT: Emily St. Martin , Tournament Director tournaments@wblhockey.com 612.636.1978 • www.wblhockey.com Mite Winter Blast Outdoor Jamboree $325 January 12 & 13 Mites 3 & 4 January 19 & 20 Mite 2 January 26 & 27 Mite 1 CONTACT: Brian Griffin mitecoord@wblhockey.com

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All invitational tournaments held in Minnesota must first go through a district tournament coordinator before being sent to the Minnesota Hockey tournament coordinatir, Tim Sweezo, for final approval. The list below is of Minnesota Hockey tournament coordinators for each district.

Please call them if you need information about a certain tournament.

District 1 Tom Mickus (651) 248-3075; District 2 Jake Reinseth (651) 274-9023; District 3 Chad Nicholls (952) 544-0808; District 4 Kris Hohensee (507) 360-6787; District 5 Jeff Carlen (320) 274-3509; District 6 Brad Hewitt (952) 250-6431; District 8 Zac Dockter (612) 735-9703; District 9 Troy Marquardt (507) 384-7386; District 10 Mark Osmondson (612) 747-8308; District 11 Clark Coole (218) 590-0703; District 12 Craig Homula (218) 7445566; District 15 Cyndi Young (218) 731-5899; District 16, Mark Dragich (218) 791-0229; Senior Women, Nancy Wefler (763) 537-7837.

Tournament entrants from outside Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota: Be informed that Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Squirt, PeeWee and Bantam teams will likely have some players up to six months older than the USA Hockey age guidelines for those classifications. Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota are using a July 1 age cut-off date while USA Hockey is using a January 1 age cut-off date. If you are concerned about this issue, you should contact the tournament director immediately to determine whether or not you should register for the tournament.

JULY 2018 6-8 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Boys 2004; Contact matt@ alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 13-15 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Girls HS; Contact matt@ alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 13-15 Alliston, ON: Novice, Minor Atom, Atom, Minor PeeWee, PeeWee, Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget, Midget, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, AAA, AA, A, Select; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 20-22 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Boys HS; Contact matt@alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 20-22 Duluth, MN: Northern Exposure, Boys 2001/ 02-2009; Contact Kasey Yoder (651) 432-1840 or kaseyyoder@ gmail.com or visit www.northernexposureaaahockey.com 21 Blaine, MN: 10,000 Lakes HS Festival, Boys & Girls HS, Junior Gold; Contact Rob Loftus (boys) (763) 717-3895 or rloftus@superrink.org or Kristi King (girls) (763) 785-5649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/hsfestival

JUNE 2018 1-3 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Boys 2005; Contact matt@ alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 1-3 Atlantic City, NJ: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s, Women’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 7-10 Rapid City, SD: Rushmore Cup, Boys Major PeeWees, Bantams; Contact Dave at dave@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 7-10 Twin Cities, MN: Shock Doctor Shootout, Girls U10-U19; Contact Tim Hawkinson (952) 920-8826 or tim.hawkinson@showcasehockey.com or visit www.unitedaaahockey.com 8-10 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Boys HS; Contact matt@alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 14-17 Blaine, MN: USA International Hockey Cup, Boys Invite: 2006, 2004, Boys AAA: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 18U; Contact Spencer Arvold (763) 717-3234 or sarvold@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/usaihc 22-24 Blaine, MN: NHG Cup, Boys Open 2010/ 09, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002; Contact Randy at randy@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 22-24 Nashville, TN: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s, Women’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com

AUGUST 2018 2-5 Blaine, MN: USA International Hockey Cup, Girls Tier 1 & Tier 2: U10, U12, U14, U16, U19; Contact Kristi King (763) 785-5649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/usaihc 2-5 Twin Cities, MN: AAA Hockey Showdown, Boys 2004-10 Invite, Boys 2004-10 Open; Contact Eric Knutsen (952) 920-8826 or eric.knutsen@showcasehockey.com or visit www.showcasehockey.com 3-5 Alexandria, MN: Alexandria Blizzard Hockeyfest, Boys 2003; Contact matt@ alexandriablizzard.com or visit www.alexhockeyfest.com 3-5 Sioux Falls, SD, MN: NHG Cup, Boys Open 2010/09, 2008, 2007, 2006; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 3-5 Twin Cities, MN: Blaze Cup AAA Tournament, Boys 2003-10, Boys U16; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or dgilkerson@somersethockey.com or visit www.blazehockey.net 9-12 Twin Cities, MN: Rumble at the Rink, Boys Elite 2007-10; Contact Adam Hauser (952) 641-6887 or adamh@mnmadehockey.com or Steve Mularky (612) 701-4140 or stevem@mnmadehockey.com or visit www.mnmadehockeytournaments.com

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10-12 Alliston, ON: Novice, Minor Atom, Atom, Minor PeeWee, PeeWee, Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget, Midget, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, AAA, AA, A, Select; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 10-12 Twin Cities, MN: Combat Cup, Boys Open 2010/09, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002; Contact Randy at randy@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 16-19 Twin Cities, MN: Easton AAA Cup, Boys 2004-10 Invite, Boys 2004-10 Open, Girls 10U-19U; Contact Eric Knutsen (952) 920-8826 or eric.knutsen@ showcasehockey.com or visit www.showcasehockey.com 17-19 Sioux Falls, SD: Combat Cup, Boys Open 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 17-19 Twin Cities, MN: Combat Cup, Girls Open 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 17-19 Twin Cities, MN: Summer Round-Up AA, Boys 2002-U18, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 23-26 Twin Cities, MN: Summer Finale AAA Hockey Classic, Boys 2003-09, 16U, 18U, Girls 8U19U; Contact Tim Hawkinson (952) 920-8826 or tim.hawkinson@ showcasehockey.com or visit www.eastonaaa.com 24-26 Duluth, MN: World Cup of Youth Hockey, Squirts, PeeWees; Contact Dave Druk (763) 242-9575 or dave@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 24-26 Stillwater, MN: World Cup of Youth Hockey, Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, 12U Girls; Contact Dave Druk (763) 242-9575 or dave@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 24-26 Twin Cities, MN: Summer Round-Up, Boys 2002-U18, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320

SEPTEMBER 2018 14-16 Fargo, ND: World Cup of Youth Hockey, Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, 12U Girls; Contact Dave Druk (763) 242-9575 or dave@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 14-16 Sioux Falls, SD: World Cup of Youth Hockey, Mites, Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams; Contact Dave Druk (763) 242-9575 or dave@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com

OCTOBER 2018 5-7 Blaine, MN: Red Solo Hockey Cup, Men’s B, C, CII & D, Women’s B & C; Contact Eric Besse (763) 717-3210 or ebesse@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/redsolocup 5-7 Halton Hills, ON: Best of the Best Hockey Tournament; Novice/Mites, Minor Atom/Squirt Minor, Atom/Squirt, Minor PeeWee, PeeWee, Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget, Midget, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, AAA, AA; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 26-28 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam B1; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 26-28 Duluth, MN: Heritage Tier 1 Boys Hockey Classic, Boys 16U & 18U; Contact Jerry DeMeo (218) 464-1711 x 102 or jerry@essentiaduluthheritagecenter.com or visit https://www.duluthheritage.com 26-28 Hibbing, MN: Bantam A/AA Scrimmage; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 26-28 Warroad, MN: PeeWee A & B; Contact Robin Marvin (218) 452-0185 or visit www.visitwarroad.com

