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Concussions in girls’ hockey

By Kim McCullough, M.Sc, YCS

mentally, each and every time they step out on the ice. This is the key to solving the concussion problem in girls’ hockey.

To get complete access to articles, videos and secrets that addresses the specific needs of female hockey players, visit: www.totalfemalehockey.com.

Kim McCullough, MSc, YCS, is an expert in the development of aspiring female hockey players. She is a former NCAA Division I captain at Dartmouth and played in the National Women’s Hockey League for six years. She is the Founder of Total Female Hockey and the Head Coach of the Toronto-Leaside Jr. Wildcats in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League.

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The topic of concussions and “head shots” in hockey has become a very hot topic as of late, especially in the world of men’s hockey. And while “head shots” aren’t as much of a concern in the female game, concussions are the most common serious injury in women’s hockey. In fact, the NCAA sport with the highest concussion rate (by far) is women’s hockey. Not men’s hockey. Not football.

At the university level, female hockey players suffer one concussion for every 1,000 “exposures” to the game – with each practice and game counting as one exposure.

On a team of 20 players, that means one concussion every 50 exposures. With three concussions in my four years at the university, I represented my team well in this area.

The reality is that female hockey players are two times more likely to suffer a concussion than male hockey players and almost three times more likely than football players. Which is pretty amazing for a sport that doesn’t allow full body-checking.

Although statistics on younger players are harder to come by, I would guess that their concussion rate would be just as high (and maybe even higher) than with the women.

Girls are having more exposures than ever to the sport – they compete on school teams, club teams, travel teams, Olympic development teams and weekend tournament teams. Girls’ hockey players are playing just as much as the boys – but are getting hurt twice as often.

One injury researcher said, “If the numbers in women’s hockey are even close to correct, they should just stop playing until they figure out how to lower them.” I definitely wouldn’t go that far, but we have to find a way to prevent these potentially devastating injuries from happening.

So what’s the solution? Some companies have come out with new “concussion-proof” helmets – although the research doesn’t fully support their claims. Some people believe that mouthguards will solve the problem, but again, the research doesn’t support the claim that mouthguards help to prevent concussions. I believe there are two critical things that girls’ hockey players and coaches must actively do to prevent concussions:

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Female hockey players are two times mroe like to suffer a concussion than male hockey players.

1. Girls have to be better prepared ysically physically ysically.. A lack of strength and condiph tioning is a big reason for the alarmingly high incidence of concussions in girls’ hockey. The stronger a player is, the better she will be able to hold her ground when she is hit unexpectedly (which is how a large number of concussions happen in girls’ hockey). By building better core stability, balance and overall strength, players are better able to control their bodies in space and withstand the force of impact.

Another important prevention strategy is making sure that players warm up prior to hitting the ice. A proper 10 minute off-ice warm-up will ensure that a player’s mind and muscles are ready for the intensity of the on-ice session – and will go a long way towards preventing all injuries (not just concussions).

hit. If more coaches, teams and associations start showing girls how to take a hit properly, it will go a long way towards preventing concussions, as well as a whole slew of other injuries.

It is our responsibility to make sure that our players are prepared, both physically and

2. Girls need to be taught how to take a hit. In every girls’ or women’s game I have ever watched or played, there is always at least one instance where I think, “Good thing we don’t have full body-checking because that player would have been run over.” The female game may not have full body-checking, but girls are going to get hit.

We are doing our players a great disservice by not teaching them how they can protect themselves if (and when) they do get

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Inside Minnesota Hockey www.minnesotahockey.org

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.

Fun drives the hockey engine

Hockey is a simple game.

Not in the sense that it’s easy to play, but at its core, hockey is simply a game. Games are meant to be fun, and typically, the kids who enjoy them the most are the ones who play more frequently and eventually become the better players.

“As we research childhood development and hockey development and kids growing with the game of ice hockey, the most important thing isn’t necessarily a toe drag or being able to skate fast up and down the ice,” said Joe Bonnett, a USA Hockey ADM Regional Manager. “It’s instilling that passion and love for the game, which really starts at 6U and 8U.” “What we have found is that kids with that passion, kids that are having fun going to the rink, kids that enjoy their teammates and their coaches, kids that are challenged at the right level once they step on the ice, they literally fall in love with the game. Those players have a stronger and a higher success rate of developing into successful squirts and peewees and bantams.”

That’s one of the main reasons the phrase “Play, Love, Excel.” was utilized so frequently when the American Development Model (ADM) was initially launched.

Fun vs. Competition?

Many adults believe the purpose of competitive sports is to teach players how to compete and instilling those values early on is critical, even if it’s at the expense of “fun”.

“To be very, very clear, USA Hockey is not anti-competitive hockey player,” said Bonnett. “Now, the number of times kids travel to a rink, and there’s only one puck and 20 kids on the bench. We’re not pro-

games and station based practices,” said Bonnect. “You have 6-10 kids in a small area. Not only do they handle the puck more, but they have to negotiate, they have to think, and they ultimately have to win a battle to make a play.”

moting that type of competition, but we are definitely, definitely, definitely promoting competitive hockey players.”

The truth is fun, competition and the ADM all go hand-in-hand.

“By putting kids in smaller areas at the 8U level, the competitive part comes through more battles, more body contact just because they’re in smaller spaces, and more kids fighting for the puck,” said Bonnett. “That’s competitive. That’s creating an environment where they’re not out there just doing line skating. They’re racing.

They’re playing tag. They’re scoring goals.”

These types of games, such as sharks and minnows, keep young kids engaged and help promote fun, competition and more repetitions all at the same time.

Win a Battle, Make a Play “At 10U and 12U, really the same philosophy holds true in that it’s small area based stuff,” said Bonnett. “Small area games in tighter confines where kids are battling for pucks, and they’re scoring goals with kids hanging on them rather than get-

ting a breakaway from the red line.”

The Squirt/10U and PeeWee/12U age groups can be some of the most mentally challenging to coach because the players start to have the skills necessary to play the game at a relatively high level. It becomes tempting for coaches and parents to want to put more emphasis on areas like playing more games, learning systems or doing more full-ice drills.

Yet, when you look at a hockey player’s career, even if they’re just playing through high school, players at these ages are still early in their hockey development path. The goal should really be to continue fueling players’ passion for the game while also continuing to hone the skills they need to play the game.

Small area games accomplish both of those objectives because it’s a chance for kids to just play the game. At the same time, the hardest skills for players to master at any level involve making good plays and decisions in tight spaces while under pressure.

“Compete level is, I think, one of the greatest things ADM does through small area

Fun Never Ends As players progress to the bantam and high school levels, it’s natural for the focus to gradually shift more towards competition, but that certainly doesn’t mean fun completely disappears.

After all, even NHL practices have an element of fun.

“I think fun still has to be the overriding theme all the way through,” said Bonnett. “I think fun takes a little bit of a different definition. For example, this last weekend with my squirts, we had Halloween music and some coaches are out there in Halloween costumes. I don’t think that type of fun necessarily translates to the 16, 17 and 18 year olds. However, it might.”

Players at the older ages often begin to find more joy in being in the locker room, competing against teammates in practice and taking pride in developing their own skills. Maintaining an enjoyable environment becomes more about challenging players the right amount than specifically planning around the purpose of fun.

“The number one difference between a player in bantams and a player in squirts is now 80% of their brain is developed,” said Bonnett. “Not only do you have to keep them busy physically, but you have to challenge them mentally.”

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Minnesota Hockey announces 2017 HEP Essay Contest Minnesota Hockey, in partnership with Park Dental, announced today the topic for the 2017 Hockey Education Program (HEP) Essay Contest. Once again, Park Dental will be the presenting partner of the HEP Essay Contest, which is an annual tradition that encourages players to express their thoughts on what makes youth hockey in Minnesota a fun, unique and positive environment.

All registered Minnesota Hockey participants are encouraged to enter the contest by completing the following: “I’m Having The Most Fun In Hockey When…”

The top three essays, as selected by the HEP Committee will be featured during the Fox Sports North broadcast of Hockey Day Minnesota on January 20, 2018. All three finalists will also be featured in Let’s Play Hockey magazine and have an opportunity to attend a Minnesota Wild home game this season. The contest winner will be selected among the three finalists and will receive a “Dream Day” experience on a Minnesota Wild gameday during the 2018-19 season.

The “Dream Day” includes attending a Minnesota Wild morning skate, an hour of ice time at Xcel Energy Center and a group suite

at a Wild game later that night.

The mission of HEP is to ensure a positive athletic experience for youth hockey players by integrating a progressive approach to skill development with coaching excellence and accountability through Fair Play. The three components of HEP are Skill Development, Education and Accountability.

“Making sure our kids and participants are having fun is of utmost importance,” said Dave Margenau, Minnesota Hockey President. “This year’s contest will be a great way to remind us all of why our kids play

this game that we love so much and is part of the fabric of our communities.”

Submissions will be accepted from November 6 through December 5 5.

Original essays should be limited to 250 words or less, and should include the child’s name, hockey association, team/classification, address, phone number and email address. Submissions can be sent to: Minnesota Hockey Attn: HEP Essay Contest 317 Washington Street Saint Paul, MN 55102

Minnesota Hockey launches apparel line with Sauce Hockey

Minnesota Hockey, in partnership with Sauce Hockey, today launched an apparel line on its website, minnesotahockey.org.

The launch of the first line comes in time for the holiday shopping season. In addition to the typical staples of hats, sweatshirts and jogger sweatpants, limited edition “We Wear Breezers” T-shirts are also available.

Proceeds from the apparel sales will be used to fund “Grow the Game” grants to benefit associations and players throughout Minnesota.

“Minnesotans take a tremendous amount of pride in being part of the hockey culture here,” said Glen Andresen, Executive Director of Minnesota Hockey. “Regardless of ability, being a hockey player in Minnesota means something special to our members.

We thank Sauce Hockey for capturing that in a line of high quality clothing that kids and parents alike can take pride in wearing. We are thrilled with this line that will really resonate with our members, and beyond.”

The line of clothing captures the Minnesota Hockey brand, while also giving a stick tap to those traditions that are unique to Minnesota Hockey players, such as calling hockey pants, “breezers.”

“To be the best and feel inspired each day, you have to fall in love with what you do and surround yourself with others that share these same attributes,” said Sauce Hockey Chief Operating Officer Mike Smith. “Minnesota is the State of Hockey and Minnesota Hockey is the blueprint model for other

hockey organizations from which to build.

This alliance is the pinnacle since our inception and we are truly elated to be working with Minnesota Hockey for many years to come.”

The current line will be available through the holiday season. Sauce Hockey will also be offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Shoppers can find the line by going to www.minnesotahockey.org and clicking on “Apparel,” or by visiting saucehockey.com.

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Officially Speaking: Through the lens

Mike Lynch is a veteran referee who loves officiating adult games.

He’s one of those must-have guys that every local association needs in order to fill slots for the growing ranks of late-night butcher leagues throughout the country.

Yup, just about every night or weekend, Mike is trolling a rink or stadium where there’s a hockey game to be played.

Wait, Mr. OS. There aren’t adult leagues on weekends.

Right you are. See, Mike’s not just a referee. He’s also a professional hockey photographer.

I met Mike a few weeks ago at the Can/ Am tournament in Las Vegas. Thing is, I didn’t know I had met him until a couple of days later when I saw him in the referees’ room for an early night lumberjack doubleset.

“You’re new in town?” I asked.

“No, I met you last week at Can/Am.” “What?”

“I was the photographer. And I’m also a ref.”

Interesting. A guy can really get a unique perspective on officiating by analyzing the game through a telephoto lens. Especially a veteran zebra. And Mike was more than happy to share his experiences with the Let’s Play Hockey community.

OS: How long have you been officiating?

Mike: This is my 15th year officiating.

OS: Do your kids ref hockey?

Mike: My daughter is 18. She is entering her fourth year reffing. And one of the highlights of my career was working a game to-

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Mike Lynch experiences hockey both as a photographer and a referee.

gether with her at the Wells Fargo Center before a Flyers’ game.

OS: What is it like traveling the country as a hockey photographer?

Mike: I get to watch kids play sports for a living! I can’t complain. Seeing the country for work is just an incredible opportunity.

OS: Do you own your own company and how do associations contact you for photo assignments?

Mike: Yes, I own my photo company called ML Photo (www.facebook.com/ mlphotojersey). Most of my business comes from referrals. Usually, I get referred by a parent that is at a tournament, and is also part of another tournament’s staff. These parents/staff members see what I am doing, like the results, and hire me. I also email tournament directors to see if they are looking for a photographer.

OS: I understand you were hired to capture the Mall of America Hockey Jamboree on film. Describe that ex-

perience.

Mike: I was actually a freelancer for the company hired, but the Mall’s tournament staff had seen my work so they brought me in from Arizona to be one of the shooters. It was a massive Mite Jamboree. Shooting Mites is an experience. It’s fun to watch the little ones playing, and see the joy in their eyes as they are learning the game.

OS: Do you analyze the officiating aspects of a game when you are behind the camera?

Mike: I try not to, but it’s just unavoidable. I check out positioning, skating and overall game management.

OS: Rule 201(b) in the USA Hockey Playing Rules states that “ Only players in uniform and properly-rostered team officials may occupy the players’ bench.” I know this has been interpreted to allow professional photographers to temporarily shoot from the bench area. Where do you locate

yourself and your staff?

Mike: We do take some shots from the bench, but we also shoot from the penalty boxes. In fact, I often end up assisting in traffic control. When teams have a stacked box, most coaches don’t understand how it works, with who is returning to the ice and when, so I sort of step in to help out.

OS: As an official who openly admits his enjoyment of beer league hock e y, what are yyour our obser v ations hocke about adult leagues and how do you approach the game?

Mike: I like the candor and the loose atmosphere. You can talk to the adults differently than you can to coaches or kids. You can joke a little more and converse in a slightly less businesslike manner. They all know, well, most of them know, their NHL dreams are over, and they are just out there to have fun, blow off some steam, and want to return to work the next day uninjured.

Thanks, Mike.

You know, one of the best parts of being an official for 27 years is the diversity of personalities you meet and work with on the ice. And, trust me, a guy that takes lumberjack games as seriously as Mike, is an invaluable asset to any association. Since Mike is from Arizona, I’m not sure if I’ll ever work with him again, but from my butcher league double-set with him, it was clear that Mike’s devotion to the game is contagious and he absolutely earns the highest award that OS gives to any fellow official: I’d work a men’s league game with him anytime.

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Building a learning environment for skating improvement

By Andy Ness When looking at skating during practice, there are many different areas with which to be concerned. Some people think of skating strictly as conditioning, while others think of skating as just going through edge drills.

What are some ways we can better help our skaters of all ages learn and improve their skating skills? The big thing I want coaches to think about is creating the right environment for all skaters of all levels.

Hopefully, this article will get you to think about how practices are run and how we can make our practices better.

First, set a learning environment. I think all coaches should see if they can watch a high-level college practice or try to get in to see an NHL practice. I have been lucky enough to watch so many different coaches at the NHL level run their practices. It is something I really wish every coach could see. Why? Because practices are set up in a total learning environment. Practice plans are already set, every coach and player

knows what to expect for the hour, and finally, every minute counts.

Probably the most noticeable thing to me is that every coach I have seen talks and teaches in a normal tone. They talk as if they are having a conversation with someone only a few feet away. You can hear a pin drop in the rink with how intently players are listening and processing information. If you look at the photos above you can see that players are intently listening and watching as I am teaching a skill or explaining a drill. It’s undivided attention. I am not having to tell little Jimmy and Bobby to listen or watch, this is already the expectation.

Also, most of the highest level players are always asking questions. Questions to me show they are engaged and also they want to know the “why.” It’s not always a onesided conversation of me saying something.

The overall goal is the same: Coaches want them to get better and the players want to get better.

Second, give immediate feedback. Being able to correct immediately helps the skater

to make corrections. Great coaching is just an extension of teaching. The key is to find the correct balance. We could stop a Mite every single drill with something they are doing wrong, but we also have to let them work through the skills. We also don’t want kids going through drill after drill not correcting or making any changes at all. That is the magic with great coaching and teaching, finding that balance between correcting and letting the skater work through the challenges.

Finally, as coaches we need to have drills with a purpose, not just fillers. If you notice your defensemen getting beat a lot 1-on-1 or 2-on-2, maybe we can design skating drills that can work on our D transitioning from backward to forward. Maybe you want to work on your wings driving wide to the net. High-speed crossover corners would help with the skill. It’s about identifying the skating skills (or just puck skills) that seem to be lacking in a game and forming them into practice drills that are functional.

At the end of practice, the goal is to get a little better each day. Small improvements

each day will eventually lead to big gains at the end of the year. The key is to make sure we have the best possible environment to get better. If coaches are prepared with an age-appropriate, yet challenging, practice, and the kids are ready to work, improvement will take place. If our skaters bring an honest effort every practice, the sky is the limit. This way we are not just worried about the kids working hard. Rather, we can focus our attention on details because we know the effort is going to be there. 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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Dump-and-chase hockey dulls the passion of every player, young and old

By Jack Blatherwick Let’s Play Hockey Columnist

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It started as a routine NHL play, one of those “safe” plays the TV commentators advocate with mindless reverberation.

Team No-Name (I’ll protect the guilty here) “made a wise choice,” meaning they intentionally gave up the puck to Edmonton, their opponent, deep in the Oilers’ zone.

They “took no unnecessary chances. Got it deep. Made the defense go all the way back.” You know the vocabulary; you hear it every game from TV talking heads and coaches who brag about their “systems.” (A parenthetical note is in order: Last time I looked, none of the commentators are Wayne Gretzky or Pavel Datsyuk, and you know what those two would say about “dump-and-chase hockey” if they were doing the color commentary).

Anyway, the No-Name guys blindly followed the “system.” They got it deep – and oops – there was Connor McDavid in the corner near his goal line – no doubt chuckling to himself that Team No-Name chose to give him the puck. He sprinted straight up the ice along the wall at blinding speed, and without even a head fake, flew past the forecheckers, around the D (who were

This audacious superstar never considered it a good play to give the puck intentionally to his opponents. Thankfully, there are a bunch of young NHL stars who think like Connor McDavid, and we’ll see the game change for the better.

in perfect position for a brief second), cut in on goal, deked, scored and celebrated the gift from his opponents.

Did the TV guys call it a turnover? Good question: Is it a turnover, no matter how strategic it is? Watching it over and over on video that night, did the No-Name coaching staff find someone to blame?

We will probably never know what they thought. No one questions their regressive, but popular strategy – giving up possession of the puck intentionally – of planning an offense around mistakes by their opponents. Never mind that it insults the talents of their own players, or that it removes the fun of hockey and demonstrates the inse-

curity of leadership – or that it might even be a good way to avoid losing.

That’s their business; their job is at stake, it is said. It has also been said that coaching out of fear means you have already lost.

But to impose this strategy on a youth hockey team simply because kids make lots of mistakes while they learn – quite simply it should be illegal. Teaching “no-turnover” hockey to win games at youth levels, removing the fun of creative plays, dwelling on negatives, and abandoning skills that can be learned only by trial-and-error turns hockey into an adults-first activity, not one that belongs to kids.

It may be a sound strategy if your goal is to be average in the NHL, but it fails completely the reasons to coach young athletes who are dreaming of making highlight spino-rama passes like McDavid’s a week ago – the one no TV commentator ever thought of. That play probably reminded Datsyuk and Gretzky of their youthful dreams – the ones that drove them to the outside pond to try crazy, fun plays – the gifts they brought to the hockey world.

Are we adults removing the fun that motivates kids to act out their dreams on the pond?

Developing a passion for the game

By Josh Levine Let’s Play Hockey

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The most fundamental and necessary attribute of a future top-notch hockey player is passion for the game. It is almost impossible for an athlete to reach the highest levels of hockey without having a passion for it. Given the importance of the passion factor, hockey associations and their development committees should be reviewing and assessing their ability to instill it in their players. Are Mites and 8U skaters coming off the ice with a smile? Or are they being run through an endless string of cone drills, standing in lines, working on systems, etc.? Below are just a few ideas of ways to help amp up the passion ingredient for youth hockey players, specifically at the Mite level.

Tr y some sstic tic k sled rides. Let the tick players grab on to the coaches’ sticks and have the coaches skate them around the ice. The kids LOVE it and leave the ice laughing and smiling, not to mention it’s a good workout for the coaches. If you only judge this exercise by its benefit to a player’s physical athleticism, it seems like a complete waste of time! In reality, it’s associating the hockey rink with fun and

It is almost impossible for an athlete to reach the highest levels of hockey without having a passion for the game.

excitement, and building the foundation a player will need to put in thousands of training hours later.

Use games tto o mak e gains. Try this make little experiment. Do edge work or skating drills with a bunch of Mite skaters. Watch

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them perform the drills. Then, have them play a game of freeze tag against the coaches. It’s amazing how quickly the tempo picks up. Imagine yourself as a Mite skater. A seemingly 12-foot coach is chasing you, so you turn right (inadvertently on your

right inside edge), then left (oops, you did it again, now on your left inside edge), and finally as the coach sweeps his arms to tag, you make a last-ditch effort to avoid him by diving low (unknowingly developing the coordination, balance and agility necessary to become a hockey stud). Which provided a better training return? I’m a skating instructor who works with Mite programs, and I believe in the power of skating drills and instruction, but not as the sole focus of practice.

High school players are the best motivators. Nothing compares to the impact a high school player can have by simply stepping on the ice and playing with some Mite skaters. Is there a better way to demonstrate to a seven-year-old how dedication to the game can help them develop some pretty awesome skills?

Josh Levine is the Assistant Coach of the Bloomington Jefferson Girls Varsity Hockey team, owner of The Fortis Academy and founder of fortishockey.com. Follow Fortis on Facebook and Instagram facebook.com/ thefortisacademy and Instagram.com/ thefortisacademy.

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Golden Rules for Forwards John Russo’s John Russo’s

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The Golden Rules are the key items players should strive to master as they progress up through the ranks to high school and college. The best players at the highest levels of hockey follow most of the Golden Rules most often.

Players of average skills and speed will do very well if these rules are mastered.

While the rules are basic and seem obvious, it may take many years of concentrated effort for most players to automatically perform them properly.

This automatic reaction is what coaches should be teaching and what players should be working toward.

1. Know what your job is — in all three zones — and do it each time. Don’t try to do a teammate’s job or you will fail at your own. Ask questions in practice if you are unsure about any situations during play of face-offs. Intelligent hockey is what wins games.

2. Backcheck at full speed until you have someone covered when coming back to your zone. Backchecking at full speed is simply the complement of attacking at full speed. Don’t be a one-direction hockey player.

3. When backchecking, pick up the most open man without the puck. If the puck is in your area, it may well be appropriate to go after the puck carrier. However, the player without the puck is often the most dangerous. Often, it is most effective to let the defenseman take the puck carrier and to take away passes by covering the other open forward. Backcheck on the inside ot the opposition player.

4. Put out a full and honest effort on each shift, then get off the ice. Maximum effort and short shifts have proven to be the most desirable at all levels of hockey.

5. Push the puck in the offensive zone or get a whistle when you or anyone on your line is tired. A tired line is most vulnerable — it is seldom productive to play tired. It’s always more desirable to take a whistle in the defensive zone than to defend it without legs.

6. Always attack with the puck. Don’t make it easy for the other team to catch you from behind. A pressured attack is much harder for a defenseman to cover and results in more 2-on-1 and 3-on-1 situations. Speed over the opposition blue line is critical.

7. Move the puck up ice with passes to linemates ahead that are open, then move quickly to join the rush. Don’t force passes to covered linemates ahead. Skating the puck up the ice is the slowest alternative, and lets the opposition catch up and cover.

8. Get into the habit of shooting when in the slot area unless an obvious pass is available. It is seldom productive to stickhandle further once in the slot unless to gain a better angle on the goaltender or let linemates move in for rebounding. Extra passes look good but often take away scoring chances. The key offensive strategy of hockey is to get shots from the slot. When they are available, they should be taken.

9. Always use a wrist or snap shot when shooting from the slot. Slap shots provide neither quickness nor accuracy from the slot.

10. Move away from the net when a teammate has the puck behind the opposition goal line or wide and deep on the boards and move toward the net when your defense or high forward has the puck in a shooting position. It is easier to remember to, “move out when the puck is inside and move in when the puck is outside.” The tendency is to move up close to the net when a teammate has the puck in the corner or behind the net. However, up close is where most of the congestion and close coverage is. A high slot position will result in more opportunities for clear shots. When a defenseman is in shooting position, on the other hand, moving to the net creates the best screening of the goaltender and also puts players around the net for rebounds. There are some details to be worked out by individual coaches, but the basic concept is important.

11. Take specific care not to go offside when attacking in advantage situations (i.e., 2-on-1, 3-on-2). While it is seldom good to be offside, it is critical to complete a 2-on-1 or 3-on-2 situation as many times as possible each game. It is best to be conservative going over the blueline in these situations.

12. When throwing the puck into the zone, shoot it to the opposite corner or off the end board when it will come out at a difficult angle for both the goaltender and defenseman to handle. Shooting the puck at the goaltender or around the boards gives control to the opposing goaltender who can easily feed a defenseman or wing. Most goaltenders now handle the puck well.

13. Don’t tie up with an opposing player when your team is shorthanded. The odds of scoring get better as fewer players are involved in a power-play situation (i.e., 4-on-3 is better that 5-on-4).

14. Don’t retaliate from checks or infractions, whether legal or not. Part of the forward’s job is to take checks and keep playing.

Retaliation often results in a penalty, and referees often miss the initial infraction.

15. Communicate with your linemates and other teammates. It is one of the most important parts of teamwork. Don’t ever communicate with opposing players — it seldom is of value and exposes your emotions.

16. Constantly practice your weakest skills. Get away from the habit of just shooting when you have free time in practice. Other skills are more important. If you do shoot, practice while moving, and at game speed. Practice shooting hard – to score.

17. Get as much shinny time as possible to practice stickhandling and other individual skills as well as scoring skills.

18. Learn to be a good all-around player — defensively as well as offensively.

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on-2 for Minnesota Red. They misfired, but the puck came around to Brinkman who carried it in, looked at the clock and fired in the winner.

“I shot it, looked up and the referee was signaling goal,” Brinkman said. “That’s all I saw.”

Photos: Nick Wosika

NEW HOPE, MINN. – Midway through the semifinal game of Saturday’s International Invitational Tournament, Team Minnesota Red coach Tadd Tuomie had an idea.

With his team trailing Red Bull Salzburg 2-0, Tuomie decided to shake up his lines and put Demetrios Koumontizis (Edina) and Jack Perbix (Elk River) together. It paid immediate dividends as Koumontizis scored off a Perbix assist and Minnesota Red rallied to beat Salzburg in overtime.

In Sunday’s championship game, the duo had a hand in three goals as Perbix recorded a hat trick and Koumontizis assisted on all three as Minnesota Red defeated ShattuckSt. Mary’s 5-1 to win the 2017 IIT. “We certainly wanted to try to get scoring from all our lines, but they had chemistry right away,” Tuomie said. “It was a good fit and they made me look good.”

Perbix, who had eight goals and 28 points in the Elite League’s regular season, has great finishing skills around the net, and Koumontizis is a great passer, as evidenced by his league-leading 33 assists and 49 points in the Elite League season.

“He’s always got his head up and he’s always trying to make plays and score goals,” Perbix said of Koumontizis. “It’s really cool.”

“He’s a great goal scorer and he knows how to put the puck in the net, obviously,” Koumontizis said of Perbix. “I’m pretty good at finding players and he’s always there. If you get it to him, odds are he’s going to put it in the back of the net.”

The duo combined with linemate Jack Gorniak (West Salem, Wisconsin) for the game’s first goal. On a power play, Koumontizis sent the puck to Perbix, who worked a slick give-and-go with Gorniak and scored from the slot.

In the second period, with Minnesota Red ahead 2-1,Koumontizis carried the puck into the slot and had a great scoring opportunity, but instead he surprised everyone with a pass to the weak side, where Perbix slammed it into an open net.

“I saw him just before I got the puck and I thought, ‘he’s going to be open’ so I might as well just slide it down to him,” Koumontizis said. “And it ended up working.”

The two teamed up again in the third period, with Koumontizis assisting on the goal that gave Perbix his hat trick and gave Minnesota Red a 5-1 lead. From there it was left to goalie Jackson Hjelle (Delano), who made 41 saves and was named tournament MVP. While Koumontizis and Perbix will now head off to their respective high school teams, they both think there’s a chance they’ll be on the ice together again in the spring. Both were selected by Green Bay in the USHL and both expect to play together following the high school season. “That’s the plan,” Koumontizis said. “I think we’ll be playing together too. Obviously we click very well.”

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Coaches Tadd Tuomie (right) and Chris McAlpine celebrate with Team Minnesota Red after winning the 2017 International Invitational Tournament.

SEMIFINALS: Minnesota Red 4, Red Bull Salzburg 3 (OT) Ben Brinkman knew he had to act fast.

“I was moving down the ice with the puck and I heard my bench yell ‘shoot’” the Minnesota Red defenseman said. “I looked up at the clock and saw there were two seconds left. I just let it go and got lucky and it went in.”

The goal beat the buzzer by an instant, giving Minnesota Red a 4-3 overtime victory over Red Bull Salzburg and a berth in Sunday’s championship game of the International Invitational Tournament.

Brinkman’s goal capped a very entertaining game that saw Red Bull Salzburg jump out to a 2-0 lead, fall behind 3-2, tie the game in the closing minutes and then trade chances in an up-and-down

overtime that could have gone either way.

The teams played to a 2-2 tie after two periods, and Minnesota Red carried the play for most of the third period, taking the lead with 9:48 left when Colin Schmidt (Wayzata) snapped a backhander in after Joe Molenaar (Minnetonka) did a nice job of winning a battle on the boards and centering the puck.

It looked as though that might be the game-winner, but Red Bull Salzburg’s Yegor Alanov picked up a loose puck above the circles and fired a shot under the crossbar with just 2:25 left to send the game to overtime.

In the 4-on-4 extra session, both teams had good chances but failed to score. With less than 15 seconds left, Red Bull Salzburg got caught on a line change that led to a 3-

QUARTERFINALS: Minnesota Red 2, Tier 1 Elite 1 Every coach’s nightmare is running into a hot goalie, and for Minnesota Red coach Tadd Tuomie, the nightmare was coming true Friday night. His team was outshooting the Tier 1 Elite team 33-15 after two periods, but had only a 0-0 tie to show for it. Tuomie, however, said he wasn’t too concerned.

“Their goalie was playing very well,” Tuomie said, “but if you just keep playing your game it may just take a bounce off a shin pad, or as it turned out, one good play, but we kept pressing and got it done.”

“Getting it done” took the form of a great play by Jackson Jutting (Prior Lake) who hustled to keep a puck in the offensive zone late in the third period, then threw a great cross-ice pass to Luke Mobley (St. Louis Park) who one-timed it past Tier 1 goalie Nicholas Grabko for the winner in a 2-1 Minnesota Red victory.

The game was scoreless for more than 50 minutes before Red’s Jack Perbix (Elk River) scored the game’s first goal, off assists from Griffin Ness (Wayzata) and Andrew Erwin (Eden Prairie). Tier 1 tied the game with less than six minutes remaining on a goal by Ethan Heidipriem.

Grabko – who plays for the Chicago Fury – made 50 saves in an outstanding performance while taking the loss. Jackson Hjelle (Delano) had 19 saves for Minnesota Red. TOURNAMENT NOTES: Red Bull Salzburg took third place with a 4-0 win over Chicago Mission. The Tier 1 Elite team took fifth place by beating Stanstead College – a Quebec prep school – 2-0, and Minnesota White beat Michigan 5-4 to take seventh place…Perbix led the tournament in goals with four, while Perbix and Taro Jenzsch were tied for the tourney lead with six points.

Seven Minnesota Red players – Jackson Hjelle, Ben Brinkman, Michael Vorlicky, Joe Molenaar, Luke Mobley, Jackson Jutting and Jack Boltmann – were also part of Team Southwest in the Elite League regular season, meaning they won the Elite League regular season championship, Elite League playoff championship and the IIT title all in the same season.

Goalie Jackson Hjelle (Delano) was named the MVP of the 2017 International Invitational Tournament.

2017 International Invitational Results • All-Tournament Team Qtr: Minnesota Red 2, Tier I Elite 1 Qtr: Red Bull Salzburg 6, Minnesota White 5 Qtr: Shattuck-St. Mary’s 3, Michigan DHL 2 Qtr: Chicago Mission 3, Stanstead College 2 Semi: Minnesota Red 4, Red Bull Salzburg 3 Semi: Shattuck-St. Mary’s 3, Chicago Mission 2

Consolation: Tier I Elite 7, Minnesota White 4 Consolation: Stanstead College 5, Michigan DHL 3 7th Place: Minnesota White 5, Michigan DHL 4 5th Place: Tier I Elite 2, Stanstead College 0 3rd Place: Red Bull Salzburg 4, Chicago Mission 0 Championship: Minnesota Red 5, Shattuck-St. Mary’s 1

D Ben Brinkman, Minnesota Red D Kilian Zundel, Red Bull Salzburg F Taro Jenzsch, Red Bull Salzburg F Demetrios Koumontizis, Minnesota Red F Jack Perbix, Minnesota Red G Jackson Hjelle, Minnesota Red MVP Jackson Hjelle, Minnesota Red

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“Coach said ...”

By Hal TTear ear se earse

Let’s Play Hockey photo by Mike Thill

There are 53.8 million kids playing sports in the United States and the most common phrases they all say to each other and their parents is, “Coach said ….” Because kids pay close attention to what their coaches say and do, coaches hold great power to influence young people.

Research shows that in the hierarchy of adults, coaches have the highest position in the minds and hearts of their players.

Understanding this stature places quite a responsibility on youth and high school coaches. What you say, and do, matters.

Coaches have a choice between being a transactional coach or TRANSFORMATIONAL coach.

Transactional coaches are concerned primarily about winning games. The inevitable results are short benches, misplaced priorities, too many games and similar strategies that support winning as a priority. These strategies can be successful in the short run but they leave kids empty, uninspired and looking elsewhere for what they need. The strategies also drain the depth out of a program as fewer kids develop the passion they need to sustain

Coaches have a choice between being a transactional coach or a transformational coach.

their participation and fulfill their potential.

Transformational coaches are concerned about developing the players’ mind, body and spirit. Transformational coaches can change the lives of their players in a positive direction and give the players the skills they need to succeed in life and not just in hockey.

A transformational youth coach: • Plays all players regardless of game situations.

• Treats all players fairly.

• Models sportsmanship.

• Teaches respect for the game, teammates, officials and opponents.

• Is patient and takes time with every player to help them overcome obstacles and build confidence.

• Understands that to be successful a coach needs to teach each individual and the team as a whole.

• Has a strong set of values that guide their daily interactions with individual players and the team.

A transformational high school coach: • High school is supposedly about winning! But high school coaches can also be transformational and arguably their teenage players are desperate for this type of adult in their lives. This age group is where coaches can make the biggest impact on their players.

• With all of the attention and pressure placed on high school players, their coaches need to help keep them grounded and provide an environment in which they can succeed regardless of the final.

With all of the knowledge and resources we have about how to inspire and support our young people in sports, it only makes sense that we not tolerate anything but a transformational approach to coaching.

This approach can be hard and it can be challenging at times, but the effort is worth it. Youth sports are called “youth sports” for a reason. It is about our kids.

For more from longtime coach Hal Tearse, go to mminnesotahockey.blogspot.com.

Tape to Tape

Artist Pete Cote gives new meaning to the term

By Bryan Zollman Let’s Play Hockey The term tape-to-tape in hockey is used to describe a crisp on-themoney pass from one teammate to another.

But for Pete Cote, going tape to tape means he has begun a new art project.

Cote, of Stillwater, makes distressed hockey signs using layers of hockey tape. His unique talent has led him to making signs for some of the biggest names in hockey, including Phil Housley and Wild owner Craig Liepold.

Cote says he stumbled upon the idea while making one of his custom wood signs.

“I don’t know if I saw someone on TV taping their stick or what, but one night it was about midnight and I was working on a sign and I went and grabbed some hockey tape out of my kid’s bag,” said Cote, whose son, Sawyer, is a junior defenseman for the Stillwater Ponies.

His first attempt using tape created a cut out of a Wild tree. The next day, he bought a bunch of colored tape and went to work on his new idea. He made a couple of taped signs and donated them to charities. That’s when he set a meeting up with Mark Fasching (MN Wild) through the help of Tom Sagissor.

“Mark thought they were really cool and wanted to borrow a couple to show some people,” said Pete. “He called back and said the owner of the Wild is interested in one of your signs. I was in awe.”

Of course Pete agreed and made a custom sign for Wild owner Craig Liepold.

He made a few more for the Hockey Lodge at the Xcel Energy Center. Sooner than later, his taped signs were more popular than his wood signs.

A graphic arts major, Cote has always had a creative eye and creative hands. He remembers his first taped sign looking too

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new, so he chipped off part of a hockey puck and rubbed it across the tape to give it a distressed look.

“It really brings out the layers of the tape,” he said. “It got a great response.”

Cote says it takes up to 20 hours and five rolls of tape to complete a sign, depending

on the detail. He is part owner of a printing company so his daytime hours are spent working there while he spends his evenings working on signs.

“It may take up to a week off and on to finish a sign,” he said. “Just to get the frame ready takes a lot of time. But it’s something

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I love to do.”

Cote has a room in his basement where he does his work. Usually a hockey game plays in the background as he sits and starts stretching tape across the base.

What starts out looking like just a cross section of tape turns into layered, almost 3D-looking work of art. He credits his artistic abilities to his father, a former police officer and cabinet maker.

“There were many mornings where I woke up to the sound of a hammer and before you knew it I would either be out in the garage or on site helping my dad with an install,” he recalled. “I remember all his note pads, with all the numbers and dimensions, all his hand drawn, but 3D looking plans of different types of cabinets. If you ever had a chance to walk through his garage and then walk through mine, they are one in the same, down to the note pads.”

These days, 75 percent of the signs Cote makes are hockey signs (he will have a few signs hanging at the Wild’s new practice facility and has several on display at the LumberYard Hockey and Sports Center in Stillwater). But he also does corporate signs and has made them for the likes of Home Depot and Andersen Windows.

“The majority of my clientele are hockey fans,” said Cote. “I do a lot of high school stuff.”

As his signs are hung more often, he gets more phone calls asking for a custom made sign using his unique tape-to-tape design.

His signs typically retail for between $400 and $2,000, depending on the size of the sign and the detail that goes into it. Some signs have up to eight layers of tape.

“Everybody wants to have something nobody else has,” said Cote. “People like the uniqueness of it. It’s a unique, customized personal gift.”

Interested in a sign? Contact Pete Cote at (651) 247-7497 or at cotewoodworks@comcast.net. You can also visit his Facebook page DeSigns Unlimited or check out his website www.cotewoodworks.wix.com/ designsunlimited to see more of his work.

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Training tips from Natalie Darwitz and Winny Brodt-Brown

By Mar ynn McPher son & Maryy LLynn McPherson Susan Rennie McPherson Hockey season is in full swing and whether you are a PeeWee or a pro, the way to move your game to the next level is summed up in one word: TRAINING. Not merely “working out,” but specific hockey training. We had the opportunity to discuss training with two of the top names in women’s hockey: Winny Brodt-Brown and Natalie Darwitz.

Both women have trained or coached some of the top names in girls’ and women’s hockey in Minnesota. Although some common themes appeared, each had a slightly different approach to training at different developmental levels.

According to Brodt-Brown, players at ages 5-8 is about building confidence. She stated, this is the age where, “You really want to get kids to enjoy skating not just forwards, but backwards,” because it will build confidence. Instilling confidence in skating skills increases the chance that a younger player will continue to enjoy hockey.

For Darwitz, age 5-8 is about, “fundamentals and setting the foundation.” She noted that, “You want to make skating fun for a youngster,” but also work on body positioning skills. Both Brodt-Brown and Darwitz also stressed making certain that drills matched the “maturity level” of the players.

At ages 8-12, Brodt-Brown likes to focus on shooting in terms of “accuracy and keeping your head up.” This is a time for players to learn to be more, “vocal on the ice and to learn to communicate with one another.”

She also noted the importance of avoiding hockey “burnout” and “being around positive people.” Darwitz noted that ages 8-12 is where training becomes advanced, and “preference-driven for hockey.”

Training takes a shift at the time players enter high school. Darwitz noted that high school is where skills start to become finetuned: “You want to start focusing on angles of passes” as well as learning to help out other players. She noted, for example,

teaching players how to help out the goalie who is out of position. Brodt-Brown also focused on fine-tuning, including, setting up small game scenarios, playing in the defensive zone and working on skills away from the puck.

For those players who aspire to play at the college level, both Brodt-Brown and Darwitz agreed that “self-motivation” and keeping the game “fun” plays a significant role. Brodt-Brown stressed the importance of practicing skills “on your own, but make it fun.” Practicing wrist shots, slap shots and shooting for accuracy as well as skating drills are all skills that can be practiced on your own. Darwitz stated that players need to “stay in the moment. Play each shift as well as you can and have fun.” She also noted that players, “need to be a sponge and learn from the best. Strive to get better every season.” She pointed out that at the beginning of the season a player should set goals for areas of their play that they want to improve.

Brodt-Brown and Darwitz also gave us their top three training tips for players of any age. For Brodt-Brown, puck touches, speed training, power skating drills and edge-work skating were important. For Darwitz, skating efficiency, life balance and combined personal growth and being a student of the game were important noting, “Pick a player to watch and emulate.”

One final theme that was reiterated several times by both women was making sure to avoid “burnout,” and keeping focused on a “balanced approach” to hockey and other aspects of life. Brodt-Brown specifically warned about the dangers of, “burning kids out,” particularly around ages 8-12. One of Darwitz’s top three training tips was making sure there was a, “balance in life,” noting that, “focusing on hockey 24/7 is not a great idea. There needs to be family time, friend time, sports time and school time.”

Great advice not only for hockey, but also for life.

Warroad unveils new training room

Warroad recently opened a new training room featuring dryland and strength training areas, conveniently connected to Hockeytown USA’s two arenas.

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MGHCA announces Hall inductees

The Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) has announced its 2017 Hall of Fame inductees. They are: • Tim Hunst, former head coach at Owatonna High School • Jim MacFarlane, longtime assistant and head coach at Moorhead High School • Glen Gilderman, head coach at Proctor/Hermantown for 20 years, including Duluth Marshall for seven of those years.

• Jeff Corkish, former head coach at Hastings High School since 1999.

They will be inducted at the MGHCA Hall of Fame Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 22, between the afternoon and evening sessions of the 2018 Minnesota Girls State High School Tournament. The event will take place at 317 Washington St., in St. Paul, next to the Xcel Energy Center, and very close to Herbie’s statue and the home of the new Herbie’s On The Park restaurant. Social hour at 3:30 p.m., dinner at 4:30, with awards to follow.

Fallen departs as USHL commissioner The United States Hockey League announced last week that President and Commissioner Bob Fallen will depart after leading the nation’s top junior hockey league for nearly three and a half years. Fallen will provide consulting services over the next few months to ensure a smooth transition of duties.

“I believe strongly in the USHL, its purpose and fully expect it to continue to be regarded as one of the world’s top developmental leagues,” said Fallen. “Individuals and organizations evolve and change. I’m leaving on good terms and it’s time to seek new challenges and opportunities.”

When assuming the leadership role in 2014, the new Commissioner was tasked with building upon the solid foundation established by his predecessors and league shareholders that

Let’s Play Hockey positioned the USHL as one of the world’s premiere junior hockey leagues. While NCAA commitments, NHL Draft selections and USHL coaching advancement have continued to grow each year, Fallen is noted most for leading the league to new heights in promotion, marketing partnerships and event development.

Fallen was instrumental in the creation of a tripartite relationship with the National Hockey League and USA Hockey, which benefits the development of players, coaches and officials.

Fallen led the league’s re-branding effort introduced prior to the 2016 NHL Draft with the league’s player-focused campaign #WhosNext. In addition, Fallen championed the “Make the Educated Decision” campaign and, “The Path” marketing platform which promoted the route to the NHL available to the world’s top players via college hockey and NCAA-compliant junior leagues.

Fallen bolstered the USHL media department to allow for better communication of the league’s purpose and prowess of its players and coaches. Total measured media impressions from traditional outlets jumped from 8.7 million in 2014 to 16.4 million in 2016, as well as social media total followings from 29,000 to over 100,000 fans to date.

MN Warriors to host annual Veterans Day showcase On Saturday, Nov. 11, the Minnesota Warriors will be hosting their annual hockey showcase to celebrate Veterans Day. The Warrior Showcase, open to the public, will be held at Doug Woog Ice Arena in South Saint Paul at 5 p.m. Over 45 MN Warriors and Minnesota National Guard members will participate in the event on the ice and many more will be on hand to answer questions and explain their experiences in the program.

There will also be a silent auction and “Chuck-a-Puck.”

Currently, the Minnesota Warriors have over 150 players on teams in Duluth and the Twin Cities. This event will also include Minnesota National Guard members assigned to the 34th Infantry Division, or more commonly known in the community as the “Red Bulls.” Another partner in making this event possible is the South Saint Paul Youth Hockey program. All proceeds from this event will be used to further both the Minnesota Warriors and South Saint Paul Youth Hockey’s missions.

For more information about the game, rosters or purchasing tickets can be found at http://bit.ly/WarriorShowcase. For Veterans wanting to join, further information can be found at mnwarriors.com.

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Schedule set for USA Hockey Sled Classic A record 28 NHL-associated sled hockey teams will take part in the eighth annual USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the NHL. Tournament play will begin Thursday, Nov. 16, and culminate with championship games for all five divisions on Sunday, Nov. 19. All games will take place in Plymouth, Minn., at Plymouth Ice Center.

www.letsplayhockey.com The 28 competing teams represent a record 20 NHL member clubs, including the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets. Each team will represent their associated NHL club by wearing official NHL licensed jerseys with local club marks and logos.

Among the record 300-plus competitors slated to participate, 15 are current members of the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team.

Of those skaters, 13 helped the United States claim the silver medal at the 2017 Para Sled Hockey World Championship in Gangneung, South Korea, and a total of 10 players skated on the U.S. squad that claimed the gold medal at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Old Timers luncheon set for Nov. 20 The Old Timers Hockey Association will hold its annual luncheon on Monday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m., at Mancini’s Char House in St. Paul, Minn. The guest speaker will be Craig Leipold, owner and chairman of the Minnesota Wild. Returning as emcee for the program will be Dick “The Polish Eagle” Jonckowski.

Cost of luncheon is $32 per person. Mail payment to: Old Timers Hockey Association, 9 Langer Circle, West St. Paul, MN 55118. The deadline for receiving payment and a list of names of people paid for is Thursday, Nov. 16. There will also be a free turkey drawing following the program.

USA vs. Canada set for Dec. 3 in St. Paul USA Hockey announced the full schedule for The Time is Now Tour featuring the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team.

The Tour, which includes three games against Canada and the 2017 Four Nations Cup, will be a key component of Team USA’s preparation for PyeongChang while also showcasing the sport at its highest level in select communities across the country.

The three games vs. Canada will be held Oct. 25 in Boston, Dec. 3 in St. Paul, Minn., and Dec. 15 in San Jose, Calif., while the 2017 Four Nations Cup will be held Nov. 5-12 in Wesley Chapel and Tampa, Fla. The Four Nations Cup is an annual tournament that has been held in varying forms since 1996 (previously the Three Nations Cup). The U.S. has captured the title seven times (1997, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016).

The 2017-18 U.S. Women’s National Team 23-player roster features 21 players who helped Team USA earn a gold medal at the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship and 12 members of the silver medal-winning 2014 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team, including Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Mass.), Megan Bozek (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.), Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.), Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.), Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.), Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.), Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho), Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (Grand Forks, N.D.), Monique Lamoureux-Morando (Grand Forks, N.D.), Gigi Marvin (Warroad, Minn.) and Lee Stecklein (Roseville, Minn.).

Robb Stauber (Medina, Minn.) is the head coach of the 2017 U.S. Women’s National Team and 2018 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team.

The final 2018 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team is expected to be announced on or around Jan. 1, 2018.

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the same drills (or small area games) at Christmas that you were at Halloween, chances are the players will begin to get bored. Instead, coaches should challenge players by continually adding and linking hockey concepts to various games and drills over the course of the season.

“If you have that type of environment where they come in and they know they’re going to grow physically and mentally, then it’s fun to come to the rink, and fun takes on a different tone than sharks and minnows and Halloween costumes,” said Bonnett.

It’s All Connected Regardless of what level a player ends up at, whether it’s peewees, the NHL or a local men’s league, the amount of fun they have playing hockey will likely determine how long they play.

“If you get a kind coach that can get down at that [8U] level and make hockey fun,” said Bonnett, “that has a strong, strong effect for those kids on staying in the game and ultimately being the fuel to drive those kids to play varsity ice hockey for their high school one day.”

And if your goal is to help kids reach their potential as hockey players, the bottom line is once they get to 14-15 years old, they will need to take responsibility for their own development and begin putting in additional time and effort.

“That’s what separates players,” said Bonnett. “Who is going to have that love, passion and drive to shoot 100 pucks every night? To be in the weight room, to out-compete kids? To really out-grit kids?”

The answer to those questions are quite simple. Which kids have the most fun playing hockey?

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Pioneers get an early wake-up call

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Last weekend’s sweep at the hands of Western Michigan may be just what Denver needs to go on another run

By Andrew Vitalis Let’s Play Hockey

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University of Denver men’s hockey coach Jim Montgomery walked into the Pioneer locker room last Saturday, right after DU fell to Western Michigan for the second time in as many nights and saw something he hadn’t seen in over a year – disappointment. It wasn’t so much that the Pioneers lost to the Broncos, but rather how they lost.

In both games, DU had a two-goal lead and lost it. After allowing 10 goals in their previous six games, the Pioneers gave up 13 in two games against WMU. Montgomery remembered seeing similar emotion from his squad last season after the Pioneers opened the 2016-17 season losing two straight to Ohio State and Boston College.

His team was stunned.

“Last year we got swept the first weekend of the year and I remember our locker room just being devastated and it was the same (last weekend) – which I like,” Montgomery said. “I’m glad that people in our program were devastated that we were swept. It was very disappointing to everyone involved in the program – how we weren’t able to finish games that we had leads in. A lot of that had to do with the incredible intensity and how well Western played. But when looking at our team’s development, it was very disappointing to give up leads like that, and that is purely a will thing – being team-committed to defense.

It happens during the course of the year.

You have bad moments and you need to learn and get better. Hopefully, this team will be able to do that.”

“For us, it always comes down to our preparation,” junior forward Dylan Gambrell said. “It wasn’t a regular DU weekend. We need to be at our best every week. They definitely brought it to us. We have to take it as a learning lesson and get better. I think it’s good that it happened early in the season for us. Now we know what it’s like and how it feels to lose like that, especially for some of the younger guys. Now we know what it takes, how hard every weekend is going to be and how hard we need to prepare.”

The two losses were the first for the Pioneers this season (now 4-2-2 overall) and their first regular season loss since last January when DU fell to St. Cloud State in overtime. Ironically enough, the Pioneers’ next opponent is St. Cloud State. When Denver takes on SCSU this weekend, it will be the first time since last February that the Pioneers won’t have a No. 1 ranking next to their name. That ranking now belongs to the Huskies after a home sweep of UMD last weekend. If a wake-call needed to happen for Montgomery and his squad, they are glad it happened when it did.

“It definitely wasn’t the way we wanted to play,” junior defenseman Blake Hillman said.

“I give Western a lot of credit. They were prepared; their rink was super loud. I think that helped them a ton with momentum.

This week in practice we have really focused on us and what we can do, going home and looking at ourselves in the mirror and telling ourselves that it wasn’t a good weekend and we need to get back to what we have been doing to have success. I think that was the biggest takeaway.”

When dissecting the 2017-18 Pioneers, the one thing that sticks out more than any other category is their experience. A veteran squad made up of 11 juniors and seniors who have skated to the college hockey mountaintop, DU has been down this hallway before. Last year’s national championship run continues to be the perfect blueprint for success. After dropping their first two games, Denver went 12-0-3 over their next 15 games. During that stretch, they

The Denver Pioneers return the bulk of last year’s team that captured the NCAA Championship.

outscored their opponents 46-28 and held them to one goal or less eight times.

Then in December, DU experienced a small hiccup in their schedule. After losing to UMD on Dec. 10, the Pioneers skated to a 3-3-1 record over their next seven. It wasn’t a stretch of bad hockey necessarily, just not DU hockey. Then, after losing to SCSU 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 20, the Pioneers exploded by finishing the regular season with 11 straight wins, outscoring their opponents 48-17 and holding their opponents to two goals or less nine times.

Aside from the speed bump in the NCHC Tournament, DU was nearly perfect from late-January through April when they captured their eighth national title by beating UMD 3-2. Now, almost seven months removed from that historic run, the Pioneers use that time period as a learning tool. It becomes a matter of perspective. Sometimes it’s a good thing to be reminded that it’s a marathon and not a sprint.

“Last year, we played North Dakota in the NCHC semifinals and we ended up losing. I think honestly that the loss was the best thing that could have happened to us before we went on our little run,” Hillman said.

“It just gave us that mental edge on how nothing was going to come easy. Every team, especially this year being that we are the defending national champions, every team is going to be gunning for us. I think it definitely was a wake-up call to everyone in general. We know we are a good team and we just flat-out got outworked and embarrassed. I think it was a good thing because it’s early on in the year and we can fix some of these things and we have plenty of time to do that.”

Good teams typically have one thing in common – they excel in the leadership department. Montgomery can certainly check that one off the list. In addition to his seniors – led by captain Tariq Hammond – DU has one of the strongest classes of junior pucksters in the nation. They have seen it all. Whether you look at their 2017-18 team statistics, the box score from last year’s national championship game against the Bulldogs or the game recap from their Frozen Four loss to North Dakota two seasons ago, the players who represent DU’s current junior class are a part of the story.

Led by assistant captain Troy Terry, a Colorado native, Denver has three players in the top 13 in scoring in the nation heading into this weekend. Two are juniors (Gambrell is the other). Terry is second in the nation and first in the NCHC in scoring with 16 points in eight games. It definitely does not stop there. In his first two seasons, Gambrell has scored over 40 points. Junior sniper Jarid Lukosevicius notched a hat trick during last year’s title game – the first hat trick in a national championship game since Montgomery did it as a member of Maine’s title

team in 1993. Then there is Hillman, Colin Staub, Logan O’Connor ... get the idea? It’s an intangible that one cannot ignore. If experience is one of the keys to long-term success, the Pioneers’ junior class has certainly been there, done that.

“We knew we were getting a real solid class of individuals and character young men that were going to help elevate our program to another level,” Montgomery said when asked about recruiting the class as freshmen. “Did we know they were going to be this good on the ice? We hoped, but you never know they are going to be as good as what you hope. It’s a class that has been to two Frozen Fours and we lean on heavily for leadership and being able to increase our culture.

“Up front, we have a lot of forwards that play high quality minutes and two are assistant captains in Dylan Gambrell and Troy Terry. Everyone knows about them, but I don’t think everyone knows about a guy like Logan O’Conner, who I think is the best defensive forward, not only on our team, but one of the best defensive forwards in the country. Just his tenacity and how hard he plays. Then you throw in a guy like Colin Staub who is an incredible team-first guy that gets better every year. There you have four forwards, and then you add Jarid Lukosevicius who is a trigger man and a

power-play guy who is hard to play against every night because of how hard he goes to the net and how hard he shoots the puck.

On the back end, we have Blake Hillman who has developed into a great two-way defenseman who is one of three returning defensemen who log tons of minutes right now until our captain Tariq Hammond gets back.”

“I think it helps that we’ve been there before,” Gambrell said. “I’m sure other guys have been there in different leagues as well, but for us, knowing that we’ve been there and have handled it and have taken it on previously, we have that in the back of our heads – what it feels like and what we need to do moving forward.”

Moving forward is something they have shown they are good at, and something they will need to perfect once again this weekend. If you believe in statistics, the weekend series with St. Cloud State will come down to one thing – the Huskies’ offense against the Pioneers’ defense. SCSU skates into the series with the top-ranked offense in the nation, averaging 4.7 goals per game.

Denver is currently 40th in team defense, giving up 3.1 goals per game.

“Just today, Monty called (SCSU) the Harlem Globetrotters of ice hockey,” Hillman said. “They pass the puck, they move away from the puck, they are quick and very offensive. Their D-men jump up in the play. We know we are going to have our hands full. The way I look at it, just like last weekend when we went into Western’s barn, they were looking at us like we are looking at St. Cloud this weekend. There is an undefeated team, No. 1 in the country coming in and we want to do everything within our power to slow them down.”

“We always look at how we need to get better,” Montgomery said. “In year’s past, we needed to get better offensively and this year we need to get better defensively. We need to have to increase in defensive awareness and a stronger commitment to team first.”

All eyes will surely be on Denver this weekend. Get your tickets now – if there are any left.

Andrew Vitalis can be reached at lphprep@yahoo.com

2017-18 NCAA Statistical Leaders Save Percentage (minimum 33 percent of team’s minutes) Goalie Team GP MIN W-L-T Colton Point Colgate 8 499:48 4-0-4 Jake Kielly Clarkson 10 600:23 6-3-1 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State 3 182:06 3-0-0 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell 7 355:38 4-1-0 Matthew Galajda Cornell 4 199:05 3-0-0 Eric Dop Bowling Green 4 239:54 3-1-0 Daniel Tirone New Hampshire 8 485:04 6-1-1 Cole Bruns Army West Point 8 473:46 5-3-0 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota 10 599:28 7-3-0 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State 4 239:55 4-0-0 Merrick Madsen Harvard 3 180:00 2-1-0

SO 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 2

GA 9 15 5 10 5 7 16 16 18 8 5

GAA 1.08 1.50 1.65 1.69 1.51 1.75 1.98 2.03 1.80 2.00 1.67

SV 246 266 87 157 75 103 233 232 250 107 66

SV% .965 .947 .946 .940 .938 .936 .936 .935 .933 .930 .930

Goals-Against Average (minimum 33 percent of team’s minutes) Goalie Team GP MIN W-L-T Colton Point Colgate 8 499:48 4-0-4 Jake Kielly Clarkson 10 600:23 6-3-1 Matthew Galajda Cornell 4 199:05 3-0-0 Cam Johnson North Dakota 8 478:28 5-2-1 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State 3 182:06 3-0-0 Merrick Madsen Harvard 3 180:00 2-1-0 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell 7 355:38 4-1-0 Eric Dop Bowling Green 4 239:54 3-1-0 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota 10 599:28 7-3-0 Sean Romeo Ohio State 10 594:06 5-3-2 Darion Hanson Union 6 358:22 5-1-0

SO 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0

SV 246 266 75 161 87 66 157 103 250 201 127

SV% .965 .947 .938 .925 .946 .930 .940 .936 .933 .918 .920

GA 9 15 5 13 5 5 10 7 18 18 11

GAA 1.08 1.50 1.51 1.63 1.65 1.67 1.69 1.75 1.80 1.82 1.84

The Mike Richter Award annually honors the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men’s hockey.

The 2018 award will be presented during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in St. Paul. Candidates for the Mike Richter Award will be determined by a vote of all 60 NCAA Division I men’s hockey head coaches. The finalists and winner will then be selected by a selection committee of coaches, scouts and members of the media.