NOVEMBER 2018 2-4 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B2; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 2-4 Luverne, MN: Blazing Blades Tournament, Girls 12U B; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit www.luvernehockey.com 2-4 Warroad, MN: Warroad Girls Youth Hockey Tournament, Girls 10U & 12U; Contact Robin Marvin (218) 452-0185 or visit www.visitwarroad.com 8-11 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Sniper Classic, Bantam B2 & C, PeeWee B2 & C; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or visit www.wayzatahockey.org 9-11 Barrie, ON: AAA Remembrance/Veteran’s Day Tournament; Novice/Mites, Minor Atom/Squirt Minor, Atom/Squirt, Midget, U8, U9, U10, U16; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 9-11 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt A; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 9-11 Coon Rapids, MN: Cardinal Clash, Bantam A; Contact Steve Ellenson (763) 464-0690 or sponsorcryha@gmail.com or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com/2018-19clash 9-11 Duluth, MN: Gales of November, PeeWee AA; Contact Brandee Lian (218) 213-1959 or deyhchockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 9-11 Duluth, MN: Tommy Williams Invitational, Bantam AA; Contact Steve Pitoscia (218) 341-5200 or spitoscia@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 9-11 Eden Prairie, MN: Season Premiere Kick Off, Girls 12U A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ephockey.com or visit ephockey.com 9-11 Faribault, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 9-11 Forest Lake, MN: Ranger Classic, PeeWee B2 & C; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@ flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 9-11 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee A/AA Scrimmage; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 9-11 Hibbing, MN: Bantam B Scrimmage; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 9-11 Luverne, MN: Big South Conference Showcase Tournament, Bantam; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit www.luvernehockey.com 9-11 Moorhead, MN: Spud Shootout, PeeWee B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 9-11 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, PeeWee A; Contact tournamentdirector@ northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 9-11 Spirit Lake, IA: Sticks and Slides, PeeWee B; Contact Brandi Danielson (712) 330-7110 or brandid@whatakitchen.com or visit www.bojibayice.com 9-11 Spring Lake Park, MN: 36th Annual Panther Classic, PeeWee A & B; Contact Michelle Rice at ricemichelle88@gmail.com or visit www.slpyha.org 9-11 Superior, WI: Mite 1; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 16-18 Blaine, MN: All American Girls; 10U A, 10U B, 12U A, 12U B, 15U A; Contact Kristi King (763) 7855649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/ allamericanhockey 16-18 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Girls 12U B; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 16-18 Duluth, MN: Portman Thanksgiving Tournament, Squirt A & B; Contact Gregg McCall (218) 3102674 or portmanhockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 16-18 Grand Rapids, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 16-18 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee B Scrimmage; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 16-18 Hopkins, MN: 43rd Annual Thanksgiving Tournament, Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U B; Contact Angie Quale (952) 451-4077 or arquale@comcast.net or visit www.hopkinshockey.com 16-18 Redwood Falls, MN: PeeWee A/B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 16-18 Richmond, MN: Bantam B; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 16-18 Roseau, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 17-18 Fergus Falls, MN: Girls 10U A & B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 21-25 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam A; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 21-25 Burnsville, MN: Scott Benedict Memorial Thanksgiving Classic, Bantam AA & A, PeeWee AA & A, Squirt A; Contact tournaments@burnsvillehockey.com or visit www.blazehockey.com

Tournament Calendar 22-25 Clearwater, FL: Thanksgiving on the Beach; Novice, Squirt Minor/Minor Atom, Squirt/Atom, Minor PeeWee, PeeWee, Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget, Midget, U18; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 23-25 Bemidji, MN: George Pelawa Memorial Tournament, Bantam A/AA; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 7603228 or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 23-25 Bemidji, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 23-25 Blaine, MN: Super Rink Spectacular, Bantam AA/A, B1 & B2, PeeWee AA/A, B1 & B2, Squirt A, B1 & B2; Visit www.mvihockey.org 23-25 Brooklyn Park, MN: Thanksgiving Pirate Classic, Squirt B1, B2 & C; Contact Joan Nelson at tournamentdirector@nmyha.com or visit www.nmyha.com 23-25 Cottage Grove, MN: Turkey Tourney, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Shawna Munger (651) 235-0235 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 23-25 Duluth, MN: Denfeld Up North, Bantam A & B, PeeWee A & B1; Contact Dave Shea (218) 343-1498 or shea@vikingelectric.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 23-25 Eagan, MN: Thanksgiving Shootout, Bantam B2, PeeWee B2; Contact Mike Jellen (651) 3384422 or Mindy Rutzick (612) 987-4933 or ehatourney@gmail.com or visit www.eaganhockey.com 23-25 Eden Prairie, MN: First Test of the Best, Bantam AA, PeeWee AA; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 23-25 Edina, MN: 14th Annual Tradition Cake Eater Classic, Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A, 12U B, 15U A & 15U B; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 23-25 Grand Forks, ND: Girls 15U A, 12U A & 10U A; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 23-25 Hopkins, MN: 43rd Annual Thanksgiving Tournament, Bantam A, B1 & B2, PeeWee A, B2 & C, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Angie Quale (952) 451-4077 or arquale@comcast.net or visit www.hopkinshockey.com 23-25 Minneapolis, MN: 44th Annual Minneapolis Cup, Bantam B1, B2 & C, PeeWee B1, B2 & C, Squirt B1, B2 & C; Visit www.mplshockey.com 23-25 Moorhead, MN: Spud Classic, Bantam B2; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 23-25 Proctor, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com 23-25 Roseau, MN: Aaron Broten Bantam B Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 23-25 Rosemount, MN: Irish Ice Classic, Girls 10U B; Contact Julie Salak (651) 335-4275 or tournaments@rosemounthockey.org or visit www.rosemounthockey.org 29-2 Bloomington, MN: Bantam Winter Classic, Bantam AA/A, B1, B2 & C; Contact bahatourneys@ gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 29-2 Rosemount, MN: Irish Ice Classic, Squirt C; Contact Julie Salak (651) 335-4275 or tournaments@ rosemounthockey.org or visit www.rosemounthockey.org 29-2 White Bear Lake, MN: Bantam B1 & PeeWee B1; Contact Emily St. Martin at tournaments@ wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 30-1 Richmond, MN: PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com

30-1 Roseau, MN: Center Ice Club Bantam A-AA Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 30-2 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Squirt B2; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 30-2 Brainerd, MN: Bantam B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 30-2 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Girls 10U B; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 30-2 Brookings, SD: PeeWee A & B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 30-2 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede 3x3 Tournament, Squirt A, B1, B2 & C; Contact Jennifer Sabetti (612) 708-7701 or tournaments@buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 30-2 Detroit Lakes, MN: Bantam B; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 30-2 Duluth, MN: 42nd Annual Spirit of Duluth Hockey Tournament, JuniorGold A, Bantam AA, PeeWee AA; Contact Bill Oswald (218) 721-3073 or woswald@firstam.com or visit www.spiritofduluth.com 30-2 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Face Off, PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 30-2 Fargo, ND: Fargo Faceoff PeeWee Tournament; PeeWee A & B1; Contact Chuck Hale (701) 7993612 or chale@ecisystems.com or visit www.fargoangelshockey.org 30-2 Grand Rapids, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 30-2 Hastings, MN: Sugar & Spice Girls’ Tournament, Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact tournaments@hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 30-2 Hermantown, MN: Girls 15U A; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 30-2 Hermantown, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 30-2 Hibbing, MN: Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 30-2 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Bantam B2 & C; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 30-2 Hutchinson, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or caleb.m.paulson@ wellsfargo.com or visit www.hutchhockey.com 30-2 Monticello, MN: Moose Cup, Squirt A, Contact Sean Lawrance at krazykustoms49@gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.com 30-2 Moorhead, MN: Hot Potato, Girls 12U B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 30-2 Redwood Falls, MN: Bantam B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 30-2 River Falls, WI: Jennifer Jenkins Memorial, Squirt A (WI)/Squirt B (MN), Squirt B (WI)/Squirt C (MN); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 30-2 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, Squirt A; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 30-2 Rogers, MN: Bardown Classic, Squirt B; Contact Jeanette Rodgers (612) 296-3957 or reichertjn@yahoo.com or visit www.rogershockey.com 30-2 Somerset, WI: Bantam A (MN B1) & Bantam B (MN C); Contact Jim Urquhart (763) 218-1385 or

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jurq121@icloud.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 30-2 South St. Paul, MN: Cowtown Classic, Squirt B & C; Contact Michael Ahern at sspyha.tournaments@gmail.com or visit www.sspyha.pucksystems2.com 30-2 Spirit Lake, IA: Sticks and Slides, Squirt B; Contact Brandi Danielson (712) 330-7110 or brandid@whatakitchen.com or visit www.bojibayice.com 30-2 Thief River Falls, MN: Bantam A; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org

DECEMBER 2018 1-2 Faribault, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 1-2 Fergus Falls, MN: Bantam A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 6-9 Lino Lakes, MN: Centennial Girls Super Chill Tournament, Girls 15U A & B, 12U A & B; Contact Kathy Gould (651) 216-5768 or kgould.cyha@gmail.com or visit www.centennialhockey.org 6-9 West St. Paul, MN: Salute to Hockey, Squirt A & B; Contact Todd Rohrer (612) 860-8390 or todd.rohrer@comcast.net or visit www.sibleyareahockey.org 7-9 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Girls 10U A & 10U B; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 7-9 Apple Valley, MN: Lightning Classic, Girls 12U B; Contact (952) 292-1029 or visit www.eastviewhockey.net 7-9 Bemidji, MN: Bantam B1; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 7-9 Brainerd, MN: Battle for the Ax, Bantam AA; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 7-9 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam B2; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 7-9 Brookings, SD: Bantam A & B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 7-9 Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, MN: Lucas Decker Ultimate Showdown, PeeWee B2/C; Contact Eric Ruska (763) 258-3445 or Sara Grant (763) 442-7259 or tournamentchair@omgha.com or visit www.omgha.com 7-9 Cottage Grove, MN: Wolfpack Invitational, PeeWee AA & A; Contact Shawna Munger (651) 2350235 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 7-9 Duluth, MN: Glen Avon Head of the Lakes Classic, Bantam B1, PeeWee B1; Contact Brad Orn (612) 963-8700 or born@northshoretitle.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 7-9 Forest Lake, MN: Ranger Classic, Squirt B2 & C; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@ flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 7-9 Grand Forks, ND: Girls 15U B, 12U B & 10U B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 7-9 Grand Rapids, MN: PeeWee B1; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com

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7-9 Hibbing, MN: Squirt B; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 7-9 La Crescent, MN: PeeWee B; Visit www.lacrescenthockey.com 7-9 Little Falls, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Kari Houle (320) 282-1434 or kari.anne.houle@gmail.com or visit www.littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 7-9 Moorhead, MN: Spud Shootout, Squirt A; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 7-9 New Richmond, WI: Joe Swanda Memoria, Squirt B (WI A) & C (WI B); Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 7-9 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 7-9 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Fire on Ice, Squirt B2 & C; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or visit www.wayzatahockey.org 7-9 Richmond, MN: PeeWee A & Squirt A; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 7-9 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, PeeWee B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@ yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 7-9 Roseau, MN: Neal Broten Squirt B Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 7-9 Sheboygan, WI: PeeWee B & Squirt C; Contact Megan Schaalma (920) 296-3444 or hockeyvilletourneys@gmail.com or visit www.sheboyganlakershockey.com 7-9 Siren, WI: Junior Gold, WAHA HS B/C; Contact Michelle Nutter at michelle@ northernwisconsintitlesearch.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 7-9 Somerset, WI: PeeWee A (MN B1) & Peewee B (MN C); Contact Jim Urquhart (763) 218-1385 or jurq121@icloud.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 7-9 Superior, WI: Bantam A; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 7-9 Thief River Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org 7-9 Winona, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Ditlev Larsen at dlarsen@winona.edu or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 8-9 Fergus Falls, MN: Squirt A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 8-9 Hermantown, MN: Squirt B; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 8-9 Moose Lake, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 8-9 River Falls, WI: Mites Holiday Extravaganza; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 9 Walker, MN: City on the Bay Mini/Mite Jamboree; Contact Nate Gustafson at nwgustaf@hotmail.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 13-16 Anoka, MN: Anoka-Rogers Girls Classic, Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A & 12U B; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.anoka.pucksystems2.com 13-16 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Shootout, Squirt A & B1; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 13-16 New Richmond, WI: Ryan Olson Memoria, PeeWee A & B1 (WI B); Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net

Tournament Calendar 13-16 White Bear Lake, MN: Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A & 12U B; Contact Emily St. Martin at tournaments@ wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 14-5 Richmond, MN: Girls 10U; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 14-16 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, PeeWee B; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 7601960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 14-16 Bemidji, MN: Squirt C; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 14-16 Brainerd, MN: Squirt A; Contact (218) 8512244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 14-16 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B2; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 14-16 Brookings, SD: Junior Gold B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 14-16 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede Tournament, Bantam A/AA & B; Contact Jennifer Sabetti (612) 7087701 or tournaments@buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 14-16 Coon Rapids, MN: Cardinal Clash, PeeWee B2 & Squirt C; Contact Steve Ellenson (763) 464-0690 or sponsorcryha@gmail.com or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com/2018-19clash 14-16 Cottage Grove, MN: Mite Jamboree, Mite Tier 2 & 3; Contact Andrew Berling at mitedirector@ cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 14-16 Detroit Lakes, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 14-16 Duluth, MN: Lake Superior Classic, Bantam A, PeeWee A; Contact Brandee Lian (218) 213-1958 or deyhchockey@gmail or com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 14-16 Faribault, MN: Girls 15U A; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 14-16 Grand Rapids, MN: PeeWee AA; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 14-16 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee B; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 14-16 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 14-16 Hutchinson, MN: Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or caleb.m.paulson@wellsfargo.com or visit www.hutchhockey.com 14-16 Moorhead, MN: Potato Classic, Bantam B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 14-16 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, Girls 10U B; Contact tournamentdirector@ northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 14-16 Proctor, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com 14-16 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, Squirt B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 14-16 Roseau, MN: Paul Broten PeeWee A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 14-16 Shakopee, MN: Saber Paw Classic, Bantam B2, PeeWee B2; Contact Jason Young (952) 2929228 or SYHAYoung@gmail.com or visit www.shakopeehockey.com 14-16 Superior, WI: Girls 15U, 14U, 12U B & 10U B; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@ sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com