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Minnesota-Grown College Commitments Men’s Division I Name, Position Wyatt Aamodt, D Alex Adams, F * Roman Ahcan, F * Ben Almquist, F * Grant Anderson, D * 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 * Brendan Bushy, D Andy Carroll, D Jackson Cates, F * Noah Cates, F * Ray Christy, F * Rob Christy, F * Ben Copeland, F Ryder Donovan, F * Casey Dornbach, F * Billy Duma, F * Henry Enebak, F * Brock Faber, D * Ethan Frisch, D * Owen Gallatin, D * Will Garin, F * Michael Graham, F * Gavin Hain, F * Jake Hale, F * Brian Halonen, F * Ben Helgeson, F * Drew Helleson, D Sam Hentges, F Sam Huff, F * Aaron Huglen, F * Brian Hurley, D * Trevor Janicke, F * Jack Jensen, F * Ethan Johnson, F * Luke Johnson, D Jett Jungels, F * Tyler Jutting, D Connor Kelley, D * Brandon Koch, D Cole Koepke, F * Carson Kosobud, D * Mike Koster, D * Travis Kothenbeutel, F Demetrios Koumontzis, F Kyle Kukkonen, F * Trevor Kukkonen, F * Shane LaVelle, F * Nicky Leivermann, D * Luke Loheit, F * Austen Long, F Kyle Looft, D Chaz Lucius, F Cruz Lucius, F Josh Luedtke, D * James Marooney, D * Mitchell Mattson, F * Connor Mayer, D * Devlin McCabe, 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 Jaxon Nelson, F * Bauer Neudecker, F * Bennett Norlin, F Nik Norman, F Brett Oberle, D * Keaton Pehrson, D * Jack Perbix, F * Nick Perbix, D * Clayton Phillips, D * Garrett Pinoniemi, F * Rhett Pitlick, F * Carter Randklev, F * Jake Ratzlaff, D * Marko Reifenberger, F Willie Reim, F * Zach Risteau, F Jack Robbel, G Ryan Sandelin, F * Nolan Schaeffer, D Bram Scheerer, F * Colin Schmidt, F * John Schuldt, D Mark Senden, F * Grant Silianoff, F Jason Smallidge, D Hank Sorenson, D Jaxson Stauber, G Levi Stauber, F * Casey Staum, D * Zach Stejskal, G *

Hometown Hermantown Grand Rapids Burnsville Victoria Wayzata Hermantown Medina Willmar Edina Burnsville Hanover Minnetonka Edina Ham Lake Thief River Falls Northfield Stillwater Stillwater St. Paul St. Paul Edina Duluth Edina Wayzata Lakeville Maple Grove Moorhead Hugo Mound Eden Prairie Grand Rapids Minneapolis Delano Lake Elmo Farmington New Brighton Maple Grove Roseau Dellwood Maple Grove Eden Prairie Newfolden Edina Edina Mankato Maple Grove Hastings Hermantown Moorhead Chaska Sauk Rapids Edina Maple Grove Maple Grove Chaska Eden Prairie Minnetonka Blaine Mankato North Oaks North Oaks Minnetonka Chaska Grand Rapids Champlin North Oaks Grand Rapids Sartell North Branch Delano Elk River Coleraine Minneapolis Hopkins Grand Rapids Cottage Grove Luverne St. Louis Park Farmington Maplewood Woodbury Lakeville Elk River Elk River Edina Delano Chaska Moorhead Rosemount Hastings North Oaks Lakeville Bloomington Hermantown Marshall Edina Maple Grove Minnetonka Medina Edina Inver Grove Heights Plymouth Wayzata Duluth Falcon Heights Grand Rapids

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

High School Hermantown Grand Rapids Burnsville Holy Family Wayzata Hermantown Benilde-SM Shattuck Edina Burnsville Buffalo Minnetonka Edina Blaine Thief River Falls Northfield Stillwater Stillwater St. Thomas St. Thomas Edina Duluth East Edina Wayzata Lakeville North Maple Grove Moorhead White Bear Lake Holy Family Eden Prairie Grand Rapids Mpls Southwest Delano Hill-Murray Shattuck Totino-Grace Maple Grove Roseau St. Thomas Maple Grove Eden Prairie Thief River Falls Edina Edina Mankato West Maple Grove Shattuck Hermantown Moorhead Chaska Sauk Rapids-Rice Edina Osseo Osseo Chaska Eden Prairie Minnetonka Spring Lake Park Mankato West Gentry Academy Gentry Academy Minnetonka Holy Family Grand Rapids Benilde-SM St. Paul Acad.

Grand Rapids Sartell-SS North Branch Delano Elk River Greenway Blake Minnetonka Grand Rapids Hill-Murray Luverne St. Louis Park Shattuck Shattuck Hill-Murray Lakeville North Elk River Elk River Edina Delano Chaska Moorhead Rosemount Hill-Murray St. Thomas Benilde-SM Shattuck Hermantown Marshall Edina Wayzata Minnetonka Wayzata Shattuck St. Thomas Wayzata Holy Family Duluth Marshall Hill-Murray Grand Rapids

College Minnesota State Air Force Wisconsin Wisconsin Nebraska Omaha Minnesota Duluth Clarkson Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota State Minnesota Denver Minnesota St. Cloud State St. Cloud State Minnesota State Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Colorado College Colorado College Colorado College North Dakota Harvard Air Force St. Cloud State Notre Dame North Dakota Minnesota Duluth Connecticut Notre Dame North Dakota Minnesota Duluth Michigan Tech Wisconsin Boston College St. Cloud State Minnesota Minnesota Ohio State Notre Dame Minnesota Nebraska Omaha Providence Northern Michigan Air Force Minnesota Duluth Air Force Minnesota Duluth Arizona State Minnesota Nebraska Omaha Arizona State Michigan Tech Michigan Tech Wisconsin Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth Colorado College Bemidji State Minnesota Minnesota Northern Michigan Ohio State North Dakota Connecticut Minnesota Duluth Minnesota St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Maine Nebraska Omaha St. Cloud State Minnesota Wisconsin St. Cloud State Niagara Minnesota Alabama-Huntsville Air Force Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Michigan Notre Dame St. Cloud State Minnesota St. Cloud State Minnesota Arizona State Minnesota Massachusetts Air Force St. Lawrence Lake Superior St. Minnesota State Robert Morris Colorado College Minnesota Nebraska Omaha North Dakota Notre Dame Nebraska Omaha Alabama Huntsville Minnesota State Michigan Tech Nebraska Omaha Minnesota Duluth

Andy Stoneman, F Robbie Stucker, D * Nolan Sullivan, F * Ben Troumbly, F * Noah Tussey, F * Tanner Vescio, D Garrett Wait, F * Sammy Walker, F * Ben Ward, F * Nate Warner, F * Blaine Warnert, F * Dalton Weigel, D * Nick Williams, D * Jensen Zerban, F Brady Ziemer, D * Trevor Zins, D Will Zmolek, D * Total: 123

Faribault Shattuck-St. Mary’s Shattuck St. Lawrence St. Paul Chicago (USHL) St. Thomas Colorado College Eden Prairie Muskegon (USHL) Eden Prairie Nebraska Omaha Coleraine Greenway HS Greenway St. Cloud State Stillwater Stillwater Area HS Stillwater Minnesota Blaine Bismarck (NAHL) Blaine Northern Michigan Edina Waterloo (USHL) Edina Minnesota Edina Edina HS Edina Minnesota Annandale MN Wilderness (NAHL) MAML St. Cloud State St. Cloud St. Cloud Cathedral HS SC Cathedral St. Cloud State Chaska Chaska HS Chaska Nebraska Omaha Bloomington Aberdeen (NAHL) Breck Air Force Edina Edina Bantam AA Edina Minnesota Elk River Sioux City (USHL) Elk River Air Force Carver Holy Family Catholic HS Holy Family St. Cloud State St. Michael Cedar Rapids (USHL) STMA UMass Lowell Rochester Cedar Rapids (USHL) Century Bemidji State (USHL 51, HS 47, NAHL 9, BCHL 6, Shattuck 4, USNTDP 4, Gentry 2) * Committed while playing for an MSHSL team

Women’s Division I Name, Position Paige Anderson, F Taylor Anderson, F Lexi Baker, G Gabby Billing, F Madison Bizal, D Olivia Bizal, G Haylee Blinkhorn, F Kate Boland, D Abigail Boreen, F Josie Bothun, G CC Bowlby, F Sydney Breza, 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 Lolita Fidler, F Maggie Flaherty, D Calla Frank, G Jada Habisch, F Kylie Hanley, F Nicole Harnett, G Kenzie Hauswirth, F Taylor Heise, F Grace Heiting, F Morgan Helgeson, 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 Emily King, F Kelsey King, F Kaitlyn Kotlowski, D Annie Kuehl, F Kailey Langefels, D Sydney Langseth, F Paetyn Levis, F Anneke Linser, F Lacey Martin, F Maddie Mashuga, F Sara McClanahan, F Kaity McKenzie, G Mannon McMahon, F Olivia Mobley, F Ellie Moser, F Ellice Murphy, D Ellen Nelson, D Maggie Nicholson, D Lizi Norton, F Emily Oden, F Madison Oelkers, F Joslynn Olson, F/D Gracie Ostertag, D Makayla Pahl, G Ramsey Parent, F Sadie Peart, D Currie Putrah, F Sophie Robinson, D Gabby Rosenthal, F Addi Scribner, D Sydney Shearen, F Catie Skaja, F Madelyn Skelton, F Nina Steigauf, F Taylor Stewart, D Anika Stoskopf, F Brooke Tucker, D Claudia Verkerke, F Grace Vojta, D Audrey Wethington, F Madeline Wethington, D Kyra Willoughby, D Emily Wisnewski, D

Hometown Andover Eagan Lakeville

2017-18 Team (Year) High School Andover HS (11) Andover Eagan HS (12) Eagan Lakeville South HS (12) Lakeville South Breck School (12) Breck Elk River Elk River/Zimmerman (12) Elk River Minnetonka Blake School (11) Blake Oakdale Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray Northfield Northfield HS (11) Northfield Somerset, WI Hill-Murray HS (12) Hill-Murray Forest Lake Forest Lake HS (10) Forest Lake Edina Edina HS (11) Edina Mound Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck St. Paul St. Paul United (12) Visitation Wayzata Blake School (10) Blake Bloomington Jefferson HS (11) Jefferson Bloomington Andover Andover HS (12) Andover New Prague New Prague HS (12) New Prague St. Cloud St. Cloud (12) SC Cathedral Overland Park, KS Lakeville North HS (11) Lakeville North Blake Blake School (11) Hugo White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake Edina Blake School (10) Blake Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (12) Eden Prairie Edina Edina HS (12) Edina Lakeville Lakeville North HS (12) Lakeville North Hugo White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake Buffalo Buffalo HS (10) Buffalo Hopkins Hopkins/Park (12) Hopkins Plymouth Armstrong/Cooper (11) Farmington Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Lake City Red Wing HS (12) Red Wing Woodbury East Ridge HS (12) East Ridge Roseau Hill-Murray HS (2) Hill-Murray Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (12) Eden Prairie Burnsville Burnsville HS (11) Burnsville Lino Lakes Centennial HS (12) Centennial Prior Lake Prior Lake HS (12) Prior Lake Edina Edina HS (10) Edina Edina Edina 15U A (9) Edina Stillwater Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray Prescott, WI Hill-Murray HS (12) Hill-Murray St. Paul Cretin-Derham Hall (11) Cretin-DH Elk River Elk River/Zimmerman (11) Elk River Warroad Warroad HS (12) Warroad Edina Edina HS (11) Edina Eden Prairie Minnetonka HS (11) Minnetonka Eden Prairie Eden Prairie HS (10) Eden Prairie Rogers Rogers HS (12) Rogers Lino Lakes Centennial HS (12) Centennial Minnetonka Minnetonka HS (10) Minnetonka Anoka Anoka HS (10) Anoka Orono Blake School (12) Blake South St. Paul South St. Paul HS (12) South St. Paul Maple Grove Maple Grove HS (11) Maple Grove St. Louis Park Breck School (10) Breck Farmington Farmington HS (12) Farmington Roseau Roseau HS (12) Roseau Forest Lake Forest Lake HS (10) Forest Lake Minnetonka Minnetonka HS (10) Minnetonka Orono Orono HS (12) Orono Edina Edina HS (12) Edina Warroad Warroad HS (12) Warroad Isanti Hill-Murray HS (11) Hill-Murray Shakopee Shattuck-St. Mary’s (12) Shattuck Rochester Mayo HS boys (11) Rochester Mayo Rochester Blaine Blaine HS (11) Blaine Grand Rapids/Greenway (11) Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Faribault Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Brainerd Brainerd/Little Falls (10) Brainerd Blaine Blaine HS (12) Blaine Woodbury East Ridge HS (11) East Ridge White Bear Lake White Bear Lake HS (11) White Bear Lake New Prague New Prague HS (2) New Prague Isanti Cambridge/Isanti HS (10) Cambridge/Isanti Oakdale Hill-Murray HS (10) Hill-Murray Rochester Shattuck-St. Mary’s (11) Shattuck Roseau Roseau HS (10) Roseau Edina Edina HS (12) Edina White Bear Lake White Bear Lake HS (12) White Bear Lake Edina Blake School (11) Blake Edina Blake School (10) Blake Edina Blake School (11) Blake Deephaven Blake School (12) Blake Plymouth Wayzata HS (11) Wayzata Total: 84 (HS 79, Shattuck 5)

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2017-18 Minnesota Girls’ High School Team Previews

ALBERT LEA TIGERS

ALEXANDRIA CARDINALS Last year: 16-13-1 Conference (record): Central Lakes (5-7-0) Section: 6A Home arena: Runestone Community Center Head coach: Molly Arola Years at school: 2 Career record: 16-13-1 Record at school: 16-13-1 Assistant coach: Jeff Doherty Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/8 Top returning forwards: Senior Kristin Trosvig (39 pts.), junior McKenna Ellingson (36) , senior Calley Richardson (23), senior Josie Minnerath (14), junior Alexis Heckert (14) Top returning defensemen: Senior Allison O’Kane (8 pts.), sophomore Mayson Toft (8) The coach says: “The Cardinals are excited for a new season ahead of us. It will be important for our team’s success to have consistent contributions from all returning players.”

ANDOVER HUSKIES Last year: 11-15-1 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (5-11-0) Section: 7AA Home arena: Andover Community Center Head coach: Melissa Volk Years at school: 5 Career record: 56-53-5 Record at school: 56-53-5 Assistant coaches: Ronnie Druk, Sarah Thedens, Shannon Kangas, Craig Anderson Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Claire Butorac, senior Paige Anderson, sophomore Jamie Nelson Top returning defensemen: Senior Grace Halvorson, sophomore Kennedy Little, sophomore Elisebeth Tammi Top returning goaltender: Junior Cassidy Stumo Top newcomers: Gabby Krause, Peyton Hemp, Madison Clough The coach says: “Young dynamic team led by five-year veterans Claire Butorac and Grace Halvorson who have had tremendous impact on our program. ”

Junior forward McKenna Ellingson led Alexandria with 24 goals in 30 games last season.

ANOKA

TORNADOES Last year: 12-13-1 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (7-8-1) Section: 5AA Home arena: Anoka Area Ice Arena Head coach: Chase Evertz Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Andria Baumann, Brian Mashuga, Jaclyn Daggit, Logan Syvock Top returning forwards: Sophomore Maddie Mashuga (13-12--25), junior Victoria Neumann (15-8--23), senior Jess Steichen (12-10--22), senior Sami Jockisch (7-3-10), senior Cassidy Motter (3-5--8_ Top returning defensemen: Senior Anna Guimont (36--9), senior Emma Terzich (0-2--2) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Abby Johnson (31-0, 3.56, .853), sophomore Kristi Cameron The coach says: “Depth at forwards - eight returning.

Good work ethic.”

APPLE VALLEY EAGLES Last year: 12-13-2 Conference (record): South Suburban (4-11-2) Section: 3AA Home arena: Apple Valley Sports Arena Head coach: Don Erdall Years at school: 8 Career record: 69-111-6 Record at school: 69-111-6 Assistant coaches: Liz Hermes, Rachel Goodman, Rob Walsh Top returning forwards: Senior Reagan Roelofs (134--17), sophomore Lily Leong (4-10--14), senior Kealey Jensen (5-8--13), senior Emma Vogelgesang (3-7--10) Top returning defensemen: Senior Sophia Leong (155--20), sophomore Krista Martinson (2-7--9), senior Josie Segar (1-5--6) Top returning goaltenders: Sophomore Keni Allen (1-

0-0, 1.83, .895), junior Abbey Cobb

Last year: 7-17-2 Conference: Metro West (2-4-1) Section: 6AA Home arena: St. Louis Park Rec Center Head coach: Shjon Podein Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Nick Sperides, Gregg Mellang, Katey Cowan Top returning forwards: Junior Maria DeCesare (105--15), senior Amanda Nylander (6-9--15), sophomore Kensie Malone (5-6--11) Top returning defensemen: Senior Megan Truman (31--4), senior Maggie Sexton (2-1--3) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Paige Greeley (3.95), sophomore Rose Beeman (2.62) The coach says: “New coaching staff with a new culture. Too soon to identify strength or weakness. Team with great potential.”

BLAINE BENGALS

AUSTIN PACKERS

Last year: 24-4-2 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (13-2-1) Section: 5AA Home arena: Fogerty Arena Head coach: Steve Guider Years at school: 16 Career record: 256-135-31 Record at school: 256-135-31 Assistant coaches: Pete McKenzie, Tim Morris, Tim Stickney, Calla Athman Letterwinners returning/lost: 8/10 Top returning forwards: Senior Gabby Rosenthal (2932--61), junior Ramsey Parent (25-30--55), senior Abby Jones (12-7--19), senior DeAnna LeMire (4-11--15), senior Megan McKenzie (4-6--10) Top returning defenseman: Junior Rachel Lentner (24--6) Top returning goaltender: Senior Jaela O’Brien (15-32, 1.09, .932) The coach says: “Lost a lot of high quality talent off of last year’s State runner-up team. Will have to depend on Jaela O’Brien early in goal while our young corps of D develops. Have two very high quality scorers with Gabby Rosenthal and Ramsey Parent. Our third line returns intact and was one of the best in Minnesota last year.

Exceptionally hardworking and relentless in their play.

Played against most teams’ first lines last season. ”

Last year: 7-19-0 Conference (record): Big 9 (6-13-0) Section: 1A Home arena: Riverside Arena Head coach: Carley Grunewald Years at school: First Letterwinners returning/lost: xxx Top returning forwards: Senior Myia Hoium (10-12-22), junior Jaiden Schuster (10-7--17), junior Lily Holtz (9-7--16), junior Erin Bickler (8-3--11) Top returning defenseman: Sophomore Jordyn McCormack (13-12--25), Top returning goaltender: Junior Faith Sayles

BEMIDJI

LUMBERJACKS Last year: 4-21-0 Conference (record): Greater Minnesota (2-10-0) Section: 8AA Home arenas: Nymore, BREC, BCA Arena Head coach: Casey Reierson Years at school: 2 Career record: 4-21-0 Record at school: 4-21-0 Assistant coaches: Becca Gregg, Laura Carleton, Rob Aitken Top returning forwards: Junior Maggie Marcotte (3-7-10), freshman Alexis Leitner (6-4--10), senior Hannah Eller (3-2--5) Top returning defensemen: Senior Jacie Lalli (3-5--8), senior Kali Kelm (2-1--3), sophomore Maddie Hanson (2-1--3) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Brooklyn Delap, freshman Nettie Kimble

BLAKE BEARS

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Last year: 3-21-1 Conference (record): Big 9 (2-12-1) Section: 1A Home arena: Albert Lea City Arena Head coach: Jason Fornwald Years at school: First Career record: 96-68-13 Assistant coaches: Abby Leach, Laura Wagnen Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Maddy Carstens (1920--39), senior Hannah Johnson (15-5--20) Top returning defenseman: Senior Lyrik Blake-Domke (2-11--13) Top returning goaltender: Freshman Maddie Schneider (4.99, .863) Top newcomers: Ester Yoon, Josie Venem, Jaiden Venem, Taylor Stanek, Alli Dulitz The coach says: “Maddy Carstens and Lyrik BlakeDomke are nearing the 100-game club and will hit that mark with this years second and third games, respectively. Maddie Schneider, only a freshman, has already played in 51 varsity games in her young career. The Tigers are returning 75% of their team from last year, with 80% of this years team freshmen or sophomores. With a completely new coaching staff, the Tigers will look to compete with the best this year by using their youth, speed, and great senior leadership.”

BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S RED KNIGHTS

Last year: 27-2-1 Conference (record): Independent Metro (5-0-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Blake Ice Arena Head coach: Shawn Reid Years at school: 6 Career record: 171-72-11 Record at school: 124-21-7 Assistant coaches: Alex Ward, Ashley Stenerson, Cody Bishop Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Sarah McClanahan (14-20--34), junior Izzy Daniel (17-27--34) Top returning defensemen: Junior Madeline Wethington (11-10--21), senior Sarah Chute (3-16--19), junior Grace Vojta (2-10--12), senior CC Wallin (2-8--10), senior Kyra Willoughby (5-5--10) Top returning goaltender: Senior Anna Kruesel (1510-1, 1.05, .940) The coach says: “Returning 14 players from last year’s Class A state championship team, expectations are again high for Blake. This will be the first year for Blake in Class AA as they have opted up for the next two-year MSHSL cycle. The regular season schedule is basically unchanged, as Blake has always played one of the most difficult schedules in the state. Blake looks to continue to have balanced scoring over three lines with staunch defense and stellar goaltending.”

Senior forward Sarah McClanahan is looking to lead Blake to the state title in the Bears’ first season in Class AA.

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BRAINERD/LITTLE FALLS FLYING WARRIORS Last year: 25-3-0 Conference (record): Central Lakes (10-1-0) Section: 8AA Head coach: Jim Ernster Years at school: 4 Career record: 48-31-0 Record at school: 48-31-0 Assistant coaches: Alex Citrowske, Amanda Hanson, Carl Sneep, Toby Kvalevog, Sandy Smith Top returning forwards: Junior Abby Pohlkamp (2027--47), sophomore Gabbie Smith (13-29--42), sophomore Lindsey Booth (20-16--36) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Sophie Robinson (8-17--25), senior Grace Schulte (8-14--22), sophomore Emma Smith (2-10--12) Top returning goaltender: Junior Olivia King (24-3-0, 1.75, .917)

BRECK MUSTANGS Last year: 19-6-3 Conference (record): Independent Metro (1-2-0) Section: 5A Home arena: Breck School Anderson Arena Head coach: Ronda Engelhardt Years at school: 5 Career record: 73-34-5 Record at school: 73-34-5 Assistant coaches: Angela Zevnik, Sydney O’Keefe, Brennan Poderzay Top returning forwards: Senior Gabby Billing (8-22-30), junior Carly Beniek (12-17--29), sophomore Olivia Mobley (13-12--25) Top returning defensemen: Freshman Emily Zumwinkle (4-7--11), junior Katherine Solohub (3-5--8), junior Ella Brophy (0-5--5) Top returning goaltender: Junior Ally Frantzick (19-63, 1.69, .931)

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Last year: 8-17-1 Conference (record): Metro West (1-3-0) Section: 2AA Home arena: Bloomington Ice Garden Head coach: Mike Ryan Years at school: 2 Career record: 8-17-1 Record at school: 8-17-1 Assistant coaches: Josh Levine, Kelsey Cline, Josh Waldron Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/2 Top returning forwards: Junior Celena Rea (14-6--20), junior Lucy Bianchi (8-9--17) Top returning defensemen: Senior Rachel Graff (3-8-11), senior Makenzie Booth, junior Rachel Geist, junior Chloe Lafond Top returning goaltender: Junior Mara McClain (.890) The coach says: “This is a really great group of girls.

They have a lot of fun and play as a TEAM. Our Seniors (Beth Mosch, Rachel Graff and Makenzie Booth) are great leaders. They are respected, smart, empathetic, volunteer in our community and LOVE playing hockey.

These three will set the tone. Mara McClain is one of the top 4 or 5 goalies in the state. Mara's teammates know that she will battle / compete from the drop of the puck and give them an advantage in every game. ”

Backstopped by junior goalie Ally Frantzick, Breck enters the season ranked No. 1 in Class A.

Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Morgan Wurm (0-7--7), freshman Allisen Carothers (0-5--5), sophomore Julia McAlpin (0-4--4) The coach says: “While the Bison D–core are still very young, most of them come back with a full year of varsity experience. We will need them to play very disciplined in our zone. Graduating seniors took the majority of goals scored with them so will need a few underclassmen to step up and put the puck in the net.”

BURNSVILLE BLAZE Last year: 9-14-3 Conference (record): South Suburban (4-12-1) Section: 3AA Home arena: Burnsville Ice Center Head coach: Tracy Cassano Years at school: 4 Record at school: 45-57-6 Assistant coaches: Lee Engstrom, Mike Cassano, Wyatt Anderson, Aaron Schram, Kalie Rademacher Top returning forwards: Junior Jenna Hartung (9-15-24), senior Kennedy Anderson (9-14--23), senior Abigail Tucci (10-3--13) Top returning defensemen: Junior Lyndsey Howard (5-13--18), sophomore Avery Sawchuk (0-7--7) Top returning goaltender: Junior Riley Pester (8-13-3, 2.32, .910)

CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI/ MORA/PINE CITY BLUEJACKETS Last year: 13-12-0 Conference: Mississippi 8 (5-7-0) Section: 7AA Home arena: David C. Johnson Memorial Arena Head coach: Corey Bustrom Years at school: 2 Career record: 25-25-0 Record at school: 25-25-0 Assistant coaches: Shannon Skelton, Brian Guimont, Clint Parnell, Cassey Ott Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Allyson Niebur (2217--39), sophomore Madelyn Skelton (19-10--29), junior

Ashley Schintz (9-16--25), sophomore Chloe Nelson (415--19) Top returning defensemen: Senior Megan Smith, junior Sydney Nuebel, eighth-grader Rilee Winters, junior Riley Parnell Top returning goaltenders: Junior Breanna Pierson (.903), junior Jayante Kotila (.895) Top newcomers: Alana Fix, Jasmyn Sibell The coach says: “The last two seasons have been rebuilding years where we focused on changing the culture of our program. We are 25-25-0 in the last two seasons and are ready for this to be our breakout year. We have a young team but are very talented and will be competitive with every opponent we face this season.”

CENTENNIAL COUGARS

Career record: 222-242-12 Record at school: 82-97-5 Assistant coaches: Joe Head, Scott Childers, Dan Shuck, Ashley Giese, Dan Goettl Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/5 Top returning fowards: Senior Liz Zarate (6-6--12), senior Alyssa Brazier (4-4--8), junior Hailey Williams (1-7-8), junior Allie Leuer (4-3--7), senior Jordan Keller (1-5--6), sophomore Anna Beczkalo (3-3--6) Top returning defensemen: Senior Alyssa Sweet (416--20), senior Myka Sutherland (5-13--18), junior Hannah Lysne (2-7--9) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Baleigh Shuck (914-0, 3.09, .903), junior Brooke Freeman (2-0-0, 0.00, 1.000) Top newcomers: Eliya Johnson, Delaney Johnson, Ava Johnston, Grace Hannula, Abby Peterson, Erica Theisen, Sara McClellen The coach says: “Being that this is a brand new co-op between Champlin Park and Coon Rapids we are beyond excited to be together. The players have done a great job with off- season training and more importantly off- season bonding. The players that have joined us from Coon Rapids who were at the high school level last year are bringing a confidence with them as they have been very successful the last two seasons at Coon Rapids/ Spring Lake Park and we are looking for them to carry that over and show our young players the way. From the Champlin Park side, we have a lot of players who had their chance to play varsity last year, but we graduated a lot of our scoring so players will need to step up and put more pucks in the net. Our strength early on should be our defense as we have three solid returners from last year and a handful of players battling for minutes. Our goaltenders are experienced as the two juniors have been with us since eighth grade and we have a sophomore newcomer who is ready to push for playing time as well. There are a lot of unknowns for us but we are excited for the season and there will be some great competition for the varsity spots.”

CHASKA/CHANHASSEN STORMHAWKS

Last year: 15-12-0 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (11-5-0) Section: 5AA Home arena: Centennial Sports Arena Head coach: Kristina King Years at school: 5 Career record: 67-38-5 Record at school: 67-38-5 Assistant coaches: Gary Nelson, Anthony Miller Top returning forwards: Senior Gabbie Hughes (3240--72), senior Anneke Linser (23-41--64), junior Maija Almich (16-21--37), senior Hailee Berg (6-12--18), sophomore Allison Pitlick (8-8--16) Top returning defensemen: Senior Hannah Backman (8-16--24), senior Alana Bordeaux (2-6--8) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Mackenzie Torma (7-1-0, 1.99, .890), junior Mackenna Stoterau (2-2-0, 1.98, .915)

Last year: 18-9-0 Conference: Metro West (4-0-0) Section: 2AA Home arena: Chaska Community Center Head coach: Todd Johnson Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Charles Morin, Megan O'Brian, Andy Tufto, Daniel Olson Top returning forwards: Senior Abby Weyandt (1-2-3), senior Katie Hanson (1-2--3), junior Abby Anderson (20--2) Top returning defensemen: Junior Sophie Pawlyshyn (1-5--6), junior Brooklynn Berg (0-3--3) Top returning goaltender: Senior Erica Peterson (.898)

CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS

CHAMPLIN PARK/ COON RAPIDS REBELS/CARDINALS Last year: 12-14-0 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (7-9-0) Section: 5AA Home arena: Champlin Ice Forum Head coach: Jim Koltes Years at school: 8

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Last year: 9-17-1 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (6-4-1) Section: 8AA Home arena: Buffalo Civic Center Head coach: Mark Nodvall Years at school: 2 Career record: 9-17-1 Record at school: 9-17-1 Assistant coaches: Cody Effertz, Cory Carlson, Johanna Ellison Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/6 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Jada Habisch (17-6--23), junior Emma Carlson (6-10--16)

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Last year: 7-19-0 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (0-12-0) Section: 5A Home arena: Chisago Lakes Arena Head coach: Dave Burgen Years at school: 3 Career record: 10-42-0 Record at school: 10-42-0 Assistant coaches: Bob Truax, Ron Kimlinger, Kim Gibson, Steve Barrett Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/8 Top returning forwards: Freshman Jenna Lawry (1510--25), senior Madison Lundeen (7-11--18), eighth-grader Danielle Burgen (7-7--14), sophomore Claire DeVries (57--12) Top returning defensemen: Senior Kya Linnell (3-4-7), senior Sarah Sargeant (1-3--4), freshman Grace DeVries (1-3--4) Top returning goaltenders: Sophomore Anna Kittleson (6-8-0, 3.55, .862), junior Megan Lerfald (1-11-0, 3.97, .864) The coach says: “We return four of our top five point leaders from last year. Putting pucks in the net should be a strength for us this season. We have a lot of new young talent that should be able to contribute. We are looking for a goalie to emerge. Our goal is to compete for the Section 5A title.”

Centennial senior forward Gabbie Hughes enters the season as a favorite for the 2018 Ms. Hockey Award.

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CLOQUET-ESKO-CARLTON LUMBERJACKS

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Last year: 9-16-1 Conference (record): Lake Superior (1-3-0) Section: 7A Home arena: Northwoods Credit Union Arena Head coach: Courtney Olin Years at school: 3 Career record: 22-24-5 Record at school: 22-24-5 Assistant coaches: Courtney Josefson, Scott Artnson, Kristi Konietzko, Dave Ellison Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/3 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Kiana Bender (1811--29), sophomore Taylor Nelson (13-14--27) Top returning defenseman: Junior Keagen Anderson (2-6--8) Top returning goaltender: Junior Elise Lund (.900) Top newcomers: D Tenely Stewart, F Dana Jones The coach says: “Young team: Only one senior and five juniors. Twenty-six of 32 players are underclassmen. Returning two of top three scorers (Nelson and Bender). Moved up almost entire 12U B Cloquet state tournament team to current high school team.”

Junior forward Emily King led Cretin-Derham Hall with 17 goals and 30 points in 28 games last season.

DELANO/ROCKFORD TIGERS

DODGE COUNTY WILDCATS

Last year: 18-8-2 Conference (record): Suburban East (12-4-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Highland Arena Head coach: Brooke White-Lancette Years at school: 2 Career record: 18-8-2 Record at school: 18-8-2 Assistant coaches: Evan Ziegler, Kalli Funk, Jenna Westerham, Alli Altmann Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/5 Top returning forwards: Junior Emily King (17-13-30), senior Anna Klein (14-11--25), senior Erin Meyers (11-8--19), sophomore Olivia Garrity (10-6--16), junior Bri Willier (9-6--15), sophomore Kiera Ryan Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Cece Ziegler (2-18--20), senior Kennedy Spiering (5-7--12), senior Ani Barona Top returning goaltender: Junior Megan Meyers (147-2, 2.01, .919) The coach says: “This year we are looking forward to a strong team core. This year's team's strength, speed, team unity and work ethic will be keys to our team’s success this season.”