14-16 Walker, MN: City on the Bay Tournament, Squirt B2; Contact Mitch Loomis at loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 15 La Crescent, MN: Mite Jamboree; Visit www.lacrescenthockey.com 15 Somerset, WI: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or dgilkerson@ somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 15-16 Fergus Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 15-16 Hermantown, MN: Squirt A; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 15-16 Moose Lake, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 21-23 Grand Rapids, MN: Girls 15U; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 21-23 Warroad, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Robin Marvin (218) 452-0185 or visit www.visitwarroad.com 26-28 Blaine, MN: Schwan Cup Girls, Varsity & JV; Contact Kristi King (763) 785-5649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/ schwancup 27-29 Bloomington, MN: PeeWee Showdown, PeeWee A, B1, B2 & C; Contact bahatourneys@ gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 27-30 Cambridge, ON: 52nd Annual Hespeler Olympics Hockey Tournament; Novice/Mites, Minor Atom/Squirt Minor, Atom/Squirt, Minor PeeWee, PeeWee, Minor Bantam, Bantam, Minor Midget, Midget, Juvenile, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 27-30 Various Michigan cities: OneHockey World Hockey Invite, 58 Divisions from House to AAA, Mites to U18, Boys & Girls; Contact (888) 784-6444 x1000 or info@onehockey.com or visit www.onehockey.com 27-31 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt C; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 27-1 Edina, MN: 50th Annual Tradition Invitational Tournament, Bantam AA, A & B1, PeeWee AA, A & B1; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 28-30 Bemidji, MN: Paul Bunyan International Hockey Tournament, PeeWee A/AA; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 28-30 Brookings, SD: Squirt B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 28-30 Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, MN: Squirt Extravaganza, Squirt A, B, B2 & C; Contact Eric Ruska (763) 258-3445 or Sara Grant (763) 442-7259 or tournamentchair@omgha.com or visit www.omgha.com 28-30 Cottage Grove, MN: Year End Bash, Bantam C, PeeWee C; Contact Shawna Munger (651) 2350235 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 28-30 Duluth, MN: Duluth Cold Steel on Ice, Bantam B2; Contact Brandee Lian (218) 213-1958 or deyhchockey@gmail or com or visit duluthhockey.com 28-30 Eagan, MN: Carter S. Weber Memorial Cup, Bantam B1, PeeWee B1; Contact Mike Jellen (651) 3384422 or Mindy Rutzick (612) 987-4933 or ehatourney@gmail.com or visit www.eaganhockey.com 28-30 Grand Forks, ND: PeeWee B2; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 28-30 Grand Rapids, MN: Bantam A; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 28-30 Hermantown, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 28-30 Moorhead, MN: Golden Potato, Junior Gold B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 28-30 Superior, WI: Junior Gold B; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 29-1 Blaine, MN: Schwan Cup Boys, Varsity & JV; Contact Pete Carlson (763) 717-3881 or pcarlson@ superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/schwancup

JANUARY 2019 3-6 Anoka, MN: PeeWee A-AA, B1 & B2; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.anoka.pucksystems2.com 3-6 Blaine, MN: Super Rink Spectacular, Girls 15U A, 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Visit www.mvihockey.org 3-6 Eden Prairie, MN: Border Battle, Junior Gold B; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 3-6 Fargo, ND: SCHEELS Girls International, 10U A, 10U B, 12U A, 12U B; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 4-5 Fergus Falls, MN: Squirt B & C; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 4-6 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Bantam B & Bantam B2; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@ gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 4-6 Bemidji, MN: Girls 12U A & 10U A; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 4-6 Brainerd, MN: PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 4-6 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee C; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 4-6 Detroit Lakes, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 4-6 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam B & PeeWee B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 4-6 Grand Rapids, MN: Bantam B; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 4-6 Hastings, MN: The Big Chill, Bantam A/AA & B; Contact tournaments@hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 4-6 Hermantown, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 4-6 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee A; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 4-6 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, PeeWee A & B2; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 4-6 Hutchinson, MN: Squirt A, B & C; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or caleb.m.paulson@ wellsfargo.com or visit www.hutchhockey.com 4-6 Moorhead, MN: Sweet Potato, Girls 15U; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 4-6 New Richmond, WI: Tiger Winter Classic, PeeWee C, Squirt C; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 4-6 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: Squirt C; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@ gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 4-6 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Freeze, Squirt B1 & B2; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or visit www.wayzatahockey.org 4-6 Redwood Falls, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 4-6 Richmond, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 4-6 Roseau, MN: Stan Ostby Bantam A-AA Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 4-6 Siren, WI: Squirt C (WI 3B/4A); Contact Michelle Nutter at michelle@ northernwisconsintitlesearch.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 4-6 Spirit Lake, IA: Sticks and Slides, Bantam B; Contact Brandi Danielson (712) 330-7110 or brandid@whatakitchen.com or visit www.bojibayice.com 4-6 Spring Lake Park, MN: 36th Annual Panther Classic, Squirt A & B; Contact Michelle Rice at ricemichelle88@gmail.com or visit www.slpyha.org 4-6 St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Ice Breaker Tournament, Squirt B & C; Visit www.stpaulcapitalshockey.com 4-6 Superior, WI: PeeWee A & Squirt A; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 4-6 Thief River Falls, MN: Bantam B; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org 4-6 Walker, MN: City on the Bay Tournament, Squirt C; Contact Mitch Loomis at loomis@ shoresofleechlake.com or visit walkeryouthhockey.com 5-6 Monticello, MN: Wild Moose Jamboree, Mite A/B/C; Contact Sean Lawrance at krazykustoms49@ gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.com 5-6 Moose Lake, MN: Mite 1 Jamboree (crossice); Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 5-6 Moose Lake, MN: Mite 2 Jamboree (full ice); Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 10-13 New Richmond, WI: Kittel/Parin POW/MIA Memorial, Brnatm A & C (WI B); Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 10-13 Shakopee, MN: Saber Paw Classic, Girls 15U B & 12U B; Contact Jason Young (952) 292-9228 or SYHAYoung@gmail.com or visit www.shakopeehockey.com 10-19 Edina, MN: 42nd Annual John E. Reimann Tournament, Junior Gold B & U16; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@ sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 11-13 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Girls 12U A & 12U B; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 11-13 Bemidji, MN: PeeWee B1; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 11-13 Bloomington, MN: Spartan Squirt Classic, Squirt A, B & C; Contact bahatourneys@gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 11-13 Brainerd, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 11-13 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt B; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com

Tournament Calendar 11-13 Brookings, SD: Mite A & B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 11-13 Coon Rapids, MN: Cardinal Clash, Bantam B2; Contact Steve Ellenson (763) 464-0690 or sponsorcryha@gmail.com or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com/2018-19clash 11-13 Cottage Grove, MN: Skating with the Wolves, Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Shawna Munger (651) 235-0235 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 11-13 Duluth, MN: DAHA Mid-Winter Classic, Bantam C, PeeWee C; Contact Jason Watt (218) 7288000 or jason@duluthhockey.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 11-13 Fargo, ND: Buffalo Wild Wings Woodchipper Classic, PeeWee B1, PeeWee B/C; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 11-13 Faribault, MN: PeeWee A & B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 11-13 Grand Rapids, MN: Squirt A; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit grhockey.com 11-13 Hermantown, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 11-13 Hibbing, MN: Bantam A; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 11-13 La Crescent, MN: Bantam B; Visit www.lacrescenthockey.com 11-13 Little Falls, MN: PeeWee A & B2; Contact Kari Houle (320) 282-1434 or kari.anne.houle@gmail.com or visit www.littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 11-13 Luverne, MN: Blazing Blades Tournament, PeeWee A/B; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit luvernehockey.com 11-13 Moorhead, MN: Fried Potato, PeeWee A; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 11-13 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: Squirt A; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@ gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 11-13 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, Squirt C; Contact tournamentdirector@ northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 11-13 Proctor, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@ gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com 11-13 Redwood Falls, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 11-13 Richmond, MN: Squirt C; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 11-13 River Falls, WI: Pony Tail Classic, Girls 10U A (WI)/10U B (MN), 12U A (WI)/12U B (MN); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 11-13 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, Bantam AA; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@ yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 11-13 Rogers, MN: Bardown Classic, PeeWee A/ AA; Contact Jeanette Rodgers (612) 296-3957 or reichertjn@yahoo.com or visit www.rogershockey.com 11-13 Roseau, MN: Dave Wensloff Squirt A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 11-13 Sheboygan, WI: PeeWee C & Squirt B; Contact Megan Schaalma (920) 296-3444 or hockeyvilletourneys@gmail.com or visit www.sheboyganlakershockey.com 11-13 Siren, WI: PeeWee C (WI 3B/4A); Contact Michelle Nutter at michelle@ northernwisconsintitlesearch.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com

11-13 Somerset, WI: Squirt B1 (WI A) & Squirt C (WI B); Contact Jim Urquhart (763) 218-1385 or jurq121@icloud.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 11-13 Superior, WI: PeeWee B; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 11-13 Thief River Falls, MN: Girls 10U A; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org 12-13 Brookings, SD: Termite; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 12-13 Fergus Falls, MN: Bantam B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 12-13 Moose Lake, MN: Bantam B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 12-13 White Bear Lake, MN: Winter Blast Outdoor Mite Jamboree, Mites 3/4; Contact Brian Girffin at mitecoord@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 17-20 Eden Prairie, MN: Winter Classic, Bantam A & B2; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 17-20 White Bear Lake, MN: Junior Gold A & B; Contact Emily St. Martin at tournaments@ wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 17-21 Anoka, MN: Bantam A-AA, B1 & B2; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.anoka.pucksystems2.com 18-19 Cottage Grove, MN: Mite Jamboree, Mite Tier 1, Girls 6U; Contact Andrew Berling at mitedirector@ cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com 18-20 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Bantam AA/A & PeeWee AA/A; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@ gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 18-20 Apple Valley, MN: Play for Patrick Bantam AA Tournament; Contact tournament.coordinator@ eastviewhockey.net or visit www.eastviewhockey.net 18-20 Brainerd, MN: Battle for the Hatchet, Squirt B; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 18-20 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt C; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 18-20 Brookings, SD: Girls 14U B; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 18-20 Brooklyn Park, MN: January Pirate Classic, PeeWee B2 & C; Contact Joan Nelson at tournamentdirector@nmyha.com or visit www.nmyha.com 18-20 Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, MN: Winter Face-Off Classic, PeeWee A & B1; Contact Eric Ruska (763) 258-3445 or Sara Grant (763) 442-7259 or tournamentchair@omgha.com or visit www.omgha.com 18-20 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede Tournament, Junior Gold; Contact Jennifer Sabetti (612) 708-7701 or tournaments@buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 18-20 Detroit Lakes, MN: Squirt A/B; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 18-20 Duluth, MN: Girls St. Luke’s Icebreaker Invitational, Girls 15U A, 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact Clarke Coole (218) 590-0703 or cooleclarke@ gmail.com or visit www.duluthgirlshockey.com 18-20 Duluth, MN: Portman Skate on the Edge, Squirt B; Visit www.duluthhockey.com 18-20 Fargo, ND: Buffalo Wild Wings Woodchipper Classic, Bantam B1, Bantam B/C; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org

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18-20 Fergus Falls, MN: PeeWee B & B2; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 18-20 Forest Lake, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 18-20 Grand Forks, ND: Squirt A, B1 & B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 18-20 Grand Rapids, MN: Bantam AA; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 18-20 Hermantown, MN: Bantam A; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 18-20 Hibbing, MN: Bantam B; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 18-20 Lino Lakes, MN: Centennial Boys Chill Classic, Junior Gold 16U; Contact Kathy Gould (651) 2165768 or kgould.cyha@gmail.com or visit www.centennialhockey.org 18-20 Luverne, MN: Blazing Blades Tournament, Squirt A; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit www.luvernehockey.com 18-20 Moorhead, MN: Bantam AA/A; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 18-20 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: Squirt B; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 18-20 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Junior Gold A High School Invitational; Contact tournaments@ wayzatahockey.org or visit www.wayzatahockey.org 18-20 Proctor, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@ gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com 18-20 Richmond, MN: Squirt B; Contact riverlakestourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 18-20 River Falls, WI: PeeWee A (WI)/PeeWee B2 (MN), PeeWee B (WI)/PeeWee C (MN); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 18-20 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, Bantam B1 & B2; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@ yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 18-20 Roseau, MN: Dick Johnson PeeWee AA Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 18-20 South St. Paul, MN: Cowtown Classic, PeeWee B2 & C; Contact Michael Ahern at sspyha.tournaments@gmail.com or visit www.sspyha.pucksystems2.com 18-20 St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Heart Breaker Tournament, Girls 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Visit www.stpaulcapitalshockey.com 18-20 Superior, WI: Bantam B; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 18-20 Winona, MN: Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Ditlev Larsen at dlarsen@winona.edu or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 18-21 Clearwater, FL: MLK Invitational Hockey Tournament; Squirt/Atom, PeeWee, Bantam, Midget, U18; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 19 Somerset, WI: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or dgilkerson@ somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com

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19-20 White Bear Lake, MN: Winter Blast Outdoor Mite Jamboree, Mite 2; Contact Brian Girffin at mitecoord@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 23-27 Bloomington, MN: Girls Cupid Classic, Girls 15U, 12U & 10U; Contact bahatourneys@ gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 23-27 White Bear Lake, MN: Bantam AA & PeeWee AA; Contact Emily St. Martin at tournaments@ wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 24-27 Stillwater, MN: 16th Annual Skate for the Roses, Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact Cari McGlynn (952) 484-7252 or carimcglynn@ yahoo.com or visit www.stillwaterhockey.net 25-27 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, Girls 15U A & 15U B; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 25-27 Bemidji, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 25-27 Brainerd, MN: Girls 10U B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 25-27 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee A; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 25-27 Brookings, SD: Junior Gold A; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 25-27 Duluth, MN: Portman Skate on the Edge Tournament, Squirt B; Contact Gregg McCall (218) 3102674 or portmanhockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 25-27 Fargo, ND: Buffalo Wild Wings Woodchipper Classic, Bantam A, PeeWee A; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 25-27 Forest Lake, MN: Ranger Classic, Squirt B2 & C; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@ flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 25-27 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam B1; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 25-27 Grand Rapids, MN: Squirt B2; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 25-27 Hudson, WI: Raider Cup, Junior Gold B & 16U; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit hudsonhockey.com