Last year: 23-5-0 Conference: Wright County (9-3-0) Section: 2A Home arena: Delano Youth Ice Arena Head coach: Jackie Johnson Years at school: 2 Career record: 23-5-0 Record at school: 23-5-0 Assistant coaches: Allison Malecek, Josh Lunderby Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/3 Top returning forwards: Junior Emily Olson (18-22-40), senior Jamie Byrne (12-25--37), junior Anna Keranen (17-20--37) Top returning defensemen: Junior Anna Kivisto (6-9-15), senior Abby Olson (2-10--12) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Karly Schmidt (1.13), sophomore Grace Glasrud (1.52) Top newcomers: Chloe Kuechle, Mary Beth Kivisto The coach says: “Our biggest strength is never giving up. This team is so relentless and willing to sacrifice personal accomplishment for the betterment of the team.

I've never been around so many selfless athletes. They truly care about each other and want to come together to achieve the dream. Our strength is our ability to score and make things happen. Our weakness is our inexperience.

There are only three girls that have more than one year of varsity experience. Overall, I know this team is going to bring something special to the table this year. They want to be the best and won't settle for anything less.”

CROOKSTON PIRATES

DETROIT LAKES LAKERS

Last year: 15-12-1 Conference: Independent Section: 1AA Home arena: Dodge County Ice Arena Head coach: Jeremy Gunderson Years at school: 11 Career record: 199-86-10 Record at school: 199-86-10 Assistant coaches: Jeff Bolin, Joe Wieners, Bob Montrose, Chad Smallbrock, Tim Fagerlind, Jeremy Schubert Letterwinners returning/lost: 27/5 Top returning forwards: Junior Olivia Smallbrock (8-9-17), sophomore Kennedy Kraus (4-7--11), sophomore Kayla Schubert (5-5--10), senior Amber Miller (5-4--9), sophomore Malia Schubert (3-5--8), senior Katrina Thoe (5-3--8), senior Ally Gunderson (3-3--6), eighth-grader Lyndi Schubert (1-2--3), junior Kennedy Hodgkins (3-0-3), freshman Anna Braun (0-1--1) Top returning defensemen: Senior Katie Montrose (1437--51), senior Rose Kraus (1-4--5), junior Ashley Donovan (1-3--4), senior Carson Borgstrom, senior Lexi Hodgkins Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Annabel Smith Top newcomers: Hannah Mueller, Sam Eberling, Olivia Lamb, Liz Fagerlind The coach says: “The Dodge County Wildcats are coming off a 15-12-1 record, losing in the Section Semi Game in four overtimes to No. 1 seed Lakeville South. DC lost five good seniors (three goalies and two D’s), four of which are playing college hockey. DC will be led by four solid lines of forwards which all return from last year’s team and a strong defensive corps led by seniors Katie Montrose, Rose Kraus, along with junior Ashley Donovan and anchored in net by sophomore Annabel Smith. DC will be a very fast and deep team as they return all 12 forwards and four of six D from last year’s team. As an independent, the Wildcats will be playing a very strong strength of schedule with teams like Minnetonka, Blaine, Warroad, Breck, Chaska/Chanhassan, St. Paul United, Eastview and other ranked A and AA teams. The Wildcats will be playing in the Warroad Holiday Tournament.

The team should really grow from the difficult schedule and be ready come Section Playoff time.”

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL RAIDERS

Last year: 2-20-2 Conference: Greater Minnesota Section: 8A Home arena: Crookston Sports Center Head coach: Jaclyn Martin Years at school: 3 Assistant coach: Tim Moe Letterwinners returning/lost: 4/8 Top returning forwards: Freshman Catherine Tiedemann, sophomore Kylee Meier Top returning defenseman: Freshman MacKenze Epema Top returning goaltender: Senior Brelee Jobe The coach says: “Strengths: This is Brelee’s third season as a goaltender and she's really improved since last year. She’s quicker and is reading the shots much better.

We also have three new defensemen that will really help her out on the back side. Catherine Tiedemann (forward) has already shown she's gotten faster and stronger since last season as an eighth grader. She’s been starting Varsity since the seventh grade and we'll look to her to lead the forwards. Catherine will be matched up with Aleah Bienek (new eighth grader) most of the year and those two have already developed an on-ice connection that will pave the way in the offensive end. Weaknesses: Numbers. With many new and unexperienced players, our numbers will be weak. We will be running two lines with four defensemen the majority of the year. Our goal is to not let that be our weakness. With everything we're doing outside of on-ice practices (i.e.- dryland, weights, shooting pucks, etc.) our legs will be ready for each game.”

Last year: 4-21-1 Conference (record): Mid-State (0-5-1) Section: 8A Home arena: Kent Freeman Arena Head coach: Gretchen Norby Years at school: 7 Career record: 57-95-7 Record at school: 57-95-7 Assistant coaches: Bruce Raboin, Dan Maloney, Jeff Norby Top returning forwards: Junior Abigail King (8-5--13), junior Karrigan Hallisey (7-2--9), junior Lily Burnside (2-6--8) Top returning defensemen: Junior Payton Carlblom (4-3--7), sophomore Annie Campbell (1-3--4) Top returning goaltender: Junior Kyndra McDougall

EAGAN WILDCATS Last year: 13-10-4 Conference (record): South Suburban (9-4-4) Section: 3AA Home arena: Eagan Civic Arena Co-head coaches: Dan Wilson Years at school: 2 Career record: 152-68-13 Record at school: 13-10-4 Assistant coaches: Mark Baumann, Jeff Kolehmainen, Molly Sparks, Jeff Smith, Caitlin Hart Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Taylor Anderson (2114--35), senior Abby Barger (4-12--16), sophomore Jenna Ruiz (6-7--13), sophomore Julia Barger (5-4--9) Top returning defensemen: Junior Brooke Peplinski (4-8--12), senior Kayla Vrieze (2-9--11), senior Maddie Mason (3-3--6), senior Lauryn Roszak (2-1--3) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Maddie Nickell (75-2, 1.90, .913), junior Ashley Larson (6-5-2, 2.58, .908) Top newcomers: Bella Weaver, Emily Cronkhite The coach says: “Solid and experienced defense that will add to the offense. Will be striving for a conference title and a good push in section 3AA playoffs. Five players on varsity who were on the Eagan High School state soccer championship team.”

EAST GRAND FORKS GREEN WAVE

Last year: 4-22-0 Conference (record): Lake Superior (2-3-0)

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Senior Katie Quaintance will anchor the 2017-18 Eastview Lightning blue line.

DULUTH MARSHALL HILLTOPPERS Last year: 7-18-3 Conference: Lake Superior Section: 7A Home arena: Mars Lakeview Arena Head coach: Sean Storie Years at school: 3 Career record: 22-27-6 Record at school: 22-27-6 Assistant coaches: Angela Larson, Corey Bachand, Emma Stauber Top returning forwards: Junior Olivia Boettcher (14-8-22), junior Emily Lemker (6-15--21), sophomore Claire Casey (9-6--15), sophomore Victoria Thorson (6-8--14) Top returning defensemen: Freshman Maren Friday (7-4--11), junior Lily Aamodt (0-8--8), junior Clare Boettcher (1--5--6) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Carissa Mudrak (7-17-3, 3.10, .901)

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Section: 7AA Home arena: Duluth Heritage Sports Center Head coach: Jamie Kenyon-Plesha Years at school: 3 Career record: 15-33-3 Record at school: 15-33-3 Assistant coaches: Linsy Holst, Kari Romano Letterwinners returning: 20 Top returning forwards: Senior Izzy Sutherland (9-16-25), senior Sydney Schuman (14-5--19), senior Ana Kunst (8-8--16) Top returning defenseman: Senior Ella Ierino (1-11-12) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Keelan Syck, sophomore Sarah Spencer The coach says: “We had no seniors last year. Most of our seniors are three-year varsity letterwinners with a lot of experience.”

Last year: 16-7-2 Conference (record): Greater Minnesota (7-3-2) Section: 8A Home arena: East Grand Forks Civic Center Head coach: Jim Enright Years at school: 4 Career record: 43-30-4 Record at school: 43-30-4 Assistant coaches: Brian Larson, Hillary Smith, Cory Chupka Top returning forwards: Senior Nicole Schlenk (1311--24), senior Livia Pesch (13-7--20), junior Mac McDonald (8-6--14), senior Cynthia Loven (7-6--13), sophomore Kylie Stauss (6-7--13) Top returning defensemen: Senior Tiffany Hanson (812--20), Maddison Lubinski (3-4--7), Meghan Weber (23--5) Top returning goaltender: Senior McKenzie Whalen (1.81, .939) Top newcomers: CJ Mack, Kendra Emery The coach says: “We have a strong group of girls com-

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(13-14--27), senior Allyson McCoshen (12-14--26), sophomore Haley Lang (12-13--25), junior Ellie Knutson (7-7-14) Top returning defensemen: Junior Olivia Morelan (0-4-4), sophomore Emily Wilder (0-4--4) Top returning goaltender: Senior Camryn Salmonsen (12-13-1, 3.41, .889)

ing back to a team that lost the section championship last season by one goal. They are a determined group. The team as a whole should be an improved group as they are all a year older and have gotten stronger and faster.”

EAST RIDGE RAPTORS

EASTVIEW LIGHTNING Last year: 17-12-2 Conference (record): South Suburban (11-5-1) Section: 3AA Head coach: Herb Harvey Assistant coaches: Scott Kauchick, Ashley Maskel, Ben Storm, Tim Ryan Top returning forwards: Senior Holly Sodomka (6-13-19), senior Mary Keating (9-8--17), junior Annie Luzum (9-7--16) Top returning defensemen: Senior Katie Quaintance (6-10--16), senior Olivia Johnson (0-2--2), freshman Lauren Crowl (0-2--2) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Amelia Julian (2-0-1, 0.85, .944)

EDEN PRAIRIE EAGLES Last year: 21-7-2 Conference (record): Lake (4-2-2) Section: 2AA Home arena: Eden Prairie Community Center Head coach: Jaime Grossman Years at school: 7 Career record: 258-121-17 Record at school: 134-45-26 Assistant coaches: Brett Bruininks, Jeff Atchison, Grace Olson, Tim Mahoney Top returning forwards: Sophomore Sydney Langseth (11-14--25), junior Becca Kniss (3-8--11), freshman Grace Kuipers (2-6--8) Top returning defensemen: Senior Crystalyn Hengler (12-24--36), senior Gigi Jacobson (0-3--3), junior Rachel DeCesare (1-1--2) Top returning goaltender: Senior Alexa Dobchuk (217-2, 1.44, .935)

EDINA HORNETS

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Last year: 18-10-0 Conference (record): Suburban East (10-6-0) Section: 3AA Home arena: Health East Arena Head coach: Tom Kulenkamp Years at school: 3 Career record: 222-185-19 Record at school: 32-21-2 Assistant coaches: Emily Klatt, Tim Duggan, Andy Roeser Letterwinners returning/lost: 7/10 Top returning forwards: Senior Siobhan Claugherty (10-17--27), senior Brehna Walz (7-17--24), sophomore Fiona Claugherty (9-8--17), junior Katie Flynn (5-5--10) Top returning defensemen: Junior Addi Scribner (710--17), junior Anne Larsen (2-4--6), senior Mac Newman (2-2--4) Top returning goaltender: Senior Lindsay Carlson (1.19, .931) The coach says: “We hope to rally and come together to play a team game and peak and play our best when sections arrive! Keys are to stay healthy and play as a team.”

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Edina returns 18 letterwinners from last year’s team that went 28-1-1 en route to the Class AA state title.

.975) Top newcomers: F Tella Jungels, F Hannah Chorske The coach says: “We’re extremely excited and ready for this season to kick off. We have a great core group of players returning from last year’s roster that will help guide our younger kids along the way. It’s a new year and our players are ready to get back to work.”

ELK RIVER/ZIMMERMAN ELKS Last year: 21-7-0 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (13-3-0) Section: 7AA Home arena: Elk River Head coach: Dale Sager Years at school: 4 Career record: 81-48-9 Record at school: 60-19-5 Assistant coaches: Tom Maeckelbergh, Mike Gatzke, Brian Ballenger Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/10 Top returning forwards: Junior Kelsey King (20-15-35), senior Reilly Springman (15-14--29), sophomore Halle Johnson (8-10--18), freshman Allison Fischer (2-2--4) Top returning defensemen: Senior Madison Bizal (1020--30), senior Laura Schmierer (1-11--12), senior Ellie Humphrey (1-5--6) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Megan Jung (21-70, 1.45, .927), freshman Anna Langton Top newcomers: Cora Coz, Maddy Christian The coach says: “Elk River will look to their returners to lead the way in the 2017-18 season. After consecutive large graduating classes, the Elks will look to fill key roles with new players. If this team can come together and work towards the goals they have set, they should once again compete in Section 7AA.”

EVELETH-GILBERT AREA GOLDEN BEARS Last year: 2-23-0 Conference: Independent Section: 7A Home arena: Eveleth Hippodrome Head coach: Dean Edstrom Years at school: 3 Career record: 9-39-2 Record at school: 9-39-2 Assistant coach: Brian Ceglar

Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/6 Top returning forwards: Senior Brenna Ceglar (12-7-19), sophomore Sophia Flatley (3-13--16), freshman Anneka Lundgren (8-6--14), sophomore Anna Seitz (4-5--9) Top returning defensemen: Junior Katie Scherf (5-1-6), junior Bekah Davidson (2-4--6) Top newcomer: G Rachel Woods The coach says: “Strengths: Return a good core group of players with varsity experience. Weaknesses: Lack of numbers. We only have 24 players for varsity/JV.”

FAIRMONT CARDINALS Last year: 9-13-2 Conference (record): Big South (5-9-2) Section: 3A Home arena: Martin County Arena Head coach: Ashley Olson Years at school: 2 Career record: 9-13-2 Record at school: 9-13-2 Assistant coach: Eric Householder Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/4 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Joni Becker (711--18), eighth-grader Mackenzie Householder (11-7--18) Top returning defenseman: Senior Courtney Williams Top returning goaltender: Senior Emily O’Connor The coach says: “With such a young program, our focus has been on building a strong foundation for the future teams at FHS. Our primary emphasis is on individual effort and attitude, as well as individual and team skills. A huge strength in these individuals is their will to work hard.

With 6:30 a.m. strength and conditioning practices 2-3 times per week and our normal six-day on-ice schedule, our coaching staff rarely hears a complaint.”

FARIBAULT FALCONS Last year: 12-13-1 Conference (record): Big 9 (10-6-1) Section: 1A Home arena: Faribault Ice Arena Head coach: Alli Miller Years at school: 4 Career record: 43-33-3 Record at school: 43-33-3 Assistant coaches: Erin Kastner, Kailen Aspelund Top returning forwards: Sophomore Olivia Williamson

Last year: 18-12-1 Conference (record): South Suburban (8-9-0) Section: 1AA Home arena: Schmitz-Maki Arena Head coach: Jon Holmes Years at school: 11 Career record: 149-108-16 Record at school: 149-108-16 Assistant coaches: Al Jenrich, Jason Kohlbeck, Casey Preston, Jared Rowan, Steve Sabetti Top returning forwards: Senior Ellie Moser (20-7--27), junior Bailey Kelley (12-11--23), junior Marissa Agerter (912--21), senior Emily Rubins (6-14--20), junior Jenna Gerold (5-8--13), freshman Carly Lancaster (7-4--11) Top returning defensemen: Junior Megan Bernu (210--12), freshman Brenna Fuhrman, freshman Jayden Seifert, senior Carly Simon, junior Cassie Knutson Top returning goaltenders: Senior Abby Bollig (1.67, .927), senior Emily Auge (2.03, .917) The coach says: “The Tigers have all but one letterwinner returning from last year. Farmington will have a stout veteran group, coupled with many young players that will be eager and expected to contribute in a large fashion. The Tigers play in a tough conference that has border battles every night, where the games have more than just systems and x's/o's on the line. These emotional games help the teams in the South Suburban Conference in the post season tremendously. Farmington will also bring back two stellar senior goalies, Abby Bollig and Emily Auge, along with senior forward and Bemidji commit, Ellie Moser, that will continue to give the team an added spark.”

FERGUS FALLS OTTERS Last year: 14-11-1 Conference (record): Central Lakes (3-7-0) Section: 6A Home arena: Fergus Falls Community Arena Head coach: Tim Lill Years at school: 4 Career record: 32-43-2 Record at school: 32-43-2 Assistant coaches: Todd Hershner, Brooks Anderson, Fritz Karsnia Top returning forwards: Senior Lauren Werner, senior Annika Ohman, junior Sophie Rausch (22-10--32), junior Amy Johnson, sophomore Jade Zeirdon, sophomore Vivian Karsnia Top returning defensemen: Junior Hallie Sheridan, sophomore Chloe Nelson, freshman Ellie Anderson Top goaltenders: Junior Maddie Ekund, juniorJadyn McKeever Top newcomers: Makenna Stenstrom, Lexi McGary, Liz Mattson The coach says: “ With only two seniors, we are young, but many underclassmen have varsity experience. I look at goaltending to be improved and should be a strength.”

FOREST LAKE RANGERS Last year: 20-8-2 Conference (record): Suburban East (12-3-1) Section: 7AA Home arena: FLAAA Sports Center Head coach: Todd Gutterman Years at school: 4 Career record: 51-30-6 Record at school: 51-30-6 Assistant coaches: Craig Muntifering, Andy Richardson, Audrey Hanmer, Amanda Leveille Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Kayla Kasel (33-16-49), senior Kenzie Rugland (16-19--35) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Ellen Nelson (3-13--16), sophomore Courtney Peterson (2-13--15), junior Biz Valley (1-11--12), freshman Rachel Golnitz (4-8-12) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Josie Bothun (18-8-2, 1.75, .928)

Last year: 28-1-1 Conference (record): Lake (8-0-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Braemar Arena Head coach: Sam Reber Years at school: 2 Career record: 28-1-1 Record at school: 28-1-1 Assistant coaches: Ellie Lee, Josh Reber Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/7 Top returning forwards: Senior Lolita Fidler (24-29-53), senior Emily Oden (24-15--40), junior CC Bowlby (7-20--27) Top returning defensemen: Senior Brooke Tucker (319--22), junior Mallory Uihlein (2-9--11) Top returning goaltender: Senior Megan Smith (0.33, Forest Lake sophomore Josie Bothun returns after an 18-8-2 season that included a trip to the state tournament.

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The coach says: “We return a strong core of players for the 2017-18 season. Will be very strong defensively and in the nets. Four D that all played key minutes last year are returning and three sophomore goalies led by Josie Bothun who had a great freshman season last year. Lost a lot of scoring with Madi Nolan playing at River Falls and Maddie Kolbow playing at Hamline. Key will be our ability to bury pucks. Seniors Kenzie Rugland and Kayla Kasel will lead the charge offensively. We have a very talented group of sophomores that will have to take that next step offensively. Depth, strong team Defense and solid goaltending will be big factors for the 2017-18 Rangers.”

Last year: 18-6-3 Conference: Independent Section: 7AA Home arena: IRA Civic Center Head coach: Brad Hyduke Years at school: 10 Career record: 110-67-15 Record at school: 110-67-15 Assistant coaches: Ronny Holum, Chris Johnson, Kelsey Johnston, Sydney Helmbrecht Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/9 Top returning forwards: Junior Sadie Peart (20-35-55), junior Maddie Drotts (5-12--17), Mady Shaffer (5-5-10), freshman Claire Vekich, junior Quinn Kasell Top returning defensemen: Senior Ty Bischoff (12-16-28), junior Sasha Stefan (1-5--6), junior Jazzi Rohloff Top returning goaltender: Junior Kiya Danielson (1-01, 1.39, .889) Top newcomers: F Ellie Tillma, D Hannah Mark, D Kayden Broking, G Emily Trast The coach says: “GRG returns our top scoring forward and top scoring defenseman, along with nine other letter winners, from 2016-2017… Balance and depth will be strengths for a team that will need player contributions across grades 9-12 to challenge in a very competitive Section 7AA.”

HASTINGS RAIDERS Last year: 8-17-1 Conference (record): Metro East (7-4-0) Section: 3AA Home arena: Hastings Civic Arena Head coach: Josh Colvin Years at school: 2 Career record: 8-17-1 Record at school: 8-17-1 Assistant coaches: Steve Benson, Audra Richards, Jordy Klimek, Lauren Tix Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/5 Top returning forwards: Junior Sam Benson (2-10-12), junior Maddy Junker (5-6--11), senior Josie Kummer (1-4--5), senior Callie McNary (4-0--4), sophomore Taylor Larson (2-1--3) Top returning defensemen: Senior Laynee Connell (4-12--16), junior Addy Buck (4-5--9), junior Libby Judge (0-3--3) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Alayna Kunshier The coach says: “We graduated our top three pointproducing forwards, but return a deep 11th grade class along with a lot of underclassmen competing for varsity time. Our goaltenders are young but show potential and work hard. Coach Benson in his 76th year will again provide the rock of our team with our strong group of defensmen.”

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GRAND RAPIDS/ GREENWAY LIGHTNING Junior goalie Abby Edstrom looks to lead Hibbing/Chisholm back to the state tournament this season.

senior Abbie Wetzel-Edstrom, senior Sam Carlson Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Paige Erickson (.858) The coach says: “Our defensive core will be really strong this year as all defense are fourth-year returning players. We will be working on generating offense as we have a very young offensive lineup.”

HIBBING/CHISHOLM BLUEJACKETS Last year: 18-12-1 Conference: Independent Section: 7A Head coach: Emily Erickson Years at school: 2 Career record: 18-12-1 Record at school: 18-12-1 Assistant coaches: Eric Rewertz, Pete Hyduke, Holly Rewertz, Dana Lindstrom, Pat Iozzo, Kaye Collier Top returning forwards: Sophomore Allie Bussey (1221--33), sophomore Emma Lundell (2-7--9), junior Maria Gherardi (1-7--8) Top returning defensemen: Senior Lillian Rue (6-9-15), freshman Maddie Rewertz (0-4--4), freshman Dorothy Kearney (2-1--3) Top returning goaltender: Junior Abby Edstrom (1411-0, 2.32, .907)

HILL-MURRAY PIONEERS Last year: 24-6-1 Conference (record): Metro East (8-0-0) Section: 4AA Home arena: Aldrich Arena Head coach: Bill Schafhauser Years at school: 11 Career record: 233-50-12 Record at school: 233-50-12 Assistant coaches: Caesare Engstrom, Doug Long, Jenny Magill Top returning forwards: Senior Abby Boreen (31-31-62), junior Haylee Blinkhorn (16-14--30), senior Morgan Helgeson (17-10--27), sophomore Nina Steigauf (13-12-25), junior Katie Kaufman (10-11--21) Top returning defensemen: Senior Mariah Keopple (5-29--34), junior Gretchen Greeder (2-8--10), junior Miranda Anthony (5-4--9) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Ava Bailey (20-6-

1, 1.58, .930), sophomore Rachel Kennedy (4-0-0, 0.77, .931)

HOLY ANGELS/RICHFIELD STARS

Last year: 15-10-0 Conference (record): Lake (1-7-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Minnetonka Ice Arena Head coach: Chris Erickson Years at school: 4 Record at school: 38-36-2 Career record: 172-122-7 Assistant coaches: Tyler Erickson, Ethan Bohn, Shawn McNeil, Macy Leland, Erin McNeil Letterwinners returning/lost: 9/7 Top returning forwards: Senior Kylie Hanley, senior Annika Patterson, senior Kathryn Fredrickson, junior Mary Gleason, freshman Charlotte Rich, freshman Erin Brousseau Top returning defensemen: Senior Amanda Olsen, senior Kallie Kuehmichel, junior Mary O’Neil Top returning goaltender: Senior Emily Bolen Top newcomers: Katherine Kasica, Alma Beaton The coach says: “We have a number of returning players in the skill areas and will work hard to get our newcomers up to speed and working together. We have quality leadership with Kylie Hanley (UMD), Annika Patterson, Amanda Olson (UW-Superior) and Kallie Kuehmichel. It is a great group of players and we look forward to getting to work.”

HUTCHINSON TIGERS

Last year: 8-16-1 Conference (record): Metro West (1-5-1) Section: 5A Home arena: Richfield Ice Arena Head coach: Teige Cahill Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Holly Noble, Rachel Friberg Letterwinners returning: 11 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Bridget McGuire, junior Jordyn Mans, senior Kate Cressy, senior Finn Larson Top returning defensemen: Senior Lauren Welsch (13--4), junior Grace Hillen, junior Madysen Palmer, junior Sophie Radam Top returning goaltender: Junior Leah Lood Top newcomer: Kaitlyn Kneeland The coach says: “Looking to improve from last year.

Numbers in the program are up from last year. Great goaltending to lead the way. A fast and smart hockey team.

All around a great team to be around.”

Last year: 18-7-0 Conference (record): Wright County (7-5-0) Section: 2A Home arena: Burich Arena Head coach: Hannah Impola Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Montana Hemling, Tim Swenson Top returning forwards: Sophomore Alex Hantge (1814--32), sophomore Ainslea Jensen (6-7--13) Top returning defensemen: Senior Kendal Markovic (4-9--13), senior Olivia Hansen (0-7--7), sophomore Laina Bertiaume (1-4--5) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Emma BarrickBenson (1.57, .943), senior Ellie Lenarz (1.95, .899) Top newcomers: Anna Fabel, Britta Johnson, Maddy Seifert, Paige Telecky,Marlee Harlander The coach says: “We have a young team with a lot of energy. While there may be some adjustment at the beginning of the season, there is a lot of potential.”

HOLY FAMILY/WACONIA WILDFIRE

INTERNATIONAL FALLS BRONCOS

Last year: 10-15-1 Conference (record): Wright County (3-9-0) Section: 2AA Home arena: Victoria Recreation Center Head coach: Randy Koeppl Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Amanda Leveille, Chris Peterson, Jenna Privette Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/1 Top returning forwards: Senior Molly Garin (28-26-54), sophomore Lauren Hickey (17-17--34) Top returning defenseman: Senior Chloe McEnelly (15-5--20), senior Grace Blood (1-5--6) Top returning goaltender: Junior Jasmyn Neubert (44-0, 3.32, .869) Top newcomers: F Sydney Paulson, F Bridget Orr, D Taylor Koeppl, G Alex Pellicci, G Sedona Blair, D Maeve Kelly, D Olivia Paidosh The coach says: “Our two captains – McEnelly and Garin – with 11 combined years of high school hockey will lead a very young and talented group.”

Last year: 14-10-1 Conference: Independent Section: 7A Head coach: Gerald Bolstad Years at school: 9 Assistant coaches: Kevin Erickson, Kevin Gordon, Glenn Marcotte Top returning forwards: Senior Amber Tilander (35-23-58), junior Grace Bragg (8-17--25), sophomore Maria Vollom (4-6--10) Top returning defensemen: Junior Morgan Rasmussen (4-7--11), senior Marissa Kerry (4-5--9), senior Kiana Kittelson (2-6--8) Top returning goaltender: Junior Grace Wegner (13-51, 2.65, .879)

IRONDALE/ST. ANTHONY KNIGHTS

HENRY SIBLEY WARRIORS

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Last year: 8-15-2 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (6-7-1) Section: 4AA Last year: 9-17-1 Home arena: National Sports Center Conference (record): Metro East (0-10-0) Head coach: Tom Rodefeld Section: 4A Years at school: 21 Home arena: West St. Paul Arena Career record: 249-170-14 Head coach: Allie Duellman Record at school: 249-170-14 Years at school: 3 Assistant coaches: Jessica Mularie, Brian Jenson, Britta Career record: 16-37-1 Nundahl, Katie Cotrell, Gina McDonald, Erin Stepka Record at school: 16-37-1 Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/6 Assistant coaches: Larry Fronzac, Allie Morse, Top returning forwards: Junior Emma Fagerlee (3-8-Mark Goldberg, Curt Selander 11), senior Mary Herstel (6-3--9), senior Marie Letterwinners returning/lost: 8/4 Meysembourg (3-4--7), senior Emma Beckman (1-6--7) Top returning forwards: Senior Laura Friedman (14Top returning defenseman: Senior Anna Cheney (1-513--27), senior Kalley Partyka (7-5--12, sophomore Emma -6) Nagel (4-8--12) Top returning goaltender: Senior Zoe Stegora-Peterson Senior forward Abby Boreen led Hill-Murray in goals (31) assists (31) and points (62) last season.

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Career record: 7-18-2 Record at school: 7-18-2 Assistant coaches: Kent Hays, Katy Kvasnicka, McKenzie Hays, Hannah Davidson Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Courtney Bloemke (2620--46), junior Lindsey Hays (16-13--29), sophomore Sunshine Langworthy (16-3--19) Top returning defensemen: Junior Mckenna Krosch (6-13--19), senior Sydney Morales (4-7--11) Top returning goaltender: Freshman Sarah Olsen (4.50, .895) Top newcomers: Hannah Wieland, Molly Grundhoffer

(1-6-0, 3.86, .850) Top newcomer: D Ari Evans The coach says: “We lost some great offensive players, but if some of the younger girls can step up, we should be OK. The years that we have had success are the years that we have united and stayed focused. The strength of Irondale this year is that the players want to play as a team, for the team. Every year our girls work hard to grow into great leaders, so any success that we have this year will be from the leadership of our seniors.”

LAKEVILLE NORTH PANTHERS

LAKEVILLE SOUTH COUGARS Last year: 18-8-0 Conference (record): South Suburban (15-2-0) Section: 1AA Home arena: Hasse Arena Head coach: Mark Johnson Years at school: 3 Career record: 37-14-2 Record at school: 37-14-2 Assistant coaches: Curt Wright, Sierra Vadner, Bruce Anderson, Brian McKinney Top returning forwards: Senior Emily Fischler (16-14-30), sophomore Lindsey Maloney (3-12--15), senior Jose Saufferer (8-4--12), senior Allison McKinney (3-7--10), senior Alix Donnely (3-3--6) Top returning defensemen: Senior Kyah Orr (5-10-15), senior Saylor Donnelly (3-7--10), junior Macey Ravndalen (0-6--6), junior Jenna Hayes Top returning goaltender: Senior Lexi Baker (16-8-0, .918) Top newcomers: Liberty Fettig, Morgan Albrect The coach says: “Top returning goalie (Lexi Baker), will be strong in the net who has committed to Bemidji State!

We have a strong leadership core of seven seniors who will step in well to keep the Cougar pride rolling! ”

LITCHFIELD/ DASSEL-COKATO DRAGONS

Lakeville North returns 13 letterwinners, including senior Jayden Neameyer and sophomore Samantha Lackman.

will have many fresh faces stepping into new roles, including replacing two outstanding senior goaltenders. We hope to be a tough, hardworking, fundamentally sound hockey team.”