Tournament Calendar 25-27 Hutchinson, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or caleb.m.paulson@ wellsfargo.com or visit www.hutchhockey.com 25-27 La Crescent, MN: Squirt B; Visit www.lacrescenthockey.com 25-27 Little Falls, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Kari Houle (320) 282-1434 or kari.anne.houle@gmail.com or visit www.littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 25-27 Minneapolis, MN: Winter Storm, Girls 15U B, 12U B & 10U B; Contact Rebecca Lee (651) 3384602 or beccastpaul@yahoo.com or visit www.mplshockey.com 25-27 Monticello, MN: Iceberg Classic, Squirt B1 & C, Contact Sean Lawrance at krazykustoms49@ gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.com 25-27 Moorhead, MN: Tater Tot Classic, Squirt B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 25-27 New Richmond, WI: Cally Briggs Memoria, Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 25-27 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 25-27 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Junior Gold Classic, Junior Gold B & 16U; Contact tournaments@ wayzatahockey.org or visit www.wayzatahockey.org 25-27 Proctor, MN: Bantam A; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@ gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com 25-27 Redwood Falls, MN: Squirt A/B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 25-27 River Falls, WI: Blackcat Classic, Girls 14U; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 25-27 Rochester, MN: Rochester Invitational, Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or visit www.ryha.net 25-27 Roseau, MN: Jon Wensloff PeeWee B Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 25-27 St. Louis Park, MN: Bantam A/AA, B & C; Contact Carl Hoikka (763) 477-8934 or carlhoikka@me.com or visit www.slphockey.org 25-27 Thief River Falls, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org

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25-27 Walker, MN: City on the Bay Tournament, PeeWee B2; Contact Mitch Loomis at loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 26-27 Fergus Falls, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 26-27 Hibbing, MN: Girls 8U/6U Jamboree; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 26-27 Moose Lake, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 26-27 White Bear Lake, MN: Winter Blast Outdoor Mite Jamboree, Mite 1; Contact Brian Girffin at mitecoord@ wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 27 Winona, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Ditlev Larsen at dlarsen@winona.edu or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 31-1 White Bear Lake, MN: Squirt A & B1; Contact Emily St. Martin at tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com

FEBRUARY 2019 1-3 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Hockey Tournament, PeeWee B2 & Squirt A; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@ gmail.com or visit www.alexhockey.org 1-3 Bemidji, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Jeff Loewe (218) 760-3228 or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 1-3 Brainerd, MN: Squirt B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or visit www.brainerdhockey.com 1-3 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B1; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 1-3 Brookings, SD: Girls 19U A; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 1-3 Brooklyn Park/Osseo/Maple Grove, MN: Girls Cabin Fever Classic, Girls 10U A & B, 12U A & B; Contact Eric Ruska (763) 258-3445 or Sara Grant (763) 442-7259 or tournamentchair@omgha.com or visit www.omgha.com

1-3 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede Girls 3x3 Tournament; Contact Jennifer Sabetti (612) 708-7701 or tournaments@buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Coon Rapids, MN: Cardinal Clash, PeeWee A & Squirt A; Contact Steve Ellenson (763) 464-0690 or sponsorcryha@gmail.com or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com/2018-19clash 1-3 Detroit Lakes, MN: Bantam A; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 1-3 Duluth, MN: Zenith City Invitational, Bantam B2, PeeWee B2; Contact Dave Shea (218) 3431498 or shea@vikingelectric.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 1-3 Fargo, ND: SCHEELS Girls International, 15U; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 1-3 Faribault, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 1-3 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam A & PeeWee A (MN AA); Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 1-3 Grand Rapids, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 1-3 Hastings, MN: The River Rumble, Bantam C & PeeWee C; Contact tournaments@ hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 1-3 Hermantown, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 1-3 Little Falls, MN: Girls 12U A & B; Contact Kari Houle (320) 282-1434 or kari.anne.houle@gmail.com or visit www.littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 1-3 Luverne, MN: Mite/Mini-Mite Jamboree; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit www.luvernehockey.com 1-3 Moorhead, MN: Curly Fry Classic, Girls 10U B; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 1-3 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Proctor, MN: Bantam B; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@ gmail.com or visit www.proctorhockey.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 1-3 Roseau, MN: Girls 10U A; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 or visit www.roseauhockeyonline.com 1-3 Thief River Falls, MN: Squirt B; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org 1-3 Winona, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Ditlev Larsen at dlarsen@winona.edu or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 2-3 Moose Lake, MN: Squirt B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 7-10 Eden Prairie, MN: Prelude to the Playoffs, Girls 15U A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 7-10 Edina, MN: 34th Annual Bob O’Connor Tournament, Squirt A, B & C, PeeWee B2 & C, Bantam B2 & C; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 7-10 Fargo, ND: Squirt International, Squirt B/C; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 8-10 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee C; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 8-10 Brookings, SD: Squirt A; Contact Jessica Bingham (605) 690-4270 or tournamentdirector@ brookingsrangers.com or visit brookingsrangers.com 8-10 Detroit Lakes, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or visit www.dlyouthhockey.com 8-10 Duluth, MN: Twin Ports Junior Gold Tournament, Junior Gold B; Contact Adam Rapp (218) 4280996 or arapp09@yahoo.com or Jason Watt (218) 7288000 or jason@duluthhockey.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 8-10 Grand Forks, ND: PeeWee B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 8-10 Hibbing, MN: Mite Jamboree, Half-Ice; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 8-10 Hibbing, MN: Mini-Mite Jamboree, CrossIce; Contact hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 8-10 Luverne, MN: Blazing Blades Tournament, Squirt B; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or visit www.luvernehockey.com

Tournament Calendar 8-10 Moorhead, MN: Hot Potato, Girls 12U A; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 8-10 New Ulm/Sleepy Eye, MN: Mite; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or visit newulm.pucksystems2.com 8-10 River Falls, WI: Bantam B (WI)/Bantam C (MN); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 8-10 Siren, WI: Bantam C (WI 3B/4A); Contact Michelle Nutter at michelle@ northernwisconsintitlesearch.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 8-10 Thief River Falls, MN: Squirt A; Contact Rick Nordhagen (218) 289-2408 or rntrfaha@mncable.net or visit www.trfaha.org 8-10 Warroad, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Robin Marvin (218) 452-0185 or visit www.visitwarroad.com 9-10 Hermantown, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Amber Marion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 9-10 Hudson, WI: Raider Girls Half-Ice 8U Jamboree; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 14-17 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Madness, Bantam C, PeeWee C, Squirt C; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ephockey.com or visit ephockey.com 14-17 Fargo, ND: Squirt International, Squirt B1; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 15-17 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt B; Contact (218) 568-5678 or visit www.breezypointsports.com 15-17 Duluth, MN: Congdon Northern MN Blades of Steel, Squirt B; Contact Lynden Medlin (218) 3435030 or aemduluth@yahooo.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 15-17 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 15-17 Hermantown, MN: Mite 1; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 15-17 Moorhead, MN: Mashup, PeeWee B2; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 15-17 River Falls, WI: Bantam A (WI)/Bantam B (MN); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com

15-17 Siren, WI: Girls 15U B (WI U14 A); Contact Michelle Nutter at michelle@ northernwisconsintitlesearch.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 15-17 Somerset, WI: Junior Gold B & 16U; Contact Jim Urquhart (763) 218-1385 or jurq121@icloud.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 15-17 Superior, WI: Squirt B; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 15-17 Winona, MN: PeeWee C & Squirt C; Contact Ditlev Larsen at dlarsen@winona.edu or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 16 Grand Rapids, MN: Mites; Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@yahoo.com or visit www.grhockey.com 16 New Richmond, WI: Mite Invitational; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@ nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 16-17 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Bantam A; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 18 Blaine, MN: The Rush 3v3, Mite A, Mite B, Squirt A, Sauirt B, Girls 8U, Girls 10UA, Girls 10U B; Contact Kristi King (763) 785-5649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/therush3v3 21-21 Fargo, ND: Squirt International, Squirt A; Contact Sommer Lockhart (701) 235-4300 or sommerl@fargohockey.org or visit www.fargohockey.org 22-24 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Meltdown, Girls 10U A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad at tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com 22-24 Faribault, MN: Squirt C; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.faribaulthockey.com 22-24 Hermantown, MN: Mite 2; Contact Amber Manion at hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 22-24 Moorhead, MN: Curly Fry Classic, Girls 10U A; Visit www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 22-24 Superior, WI: Mite 2; Contact Steve Nelson at steve@sahahockey.com or visit www.sahahockey.com 23-25 Fergus Falls, MN: Girls 8U; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or visit www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com

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MARCH 2019 5-7 Blaine, MN: Ironman Adult Tournament, Men’s B, C, CII & D; Contact Eric Besse (763) 7173210 or ebesse@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/ironmanhockey 8-10 Spirit Lake, IA: Sticks and Slides Girls Jamboree, 12U & 10U; Contact Brandi Danielson (712) 3307110 or brandid@whatakitchen.com or visit www.bojibayice.com 15-17 New Richmond, WI: Senior Men’s (no check); Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net or visit www.nryha.net 15-17 River Falls, WI: Mites 3/4 Shamrock Shootout; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 23-25 River Falls, WI: Fat Boys (Old Timers); Contact Doug Black at ddblack@vector1776.com 29-31 Somerset, WI: Spartan Senior Men’s Tournament; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or dgilkerson@somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com

APRIL 2019 11-14 Twin Cities, MN: 10th Annual Border Battle AAA Tournament, 2004-2010, U16 & U18 Boys, U10U16 Girls; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or dgilkerson@nextlevelhockey.net 12-14 Blaine, MN: Stick It To Cancer, Women’s: A, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3 & College, YouthL 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U & 19U; Contact Kristi King (763) 7855649 or kking@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/ stickit

MAY 2019 10-12 Blaine, MN: Walleye Chop, Men’s A, B, C, CII, D & Novice, Women’s A, B & C; Contact Eric Besse (763) 717-3210 or ebesse@superrink.org or visit www.nscsports.org/walleyechop 24-26 Duluth, MN: MN Female Elite Prospects Showcase, Girls 16U & U19; Contact Kevin Mudrak (218) 522-1375 or kmudrak@yahoo.com or visit www.mnfemalehockey.com No portion of the tournament calendar may be copied, reproduced or transmitted without written permission from Let’s Play Hockey and its publisher.

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2018-2019 20 9 TOURNAMENTS

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Nov. 30-2, 2018 Nov. 30-2, 2018

Dec. 7-9, 2018 Jan. 4-6, 2019 Jan. 4-6, 2019 Dec. 14-16, 2018

Squirt - B Squirt - B1 Squirt - B2 Girls 12U - A Girls 10U - B1 Girls 10U - B2

Jan. 18-20, 2019 Feb. 1-3, 2019 Feb. 1-3, 2019 Jan. 11-13, 2019 Jan. 25-27, 2019 Jan. 25-27, 2019

• 4 game guarantee, $1200 and no gate fees • T-shirts for championship team • MN hockey sanctioned • Centrally located Northern teams playing southern teams

Online registration and additional information at www.brainerdhockey.com Please support our tournament sponsors: Cragun’s Resort & Holiday Inn Express

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Cragun’s Resort, the Baxter Holiday Inn Express and great hospitality all go hand-in-hand. We provide comfort, fun, close and convenient access to the arena, and good times to make your tournament experience the best ever.

Whether you stay at Cragun’s full-service resort or the nearby Holiday Inn Express & Three Bear Waterpark, here’s what you’ll receive with your 2-night minimum reservation...

• Family atmosphere that’s safe & secure, plus guaranteed quality rooms • FREE Hospitality Room for your team (subject to availability) • FREE Express Start Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express each morning • Budget friendly packages available • Room & cabin rates available at Cragun’s Resort • Outside, lighted skating rinks at Cragun’s • Complete amenities of Cragun’s Resort available, including pool, whirlpools & indoor Sports Centre and family activities on many weekends • Indoor pools and area’s largest waterpark at Holiday Inn Express and Three Bear Waterpark • NEW Cragun’s Laser Tag Park and Arcade at Holiday Inn Express • Special team meals and snacks are easily arranged Bring your teams to Cragun’s Resort on Gull Lake and the Holiday Inn Express and we’ll provide the fun this season!

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Boys Tournaments

Girls Tournaments

Squirt B2: Nov. 30-Dec. 2 16 teams 10A: Dec. 7-9 8 teams 10B: Dec. 7-9 8 teams PeeWee B: Dec. 14-16 12 teams 12A: Jan. 11-13 8 teams Bantam B: Jan. 4-6 8 teams 12B: Jan. 11-13 8 teams Bantam B2: Jan. 4-6 8 teams 15A: Jan. 25-27 8 teams Bantam AA-Bantam A: 15B: Jan. 25-27 8 teams Jan. 18-20 8 teams PeeWee AA-PeeWee A: Mite Jamboree ~ Mid-February Jan. 18-20 8 teams PeeWee B2: Feb. 1-3 8 teams Minnesota Hockey Sanctioned!

Squirt A: Feb. 1-3 8 teams • All Tournaments 4-Game Guarantee • All Tournaments $1200, includes gate fee • Team Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd • 15 Minute Stop Time Periods (Bantams and U15 tournaments are 17 minute periods) • Certified Referees • EMTs On Site

Contact Mike Peterson at 320-760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com

TOURNAMENTS

Big Ole Boys and Girls 2018-19 Hockey Tournaments All games played at Coon Rapids Ice Center unless otherwise noted

November 9-11, 2018 — Bantam A 8 teams • $1,095 per team 3 games • Bracket play Saturday games at Super Rink

December 14-16, 2018 — Peewee B2/Squirt C 8 teams each level • $995 per team 3 games • Bracket play 1 game on NHL Caliber Outdoor Rink

January 11-13, 2019 — Bantam B2

8 teams • $1,295 per team 4 games • Pool play 1 game at Super Rink • 1 game on NHL Caliber Outdoor Rink

February 1-3, 2019 — Peewee A/Squirt A 8 teams each level • $1,095 PeeWee • $995 Squirt 3 games • Bracket play 1 game on NHL Caliber Outdoor Rink

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BUFFALO STAMPEDE TOURNAMENTS SQUIRT 3X3

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Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2018

Dec. 14-16, 2018

All Levels Split teams playing twice as much hockey as a traditional format!

A / AA and B $1200 Registration

$1200 Registration

JUNIOR GOLD

Jan. 18-20, 2019 Junior Gold B / U16 $1300 Registration • No gate fee for any BYHA Hosted Tournament

• All games played at Buffalo Arena on two sheets of ice

GIRLS 3X3 Feb. 1-3, 2019 U10 and U12 $1000 Registration • Certified medical professional on site in each rink

To register visit https://buffalo.pucksystems2.com

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JANUARY 4 – 6, 2019 CHARLES M. SCHULZ ARENA

JANUARY 18 – 20, 2019 CHARLES M. SCHULZ ARENA

COACHES VS. NHL ALUMNI One Squirt coach from each registered team gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to lace it up and play the NHL Alumni team. The game will be held January 5 during the tourney.