LUVERNE CARDINALS Last year: 10-12-3 Conference (record): Big South (6-6-2) Section: 3A Home arena: Blue Mound Ice Arena Head coach: Tony Sandbulte Years at school: 5 Career record: 153-68-8 Record at school: 69-31-3 Assistant coaches: Tanner Skattum, Lauren Gacke Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/4 Top returning forwards: Freshman Roz Oye, senior Maddie Dinger, senior Lexi Hinrichs Top returning defensemen: Freshman Brynn Thier, sophomore Claire Baustian, freshman Regan Feit Top returning goaltender: Senior Emily Bartels Top newcomer: Regan Borke The coach says: “Our team strength will be our goaltending. Emily Bartels has the ability to keep us in every game. Our team weakness will be our depth, and putting players on the ice with very little varsity experience. We will need to put extra focus and attention on our offense as we have lost a lot of our scoring to graduation over the last couple of years.”

MAHTOMEDI ZEPHYRS Last year: 11-14-3 Conference (record): Metro East (5-4-2) Section: 4A Home arena: St. Croix Rec Center Head coach: Bill Mauricio Years at school: 2 Career record: 11-14-3 Record at school: 11-14-3 Assistant coaches: Tom Anitzberger, Megan Gjere, Kasey Marquardt, Will Radke, Aaron Steiner Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/6 Top returning forwards: Senior Anna Broten (11-5--6), junior Kylie Krawczyk (5-9--14),sophomore Megan Johnson (2-4--6) Top returning defensemen: Junior Jordyn McAlpine

(5-7--12), sophomore Emma Dornseif (4-4--8), senior Marin Ryan (1-3--4), freshman Erika Broten (1-3--4) Top returning goaltender: Senior Johanna Ficcadenti (9-13-3, 2.04, .906) Top newcomers: Emme Nelson, Allie Franco, Terah Skillings The coach says: “The Zephyrs return a strong core from a team that advanced to the Section Final last season.

Their Defense should be a strength, as they return Jordyn McAlpine, Emma Dornseif, Marin Ryan, Erika Broten and Emma Donovan. The Zephyrs also have Johanna Ficcadenti returning in goal and she started every game last year for the team. Anna Broten looks to build on her Junior year, as she led the team in scoring in 2016-17.

Returners Kylie Krawczyk, Megan Johnson, Emme Nelson and newcomers Allie Franco and Terah Skillings will round out the top two forward lines.”

MANKATO EAST/LOYOLA COUGARS

MAPLE GROVE CRIMSON Last year: 22-5-1 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (10-1-1) Section: 5AA Home arena: Maple Grove Community Center Head coach: Amber Hegland Years at school: 3 Career record: 209-105-19 Record at school: 44-11-3 Assistant coaches: Kevin Gray, Lance Mayer, Kevin Pote, Mara Pearl Letterwinners returning/lost: 9/12 Top returning forwards: Junior Mannon McMahon (2229--51), senior Maia Martinez (21-23--44), senior Julia Pias (5-21--26) Top returning defensemen: Senior Katie Denecke (128--20), junior Emma Larson (0-4--4) Top newcomers: G Lucy Morgan, F/D McKayla Machlitt, G Brooke Cassibo, G Donna Fowler, F Lauren Stenslie, F Tristana Tatur, D Jenna Timm The coach says: “Strengths: Veteran Leadership, Cohesive Group, Work Ethic, Commitment to Process, Stick Skills, Multiple Scorers, Skating, Young and Excitement of Youth”

MARSHALL TIGERS

Last year: 17-11-1 Conference (record): Big 9 (10-7) Section: 3A Home arena: All Seasons Arena Head coach: Amber Prange Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Kelsey Eckstedt, Hannah Vogel Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Camryn Steinberg, junior Madison Davis, sophomore Sydney Kanstrup Top returning defensemen: Senior Hanna Helms, junior Bri Adams, junior Claire Johnson Top returning goaltenders: Junior Andrea Schreiber, junior Haley Stockman Top newcomers: Saisha Dau, Kaylee Eykvyn The coach says: “The Cougars are returning an experienced team this season. Eleven juniors and seniors make up the 18-girl roster. Team effort and a solid defensive core will be a standard this season for the Cougars.”

Last year: 17-7-1 Conference (record): Big South (13-2-0) Section: 3A Home arena: Red Baron Arena & Expo Head coach: Deanna Suby Years at school: First Assistant coach: Cassi Schreckenghaust Letterwinners returning/lost: 20/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Rachel VanKeulen (1910--29), junior Sydney Mauch (18-11--29), junior Olivia Peterson (7-6--13) Top returning defensemen: Senior Courtney Mauch (9-8--17), sophomore Logan Sherman (2-1--3) Top returning goaltenders: Sophomore Ema Klenken, freshman Lexi Moat

MINNEAPOLIS

MANKATO WEST SCARLETS

Last year: 10-15-0 Conference: Independent Section: 5A Home arena: Parade Ice Gardens Head coach: Sarma Ozmen Years at school: 5 Record at school: 34-63-2 Top returning forwards: Junior Erica Lieske (8-14--22), senior Laurel Melnyk (7-9--16), senior Lila Maus (6-7-13), senior Olivia Gaffney (6-4--10), sophomore Anna Melnyk (8-2--10) Top returning defensemen: Junior Lizzie Mewes (110--11), junior Julia Offerdahl (1-7--8), sophomore Ava Miller (2-2--4) Top goaltender: Senior Lilah Schulz (11-15-0, 3.51, .871)

Last year: 7-18-2 Conference (record): Big 9 (1-11-2) Section: 3A Home arena: All Seasons Arena Head coach: Shaun Reddy Years at school: 2

MINNEHAHA UNITED

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Last year: 3-20-2 Conference (record): Wright County (0-11-1) Section: 2A Home arena: Litchfield Civic Arena Co-head coaches: Brett Damerow & Matt Hogg Years at school: First Assistant coach: Corey Hanson Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Jasmin Estrada, senior Kristen Jones, senior Delaney Keaveny, senior Lexi Keskey, senior Anna Brock, senior Gabby Pieti, junior Mary Ridgeway, sophomore Alyssa Olson, sophomore Grace Walsh Top returning defensemen: Senior Bella Meyer, senior Maddy Larson, junior Courtney Carlson, sophomore Sydney Braaten The coach says: “We are looking forward to the start of the 2017-2018 season. We have a new coaching staff, as well as a new look to our high school program, with 15U players joining our high school team for the first time. We

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Last year: 16-11-0 Conference (record): South Suburban (9-8-0) Section: 1AA Home arena: Ames Arena Head coach: Buck Kochevar Years at school: 13 Career record: 226-95-11 Record at school: 226-95-11 Assistant coaches: Brent Cullaton, Jim Jacka, Eric Scheidel Letterwinners returning: 13 Top returning forwards: Senior Erin Olson, senior Jayden Neameyer, senior Kylie Nelson, junior Peyton Cullaton, sophomore Olivia Mattis Top returning defensemen: Senior Maggie Flaherty, senior McKenna Butler, sophomore Meghan Marquardt, sophomore Samantha Lackman Top returning goaltender: Junior Kallie Schneider The coach says: “Lakeville North is getting back to its roots - blue collar, hard-working group where no one is above the team. Strength: Goaltender Kallie Schneider is coming off a solid sophomore season looking to match and trump her numbers in her junior year. Solid senior leadership will be a plus for this group of youthful exuberance.”

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Last year: 10-16-0 Conference (record): Independent Metro (0-3-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Minnehaha Ice Arena Head coach: Dan Berthiaume Years at school: 4 Career record: 25-52-1 Record at school: 25-52-1 Assistant coaches: Mike Turner, Kate Wahlin, Sara Lind

Mankato East/Loyola’s Andrea Schreiber is one of 14 letterwinners back from last season’s state tournament team.

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here’s an old adage that great game. For the past three seasons she has She wants to lead her fellow wingers back

hockey players aren’t born, worked with former Minnesota North Star to the state tournament. they’re made.

Scott Bjugstad, who is considered the top Coach Haley said not only is Taylor a And Red Wing’s Taylor Heise is a pershooting instructor in the hockey landgreat player, but she is a great leader. fect example. scape. She has also worked with skating “The Players on our Team love and Heise enters her senior season as experts Andy and Diane Ness of Pro Edge respect Taylor,” Coach Haley said. “This the frontrunner for the Ms. Hockey award Skating and since seventh grade has is not always the case when you have a and leads our list of the state’s top 25 worked with personal trainer Curt Meier. player that is that good. Sometimes jealplayers. Coming off a season in which she “Curt has pushed me to be the best I ousy creeps in, but this has never been scored 54 goals and tallied 80 points, can be every single day,” said Taylor. “He the case between her and her peers. She Taylor isn’t focused on individual awards is someone that has helped me excel brings a level of intensity and high expecbut is instead bent on getting back to the both on and off the ice each and every tations to the team that helps with our culstate tournament. time I train with him.” ture tremendously.”

Last season the Wingers lost in the She also credits Scott Bowlby, her Taylor takes her leadership role serisection 1A finals to Northfield 2-0. The coach for the Minnesota Machine, a AAA ously. She describes herself as a player year before they were ousted by Owatonteam she played for in the summer beginwho has an intense love for the game. na 4-3 in overtime in the section semining in her fifth grade season.

“I love to see my teammates sucfinals. That loss broke a string of five “Scott and the coaching staff was ceed,” she said. “I would hope that my straight state tournament appearances a great fit for me. He always came to teammates would say that I am a great for the Wingers, and in four of the five practice ready to teach my teammates person who is nice to everyone no matter they lost in the state semi-finals to Class and I new things,” she said. “I admire who they are. I also would hope that my A powerhouses Blake or Breck. his drive and determination to share his teammates think that I always work hard This season’s success will depend love and knowledge of the game with me. and try to include everyone and make largely on Heise, who is not just conHe pushed me and challenged me and I sure that they are having fun.” sidered one of the top players to come thrived under his coaching.”

She credits Coach Haley with helping through southern Minnesota, but one The stickhandling and shooting in develop those leadership skills. of the top to come through the State of the shed, the edge work with the Nesses, “When he picked me up in seventh Hockey and one of the top players in the the commitment to training every day and grade I was just a young kid trying to play country. soaking in the knowledge from the likes the game I love,” she said. “Over the years For someone who has reached such of Bjugstad has certainly paid dividends I have learned what it means to be a leadstatus in the hockey world, her hockey cafor Taylor. Last January she was invited to er and a great teammate. He has instilled reer started modestly enough in the small participate in the U18 World Championin me the patience needed to become a town of Lake City and took a lot of dedicaships and helped the team win Gold. leader.” tion and hard work to get to where she is She described her Team USA experiMuch of her leadership will come on at today. ence as “incredible.” the ice. With 128 career assists to go with “I started when I was seven and fell “I know that I have made huge gains her 142 career goals, Taylor proves she is in love with it right away,” she said. not only as a hockey player, but as a peran unselfish player.

She had received a flier in elementason,” she said. “I hope to continue to be “I just try to give everything I have to ry school about a learn to skate program. apart of this program in the future.” be the best I can be every time I step on She joined that year, borrowing all the Her prowess on the ice also earned the ice. Everyday is a chance to prove to necessary equipment except for skates her a first-team 2016-17 All-American everyone how much I love the game and and a stick. It cost her family just $40 for selection by USA Today. USA Today also everything to do with it,” she said. her to play. ranks her as the 17th best athlete in the She’s also not afraid to be physical.

“I really enjoyed that my team was class of 2018. This ranking includes ALL At 5’10” she has the size to use her body coed so that I could be around all of my sports and ALL senior athletes nationto her advantage. friends,” she said. “No one who played on wide.

“I am a very physical player who loves my team had ever played hockey before Her junior season saw her tally 47 to use speed so all of us started in the same place.” goals and 84 points. Her on-ice abilities and deception A couple years later she joined the led her to sign on to play college hockey at to make plays U10 team in nearby Red Wing. Once she the University of Minnesota, where she is for my teamjoined the Red Wing program, she new excited to become a Golden Gopher. mates and myshe wanted to purse the game of hockey “My goals for college hockey are to self,” she said. long-term. But she knew it would require improve everyday as well as to watch and She also work away from the rink in order to hone learn from all of the other players,” she u n d e r her skills and early on she took to dryland said. “I would like to soak in everything stands training like a dog does a bone. It ahs that I can while meeting new people.” there is since paid off tremendously.

But first she has some unfinished always “Most of my training time has hapbusiness this season. room for pened in a shed right in my front yard,” she said. “No one can park their cars inive side because I have taken over all three “I just try to g be the stalls.” to e av everything I h ery time I step By the time she was in seventh v e e b grade, just six years after pulling on ce best I can day is a chan h ry e v her first pair of skates, Taylor was E . e ic e on th muc skating with the high school team. everyone how thing to e v ro p to ry As an eight grader she notched e and eve 18 points in 31 games. It was her I love the gam with it.” to do sophomore year she took off, scoring 30 goals and 79 points.

-Taylor Heise “I think what makes Taylor special as a player is that she is a great athlete and very well rounded,” said Red Wing Head coach Scott Haley. “She is a player that has worked hard to continuously improve and hone her skill sets. She has some natural athletic skill, but has worked incredibly hard to get become a Taylor Heise spends countless hours working on her great hockey player.” game off the ice. Her training regimen has helped her Taylor has worked with some become not just one of the top high school players in of the state’s top coaches and the state, but in the country. instructors to improve her

Taylor Heise

School: Red Wing Position: Forward Year: Senior Height: 5-10 College: Minnesota 2016-17 stats: 54g-26a-80pts Career stats: 142g-128a-270pts 1) What are your hobbies off the ice? I love to bake and draw as well as to hang out with my family and friends in my free time.

2) What is your pregame meal? Pasta with meat sauce, a key lime chobani flip, carrots, fruit and chocolate milk 3) Do you have a pregame ritual? Yes I am a very superstitious person! I get to my games 3 hours early. I roll out when I get to the rink with my Hyperice Roller ball. While I am doing that I’m listening to my game day playlist. I then tape my stick during our JV game. I then go into our locker room and visualize for 10 minutes the things I want to accomplish during that particular game. I then roll out again and stretch. My linemate Nicole Oberding and I stickhandle together as well as talk about the game. We also drive around the parking lot in my car. We each pick a song and we sing to it to lighten the mood.

4) What kind of stick do you use? CCM Super Tacks 2.0 McDavid 75 flex grip 5) Skates?

Bauer Vapor 1X Skates 6) What song do you have to listen to before a game? Bad Chick by Somo 7) Favorite hockey player? Jake Guentzel 8) Favorite Hockey Team? Minnesota Wild 9) What is your best hockey skill? Speed 10) Words you live by: It’s not the will to win that matters —everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.

improvement. Playing for Team USA and being considered one of the top high school athletes in the country doesn’t mean she will stop working as hard as she has that has gotten her to where she is now. While she was born a good athlete, it has been her tailored work ethic that has made her into the player she is today.

“I want to keep working on my weaknesses so that I can keep improving everyday,” she said. “My goal is to become stronger as well as quicker in short distances.”

She knows reaching her personal goals will help her team reach their goal – which is to return to the state tournament this February. And any individual accolades are in the back of her mind as she and her team kick off their season this week.

“Helping my team make it to the state tournament is on the forefront of my mind right now,” she said. “My team is made up of a great group of girls that I am proud to call my family. They have helped me through so many things. I will be forever grateful to them for everything they have done for me.”

The Wingers opened their season Thursday at Mahtomedi. On Saturday, Nov. 11 they will take on Class A runner-up St. Paul United. It will be a good test for the Wingers and their fearless leader.

“We are ready to do whatever it takes to get to the state tournament,” Taylor said. “We have never been as close as a we are right now and we are ready to work as hard as possible to make our dream of making it to the state tournament a reality.”

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Top 25 Players in Minnesota Girls’ High School Hockey Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Taylor Anderson Eagan Forward Senior Eagan Minnesota Duluth 21-14--35, 27 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Gabbie Hughes Centennial Forward Senior Lino Lakes North Dakota 32-40--72, 25 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Lizi Norton Orono Defense Senior Orono Minnesota Duluth 8-9--17, 24 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Madison Bizal Elk River Defense Senior Elk River Ohio State 8-17--25, 28 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Kaitlyn Kotlowski Warroad Defense Senior Warroad Wisconsin 14-20--34, 29 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Emily Oden Edina Forward Senior Edina Minnesota 25-15--40, 25 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Abigail Boreen Hill-Murray Forward Senior Somerset, WI Minnesota 31-31--62, 31 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Anneke Linser Centennial Forward Senior Lino Lakes Minnesota Duluth 23-41--64, 25 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Sadie Peart Grand Rapids/Greenway Defense Junior Grand Rapids Quinnipiac 20-35--55, 27 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Samantha Burke St. Paul United Forward Senior St. Paul Cornell 24-22--46, 27 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Sara McClanahan Blake Forward Senior Orono Dartmouth 14-20--34, 24 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Addi Scribner East Ridge Defense Junior Woodbury Ohio State 7-11--18, 27 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Lily Delianedis Blake Forward Sophomore Edina Cornell 18-27--45, 30 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Mannon McMahon Maple Grove Forward Junior Maple Grove Minnesota Duluth 22-29--51, 28 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Sydney Shearen White Bear Lake Forward Junior White Bear Lake Minnesota 25-21--46, 28 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Alexa Dobchuk Eden Prairie Goalie Senior Eden Prairie Colgate 21-7-2, 1.44, .935

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Ellie Moser Farmington Forward Senior Farmington Bemidji State 20-7--27, 29 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Catie Skaja New Prague Forward Senior New Prague Minnesota 28-12--40, 19 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Maggie Nicholson Minnetonka Defense Sophomore Minnetonka Minnesota 7-15--22, 28 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Madeline Wethington Blake Defense Junior Edina Minnesota 11-10--21, 22 gp

Lolita Fidler Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Edina Forward Senior Edina Harvard 24-29--53, 30 gp

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Maggie Flaherty Lakeville North Defense Senior Lakeville Minnesota Duluth 17-15--32, 27 gp

Honorable Mention

Player

Team

Position

Year

Hometown

College Commitment

Olivia Bizal *

Blake

Goalie

Junior

Minnetonka

Minnesota Duluth

Haylee Blinkhorn

Hill-Murray

Forward

Junior

Oakdale

Boston University

Kate Boland

Northfield

Defense

Junior

Northfield

Bemidji State

CC Bowlby

Edina

Forward

Junior

Edina

Dartmouth

Addie Burton

Blake

Forward

Sophomore

Wayzata

Minnesota

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Calla Frank White Bear Lake Goalie Junior White Bear Lake Minnesota State 17-11-0, 1.49, .948

Bailey Burton

Bloomington Jefferson

Forward

Junior

Bloomington

Providence

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Team Position Year Hometown College Commit 2016-17 Totals

Abigail DeLaRosa

White Bear Lake

Defense

Junior

Hugo

Bemidji State

Grace Heiting

East Ridge

Forward

Senior

Woodbury

Union

Morgan Helgeson

Hill-Murray

Forward

Senior

Roseau

Clarkson

Katie Huntington

Prior Lake

Forward

Senior

Prior Lake

Quinnipiac

Tella Jungels

Edina

Forward

Sophomore

Edina

Minnesota

Kelsey King

Elk River/Zimmerman

Forward

Junior

Elk River

Minnesota State

Kylie Hanley Hopkins/Park Forward Senior Hopkins Minnesota Duluth 26-19--45, 27 gp

Annie Kuehl

Edina

Forward

Junior

Edina

Princeton

Kailey Langefels

Minnetonka

Defense

Junior

Eden Prairie

Ohio State

Paetyn Levis

Rogers

Forward

Senior

Rogers

Ohio State

Maddie Mashuga

Anoka

Forward

Sophomore

Anoka

Minnesota State

Olivia Mobley

Breck

Foreard

Sophomore

St. Louis Park

Quinnipiac

Ellice Murphy

Roseau

Defense

Junior

Roseau

Vermont

Madison Oelkers

Warroad

Forward

Senior

Warroad

Minnesota State

Taylor Heise Red Wing Forward Senior Lake City Minnesota 54-26--80, 28 gp

Ramsey Parent

Blaine

Forward

Junior

Blaine

Ohio State

Gabby Rosenthal

Blaine

Forward

Junior

Blaine

Ohio State

Sophie Urban

Wayzata

Forward

Sophomore

Wayzata

Grace Vojta

Blake

Defense

Junior

Edina

Yale

Audrey Wethington

Blake

Forward

Sophomore

Edina

Minnesota

Emily Wisnewski

Wayzata

Defense

Junior

Plymouth

Clarkson

* Retiring from hockey due to concussions

The Top 25 Players in Minnesota Girls’ High School Hockey were selected by a committee of girls’ high school head coaches and Let’s Play Hockey staff.

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NEW PRAGUE TROJANS

Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/2 Top returning forward: Senior Justine Hill (12-13--25) Top returning defenseman: Junior Jodie Clay (8-16-24) Top returning goaltender: Senior Lauren Schommer Top newcomer: Maddie Duca The coach says: “This season MU is making the difficult jump from Section 4A to Section 6AA where the playoff competition will be very stiff, but the team looks to be competitive against most of its opponents during the regular season. Six newcomers give the team more depth than it has had in years.”

Last year: 5-18-3 Conference (record): Big South (5-6-3) Section: 2A Home arena: Le Sueur Community Center Head coach: Tom Blaido Years at school: 9 Career record: 28-53-2 Record at school: 28-53-2 Assistant coaches: Kelley Wilmes, Victoria Sinell Top returning forwards: Senior Emma Doherty-Bohn (7-8--15), junior Ashley Pudwill (8-6--14) Top returning defensemen: Junior Whitney Weick (64--10), senior Zoe Haugen (2-3--5), senior Kendall Wenner (1-3--4) Top returning goaltender: Senior Jordan Keeley (518-3, 3.25, .929)

MINNETONKA SKIPPERS Last year: 14-10-4 Conference (record): Lake (4-2-2) Section: 2AA Home arena: Pagel Activity Center Head coach: Eric Johnson Years at school: 13 Career record: 230-87-22 Record at school: 230-87-22 Assistant coaches: Adam Kragthorpe, Christina LeeBalloy, Kim Abrahams, Elizabeth Bresnahan Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Chloe Lewis (7-10-17), senior Madison Fleming (6-10--16), senior Bella Bertogliat (3-9--12), junior Molly McHugh (7-5--12) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Maggie Nicholson (7-15--22), junior Kailey Langefels (7-13--20), senior Grace Hoelscher (1-12--13) Top returning goaltender: Senior Abby Manlove (2-22, .902) The coach says: “We are a strong skating team anchored by talented defensemen. Roster includes seven seniors, five juniors, two sophomores and one freshman.

We return 51 goals and graduated 34. Junior Kailey Langefels is committed to Ohio State. Sophomore Maggie Nicholson is committed to Minnesota. Sophomore Lacey Martin is committed to Boston University. Senior Chloe Lewis is committed to University of Denver for lacrosse.

Senior Grace Hoelscher is committed to College of Holy Cross for Track & XCountry.”

MOORHEAD SPUDS Last year: 9-13-3 Conference: Greater Minnesota Section: 8AA Home arena: Moorhead Sports Center Head coach: Whitney Restemayer Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Haley Olmstead, Jameson Prim, Coleman Wagner Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Brenna Mjoness, junior Makayla Keller, junior Emily Meye Top returning defensemen: Senior Emma Cullen, senior Jordan Egerdahl Top goaltenders: Junior Paige Schmidt, junior Emma Kolo Top newcomers: Bre Krejci, Ava Kistner

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MINNESOTA RIVER BULLDOGS Minnetonka senior forward Madison Flemming posted totals of 6-10--16 last season.

Section: 7A Home arena: Riverside Arena Head coach: Joe Mohelsky Years at school: 12 Career record: 135-138-16 Record at school: 135-138-16 Assistant coaches: Chris Gamst, Amber Ketchmark, Shannon Wilson Top returning forwards: Senior Jessica Bird (37-21-58), senior Sage Gerard (9-23--32), junior Ruby Mohelsky (6-5--11), junior Lauren Pederson (5-6--11) Top returning defensemen: Senior Jamie Bird (11-20-31), junior Josie Benzie (0-3--3), senior Kiersten Evenson (0-1--1) Top returning goaltender: Junior Maddy Gamst (1510-1, 2.29, .898) The coach says: “The Moose Lake Lady Rebels will be a very different looking team this season. After losing some high-end players to graduation, the Lady Rebels will work on executing as a more balanced team. With great senior leadership, solid goaltending and a more teambased approach, the Lady Rebels will surprise some teams and will be a top contender in Section 7A.”

MORRIS/BENSON AREA STORM Last year: 2-14-0 Conference: Independent Section: 6A Head coach: Abby Daly Top returning forwards: Junior Halli Watzke (6-6--12), senior Megan Kirkeide (1-7--8), eighth-grader Taryn Picht (4-1--5) Top returning goaltender: Senior Abbey Hoffman

MOUND WESTONKA/ WATERTOWN-MAYER/ SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN WHITE HAWKS Last year: 21-8-0 Conference (record): Wright County (10-2-0) Section: 2A Home arena: Thaler Arena Co-head coaches: Bob Kuehl & Claire Goldsmith

Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Jim Kurtz, Kayla Ingebretson, Kitty Hurley Letterwinners returning/lost: 8/8 Top returning forwards: Junior Lauren Burris (13-9--24), junior Emily Schepers (9-11--20), junior Sydney Hules (58--13) Top returning defenseman: Freshman Brooke Pioski (1-15--16), junior Sydney Bowe (1-9--10), senior Katelyn Wagner (1-5--6) Top returning goaltender: Junior Taylor Smith Top newcomers: Grace Peterson, Taylor Leonard The coach says: “We should be solid in our own end.

Taylor Smith takes over for All-State goalie Emma Polusny (St. Cloud State). Senior Katelyn Wagner and junior Sydney Bowe return to the blue line and are joined by talented freshman Brooke Pioske, who played center a year ago and Taylor Leonard from 15U. Up front we will count on our talented all junior line of Lauren Burris, Emily Schepers and Sydney Hules for the bulk of our offense.

We hope to be able to develop the offensive skills of our other players, many of whom will be playing high school hockey for the first time. We may struggle to score goals.

Graduated from last year’s state tournament team are Polusny, Liz Schepers (The Ohio State University), Ellie Burris (Eau Claire) and Hunter Gallus (St. Catherine’s) along with three other solid seniors. We will be a very young team that will improve as the season goes on and hope to be a factor come section time.”

NEW ULM EAGLES Last year: 19-3-4 Conference (record): Big South (14-0-0) Section: 2A Home arena: New Ulm Civic Center Head coach: Kristin Faber Years at school: 5 Career record: 74-28-6 Record at school: 74-28-6 Assistant coaches: Jeremy Reed, Ryan Kenny Letterwinners returning/lost: 17/2 Top returning forwards: Senior Ali Beltz (31-19--50), senior Dani Weiss (15-12--27), junior Ashtyn Wiltscheck (15-8--23), sophomore Molly Scheid (7-8--15) Top returning defensemen: Senior Lauren Klein (4-9-13), sophomore Ally Steffensmeier (3-9--12) Top returning goaltender: Junior Cassie Reed (2-0-0, 0.33, .955) The coach says: “New Ulm returns a large portion of their roster from last season and looks to continue their success from the last few seasons. The team has already shown development of skills, physical ability, and maturity in the first week of practice. We are looking to be very competitive in our confrence schedule and in our section.”

MOUNDS VIEW MUSTANGS

NORTH/TARTAN TITANS

Last year: 17-10-0 Conference (record): Suburban East (10-6-0) Section: 4AA Home arena: Schwan Super Rink Head coach: Paige Jahnke Years at school: First Top returning forwards: Senior Annika Brodt (7-15-22), senior Stephanie Anderson (9-10--19), junior Lisa Nadeau (7-10--17), sophomore Maiah Robert (5-10--15), freshman Audrey Jackson (9-5--14), senior Anna Soleheim (4-10--14), senior Lauren Jahnke (6-6--12) Top returning defensemen: Senior Rae Robert (2-3--5), junior Hana Collins (2-3--5) Top returning goaltender: Junior Teagen Johnson (179-0, 1.93, .907)

Last year: 13-12-1 Conference record): Metro East (4-5-1) Section: 4AA Home arena: Polar Arena/Tartan Arena Head coach: Nick Fuerst Career record: 57-44-2 Record at school: 57-44-2 Assistant coaches: Erin Gallagher, Lucas Fuerst, Mike Hall, Sarah Ahlquist Top returning forwards: Junior Claire Meeder (10-14-24), sophomore Lauren Henriksen (6-8--14), senior Makenzie Brommerich (3-3--6) Top returning defensemen: Senior Zoe Culshaw-Klein (7-4--11), senior Marissa Hawkins (2-1--3), senior Breanna Cashin (0-3--3), junior Josslen Thieschaffer (0-3--3) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Olivia Schultz (9-71, 2.36, .911), senior Natalie Baker (4-5-0, 2.80, .888)

NORTH SHORE STORM

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MOOSE LAKE AREA REBELS Last year: 20-6-1 Conference: Independent

Last year: 11-11-3 Conference (record): Wright County (7-5-0) Section: 2AA Home arena: New Prague Area Community Center Head coach: Taylor Ries Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Dan Gullickson, Jordan Anderson Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/5 Top returning forwards: Senior Catie Skaja (26-12-38), junior Kaitlyn Blair (8-10--18), junior Lindsey Bjerke (7-6--13), sophomore Abby Pirkl (6-2--8) Top returning defensemen: Senior Katie Calliguri (3-3-6), junior Emily Sabol (2-1--3) Top returning goaltender: Kaylee Brake Top newcomer: Payton Hard The coach says: “Team has strong senior leadership at both the F & D position with two Division I commits in Catie Skaja (Minnesota) and Katie Calliguri (Sacred Heart).

We lost several defensemen and our starting goalie to graduation. Our success will be dependent on who steps up to fill those roles.”

Last year: 5-18-1 Conference: Independent Section: 7A Home arena: Rukavina Arena/Lake County Arena Head coach: Neva Maxwell Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Jessup Pelkey, Zach Vieau Top returning forwards: Junior Jessie Ketola (7-11-18), junior Callie Klemmer (6-2--8), senior Everly Bauck (4-3--7), senior Cora Carter (3-3--6), sophomore Sydney Haugan (2-4--6) Top returning defensemen: Junior Mackenzie Dwyer (0-2--2), sophomore Rheo Johnson (0-1--1) Top returning goaltenders: Sophomore Maureen Dwyer, junior Grace Hietala

Mound Westonka returns eight letterwinners this season, including junior forward Sydney Hules.