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HS BOYS AA FINAL

MINNETONKA Duluth East Edina St. Thomas Academy Holy Family Catholic Wayzata Andover White Bear Lake St. Michael-Albertville Cretin-Derham Hall Centennial Eastview Moorhead Brainerd Duluth Marshall Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lakeville North Hill-Murray Rosemount Elk River/Zimmerman

BANT AM AA BANTAM FINAL

OSSEO/MAPLE GROVE Eden Prairie Minnetonka Wayzata Cloquet Rosemount Centennial Hermantown Grand Rapids Andover Mahtomedi Chaska/Chanhassen Prior Lake/Savage Sibley Lakeville North St. Michael-Albertville Edina White Bear Lake Duluth East Champlin Park

JUNIOR GOLD 16U FINAL

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STILLWATER RED Minnetonka Stillwater Black St.Thomas Academy Eagan Centennial Black Wayzata Lakeville Edina Centennial Red

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HS BOYS A FINAL

ORONO Alexandria Hermantown Mahtomedi Greenway St. Cloud Cathedral Mound Westonka East Grand Forks Sartell-St. Stephen Virginia/MI-B Minneapolis Delano Thief River Falls Monticello Simley Warroad South St. Paul North Branch Mankato East/Loyola Litchfield/D-C

BANT AM A BANTAM FINAL

EDINA Cottage Grove East Grand Forks Osseo/Maple Grove Roseville Sartell St. Paul Capitals Owatonna Little Falls Duluth Denfeld Tartan Minnetonka Delano Warroad Eveleth-Gilbert/ME Armstrong/Cooper Virginia Wayzata Litchfield/D-C Hutchinson

GIRLS 19U FINAL

WAYZATA Osseo/Maple Grove Edina Blaine White Bear Lake

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HS GIRLS AA FINAL

EDINA Centennial Blake Andover Hill-Murray Blaine Maple Grove Wayzata Forest Lake Eagan Eden Prairie Lakeville South Brainerd/Little Falls Roseau Farmington Minnetonka White Bear Lake Mounds View Cretin-Derham Hall Shakopee

BANT AM B1 BANTAM FINAL

EDINA WHITE Osseo/Maple Grove Morris/Benson Moorhead Black Wayzata Minnetonka Lakeville North St. Paul Capitals Forest Lake Hastings Edina Green Crookston Grand Rapids Elk River Waconia Prior Lake/Savage St. Cloud Red Becker Big Lake Owatonna North Shore

GIRLS 15U A FINAL

EDINA GREEN Proctor/Hermantown Minnetonka Black Centennial Alexandria Roseville/St. Paul St. Cloud Woodbury Black Wayzata Blue Edina White

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HS GIRLS A FINAL

BRECK Warroad Alexandria St. Paul United Proctor/Hermantown Red Wing South St. Paul East Grand Forks Thief River Falls New Ulm Delano/Rockford Mahtomedi Duluth Marshall Hutchinson Rochester Lourdes Fergus Falls Orono Hibbing/Chisholm Mound Westonka River Lakes

PEEWEE AA FINAL

WOODBURY Hermantown Moorhead Stillwater Osseo/Maple Grove Chaska/Chanhassen Edina Rosemount Rogers Andover Minnetonka Blaine Duluth East Rochester Champlin Park Mahtomedi Farmington Prior Lake/Savage Eastview Eden Prairie

GIRLS 15U B FINAL

JUNIOR GOLD A FINAL

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EDINA Stillwater White Bear Lake Wayzata St. Louis Park Lakeville Minnetonka Eagan Blaine Eden Prairie

PEEWEE A FINAL

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WARROAD Sartell Alexandria Osseo/Maple Grove Duluth Denfeld Apple Valley Stillwater Chaska/Chanhassen Minneapolis Chisago Lakes Forest Lake Fergus Falls Cottage Grove Delano Luverne East Grand Forks Tartan Sibley Burnsville Coon Rapids

GIRLS 12U A FINAL

CHAMPLIN PARK/CR 1 2 Alexandria 3 Edina 4 Osseo/Maple Grove 5 Shakopee 6 Mankato 7 Roseville/St. Paul 8 Stillwater 9 Mahtomedi 10 Sartell

ANDOVER Edina Eagan/IGH Apple Valley/Burnsville Centennial Proctor/Hermantown Orono/Westonka Warroad Waconia Blaine/SLP

JUNIOR GOLD B FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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ST. THOMAS ACAD. Edina White Elk River Black Minnetonka Blue Duluth Woodbury Prior Lake Navy Edina Green Eastview Burnsville

PEEWEE B1 FINAL

EDINA GREEN Farmington Wayzata Gold Chaska/Chan Gold OMGHA Black Lakeville South Morris/Benson/Silver Lake of the Woods Moorhead Black Stillwater Buffalo Black Edina White Waconia St. Francis-North Branch White Bear Lake Black Pine City Champlin Park Rochester Red St. Cloud Red Winona

GIRLS 12U B FINAL

STILLWATER RED New Ulm/Sleepy Eye Hibbing/Chisholm Eagan/IGH Blue Hutchinson Moose Lake Litchfield/D-C Stillwater Black Armstrong/Cooper Edina White

EDINA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 2018-19 Hosted Tournaments Schedule 14th Annual

TRADITION CAKE EATER CLASSIC Nov. 23-25, 2018

Girls 10A, 10B, 12A, 12B, 15A, 15B 4 Game Guarantee ~ Cost: $1500

42nd Annual

JOHN E. REIMANN TOURNAMENT Jan. 10-13, 2019 Junior Gold B & U16

4 Game Guarantee ~ Cost: $1500

R O F E E F E T A G O N ANY EHA HOSTED TOURNAMENT rd Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3 and Consolation

50th Annual

TRADITION INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Dec. 27-Jan. 1, 2019 Bantam AA, A, B1, Pee Wee AA, A, B1

4 Game Guarantee ~ Cost: $1500

34th Annual

BOB O’CONNOR TOURNAMENT Feb. 7-10, 2019

Squirt A, B, C, Pee Wee B2, C, Bantam B2, C 3 Game Guarantee ~ Cost: $1200

REGISTER TODAY!

Space is limited

Applications are available online at

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Breezy Point Hockey Center would like to welcome (GM) Cory Bergquist back to our Staff!

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TOURNAMENT DATES: •October 26-28 2018 Bantam B1 (12 Team) •November 2-4 2018 PeeWee B2 (12 Team) •January 4-6 2019 2019 PeeWee C (12 Team) •November 9-11 2018 Squirt A (12 Team) •January 11-13 2019 Squirt B (12 Team) •November 16-18 2018 12U B (12 Team) •January 18-20 2019 Squirt C (12 Team) •November 21-25 2018 Bantam A (16 Team) •January 25-27 2019 PeeWee A (12 Team) •November 30-December 2 2018 10B (12 Team) •February 1-3 2019 PeeWee B1 (12 Team) •December 7-9 2018 Bantam B2 (12 Team) •February 8-10 2019 PeeWee C (12 Team) •December 14-16 2018 PeeWee B2 (12 Team) •February 15-17 2019 Squirt B (12 Team) •December 27-31 2018 Squirt C (16 Team) •February 22-24 2019 Squirt C (12 Team) $200.00 Deposit or Pay in Full by check or credit card online!

New Custom Trophies Snacks & Beverages Before Every Game Light Show & Music During Play New Fully Stocked Hockey Boutique & Pro Shop Awards For 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Tournament Gifts For All Players 4 Game Guarantee For registration and questions please visit our website at: WWW.BREEZYPOINTSPORTS.COM Or call: 218-568-5678