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NORTHERN LAKES LIGHTNING Last year: 20-7-0 Conference (record): Mid-State (6-0-0) Section: 6A Home arena: Breezy Point Arena Head coach: Breanna Sheley Years at school: First Top returning forwards: Senior Sydney Tietz (24-14-38), sophomore Mandi Soderholm (14-10--24), sophomore Caitlyn Gutzman (7-11--18), sophomore Hayden Boelter (8-7--15) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Lou Kosloski (14-3--17), senior Chelsea Skuzacek (3-13--16), freshman Savannah Abear (3-8--11) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Chaia Tulenchik (20-7-0, 3.06, .876)

NORTHFIELD RAIDERS Last year: 20-8-3 Conference (record): Big 9 (10-3-1) Section: 1AA Home arena: Northfield Ice Arena Head coach: Brent Bielenberg Years at school: 18 Assistant coaches: Jeff LaPanta, Nick Monson, Paige Haley Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/8 Top returning forwards: Senior Madi Goldsworthy (2215--37), freshman Jessica Boland (8-13--21), junior Lizzy Morsching (5-14--19) Top returning defenseman: Junior Kate Boland (11-30-41) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Mallory Tidona (13-8-2, 1.92, .911), junior Rachel Bielenberg (7-0-1, 1.26, .919) Top newcomers: Mya Wessling, Jo Jo Taylor The coach says: “Our strength will begin with goaltending and team defense. With the graduation of eight seniors from last year’s team that finished 4th place in Class A, many of our players will find themselves in new roles of leadership. Depth, speed, and low offense will allow us to compete with teams at the AA level. Ten players on our roster have played in the State Tourney including one of the top goalies in the state, Mallory Tidona, who has proven herself to be a key playoff performer over the last three seasons (8-1-0, .67GA, .967%).”

junior Tara Johanning (15), sophomore (11), senior Brooke Jerger (10), junior Top returning goaltender: Junior Klohie Mankie

PRAIRIE CENTRE BLUE DEVILS

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Last year: 10-13-2 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (6-6-1) Section: 8AA Home arena: Moose-Sherritt Arena/St. Michael-Albertville Arena Head coach: Cailyn McCauley Years at school: 2 Career record: 10-13-2 Record at school: 10-13-2 Assistant coaches: Tim Hanson, Kevin Finnerty, Brandon Mitchell, Amanda Koep Letterwinners returning/lost: 13/4 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Mackenzi Bougerie (14-8--22), senior Molly Young (7-6--13), senior Lexy Fuerstenberg (6-3--9), sophomore Sydney Lemke (3-6--9), senior Brooke Johnson (5-2--7) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Brinna Martin (6-4--10), junior Payton Allen (1-3--4), junior Lauren Rokala (0-4--4) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Anna LaRose (.923) The coach says: “We have a strong core of girls returning from last year that will really help us become successful this year!”

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New Prague moves to Class AA this season after going 11-11-3 in 2016-17.

Top returning forwards: Senior Nicole Neuberger (811--19), senior Lizi Norton (8-8--16), senior Grace Limesand (3-6--9), sophomore Molly Martini (4-4--8), junior Sarah Johnston Gustafson (2-6--8) Top returning defensemen: Senior Holly Harrison (25--7), senior Ellie Schaible (5-2--7) sophomore Sydney DeCubellis (1-1--2) Top returning goaltender: Senior Eden Schultz (.900) Top newcomers: Inga Smith, Gabby Norris, Jillien Cook, Iyla Ryskamp The coach says: “Our strength will be in our senior class at all positions. They are all ready to assume a leadership role on our team and have the skills and positive attitude to make this a very exciting year. Even though we have a great group of upperclassmen, the rest of our team will be very young and we will experience some growing pains as we go through the process of becoming a strong competitor at the high school level and as we better develop our team offensively.”

OSSEO-PARK CENTER STARS Last year: 6-19-0 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (1-14-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Brooklyn Park Community Activity Center, Dick Vraa Ice Arena Head coach: Jermy Lewis Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Michael Ach, Ali Nelson, Chuck Sawicky, Jeremy White Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/5 Top returning forwards: Junior Laura Denchfield (1213--25), senior Olivia Fredrickson (1-2--3), sophomore Gabrielle Bodin (1-2--3) Top returning defensemen: Senior Emily Sjelin (2-5-7), Gabrielle Holton (0-3--3) Top returning goaltender: Junior Sophie Almquist Top newcomers: Charley Sawicky, Elli Horvath, Alyia Bjork The coach says: “Formerly North Metro now OPC (Osseo-Park Center). Hardworking young team”

OWATONNA HUSKIES Last year: 12-7-3 Conference (record): Big 9 (9-4-2) Section: 1AA Home arena: Owatonna Four Seasons Center

Head coach: Dan Paur Years at school: First Career record: 12-36-3 Assistant coach: Joel Tornell Letterwinners returning: 10 Top returning forwards: Senior Margo Achterkirch, senior Jenna Von Ruden, freshman Sidney Hunst Top returning defensemen: Senior Jamie Davison , senior Rilee Schmidt, freshman Grace Wolfe Top returning goaltender: Senior Laura Ebeling Top newcomer: Olivie Herzog The coach says: “We are a young but talented team. Our strength will be in our senior leadership. We hope to contend for a Big 9 Conference championship.”

Last year: 11-13-2 Conference (record): Mid-State (4-2-0) Section: 6A Home arena: Long Prairie, Wadena, Sauk Centre Head coach: Blair Hovel Years at school: First Career record: 63-44-7 Assistant coach: Gabe Stoltman Top returning forwards: Senior Gabby Olson (15-17-32), junior Ally Ecker (6-9--15), sophomore Shelby Otte (6-5--11), freshman Kayla Sayovitz (3-6--9) Top returning defensemen: Junior Kylee Hopp (13-12-25), junior Reece Ritter (4-7--11) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Mackenzie Och (710-1, 3.19, .864), junior Isabelle Hovel (0-1-1, 1.99, .885) The coach says: “Strengths: Work ethic, defense, goaltending, a few girls who know how to put the puck in the net. Weaknesses: Passing and skating.”

PRINCETON/BIG LAKE/ BECKER TIGERS

PARK-COTTAGE GROVE WOLFPACK

Last year: 19-8-0 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (7-5-0) Section: 5A Head coach: Paul McElhone Assistant coach: Chris Papesh Top returning forwards: Junior Maddy Peterson (4216--58), senior Kenzie Skuza (10-15--25), senior Ellie Schwartz (5-8--13) Top returning defensemen: Junior Dani Slominski (610--16), senior Eden Betzler (2-11--13) Top returning goaltender: Senior Kara Schramel (197-0, 2.39, .923)

Last year: 8-16-2 Conference (record): Suburban East (3-12-1) Section: 3AA Home arena: Cottage Grove Ice Arena Head coach: Steve Morse Years at school: 8 Career record: 60-109-14 Record at school: 60-109-14 Assistant coaches: Paul McMorrow, Bruce Hill Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/2 Top returning forwards: Senior Tina Press (7-9--16), senior Alivia Kons (3-10--13), senior Heather Degler (7-4-11) Top returning defensemen: Senior Jess Juhl (3-4--7), junior Megan Morris (1-5--6) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Jocelyn Veary The coach says: “2017-18 is a year to embrace change!”

PRIOR LAKE LAKERS Last year: 8-14-3 Conference (record): South Suburban (6-9-2) Section: 2AA Home arena: Dakotah! Ice Center Head coach: Kiersten Nelson Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Joey Larsen, Taylor Barsness, Anna Steedman Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/5 Top returning forwards: Senior Katie Huntington (3012--42), junior Charlotte Huntington (5-11--16), senior Kelly Gleason (7-7--14), senior Leah Pavlish (3-10--13) Top returning defensemen: Senior Taylor Murray (6-6-12), senior Abby Muller (5-5--10) Top returning goaltender: Hannah Shultz Top newcomers: Paige Pavlish, Kya Ochsendorf The coach says: “Prior Lake has a strong class of returning seniors. The team is determined and worked harder than ever in the off season. The team will look different on the ice this year with the incorporation of new systems and style of play. Prior Lake is excited to start the season and show Minnesota what its got.”

PARK RAPIDS AREA PANTHERS Last year: 9-16-1 Conference (record): Mid-State (1-4-1) Section: 8A Home arena: Ted O. Johnson Arena Head coach: Erik Myhre Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Brad Smith, Mike Rice Top returning forwards: Junior Alexa Kennedy (16-15-31), senior Taylor Sagen (13-14--27), senior Lexi HinckleySmith (10-12--22), senior Taylor Pingrey (15-6--21), senior Paige Myhre (9-11--20)

PROCTOR/HERMANTOWN MIRAGE

ORONO SPARTANS

Last year: 19-6-1 Conference (record): Lake Superior (6-0-1) Section: 7A Home arena: Proctor Arena, Hermantown Arena Head coach: Glen Gilderman Years at school: 20 Career record: 285-197-19 Record at school: 285-197-19 Assistant coaches: Jeff Gunderson, Jeff Laspi, Diana Wokson, Tom Cook Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/5 Top returning forwards: Senior Karie Lenard (7-15-22), junior Dehli Heikes (9-4--13), senior Torii Thomas (55--10), senior Talynn Miller (4-5--9), senior Maria Haedrich (3-5--8)

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Last year: 9-16-2 Conference (record): Wright County (5-6-1) Section: 5A Home arena: Orono Ice Arena Co-head coaches: Keith Radloff & Steve Persian Years at school: 7 Career record: 85-61-14 Record at school: 85-61-14 Assistant coaches: Mike Umland, Jami Anderson Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/3 Northfield senior goalie Mallory Tidona posted a 13-8-2 record with a 1.92 goals-against average in 2016-17.

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www.letsplayhockey.com many teams which are top ranked in both AA and A polls form last year and who will be again this year. Some of those teams are Wayzata, White Bear Lake, Eden Prairie, St. Paul United, Eagan and others. This team has already come together for 5 different community service projects over the summer, this fall and last spring. Their desire to be involved in the community and together as a team has me not only optimistic about their abilities this season, but represents what we believe is important in our program and will set a precedent for our success not only on the ice, but most importantly off it as well. We have brought on some great assistant coaches who bring a wealth of hockey knowledge to our program, led by our primary assistant Laura Vannelli who coached recently at Breck and Academy of Holy Angels.”

Top returning defensemen: Senior Olyvia Opsahl (911--20), senior Kennedy Halverson (5-12--17) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Ryan Gray (14-50, 2.27, .889), junior Samantha Lewis (5-1-1, 1.80, .894 The coach says: “This is a very experienced, skilled group of veteran players who will need to replace most of our scoring from last year. We’re probably not a favorite in Section 7A, but the work ethic of this group of players could surprise. This is the 20-year anniversary of the Mirage program. A new arena is being built in Proctor and will be ready for next season, retiring one of the oldest and coldest rinks in the state.”

Last year: 18-6-4 Conference (record): Big 9 (11-0-2) Section: 1A Home arena: Prairie Island Arena Head coach: Scott Haley Years at school: 12 Career record: 185-112-8 Record at school: 185-112-8 Assistant coaches: Dan Anderson, Tony Casci, Elle Anderson Letterwinners returning/lost: 16/1 Top returning forwards: Senior Taylor Heise (54-26-80), senior Nicole Oberding (10-13--23) Top returning defenseman: Junior Emily Hart (11-22-33) Top returning goaltender: Junior Tyler McGrath (1.54, .935) The coach says: “The Wingers are in good position to compete for another Big 9 title along with being a contender in Section 1A. The team is led by senior Taylor Heise and junior all-state defender Emily Hart. The team has tremendous depth, returning 16 letterwinners and excellent goaltending in Tyler McGrath who will head into her third season as a full-time starter.”

RIVER LAKES STARS Last year: 8-18-0 Conference (record): Central Lakes (2-10-0) Section: 8AA Home arena: Koronis Civic Arena, River Lakes Civic Arena Head coach: Amanda Monkman Years at school: 2 Career record: 8-18-0 Record at school: 8-18-0 Assistant coaches: Mark Johnson, Zach Johnson Top returning forwards: Senior Sierra Flint (13-4--17), junior Jaiden Deming (2-3--5), senior Carlie Mies (0-5--5) Top returning defensemen: Senior Courtney Hanson (2-6--8), freshman Olivia Haines (2-2--4) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Jordyn Tomaszewski (6-12-0, 1.86, .949), junior Nicole Wander (2-6-0, 3.08, .900)

ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG/COOPER WINGS

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RED WING WINGERS Proctor/Hermantown senior defenseman Olyvia Opsahl is one of 15 returning letterwinners from 2016-17.

and win battles in the corner. Areas we are focusing on are finishing on offensive chances and controlling play.”

but with our experience and our attitude going into the season we will have a great year!”

ROCHESTER CENTURY PANTHERS

ROCHESTER LOURDES EAGLES

Last year: 6-20-0 Conference (record): Big 9 (5-12-0) Section: 1AA Home arena: Rochester Recreation Center Head coach: Tom Aney Years at school: 3 Career record: 14-38-0 Record at school: 14-38-0 Assistant coaches: Luke Hughes, Tim Fink Top returning forwards: Sophomore Elizabeth Oyen (6-16--22), junior Victoria Johnson (7-13--20), junior Kylie Lund (6-3--9) Top returning defensemen: Senior Abbey Holets (2-6-8), junior Jenna Miller (0-6--6), junior Ella Lentz (4-1--5)

Last year: 15-10-1 (with Rochester John Marshall) Conference (record): Big 9 (11-3-1) Section: 1A Home arena: Graham Arena Head coach: Jeff True Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Laura Vannelli, Chris Ratzloff, Mathew Hanzel Top returning forwards: Sophomore Emma Schmitz, junior Clara Billings, freshman Abigail Wick, sophomore Sarah Davis, eighth-grader Delaney Flemming Top returning defensemen: Senior Lindsey Angst, sophomore Alisson Smith, freshman Maggie Hanzel Top returning goaltenders: Senior Clare Brunn, sophomore Corrin Hanson The coach says: “ Rochester Lourdes is entering its first year as a girls’ high school program. We have been in a cooperative with Rochester John Marshall for the past 10 or so years. Our team is very excited to have its own program. We are led by several young, talented, and extremely motivated and competitive players who I have been receiving emails and phone calls on from a number of D1 and D3 schools. We had a group of four girls represented at the Select 15 camps in St. Cloud – Emma Schmitz, Alisson Smith, Maggie Hanzel and Corrin Hanson. Schmitz and Hanzel participated in the national camp, and Smith was an alternate. We have also had several girls represented (including those above) at Os Prospects. Those not named above are Clara Billings, Abigail Wick, Sarah Dravis and Delaney Flemming. Our inexperience of playing varsity hockey is our glaring and obvious weakness. However, we have two seniors (Lindsey Angst & Clare Brunn) who are our captains and ready to lead with their play on the ice and their dynamic personalities off the ice. With that inexperience, will come some challenges; however, I’m optimistic this group will see a lot of success and growth throughout the season, and we expect to compete for a section championship.

Our strengths as a team are our speed, quickness, physicality, goaltending and several intangibles; vision, intelligence and “hockey smarts.” Despite our youth, many of our players played on a Rochester 15U A team last year that was ranked in the top 5 all season and represented well at the state tournament. How their skills and abilities will transition to the high school level will be the question, but their desire to improve and get better will undoubtedly lead to growth. We have a very strong schedule with

ROCHESTER JOHN MARSHALL ROCKETS Last year: 15-10-1 Conference (record): Big 9 (11-3-1) Section: 1AA Home arena: Graham Arena Head coach: Josh Chapman Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Brenna Bowland, Jake Potaracke Top returning forwards: Junior Ally Halverson (13-25-38), sophomore Ashley Koehler (7-7--14), senior Cassidy Greer (3-5--8) Top returning defensemen: Senior Kaycee Neumann (5-12--17), freshman Greta Freed (3-4--7) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Anysia Heimer (6-0-0, 0.80, .926) Top newcomers: Lauren Hugeback The coach says: “I think our team will fare well in the Big 9 once again this year. Our strengths, I believe, will be our returning forwards who have lots of high school experience and lots of skill and knowledge. Our D will be solid as well with two returners and two newcomers who know the game very well. The girls between the pipes will help us out big time as well. This will be our first year without a co-op so our numbers will be down

ROCHESTER MAYO SPARTANS Last year: 14-12-0 Conference (record): Big 9 (10-7-0) Section: 1AA Home arena: Graham Ice Arena Head coach: Mike McCormack Years at school: 4 Career record: 32-43-1 Record at school: 32-43-1 Assistant coaches: Brad Berge, Keegan Hakala, Jesse Neumann Top returning forwards: Freshman Devynn Priest (1724--41), senior Brooke Leone (22-15--37), senior Megan Adair (16-20--36), senior Maddi Lutz (11-11--22) Top returning defensemen: Senior Eryn Fjelsted (217--28), senior Lindsey Grafstrom (6-9--15), senior Elena Freund (0-7--7), junior Alexa Hruska (0-6--6) Top returning goaltenders: Freshman Skylee Hughes (9-6-0, 2.80, .886), senior Sophie Butterfass (5-6-0, 4.86, .835)

ROGERS ROYALS Last year: 19-6-2 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (9-2-1) Section: 5AA Home arena: Rogers Activity Center Head coach: Joel Wesloh Years at school: 4 Career record: 39-31-9 Record at school: 39-31-9 Assistant coaches: Charlie Levis, Tony Cloud, Ross Orrock Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/6 Top returning forwards: Senior Paetyn Levis (43-16-59), junior Sami Scherling (5-7--12), junior Marie Reimer (4-5--9), sophomore Ella Achterkirch (5-3--8), senior Jenna Hatcher (4-2--6) Top returning defensemen: Senior Courtney Johnston (4-13--17), sophomore Sara Parent (4-3--7), sophomore Abby Johnson (1-1--2) Top returning goaltender: Sophomore Hailey Hartlage (19-6-2, 1.52, .912) Top newcomers: Emma Rooks, Allie Hatcher, Josie Bolster The coach says: “The Royals are looking to defend their first conference title in school history and build off a quarterfinal victory in the playoffs. They will lean heavily on the programs’ all-time leading scorer Paetyn Levis , the Mississippi 8 Defensive Player of the Year Courtney Johnston, and Sophomore goalie Haley Hartlage who set a school record with seven shutouts last season.”

Last year: 3-20-3 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (1-12-2) Section: 6AA Home arena: New Hope Ice Arena Head coach: Elsa Bruestle Years at school: 2 Career record: 3-20-3 Record at school: 3-20-3 Last year: 19-10-1 Assistant coaches: Barrett Boe, Andy Johnson, Caitlin Conference (record): Greater Minnesota (9-2-0) Bishop Section: 8AA Letterwinners returning: 12+ Home arena: Rams Sports Center Top returning forwards: Junior Sadie Bresnahan, junHead coach: Steve Huglen ior Leah O’Brien, sophomore Isabelle Kriesel, senior Lauren Years at school: 6 Price Career record: 90-48-5 Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Hailey Mattson, Record at school: 90-48-5 junior Sara Bobideaux, senior Lindsey Winter, junior Caitlin Assistant coaches: Paul Grafstrom, Kelsey Vatnsdal, Quinn Ciscely Nelson Top returning goaltenders: Junior Nikki Harnett, sophoLetterwinners returning/lost: 17/4 more Kaylle Launderville Top returning forwards: Senior Maggie Crosson, seTop newcomers: Sydney Dixon, Paige Loidolt nior Lauren Johnson, senior Gina Wensloff, junior Ella The coach says: “This group of girls has a lot of depth and Helgeson, junior Madicyn Holmgren, junior Jodi Ostroski, is already beginning the season stronger and more taljunior Reese Strand, sophomore Kayla Santl, sophomore ented than any point in the season last year. We have a Anika Stoskopf large group of retuming players and a really talented young Top returning defensemen: Senior Jenna Byfuglien, group of 8th grade and freshmen skaters. We are coming senior Ellice Murphy, senior Lindsey Kallis, junior Ellie off of a season of huge growth and development and have Hedlund, sophomore Jasmine Verbout, junior Paeyton Rochester Mayo senior defenseman Eryn Fjelsted posted totals of 21-7--28 last season. a lot of speed and players who are willing to crash the net F or sstats, tats, sstandings tandings and liv e scoring of Minneso ta girls’ high sc hool hoc k e y , go tto o www .s tat eofhoc k e y .com. live Minnesota school hock www.s .stat tateofhoc eofhock

ROSEAU RAMS

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SPRING LAKE PARK PANTHERS

Spilde, freshman Jordyn Bergstrom, freshman Sophie Helgeson, freshman Mariah Huglen Top returning goaltender: Junior Kiana Flaig (11-7-1, 1.99, .915) Top newcomers: Erin Leverington, Olivia Urness, Amy Wensloff, Brooke Zagone, Kate Helgeson The coach says: “The Rams have alot of experienced returning players but will be looking to replace the scoring of last year's seniors Lindsey Santl, Mack Bergstrom, and Maddie Jerome. The Rams return all-state honorable mention defenseman Ellice Murphy along with 1st team all-section 8AA defenseman Jenna Byfuglien. Senior Lindsey Kallis and Junior Ellie Hedlund also return as members of an experienced D-corps. In goal, Junior Kiana Flaig is back and handled the bulk of playing time in net last season.”

Last year: 9-16-0 Conference (record): South Suburban (0-9-0) Section: 3AA Home arena: Rosemount Community Center Head coach: Andrew Conboy Years at school: 3 Career record: 9-43-0 Record at school: 9-43-0 Assistant coaches: Timothy Conboy, Scott Waslowski, Rachael Kelly, Sarah Tollefson Letterwinners returning/lost: 18/4 Top returning forwards: Junior Emma Ginter (8-8--16), sophomore Ashley Tuttle (5-8--13), junior Skylar Smith (63-9), freshman Kiersten Browning (6-2--8), eighth-grader Whitney Tuttle (2-4--6) Top returning defensemen: Freshman Ava Nygaard (1-4--5), freshman Lucy Jagoe (1-1--2), freshman Savannah Hutchins Top returning goaltender: Junior Brynn Kimel (3.28, .891) Top newcomer: MacKenzie Moss The coach says: “This team is loaded with potential and youth. For the first time in a few seasons Rosemount will have a JV team. Our strengths will be a mix of depth, speed and skill from our forwards. Expect a big season from Emma Ginter, Ashley and Whitney Tuttle, MacKenzie Moss, Skylar Smith and Kiersten Browning at forward.

Returning goalie Brynn Kimel is entering her fourth season starting Varsity. Weakness will be lack of depth on defense and will rely heavily on Lucy Jagoe, Ava NyGaard, and Savannah Hutchins.”

ROSEVILLE AREA RAIDERS Last year: 9-14-2 Conference (record): Suburban East (5-9-2) Section: 4AA Home arena: Roseville Arena Head coach: Craig Rosenthal Years at school: 9 Assistant coaches: Nick Follmer, Tom Paitich, Molly Eagles, Hannah Esselman Letterwinners returning/lost: 9/8 Top returning forwards: Senior Lexi DeBace, senior Izzy Larson, senior Mia Gaertner Top returning defensemen: Freshman Lauren Distad, sophomore Ellie King Top returning goaltenders: Senior Maggie Gilchrist, junior Maddison Lehto Top newcomer: Riley Tuft The coach says: “We have five seniors leading the way, four returning underclassmen eager to contribute and eight new players learning the varsity level. Goaltending and team play will be our strengths. Lack of experience may result in our biggest weakness. We have great kids committed to Raider Hockey and the coaching staff is excited to work with them! #raiderpride”

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ROSEMOUNT IRISH

Roseau senior Ellice Murphy enters the season as one of the top blueliners in the state.

-45), senior Alexa Paulson (8-9--17), senior Lizzy Minnerath (5-6--11) Top returning defenseman: Junior Grace McCabe (55--10) Top returning goaltenders: Junior Maddie De Marais (8-3-1, 1.45, .938), sophomore Chloe Stockinger (10-4-1, 1.70, .933) Top newcomer: F Anna Orth The coach says: “Graduating eight letterwinners will make the Storm'n Sabres young to start the season. Two very strong returning goaltenders (Maddie DeMarais and Chloe Stockinger) will be the strength of the team. Brooke Walters will lead the offense and Grace McCabe will anchor the defense.”

Home arena: Veterans Memorial Community Center Head coach: Tom Patnode Years at school: 5 Career record: 37-67-2 Record at school: 37-67-2 Assistant coaches: Kari Lundberg, Bob Sherry, Nikki Karg, Jeff Hauck Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Madison Wicke, junior Molly Illetschko, sophomore Emma Heimerl Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Kendall Johnson, sophomore Avery Schwark Top returning goaltenders: Senior Natalie Biggs, sophomore Hailey Reis The coach says: “Typical Simley blue collar team.”

SHAKOPEE SABERS

SOUTH ST. PAUL PACKERS

Last year: 15-7-5 Conference (record): South Suburban (8-5-4) Section: 2AA Home arena: Shakopee Ice Arena Head coach: Erin Hunt Years at school: 3 Career record: 83-22-14 Record at school: 28-17-8 Assistant coaches: Josh Fish, Jamey Boots, Colleen Krmpotich, Amy Menke, Lauren Hespenheide Letterwinners lost: 4 Top returning forwards: Senior Jackie Falk (25 pts.), sophomore Paige McNeil (14), junior Emily Roder (10) Top returning defensemen: Senior Ally Loiselle (8 pts.), freshman Makenzie Bachelor (5), senior Brooke Hespenheide (4) Top returning goaltender: Senior Camryn Noess (.921) The coach says: “Shakopee returns a veteran group after graduating four seniors last season. The team will be tough defensively and is hoping to score a few more goals this season. We’re hoping to gain a competive edge with a challenging regular season AA non-conference schedule (EP Holiday Tournament, Blake, New Prague, Wayzata, Chaska/ Chanhassen).”

SIMLEY SPARTANS

Last year: 15-10-1 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (11-4-1) Section: 5AA Home arena: Fogerty Arena Head coach: Sandy Nelson Years at school: 5 Career record: 64-37-4 Record at school: 64-37-4 Assistant coaches: Kyle Ronning, Darren Zabinski, Mike Nelson Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/12 Top returning forwards: Senior Kamryn Crawford (57--12), sophomore Lundsey Albers (5-1--6), sophomore Sydney Symynkywicz (1-3--4) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Lizzie Northquest (1-8--9), junior Allison Hjulberg (0-1--1), sophomore Anne Carmean (0-1--1) Top returning goaltender: Senior Sami Miller (1.95, .933) Top newcomers: F Heather Sager, F Alea Zemlicka, D/ F Mary Fetter, D Erin Olson The coach says: “After a two-year co-op with Coon Rapids, we will be SLP for the first time (we had previously been with St. Anthony). We lost a number of key players to graduation and CR from last season but are excited and ready for a great year. Our strengths will be our goaltending and team speed. Our weakness will be that we are a young team with less experience.”

ST. CLOUD ICEBREAKERS Last year: 18-8-1 Conference (record): Central Lakes (9-3-0) Section: 8AA Home arena: St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex Head coach: Nick Thibault Years at school: 3 Career record: 36-15-2 Record at school: 36-15-2 Assistant coaches: Jenna Traut, Mary Spethmann Top returning forwards: Senior Allie Cornelius (18-19-37), sophomore Gabbie Rud (22-14--36), senior Miranda Milbauer (3-5--8) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Jordann Swingle (2-5--7), senior Sophia O’Neal (0-3-3) Top returning goaltender: Senior Emily Musielewicz (18-8-1, 1.79, .936)

Last year: 13-11-3 Conference (record): Metro East (4-3-2) Section: 4A Home arena: Doug Woog Arena Head coach: Dave Palmquist Years at school: 24 Career record: 546-246-26 Record at school: 478-152-24 Assistant coaches: Josh Palmquist, Corey McGinn Letterwinners returning/lost: 12/4 Top returning forwards: Freshman Ella Reynolds (1318--31), senior Mackenna Emery (15-12--27), junior Clair Lehmann (7-3--10) Top returning defensemen: Freshman Makenna Deering (2-17--19), senior Brooke Deering (2-10--12), sophomore Brynn Sexauer (3-7--10) Top returning goaltender: Senior Kaity McKenzie (2.08, .911) Top newcomers: Gabby Madigan, Avery Newton, Lilie Ramirez The coach says: “Strengths: We have our entire defensive core returning along with goaltender Kaity McKenzie who has committed to Cornell. We will lean on them to win games along with our depth down the middle at center.

Weaknesses: Lost our top scorer and power play quarterback Makena Burke, will have to fill the scoring void she left. Team scoring is something we hope to improve on this season.”

ST. FRANCIS/ NORTH BRANCH FIGHTING SAINTS Last year: 13-12-1 Conference (record): Mississippi 8 (6-5-1) Section: 7AA Home arena: East Bethel Ice Arena Head coach: Emilie Brigham Years at school: First Top returning forwards: Senior Sophia Zebro (20-14-34), senior Kaylyn Forliti (9-6--15), junior Lauren White (410--14), junior Kylie Wolfe (5-5--10), senior Holly Anderson (4-5--9) Top returning defenseman: Junior Sydney Green (13--4) Top returning goaltender: Junior Rachel Miller (1212-1, 2.27, .927)

Last year: 10-15-1 Conference (record): Metro East (4-6-1) Section: 3A

ST. PAUL BLADES

SARTELL/SAUK RAPIDS STORM‘N SABRES

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Last year: 18-7-2 Conference (record): Central Lakes (9-3-0) Section: 8AA Home arena: Bernick’s Arena Head coach: Marty Anderson Years at school: 9 Career record: 139-62-15 Record at school: 139-62-15 Assistant coaches: Jon Erickson, Alex Kampa, Maddie Rainey, Scott Anderson Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/8 Top returning forwards: Senior Brooke Walters (20-25-

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Last year: 7-18-0 Conference: Independent Section: 4A Home arena: Gustafson Ice Arena Co-head coaches: Ryan Paitich & tim Blase Assistant coach: Christie Hecker Top returning forwards: Junior Gianna Gabrielli (8-14-22), junior Grace Dodge (7-13--20) Top returning defensemen: Eighth-grader Tori Vennemann (0-7--7) Top returning goaltenders: Senior Taylor Nelson (4.00, .881) Top newcomers: Georgia-Rae Plathe, Solvei BergMesserole

Spring Lake Park senior goalie Sami Miller posted a 1.95 goals-against average and .933 save percentage in 2016-17.

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www.letsplayhockey.com Wisnewski, senior Megan Marshall, senior Annika Swanson, sophomore Addy Hackley, junior Mckenzi Schindler Top returning goaltenders: Senior Grace BoswellHealey, junior Stephanie Garvis Top newcomers: Greta Branton, Sloane Matthews, Sara Aadalen, Lucy Hanson, Coco Crandall, Sophie Heyer, Mackenzie Allen, Ruby Moss, Allie Skoro The coach says: “We are going to be a very talented, uptempo team. We return all of our varsity defenders and goaltenders...and have added tremendous talent at all three positions. These kids have worked very hard in the off season and are ready to put Wayzata back in the mix!”

The coach says: “The Blades will be a young team coming off a 7-18 season. Senior Captain Eliza Donnelly will bring leadership and determination to the rink every day. They will look for scoring from Gianna Gabrielli and Grace Dodge. They return eighth Grade r Tori Vennemann to lead the way on the blue line. Senior goaltender Taylor Nelson will lead the way between the pipes for the Blades.”

ST. PAUL UNITED

STILLWATER AREA PONIES Last year: 9-14-2 Conference (record): Suburban East (6-8-2) Section: 4AA Home arena: St. Croix Valley Rec Center Head coach: Lee Gillespie Years at school: 2 Career record: 9-14-2 Record at school: 9-14-2 Assistant coaches: Nate Wagner, Matt Simcik, Callie Dahl, Amanda Cartony Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/8 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Lauren Einan (78--15), senior Ava Yokanovich (4-4--8), junior Hannah Affolter (3-2--5), senior Maya Yokanovich (1-3--4), senior Lauren Gella (3-0--3) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Sophie Schuster (1-3--4), sophomore Lexie Ligday (0-2--2), junior Grace Arkell (0-1--1) Top returning goaltender: Senior Olivia Knox (.923) Top newcomers: Morgan Wohlers, Alaina Tanski, Haley Eder-Zdechlik The coach says: “Strengths are goaltending. We are a young team with just four seniors so have to let our players gain confidence with experience and hopefully some success.”

THIEF RIVER FALLS PROWLERS

With 24-22--46 last season, senior forward Sam Burke is St. Paul United’s top returning scorer in 2017-18.

which will take some time but as I mentioned, we have a hardworking group that is willing to put in the time and effort to learn those systems to help us be successful.”

TOTINO-GRACE EAGLES Last year: 5-19-1 Conference (record): Northwest Suburban (3-10-1) Section: 5A Home arena: Schwan Super Rink Head coach: Jeff Wahl Years at school: First Career record: 71-34-2 Record at school: 9-18-0 Assistant coaches: Lexi Slattery, Matt Dahl, Neil Isaacson Letterwinners returning/lost: 10/3 Top returning forwards: Senior Lauren Scheneman, junior Ella Eibensteiner, sophomore Gabby McDonald Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Lilia Linders, senior Alexa Krumm, senior Isabel Lewis Top returning goaltender: Senior Erin Stehler Top newcomers: Ashley Kelly, Olivia Baldwin, Hannah Gray The coach says: “The Eagles are a young team with a new outlook and are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding future.”

WARROAD WARRIORS Last year: 19-9-2 Conference (record): Greater Minnesota (7-1-2) Section: 8A Home arena: Warroad Gardens Head coach: David Marvin Years at school: 11 Career record: 223-53-12 Record at school: 223-53-12 Assistant coaches: Darrell Shaugabay, Derrick Comstock, Elizabeth Olson, Layla Marvin Top returning forwards: Senior Madison Oelkers (3946--85), junior Joslynn Olson (7-17--24), senior Hannah Christian (3-17--20), freshman Abigail Hardwick (9-9-18), freshman Genevieve Hendrickson (4-13--17), freshman Karlie Meeker (0-17--17) sophomore Tiffani Foster (9-11--20), junior Top returning defensemen: Junior Kaitlyn Kotlowski (14-20--34), senior Trechelle Bunn (1-6--7)

WASECA BLUEJAYS Last year: 11-14-1 Conference (record): Big South (6-7-1) Section: 1A Home arena: Waseca Community Arena Head coach: Kyle Collins Years at school: 20 Career record: 165-257-14 Record at school: 165-257-14 Assistant coach: Dan Sharpsteen Letterwinners returning/lost: 16/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Riley Brown (15-12-27), senior Hailie Tegmeier (5-7--12), freshman Isabella Sorenson (4-2--6), freshman Haley Holtz (2-4--6), sophomore Gabby Armstrong (1-2--3), freshman Whitnie Norton (0-3--3), junior Tessa Volkmer (1-0--1), freshman Jacklynn Jeuning (1-0--1) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Jayde Pederson (15-4--9), junior Clare Miller (0-2--2), junior Sierrah Bakken (0-2--2), senior Regan Krampitz, freshman Paige Benson Top returning goaltenders: Junior Miranda Watzek (11-0, 2.67, .840), freshman Erin Volkmer (2-1-0, 2.40, .830) Top newcomer: Tanika Johnson The coach says: “The leadership of our upperclassmen will once again be important to direct the youth of our team.

We will be pretty green with our inexperienced goaltenders.

Team chemistry and scoring goals will be the desired outcome!”

WHITE BEAR LAKE BEARS Last year: 17-11-0 Conference (record): Suburban East (10-6-0) Section: 4AA Home arena: Vadnais Heights Sports Center Head coach: Jerry Kwapick Years at school: 9 Career record: 109-89-26 Record at school: 109-89-26 Assistant coaches: Mark Domschot, Kevin Hartzell, Randy Kieger, Mike Holland, Carrie Kwapick-Nasvik Letterwinners returning/lost: 14/4 Top returning forwards: Senior Ashley Healy, senior Claudia Verkerke, junior Sydney Shearen, junior Jordan Gast, junior Sam Olson, sophomore Kenzie Larson, senior Kailee Snyder Top returning defensemen: Senior Sally Moris, junior Abby DeLaRosa, sophomore Avery Snyder Top returning goaltender: Junior Calla Frank Top newcomer: Lauren Maclean The coach says: “We are returning a solid core from last year, and look to build upon the strong momentum established last season. The majority of our roster will consist of Junior and Senior returning players which bring a wealth of experience. We look forward to playing top end teams with our non-conference schedule along with our regular tough conference foes. ”

WILLMAR CARDINALS Last year: 7-19-1 Conference (record): Central Lakes (1-10-1) Section: 6A Home arena: Willmar Civic Center Head coach: Eric Setrum Years at school: 2 Career record: 7-19-1 Record at school: 7-19-1 Assistant coaches: Benji Olson, Mitch Berghuis, Peyton Setrum Letterwinners returning/lost: 15/1 Top returning forwards: Freshman Bailey Olson (1111--22), junior Serena Monson (4-12--16), sophomore Mya Monson (3-6--9), Maddison Garberding (7-2--9) Top returning defensemen: Senior Hannah Kobienia (10-13--23), senior Natalie Amon (1-5--6), junior Sydney Olson (1-2--3) Top returning goaltenders: Sophomore Bryton Carlson (7-19-1, 4.89, .839), junior Savana Knutson Top newcomers: Sophie Kobienia, Ashley Larson The coach says: “Our team returns all of our defense and five of six top scorers. We have excellent senior leadership and very strong goaltending. Our freshmen have gained two years of varsity experience and are ready to take a big step forward.”

WAYZATA TROJANS Last year: 10-17-0 Conference (record): Lake (1-7-0) Section: 6AA Home arena: Plymouth Ice Center Head coach: Jess Christopherson Years at school: 2 Career record: 63-94-3 Record at school: 10-17-0 Assistant coaches: Ryan St. Martin, Rachael Bona, Adam Gronlund Letterwinners returning/lost: 16/5 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Sophie Urban, junior Maddie McCollins, junior Alexa Ocel Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Emily

WINDOM AREA EAGLES

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Last year: 15-10-0 Conference (record): Greater Minnesota (7-4-0) Section: 8A Home arena: Ralph Engelstad Arena Head coach: Brett Johnson Years at school: First Assistant coaches: Corey Poole, Bob Huot, Britney Schwab Letterwinners returning/lost: 11/9 Top returning forwards: Freshman Shelby Breiland (16-13--29), senior Jaimee Nelson (16-12--28), senior Grace Bergland (8-10--18) Top returning defensemen: Senior Tessa Jorde (13-17-30), sophomore Khloe Lund (11-14--25) Top returning goaltenders: Gabby Steele (2-2-0, 1.93, .880, Faith Porter (2-0-0, 0.86, .800) Top newcomers: Mady Anderson, Lexi Huot, Hailey Rogalla The coach says: “We have a solid group of returning players. We are looking to make a strong appearance in Section 8A and within the Greater Minnesota conference.

One of our greatest strengths will be our leadership from our returning players and their willingness to help our younger girls with the transition to high school hockey. We have a group of girls who are hardworking team players and willing to put in the time and effort needed to perform at their best. From my first couple days of practice, a weakness that I see is that we have to learn new systems

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Last year: 21-7-2 Conference (record): Independent Metro (2-3-1) Section: 4A Home arena: Historic Drake Arena Head coach: Nate Mauer Years at school: 3 Career record: 44-13-3 Record at school: 44-13-3 Assistant coaches: John Cole, Julie Friend, Majec Michalik Top returning forwards: Senior Sam Burke (46 pts.), junior Catherine Kerin (34), sophomore Jenna Hoops (33) Top returning defensemen: Senior Bergen Kobenia (17), junior Olivia Williams-Ridge (13) Top returning goaltender: Freshman Jilian Oncay (84-1, 1.44, .922) The coach says: “Seniors Sam Burke, Bergen Kobienia, Olivia Williams Ridge and junior Catherine Kerin will be our captains this year. Sam Burke, a Cornell commit is looking to have a breakout year. We are strong from the net out and will rely on our depth at each position this year.”

Last year: 10-15-0 Conference (record): Southwest (4-10-0) Section: 3A Home arena: Windom City Arena Head coach: Bill Fredin Years at school: 3 Career record: 14-33-1 Record at school: 14-33-1 Assistant coaches: Steve Willard, Tim Hogan Top returning forwards: Senior Molly Boyum (15-7-22), junior Anna Volk (12-6--18), sophomore Abby Ignaszewski (5-1--6), junior Katrina LaCanne (2-4--6) Top returning defensemen: Junior Abagail Turner (6-3-9), senior Jolyssa Higley-Purrington (2-6--8), eighth-grader Ellyson Bang (1-5--6) Top returning goaltender: Senior Emily Steen (10-150, 2.76, .931)

White Bear Lake junior Calla Frank enters the season as one of the top netminders in the state.

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strong. All five defense are returning from last season.

Goaltending has lots of experience at the varsity level.

Output from the forward position will be key to the success of the Royals this year.”

Last year: 3-23-0 Conference (record): Suburban East (0-16-0) Section: 4AA Home arena: Health East Sports Center Head coach: Chris Lepper Years at school: 6 Career record: 24-105-3 Record at school: 24-105-3 Assistant coaches: Bay Shock, Christine Schendel, Rick Dubois, Paul Moen, Rick Hansen, Maggie Broberg Letterwinners returning/lost: 23/3 Top returning forwards: Sophomore Isabel Chiemelewski, junior Annika Johnson, junior Lexie Decker, senior Grace Swenson, sophomore Nicole Stickels Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Isabel Lippai, senior Tori Sweeny, senior Erin Jeseritz, sophomore Amelia Karelitz, sophomore Aliza Welch Top returning goaltenders: Junior Allison Beix, sophomore Erica Gillen, sophomore Anna Julius The coach says: “Defensively, the Royals should be

WORTHINGTON TROJANS Last year: 0-20-0 Conference (record): Big South (0-15-0) Section: 3A Head coach: Chad Nickel Years at school: 2 Career record: 0-20-0 Record at school: 0-20-0 Assistant coaches: Aaron Sieve, Rachel Peters Top returning forwards: Sophomore Kya Nickle (3-3-6), senior Maddie Schmidt (1-2--3) Top returning defensemen: Sophomore Delayne Kuhl (2-4--6), sophomore Hannah Barrie (2-4--6) Top returning goaltender: Senior Bailey Kruse

Upper Midwest coaching changes High School Girls School

2016-17 Coach

2017-18 Coach

Albert Lea

Jason Fornwald

Josh Funk

Anoka

Matt Anderson

Chase Evertz

Austin

Brett Vesel

Carly Grunewald

Benilde-St. Margaret’s

Dave Herbst

Shjon Podein

Chaska/Chanhassen

Jeff Wahl

Todd Johnson

Holy Angels/Richfield

Lenny Vannelli

Terra Rasmussen

Holy Family/Waconia

Ryan Rice

Randy Koeppl

Hutchinson

Joe Meier

Hannah Impola

Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato

Hannah Impola

Brett Damerow/Matt Hoeg

Mankato East/Loyola

Nathan Fuller

Amber Prange

Marshall

Kevin Schroeder

Deanna Suby

Moorhead

Emily Sell

Whitney Restemayer

Mound Westonka

Jack Gravel

Claire Goldsmith/Bob Kuehl

Mounds View

Aaron Moberg

Paige Jahnke

New Prague

Andrea Peterson

Taylor Ries

North Metro

Dustin Thompson/Aubri Lindberg

Jeremy Lewis

North Shore

Brian Entzion

Neva Maxwell

Northern Lakes

John Stockler

Breanna Sheeley

Owatonna

Tim Hunst

Dan Paur

Park Rapids

Gary Vaudrin

Eric Myhre

Prior Lake

Todd Johnson

Kiersten Nelson

Rochester John Marshall

Bob Montrose

Josh Chapman

Rochester Lourdes

Bob Montrose

Jeff True

Roseville

Vic Brodt

Craig Rosenthal

St. Francis/North Branch

Alexandra Kleinhuizen

Emilie Brigham

Thief River Falls

Whitney Restemayer

Brett Johnson

Totino-Grace

Maria Swanson

Jeff Wahl

The Woodbury Royals return five defensemen and three goalies from last season’s team.

Minnesota State High School Tournament History Girls’ Single Class Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Champion Apple Valley Roseville Hibbing/Chisholm Apple Valley Roseville Park Center Bloomington Jefferson

Runner-Up South St. Paul Burnsville Eagan Hibbing/Chisholm Bloomington Jefferson Anoka Blaine

3rd Sibley Blaine/Coon Rapids Blaine Mounds View South St. Paul Bloomington Jefferson South St. Paul

4th Stillwater Blake Mounds View Roseville Duluth Hibbing/Chisholm Chaska

Consolation n/a n/a Roseville Eagan Park Center Eagan Moorhead

Other Tournament Qualifiers n/a n/a Hopkins, Owatonna, Stillwater Anoka, Bloomington Jefferson, Rochester Mayo Burnsville, Mankato East/West, Mounds View Austin, Bemidji, Chaska Blake, Forest Lake, Owatonna

Runner-Up White Bear Lake Cloquet/Esko/Carlton North St. Paul Cloquet/Esko/Carlton Coon Rapids North Metro Grand Rapids/Greenway Hopkins Edina Edina Roseville Hill-Murray Benilde-St. Margaret’s Minnetonka Maple Grove Blaine

3rd Burnsville Apple Valley Eden Prairie Wayzata Cloquet/Esko/Carlton Benilde-St. Margaret’s Cretin-Derham Hall Edina Hopkins Coon Rapids Edina Lakeville North Lakeville North Edina Hill-Murray Eden Prairie

4th Bloomington Jefferson Eden Prairie Lakeville Wright County Roseville Roseville Farmington Elk River/Zimmerman Irondale Hill-Murray Lakeville North Eden Prairie Eden Prairie Lakeville South Edina Hill-Murray

Consolation Cloquet/Esko/Carlton Elk River Anoka Centennial Stillwater Burnsville Benilde-St. Margaret’s Irondale Burnsville Elk River/Zimmerman Roseau Eagan Andover Blaine Eastview Farmington

Other Tournament Qualifiers Anoka, Lakeville, Moorhead Anoka, North St. Paul, Owatonna Chisago Lakes/Pine City, Eagan, South St. Paul Anoka, Cretin-Derham Hall, Rochester Mayo Holy Angels, Moorhead, Rochester Mayo Bemidji, Grand Rapids/Greenway, Rochester Mayo Centennial, Eagan, Elk River Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, Eagan, Lakeville South Lakeville North, Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall School, Roseau Lakeville South, North Wright County, Rosemount Eagan, Grand Rapids/Greenway, Mounds View Forest Lake, Irondale, North Wright County Burnsville, Mounds View, Roseau Andover, Buffalo, Eastview Forest Lake, Lakeville South, Sartell-Sauk Rapids Eastview, Forest Lake, Roseau

Runner-Up Hibbing/Chisholm Hibbing/Chisholm New Prague Hibbing/Chisholm Warroad Farmington Breck Warroad Breck South St. Paul South St. Paul Warroad East Grand Forks Blake St. Paul United St. Paul United

3rd Willmar Farmington Hibbing/Chisholm New Prague Alexandria Crookston Roseau Red Wing South St. Paul Breck Warroad Red Wing Red Wing Red Wing Warroad Warroad

4th Farmington Willmar Alexandria Alexandria New Prague Hibbing/Chisholm Austin Mahtomedi Alexandria Eveleth-Gilbert Red Wing South St. Paul St. Paul United South St. Paul Proctor/Hermantown Northfield

Consolation n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Breck Hibbing/Chisholm Fergus Falls Chisago Lakes Red Wing Chisago Lakes Hibbing/Chisholm Proctor/Hermantown Alexandria New Prague Alexandria

Other Tournament Qualifiers n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Alexandria, Austin, Marshall Marshall, New Prague, South St. Paul Eveleth-Gilbert, Hutchinson, New Ulm Faribault, Hutchinson, New Ulm Alexandria, Hutchinson, New Ulm Detroit Lakes, Hutchinson, New Ulm Alexandria, Mound Westonka, New Ulm Alexandria, Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, New Ulm Hibbing/Chisholm, Hutchinson, New Ulm Alexandria, Luverne, Northfield Hibbing/Chisholm, Mankato East/Loyola, Mound Westonka

Girls’ Class AA Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Champion South St. Paul South St. Paul Elk River South St. Paul Eden Prairie Stillwater Eden Prairie Stillwater Roseville Minnetonka Minnetonka Minnetonka Hill-Murray Hill-Murray Eden Prairie Edina

Girls’ Class A Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Champion Benilde-St. Margaret’s Blake Benilde-St. Margaret’s Holy Angels South St. Paul Blake Alexandria Blake Warroad Warroad Breck Blake Blake Thief River Falls Blake Blake

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My Halloween costume this year was ...

Madeline W ethington Wethington Blake School

Jenna Korinek Elk River HS

Mor gan Gacke Morgan Elk River HS

Boxer

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Hockey skill I worked on the most over the summer

Best logo in hockey

Favorite candy

Worst candy of all time

Peanut Butter M&Ms

Black Licorice

Minnesota Wild

Lateral Movement

No costume this year

Gummi Bears

Junior Mints

Chicago Blackhawks

Shooting

No costume this year

Sour Patch Kids

Black Licorice

Notre Dame

Stickhandling

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Update News & Notes

Studioso signs NAHL tender The North Iowa Bulls announced that forward Brendan Studioso has signed an NAHL tender agreement with the Minnesota Wilderness of the NAHL’s Central Division.

Studioso, 18, is a ladder of development success story in the making. The native of Mukilteo, Wash., is in his second season of playing for the Bulls in the NA3HL. Studioso has played in 14 games so far this season for the Bulls and recorded 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists).

Studioso was also called up to the NAHL earlier in October to play in a game for the Wilderness. He also played two games last year in the NAHL for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.

Studioso played in the 2017 NA3HL Top Prospects Tournament for the Red team, where he had three points in three games.

Studioso is also an alum of the NAPHL, having played the 2014-15 season with the Everett Jr. Silvertips 16U team.

In 53 career NA3HL games with North Iowa, Studioso has 55 career points.

Lester called up to BCHL The Atlanta Capitals announced that defenseman Oliver Lester has been called up to t h e Coquitlam Express in the BCHL. The 6-0, 185-pound native of Calgary, has played in seven games so far during the 2017-18 season for the Atlanta Capitals and recorded seven points (3 goals, 4 assists).

Lester, 20, played in the NAHL for the Minnesota Wilderness during a part of last season. He also has experience playing junior hockey in the AJHL, MJHL, and CCHL. “Oliver will be sorely missed, as he was an anchor to our power play. He also was a leader on and off the ice for us. We wish him nothing but the best of luck,” said Capitals head coach Jason Smith.

NA3HL.COM @NA3HL NA3HL

Leading Scorers PLAYER Eric Vanderhoff Caleb Labrie Connor Inger Shayne Plummer Mason Ledbetter Cole Stewart Mason Stewart Jeffrey Gratz

TEAM SKY LEA MET LEA MNE YEL YEL MNE

P F F F F F F D F

GP 17 17 17 17 17 12 16 17

G 19 18 16 9 17 10 6 11

A 20 19 20 24 15 22 26 20

PTS 39 37 36 33 32 32 32 31

Defenseman Scoring PLAYER Mason Stewart Matt Goodman Robby Flannery Trevore Momot Cole Ouellette Kevin LaPlante

TEAM YEL PTM MET MET LEA PTM

P D D D D D D

GP 16 18 17 17 17 18

G 6 6 5 3 3 9

A 26 19 18 18 18 11

PTS 32 25 23 21 21 20

Save Percentage PLAYER Reid Waszczenko Tyler Hawk Michael Hubbard Michael Errico Reidge Gerads Carson Murison

TEAM YEL PIT WOO LEA GCY TEX

GPI 13 6 7 10 5 8

MINS 780 360 352 566 300 420

W-L-OTL-SOL 10-2-1-0 6-0-0-0 5-1-0-0 7-2-0-0 3-2-0-0 7-0-0-0

GAA 1.62 1.17 1.54 1.38 1.60 1.57

SV% .958 .954 .947 .943 .939 .938

MINS W-L-OTL-SOL SV% 360 6-0-0-0 .954 566 7-2-0-0 .943 469 8-0-0-0 .928 352 5-1-0-0 .947 420 7-0-0-0 .938 * More stats on NA3HL.com

GAA 1.17 1.38 1.54 1.54 1.57

Goals-Against Average PLAYER TEAM GPI Tyler Hawk PIT 6 Michael Errico LEA 10 Brian Tallieu MET 10 Michael Hubbard WOO 7 Carson Murison TEX 8 * bold indicates Minnesota native

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NAHL announces monthly awards

Bauer Hockey NAHL Forward of the Month Colin Bilek, Northeast Generals October was a memorable month for Northeast Generals forward and captain Colin Bilek. The 20-year-old native of Brighton, Mich., was on fire on the ice as he recorded 16 points (5 goals, 11 assists) in 12 games in October to net monthly honors. Bilek was also a +11 during the month, which saw him record at least a point in eight of the 11 games and also post five multi-point games. Bilek, who is currently the NAHL’s leading scorer with 24 points, also announced his NCAA Division I commitment to Army on Oct. 31.

“We are very happy for Colin. It’s been a great season for him so far and it was great how he played his best hockey when we hit a rough patch and lost a few in a row. That is what great leaders and players do,” said Generals head coach Joe Lovell.

Northeast General Manager Bryan Erikson stated, “I am really proud of Colin for how hard he works and for the recognition he is getting. It has been a great month for him with this honor, a star of the week honor, seven wins and an NCAA Division I commitment for him.”

“October was an incredible month for me, but I think team-wise it was the best month we played as a team. It really goes to show how deep our team is and the depths we are willing to go to get some wins. We all went through some adversity and responded very well,” said Bilek. “It has been such a long road to get to the point where I realized the dream of an NCAA Division I commitment and I am so thankful to those that made it possible like our coaches Joe Lovell and Bryan Erikson. I am so excited for the remainder of the season. We are a team that believes we can win the East Division and make a run towards the Robertson Cup. It has been a fun season and I just want it to keep growing and get better.”

Bauer Hockey NAHL Defenseman of the Month Matt Denman, Minnesota Magicians Minnesota Magicians’ defenseman Matt Denman, 19, stood out amongst his peers in October as the blueliner from Prior Lake, Minn., was a point-producing machine for the second-place Magicians. Denman led all NAHL defensemen with 13 points (1 goal, 12 assists) in 10 games and was also a +2 during the month. Denman recorded at least a point in eight of the 10 outings and had four multi-point games as the Magicians posted an 8-1-1 record during the month.

For the season, Denman is tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points in 14 games.

“Matt has been a consistent contributor for us this season. He brings a lot of offense to our blue line and is leading by example defensively,” said Magicians’ head coach Scott Meyer.

“From a team perspective, we really came together in October. I think September is always hard because there are still a lot of line-up changes and additions, so it is tough to develop the chemistry in the locker room.

Once we got the pieces in place, everyone really stepped their game up and we played very well,” said Denman. “I think we have a team that has the skill and the talent to win the Midwest Division. I just want to keep developing as a player and work hard to try and get an NCAA Division I opportunity, which has always been a dream of mine.”

Vaughn NAHL Goaltender of the Month Ryan Keane, Philadelphia Rebels Through the first two months of the season, Philadelphia Rebels’ goalie Ryan Keane, 19, is statistically the top goalie in the league. His play during October had a lot to do with that as the native of Coppell, Texas, posted a 4-1-0 record in five appearances, which included a 1.20 goals-against average and a .951 save percentage. Keane recorded his first career NAHL shutout during the month, which came on Oct. 14, in a 4-0 win over Johnstown. He allowed just one goal in his three other wins. Keane currently leads in the NAHL in goals-against average (1.14) and save percentage (.952).

“Ryan has played fantastic since he walked through the door on Sept. 1. Quite frankly, he has been our most consistent player to date. Some NCAA Division I school is going to get a great college goaltender,” said Rebels head coach Joe Coombs.

“I can play with a lot of confidence because of the great team I have in front of me here in Philadelphia. We have a good and talented group of players and each is responsible at both ends of the ice, so it makes my job easier to stop the puck. We have been playing well since the start of the season and have good chemistry in the locker room, so we are looking to continue that consistency the entire season,” said Keane. “I think our goal right now is to keep improving and win the East. I know everyone here is hungry to get back to the Robertson Cup and win it, so that is something we keep focusing on. Personally, I just want to keep improving and ultimately get an NCAA Division I opportunity.”

2017-18 NAHL College Commitments Aberdeen Wings Jimmy O’Brien Andrew Sinard Nate Smith* Joey Strada Dalton Weigel

Colorado College Miami Minnesota State Arizona State Air Force

Amarillo Bulls Jason Brancheau Brandon Bussi Luke Edgerton* Anthony Firriolo Brendan Furry Jon Russell Alex Truscott

Ferris State St. Lawrence Niagara Colorado College Niagara Harvard Niagara

Austin Bruins Travis Kothenbeutel Kyle Looft* Alex Mella Joseph Mysak Dan Petrick

Nebraska Omaha Bemidji State Northeastern Alaska Anchorage Northeastern

Bismarck Bobcats Tristan Ashbrook* Grant Johnson Adam Stacho Tanner Vescio

RPI Northern Michigan American Int’l Northern Michigan

Brookings Blizzard Cade Borchardt Blake Pietila Max Sasson Marek Wazny

Minnesota State Michigan Tech Maine New Hampshire

Corpus Christi Ice Rays Cam Burggrabe Joey Kubachka Griffin Loughran* Aleksi Peltonen Chris Smith Coltan Wilkie

Northern Michigan Cornell Northern Michigan Wisconsin Mercyhurst Colorado College

Coulee Region Chill Billy Duma Brady Ferner* Brandon Koch

Air Force RPI Air Force

Fairbanks Ice Dogs Robert Blueger Nolan Schaeffer

Lake Superior State Robert Morris

Janesville Jets Robert Lebedeff Ian Malcomson Garrett Nieto Jakov Novak TJ Polglaze

Wisconsin Northern Michigan Lake Superior State Bentley Michigan Tech

Johnstown Tomahawks Joey Baez Alabama Huntsville Andrew Quetell Army

Dakota Boutin Aaron Grounds Luke Johnson* Spencer Meier* Jack Robbel

Northern Michigan Ohio State Providence St. Cloud State Lake Superior State

New Jersey Titans Maxim Andreev* Nicholas Boyagian Matthew Cameron Jimmy Dowd, Jr. Matt Ladd Tate Singleton

Cornell Sacred Heart RPI Penn State Colorado College Army

Northeast Generals Colin Bilek Louis Boudon Matt Demelis

Army Lake Superior State Northeastern

Odessa Jackalopes Lucas Herrmann Zac Herrmann

Niagara Niagara

Philadelphia Rebels Ben Allen* Jonathan Bendorf Diarmad DiMurro Jensen Zerban

Alabama Huntsville RPI Dartmouth Air Force

Lone Star Brahmas Justin Addamo Benjamin Beck Mitchell Gibson Chase Pletzke A.J. Vanderbeck* Jordan Wishman*

Robert Morris Maine Harvard Bowling Green Ohio State Michigan State

Minnesota Magicians Ethan DeStefani Josh Luedtke Tino Passarelli Isaiah Saville Bram Scheerer John Schuldt*

Merrimack Northern Michigan Miami Omaha Colorado College Omaha

Shreveport Mudbugs Jake Transit*

Ferris State

Springfield Jr. Blues Aiden Beck Danny DiGrande Fletcher Fineman

Canisius RPI Union

Minnesota Wilderness Dylan Mills Ben Ward

Niagara St. Cloud State

Minot Minotauros Alex Adams

Air Force

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Tyrone Bronte Bemidji State Justin Engelkes Miami Gabe Temple Michigan Tech * NAHL Alumni

2017-18 NAHL Standings & Stats Central Division Team GP Brookings 17 Aberdeen 16 Bismarck 17 Austin 15 MN Wilderness 16 Minot 15

W 9 8 8 6 6 6

L 7 6 7 6 7 8

OTL 0 2 2 1 2 1

SOL 1 0 0 2 1 0

PTS 19 18 18 15 15 13

GF 55 50 46 35 45 36

GA 52 43 42 42 61 50

DIFF 3 7 4 -7 -16 -14

PCT 0.559 0.563 0.529 0.500 0.469 0.433

PIM 203 301 267 272 241 245

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

23 18 14 16 21

14 12 12 9 4

9 3 2 5 16

0 3 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 0

28 27 24 20 9

83 65 47 55 40

74 53 24 42 84

9 12 23 13 -44

0.609 0.750 0.857 0.625 0.214

311 260 222 342 430

Midwest Division Janesville 16 Fairbanks 16 MN Magicians 16 Springfield 16 Kenai River 17 Coulee Region 13

12 9 9 8 7 4

4 4 5 6 9 7

0 1 1 1 1 1

0 2 1 1 0 1

24 21 20 18 15 10

45 48 51 45 56 38

35 34 47 49 62 47

10 14 4 -4 -6 -9

0.750 0.656 0.625 0.563 0.441 0.385

176 243 170 196 243 132

South Division Shreveport 16 Lone Star 18 Amarillo 15 Odessa 16 Corpus Christi 18 Topeka 19

11 10 8 8 6 6

4 5 4 6 10 12

0 1 2 1 1 0

1 2 1 1 1 1

23 23 19 18 14 13

48 43 44 42 40 44

31 31 37 37 56 68

17 12 7 5 -16 -24

0.719 0.639 0.633 0.563 0.389 0.342

208 278 328 305 299 315

Leading Scorers PLAYER Matthew Wiesner Colin Bilek Mike Egan Louis Boudon Jack Olmstead Anthony Quatieri

TEAM NTE NTE NTE NTE WBS NTE

P F F F F F F

GP 23 22 22 22 16 23

G 11 10 10 9 10 4

A 13 14 14 14 11 17

PTS 24 24 24 23 21 21

Defenseman Scoring PLAYER TEAM Luke Perunovich NTE Eric Gotz MNW Brendan Michaelian AMA Matt Denman MNM 4 players tied with 14 points

P D D D D

GP 22 16 15 16

G 2 3 1 1

A 14 12 14 4

PTS 16 15 15 15

GPI 7 14 10 7

MINS 421 787 599 425

W-L-OTL-SOL 6-1-0-0 8-3-0-2 7-2-0-1 4-2-0-1

GAA 1.14 1.22 2.20 1.98

SV% .952 .949 .939 .939

Goals-Against Average PLAYER TEAM GPI Ryan Keane PHI 7 Mitchell Gibson LOS 14 James Durham SHV 6 * bold indicates Minnesota native

MINS 421 787 318

W-L-OTL SV% GAA 6-1-0-0 .952 1.14 8-3-0-2 .949 1.22 4-1-0-0 .931 1.70 * More NAHL stats on nahl.com

Save Percentage PLAYER Ryan Keane Mitchell Gibson Jurja Ovecka Alex Cammare

TEAM PHI LOS SPR ODA

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Still a great day for hockey

By Dan Bauer I was thrilled to receive a message a couple of months ago from Mike Cowan, informing me that there would finally be a book written about Bob Johnson. I don’t think there is any question that Wisconsin hockey at all levels wouldn’t be where it is today without the influence of “Badger Bob.” The legendary Wisconsin coach turned the unsuspecting Badgers into a collegiate hockey power that still remains today.

My first contact with Johnson came in 1980 when, as an innocent unsuspecting 22 year old, I left college six credits short of graduation and chased a dream called “Wisconsin Hockey Report,” It was intended to be the Let’s Play Hockey of Wisconsin. While many questioned the timing and intelligence of the decision, it was one that allowed me to meet one of those special people in your life that change you forever. Johnson was that person for me. The four years I spent, and I mean literally spent, covering Wisconsin hockey, I was able to meet Coach Johnson several times and follow the career of one of hockey’s greatest coaches.

He taught me through his actions, his words and his success.

When I asked Coach Johnson to write a column for my newly-constructed newspaper, he did so without hesitation. When I asked to visit a practice or set up an interview, he was always more than willing to accommodate my requests. One of the highlights of my editor days was sitting down with him and his sons, Mark and Peter, for an interview.

Johnson’s programs were always first class, a reflection of the man himself. He inspired his players through positive encouragement and mental challenge. He did not

Bob Johnson won three NCAA Championships at Wisconsin before capturing the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 1991.

motivate through fear. His players didn’t want to win for him or in spite of him. Badger Bob’s gift was creating a culture that so thoroughly prepared his team that they believed without a doubt they would win. His enthusiasm for the sport of hockey was contagious. At his funeral in 1991, a former player praised him as someone who knew “how to make you better than you are.” I have always thought that is perhaps the best compliment any coach could receive.

He touched many people with his magic and built teams that were closer together than most families. More than one Badger graduate likened Johnson to a “father” instead of a coach. While Thanksgiving week stirs the nation to reflect on the assassination of JFK, for me it will always be a week to remember Bob Johnson.

I can still recall typing, on a typewriter, a letter to him shortly after his cancer diagnosis in 1991. It was a most difficult assignment. What do you say to someone who

has had such an impact on your life, without even knowing it? Coach Johnson passed away less than two weeks after I sent the letter. I don’t know whether or not he ever read it.

Few of us are lucky enough to ever meet someone who represents the top of their profession. I feel extremely fortunate to have met Bob Johnson. I’ll never forget standing outside the locker room in Duluth, in 1981, after the Badgers had upset the highly-favored Gophers for the NCAA title. It was a great thrill to witness firsthand, Johnson’s final NCAA title at Wisconsin. As the thousands of Badger fans closed down Superior Street in Duluth, Johnson could be found cigar in hand, mixing with his adoring fans. A happier man I have never seen. Three national championships in nine years will do that.

Experts called it one of the greatest coaching jobs in the history of college hockey.

Johnson simply said, “You don’t plan cham-

pionships, they just happen.” But deep down I knew better, because Johnson had been planning for those championships all his life. Preparation is a key to any team’s success. Johnson’s pure enthusiasm for the game, his relentless work ethic, his volumes of trademark notepads, his skillful examination of skills and strategies and his tireless giving back to the game are the traits that made him one of the game’s greatest coaches.

Johnson left the college ranks and went on to win a Stanley Cup in Pittsburgh in 1991 just months before his passing. In a fitting tribute to the man who truly believed everyday was a great day for hockey, the Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup champions in 1992.

I learned a lot about hockey from Bob Johnson, but most important I learned about life. The end comes often without warning, without reason, without concern for who you are or what you have to give. He was famous for saying that “every day is a great day for hockey,” but he taught me that every day is a great day to be alive.

We all need to remember that.

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

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Three WCHA players up for Senior CLASS Award

Three student-athletes from the men’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) have been announced among the 20 candidates for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate hockey: Bemidji State goaltender Michael Bitzer, Ferris State forward Andrew Dorantes and Bowling Green forward Mitch McLain.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their athletic platforms to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.

Bitzer, a two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient and a 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-American, recently became the WCHA’s all-time leader with his 17th career shutout (he now has 18 as of Nov. 1). The 2016-17 WCHA Player of the Year and an AHCA/CCM Hockey First-Team AllAmerican, Bitzer owns a sparkling 1.86 goals-against average and .926 save percentage in 107 career games with the Beavers (52-42-13). A regular on the BSU Dean’s List and the Athletics Director’s 3.0 Club, he carries a 3.82 cumulative GPA in exercise science, with an emphasis on

BSU's Michael Bitzer, FSU's Andrew Dorantes and BGSU's Mitch McLain all chosen for their excellence in community, classroom, character and competition

medical fitness. The Moorhead, Minn. native is also active in the Bemidji community, volunteering at the Bemidji Area Food Shelf as a gardener, serving meals at local schools and working with youth hockey players (boys and girls).

Dorantes was an AHCA All-America Scholar in 2016-17, the third of three-consecutive seasons in which he earned a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award. A consistent

scorer on a Ferris State team that has won a WCHA playoff championship and made an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight during his time on campus, Dorantes has tallied 44 points (15g-29a) in 113 collegiate games. In the classroom, the finance major from Waterford, Mich. has a cumulative 3.86 GPA as a FSU Dean’s & President’s Academic Award recipient. Dorantes’ community endeavors include volunteer work

with several organizations that help those with disabilities, fundraisers for military veterans and breast cancer assistance, and civic projects at local elementary and middle schools.

Bowling Green’s captain this season, McLain is a WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, a two-time WCHA All-Academic Team honoree and a 2016-17 AHCA AllAmerica Scholar. The Falcons’ active leading scorer and a returning First Team AllWCHA performer, he has 36 goals and 36 assists for 72 points in 127 collegiate contests. A native of Baxter, Minn., he owns a cumulative 3.50 GPA as a mild-to-moderate intervention specialist major. Engaged with his fellow student-athletes and the local community, he is a Student Achievement Assessment Committee (SAAC) representative, while he volunteers extensively with special education students at Wood Lane School in Bowling Green.

The 20 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists in February, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.

The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four in April.

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Beavers edge Bulldogs in U.S. Hockey HOF Game

CAMBRIDGE, Minn. - Senior forward Emma Terres scored two goals and an assist while freshman goaltender Kerigan Dowhy made 23 saves in her first career start to power the Bemidji State University women's hockey team past University of Minnesota Duluth, 3-2, on Monday at the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Face-off Classic at Isanti County Arena.

All game proceeds went to Matt Olson, the former Totino-Grace High School hockey player who suffered a spinal cord injury playing junior hockey. Olson and his family, who are from Isanti, dropped the puck to start the game.

The Beavers improved to 3-7-1 (1-5-0 WCHA) with the win in non-conference action while the Bulldogs fall to 5-8-0 (3-5-0 WCHA).

“We played a good solid game,” said head coach Jim Scanlan. “I really liked how we pushed the pace at every opportunity we had. Starting with Kerigan in goal and up to all 18 skaters, we had a really good team effort!”

The Beavers’ second line of senior Emma Terres, freshman Clair DeGeorge and freshman Paige Beebe combined for six of the Beavers’ seven points on the night. Terres led the Beavers with three points (2g-1a) while DeGeorge added a goal and an assist and Beebe recorded

her first collegiate point with an assist.

Bemidji State started the scoring in the first period when DeGeorge scored her second goal of the season 7:55 into the opening period.

The Bulldogs responded however, and just 10 minutes later, Minnesota Duluth's Catherine Daoust beat freshman goaltender Kerigan Dowhy to even the score, 1-1.

The first period ended at

the 1-1 tie, but the Beavers regained the lead just 1:06 into the second when freshman Paige Beebe scored her first collegiate goal to put BSU ahead 2-1. However, the Bulldogs answered for a second time and at 7:52, Alison Rodgers evened the score at 2-2. The Beavers didn't falter and for the third time, took a one-goal lead over the Bulldogs when Emma Terres scored her third goal of the season at 17:57 of the period.

Dowhy showed confidence in net holding a one goal lead with one period left to play. The Manitoba native stopped eight shots during the final frame holding the Bulldogs scoreless to earn her first collegiate win in her first career start. Dowhy finished with 23 saves on 25 shots in 60 minutes of play while Bulldogs goaltender, Jessica Convery, allowed three goals on 34 shots to fall to 5-6-0 on the season.

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Tournament Calendar

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2017-18 Let’s Play Hockey Tournament Calendar

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) 5440808; District 4 Kris Hohensee (507) 360-6787; District 5 Jeff Carlen (320) 274-3509; District 6 Brad Hewitt (952) 2506431; 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) 744-5566; District 15 Cyndi Young (218) 731-5899; District 16, Mark Dragich (218) 7910229; 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 cutoff 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.

NOVEMBER 2017 9-12 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Sniper Classic, PeeWee B2, PeeWee C, Bantam B2, Bantam C; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or register online at www.wayzatahockey.org 10-12 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B1; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 10-12 Duluth, MN: Gales of November, PeeWee AA; Contact Beth Bombardieri (218) 349-7995 or deyhchockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 10-12 Duluth, MN: Tommy Williams Invitational, Bantam AA; Contact Steve Pitoscia (218) 341-5200 or spitoscia@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 10-12 Eden Prairie, MN: Season Premiere Kick Off, Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 3012513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/tournaments

10-12 Faribault, MN: Bantam A/B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or register online at Faribault.pucksystems2.com 10-12 Forest Lake, MN: PeeWee B2 and PeeWee C; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 10-12 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee A Scrimmage; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 10-12 Hutchinson, MN: PeeWee A & Squirt A; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or Caleb.M.Paulson@ wellsfargo.com or register online at www.hutchhockey.org 10-12 Inver Grove Heights, MN: Girls 12U A/B; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 10-12 Luverne, MN: Bantam A; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or register online at luvernehockey.sportngin.com 10-12 Mitchell, SD: PeeWee A & B; Contact Lori Goldammer at lori@goldammers.com or visit www.mitchellmarlins.com 10-12 Moorhead, MN: Spud Shootout, PeeWee B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 10-12 Niagara Falls, ON: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 10-12 Redwood Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 10-12 Spring Lake Park, MN: Panther Classic, PeeWee A & B; Contact Bob Roloff (763) 222-6712 or bob@toplinedoors.com or visit www.slpyah.org 10-12 Superior, WI: Girls 8U & Mite 1; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 10-13 Coon Rapids, MN: Bantam A; Contact Michelle Degerstrom (612) 360-6460 or coonrapidshockey@ gmail.com, or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com 11-12 Sioux Falls, SD: Squirt and PeeWee Gold Jamborees (MN A/B1); Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com 17-19 Albert Lea, MN: Bantam A; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 17-19 Blaine, MN: All-American Girls, Youth Girls 10UA, 10UB, 12UA, 12UB, 15U; Contact Kristi King (763) 785-5649 or kking@superrink.org or visit superrink.org 17-19 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt C; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments

17-19 Crookston, MN: Squirt A; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 17-19 Duluth, MN: Portman Thanksgiving, Squirt A & B; Contact Gregg McCall (218) 310-2674 or portmanhockey@gmail.com or greggmccall@hotmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 17-19 East Grand Forks, MN: Bantam A; Contact Mark Dragich (218) 773-8000 or mdragich@egf.mn or visit www.egfhockey.com 17-19 Fairmont, MN: PeeWee A/B; Contact Lynn Becker (507) 230-2700 or lynn@lbpork.com or visit fairmont.pucksystems2.com 17-19 Grand Rapids, MN: PeeWee B1/B2, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 17-19 Hibbing, MN: Bantam B Scrimmage; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 17-19 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee B Scrimmage; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 17-19 Hopkins, MN: Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U A, 10U B; Contact Tournament Director Angie Quale at tournaments@hopkinshockey.com 17-19 Mankato, MN: Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact Bobbie Bastian (507) 381-5347 or bbasti1@isd77.k12.mn.us or Justin Carlson at carlson.justine@gmail.com or register online at www.mankatohockey.com 17-19 Marshall, MN: Girls 10U B, 12U B; Contact Graham Falde (612) 730-5074 or gfalde@gmail.com or visit marshall.pucksystems2.com 17-19 Mason City, IA: River City Rumble, Squirt/Bantam; Contact Jennifer Pearce at jpearce1206@gmail.com 17-19 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, PeeWee A; Contact Julie Kasal (507) 649-0651) or tournamentdirector@northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 17-19 Paynesville, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 17-19 Redwood Falls, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 17-19 Roseau, MN: Girls 15U A; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 17-19 Sioux Falls, SD: Girls U14 & U19; Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com

17-19 Syracuse, NY: AA & A, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 17-19 Thief River Falls, MN: Bantam A; Register online at www.trfaha.org 18-19 Fergus Falls, MN: Girls 12U A & 10U B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 18-19 Pine City, MN: Squirt B; Contact Seth Sauter (320) 224-9802 or sauter777@yahoo.com 22, 24-26 Edina, MN: 13th Annual 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, 25-27 Burnsville, MN: Scott Benedict Tournament, Bantam A/AA, PeeWee A/AA, Squirt A; Contact Mario Baker (651) 207-2118 or tournaments@burnsvillehockey.com 23-26 Chicago, IL: AA & A, boys & girls, all ages, AAA Elite 2006, 2007; Visit www.onehockey.com 24-25 Lakeville, MN: Lakeville Turkey Cup, Mite/U8 Jamboree; Contact Brian Peterson (612) 708-0336 or tournamentdirector@lakevillehockey.org or visit www.lakevillehockey.org 24-26 Bemidji, MN: George Pelawa Memorial Tournament, Bantam AA/A; Contact Jeff Loewe (218-760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 24-26 Bemidji, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jeff Loewe (218760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 24-26 Blaine, MN: Super Rink Spectacular Thanksgiving Tournament, Bantam AA/A, B1 & B2, PeeWee AA/A, B1 & B2, Squirt, A, B1 & B2; Register online at www.mvihockey.org 24-26 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B2; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 24-26 Brooklyn Park, MN: Thanksgiving Pirate Classic, Bantam B1, Squirt B1, Squirt B2, Squirt C; Contact Joan Nelson at tournamentdirector@nmyha.com or visit nmyha.com 24-26 Champlin, MN: Rebel Classic Thanksgiving Tournament, PeeWee B2 & Girls 10U B; Contact Wade Gjervold at gjervold8@gmail.com or visit www.cpyha.com 24-26 Chaska/Victoria, MN: Brick City Tournament; PeeWee C, Squirt B/C; Contact tournament@cchockey.org or visit www.cchockey.org 24-26 Cottage Grove, MN: Turkey Tourney, Squirt A, B, C; Contact Amanda Albert (651) 295-8561 or tournaments@ cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com/tournaments

Tournament Calendar

www.letsplayhockey.com 24-26 Des Moines, IA: Turkey Toss, Bantam/PeeWee/ Squirt Selects; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at www.metroicesports.com/hockey 24-26 Duluth, MN: Denfeld Up North, Bantam A & B, PeeWee A & B; Contact Dave Shea (218) 343-1498 or shea@vikingelectric.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 24-26 Eagan, MN: Thanksgiving Shootout, Bantam B2 & PeeWee B2; Contact Mike Jelen (651) 338-4422 or Mindy Rutzick (612) 987-4933 or ehatourney@gmail.com or register online at www.eaganhockey.com 24-26 Eden Prairie, MN: First Test of the Best, Bantam AA, PeeWee AA; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 24-26 Forest Lake, MN: Vannelli’s By The Lake Invitational Cup, Squirt A; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 24-26 Grand Forks, ND: Girls 10U A, 12U A & 15U A; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 24-26 Grand Rapids, MI: AA & A, boys & girls, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 24-26 Hopkins, MN: Bantam A/B1/B2, Peewee A/B1/ B2, Squirt A/B2/C; Contact Tournament Director Angie Quale at tournaments@hopkinshockey.com 24-26 Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Cup, Bantam B1, B2 & C, PeeWee B1, B2 & C, Squirt B1, B2 & C; Contact Mark Gaffney (612) 219-7095 or mark.gaffney@comcast.net or visit www.mplshockey.com 24-26 Moorhead, MN: Spud Classic, Bantam C; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 24-26 Oakdale, MN: Turkey Classic, Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U B; Contact president@tayha.org or visit tayha.org 24-26 Prior Lake, MN: Wishbone Classic, Squirt B & C; Contact David Lavigne (612) 414-7012 or lakerthanksgivingtourney@hotmail.com or register online at www.plsha.com 24-26 Proctor, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at www.proctorhockey.com 24-26 Roseau, MN: Aaron Broten Bantam B Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 24-26 Rosemount, MN: Irish Ice Classic, Girls 10U B; Contact tournaments@rosemounthockey.com or visit www.rosemounthockey.org 24-26 Rosemount, MN: Irish Ice Classic, Mite Showcase; Contact tournaments@rosemounthockey.com or visit www.rosemounthockey.org 24-26 Stillwater, MN: Stillwater Stampede, PeeWee B1 & B2; Register at www.stillwaterhockey.net 24-26 Waseca, MN: Bantam B; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www. wasecahockey.org 24-26 West Fargo, ND: Stampede Cup, Bantam B2; Contact Jay Ysteboe (701) 261-2680 or jayy@abmnow.com or register online at www.westfargohockey.com/tournaments 30-3 Bloomington, MN: Winter Classic, Bantam all levels; Contact bahatourneys@gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 30-3 Woodbury, MN: Girls 12U A, 12U B, 10U A, 10U B; Contact tournaments@woodburyhockey.com or visit www.woodburyhockey.com

DECEMBER 2017 1-3 Albert Lea, MN: Bantam B; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Squirt B2 Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 1-3 Bemidji, MN: Squirt C; Contact Jeff Loewe (218760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 1-3 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, PeeWee A & Bantam A; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 1-3 Brainerd, MN: Bantam B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee 1-3 C; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments Brookings, SD: PeeWee A & B; Contact Kristi 1-3 Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 1-3 Cloquet, MN: Traveling Flamingo, Girls 10U B; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Crookston, MN: Squirt B; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 1-3 Duluth, MN: Spirit of Duluth, Jr. Gold A, Bantam AA, PeeWee AA; Contact Gino Bohlman - Jr. Gold A (218) 3407493, Eric Johnson - Bantam AA (218) 722-0861), Dave Mclean - PeeWee AA (218) 393-4852 or visit www.spiritofduluth.com 1-3 Eagle River, WI: Girls 14U; Contact tourneys@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 1-3 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Face Off, Bantam C, PeeWee B1; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 1-3 Fargo, ND: Fargo Faceoff PeeWee Tournament, PeeWee A & B1; Contact Mike O’Neill (701) 205-5168 or mikeoneill99@gmail.com or visit fargoangelshockey.org 1-3 Hibbing, MN: Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 1-3 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Bantam B/MN B2 & Bantam C; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 1-3 Little Falls, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Carmen Johnson (320) 630-3954 or carmenjohnson19@gmail.com or visit littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 1-3 Mankato, MN: Bantam B; Contact Bobbie Bastian (507) 381-5347 or bbasti1@isd77.k12.mn.us or Justin Carlson at carlson.justine@gmail.com or register online at www.mankatohockey.com 1-3 Monticello, MN: The Moose Cup, Squirt A; Contact Hali Sittig (815) 388-3949 or mamlmom2007@gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.org

1-3 Moorhead, MN: Hot Potato, Girls 12U A & B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 1-3 New Ulm, MN: Squirt C; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 1-3 Owatonna, MN: Girls 10U A, 10U B & 12U A; Contact tournamentdirector@owatonnahockey.com or register online at www.owatonnahockey.com 1-3 Paynesville, MN: PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 1-3 Redwood Falls, MN: Bantam B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 1-3 River Falls, WI: Jennifer Jenkins Memorial, Squirt B/C MN, Squirt A/B WI; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 9836350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 1-3 Rochester, MN: Squirt A; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 1-3 Rochester, NY: AA & A, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 1-3 Rogers, MN: Squirt B Open; Contact ryhatournaments@gmail.com or visit rogershockey.com 1-3 Roseau, MN: Center Ice Club Bantam A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 1-3 Rosemount, MN: Irish Ice Classic, Squirt C; Contact tournaments@rosemounthockey.com or visit www.rosemounthockey.org 1-3 Sartell, MN: Girls 15U B; Visit www.sartell.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Silver Bay, MN: Squirt B; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 1-3 Somerset, WI: Bantam B1 (MN), Bantam C (MN), Bantam 2A/3A (WI), Bantam 2B/3B (WI); Contact Fred Richert (651) 442-1559 or tournamentdirector@somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 1-3 South St. Paul, MN: Cowtown Classic, Squirt B & C; Contact Michael Ahern at sspyha.tournaments@ gmail.com or register online at sspyha.pucksystems2.com 1-3 Thief River Falls, MN: PeeWee B; Register online at www.trfaha.org 1-3 Two Harbors, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Jesse Lundgren (218) 834-8339 or thyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.twoharborsyouthhockey.org 1-3 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament, Bantam B1 & PeeWee B1; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 2-3 Fergus Falls, MN: Bantam A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 2-3 Hermantown, MN: Girls 12U A & 15U A; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 6-10 Mendota Heights/West St. Paul, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Mike Auran (651) 278-1006 or aurancpa@gmail.com or visit www.sibleyareahockey.org 7-9 Waseca, MN: Girls 10U/12U; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www.wasecahockey.org

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7-10 Anoka, MN: Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A, 12U B; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@gmail.com or visit anoka.pucksystems2.com 7-10 Blaine, MN: Girls 15U A, 15U B, 12U A, 12U B; Contact James Flint at tournaments@centennialhockey.org or visit www.centennialhockey.org 7-10 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament, Bantam B2 & PeeWee B2; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 8-10 Albert Lea, MN: Girls 10UA & 15U B; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 8-10 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Girls 10U A/10U B Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 8-10 Austin, MN: Austin Packer Classic, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Mike Rumsey (507) 438-6777 or tournamentdirectorayh@gmail.com or visit www.austin.pucksystems2.com 8-10 Baldwin, WI: Girls 10U & 12U; Contact Jon Zevenbergen (651) 271-2400 or tournamentdirector@ baldwinhockey.org or visit www.baldwinhockey.com 8-10 Bemidji, MN: Bantam B; Contact Jeff Loewe (218760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or visit www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 8-10 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, PeeWee B1 & B; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 8-10 Brainerd, MN: Battle for the Ax, Bantam AA; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 8-10 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Girls 10U B; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 8-10 Brookings, SD: Bantam A & B; Contact Kristi Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 8-10 Cloquet, MN: Barn Burner, Squirt A; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 8-10 Coon Rapids, MN: Squirt C & PeeWee A; Contact Michelle Degerstrom (612) 360-6460 or coonrapidshockey@gmail.com or visit coonrapidshockey.com 8-10 Cottage Grove, MN: Wolfpack Invitational, PeeWee AA & A; Contact Amanda Albert (651) 295-8561 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com/ tournaments 8-10 Crookston, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 8-10 Detroit Lakes, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or register online at www.dlyouthhockey.com 8-10 Devils Lake, ND: CHI-St. Alexius Bantam Tournament, Bantam B; Contact Terry Wallace (701) 739-7703 or twallacedlpb@gondtc.com or visit www.dlparkboard.org 8-10 Duluth, MN: Glen Avon Head of the Lakes Classic, Bantam B1 & PeeWee B1, Contact Angela Stocke (218) 940-8496 or angelastocke@yahoo.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com

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8-10 Grand Forks, ND: Girls 10U B, 12U B & 15U B; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@ gmail.com or visit grandforksyouthhockey.com 8-10 Grand Rapids, MN: 12U A/12U B, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 8-10 Green Bay, WI: Ray Gardner Tundra Tussle, Bantam A, PeeWee A, Squirt A; Contact Don Chilson (920) 403-2000 or donchilston@netnet.net 8-10 Hastings, MN: Sugar & Spice Girls Tournament; 12U A, 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact tournaments@ hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 8-10 Hermantown, MN: Squirt B; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 8-10 Hibbing, MN: Squirt B; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 8-10 International Falls, MN: Bantam A; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com 8-10 Inver Grove Heights, MN: Bantam B2/C; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 8-10 La Crescent, MN: Squirt B; Register online at www.lacrescenthockey.com 8-10 Maple Grove, MN: Lucas Decker Ultimate Showdown, PeeWee B2 & C; Contact tournamentchair@omgha.com or register online at www.omgha.com 8-10 Mitchell, SD: Squirt A & B; Contact Lori Goldammer at lori@goldammers.com or visit www.mitchellmarlins.com 8-10 Mora, MN: Mustang Showdown Tournament, Girls 10U B; Contact Cristy Thomas (612) 390-5790 or morahockey@yahoo.com or visit www.mayrasports.com 8-10 New Hope, MN: The Classic, PeeWee B2, Squirt B2, Squirt C; Contact Susie Melynchuk (612) 940-8686 or smelynchuk@comcast.net or visit www.acyha.com

Tournament Calendar 8-10 New Richmond, WI: Joe Swanda Memorial, Squirt A-WI, Squirt B-WI/B1-MN, Squirt B2-MN; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@ nryha.net 8-10 New Ulm, MN: Squirt A; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 8-10 Owatonna, MN: Bantam A & PeeWee A; Contact tournamentdirector@owatonnahockey.com or register online at www.owatonnahockey.com 8-10 Paynesville, MN: PeeWee A & Girls 10U B; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 8-10 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Fire On Ice, Squirt B2, Squirt C; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or register online at www.wayzatahockey.org 8-10 Rochester, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 8-10 Rochester, NY: A & High School, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 8-10 Roseau, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 8-10 Sauk Rapids, MN: Squirt B2; Contact Connie Pesta (320) 333-3860 or pestaconnie@gmail.com or visit www.saukrapidshockey.org 8-10 Sheboygan, WI: PeeWee B & Squirt C; Contact Terry Fox (920) 980-6961 or hockeyvilletourneys@ gmail.com or visit www.sheboyganlakershockey.com 8-10 Silver Bay, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 8-10 Siren, WI: Junior Gold; Contact Julie Hall (952) 451-3207 or julhall22@gmail.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 8-10 Somerset, WI: PeeWee B1 (MN), PeeWee C (MN), PeeWee 2A/3A (WI), PeeWee 2B/3B (WI); Contact Fred Richert (651) 442-1559 or tournamentdirector@ somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com

8-10 Superior, WI: Bantam A; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 8-10 Walker, MN: Squirt C, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 8-10 Warroad, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 349-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 8-10 Waseca, MN: PeeWee A & C; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www. wasecahockey.org 8-10 West Fargo, ND: Stampede Cup, Squirt B1/B2; Contact Jay Ysteboe (701) 261-2680 or jayy@abmnow.com or register online at www.westfargohockey.com/tournaments 8-10 Winona, MN: Girls 12U B & 10U B, Contact Erin Benson (507) 429-8192 or ebenson@watlow.com or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 9-10 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Girls 10U A & 10U B Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 9-10 Eagle River, WI: ADM Red, White & Blue Cross Ice Jamboree; Contact tourneys@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 9-10 Fergus Falls, MN: Bantam B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 9-10 Hayward, WI: 8U Mite Cross Ice; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 9-10 Moose Lake, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 9-10 Pine City, MN: Mite B; Contact Seth Sauter (320) 224-9802 or sauter777@yahoo.com 9-10 River Falls, WI: Mites Holiday Extravaganza; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 9-10 Willmar, MN: Cardinal Classic, Bantam A & B; Contact Nick Pederson (763) 913-7657 or nicholaspederson21@gmail.com or visit www.willmarhockey.com 14-17 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede, Bantam A/AA; Contact April Swenson (763) 331-1521 or tournaments@ buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 14-17 New Richmond, WI: Ryan Olson Memorial, PeeWee A-WI, PeeWee A-MN/B-WI, PeeWee C-MN; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net 14-17 St. Paul, MN: Governor’s Cup Classic, Bantam A & B; Contact Stacey Van Patten (651) 357-8426 or svanpat2@gmail.com or visit www.jcnsphockey.org 14-17 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament, Girls 10U A & 10U B; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 14-17 Woodbury, MN: Bantam AA, Bantam B1, Bantam B2; Contact tournaments@woodburyhockey.com or visit www.woodburyhockey.com 15-17 Albert Lea, MN: PeeWee A & B; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole PeeWee B Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 15-17 Apple Valley, MN: Squirt A; Contact Kyle Cloutier (952) 334-8278 or tournament.director@ applevalleyhockey.com 15-17 Austin, MN: Austin Packer Classic, Girls 12U B & 10U; Contact Mike Rumsey (507) 438-6777 or tournamentdirectorayh@gmail.com or visit www.austin.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Squirt B; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 15-17 Brainerd, MN: Squirt A; Contact (218) 8512244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 15-17 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam B2; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 15-17 Brookings, SD: Junior Gold B; Contact Kristi Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 15-17 Cloquet, MN: Cloquet Cup, Squirt B; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Crookston, MN: Bantam A; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 15-17 Detroit Lakes, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or register online at www.dlyouthhockey.com 15-17 Duluth, MN: Lake Superior Classic, Bantam A & PeeWee A; Contact Beth Bombardieri (218) 349-7995 or deyhchockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 15-17 East Grand Forks, MN: Bantam B; Contact Mark Dragich (218) 773-8000 or mdragich@egf.mn or visit www.egfhockey.com 15-17 Faribault, MN: 15U A; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or register online at Faribault.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Grand Rapids, MN: 15U A, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 15-17 Grantsburg, WI: Junior Gold A/B; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com 15-17 Hayward, WI: PeeWee WI 2A/3A, MN B1/B2; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 15-17 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 15-17 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 15-17 Hutchinson, MN: Holiday Express Tournament, Girls 12U/10U; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or Caleb.M.Paulson@wellsfargo.com or register online at www.hutchhockey.org 15-17 Marshall, MN: Bantam A, Bantam B; Contact Graham Falde (612) 730-5074 or gfalde@gmail.com or visit marshall.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Mason City, IA: Mite Jamboree, Mites A/B; Contact Jennifer Pearce at jpearce1206@gmail.com

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15-17 Moorhead, MN: Potato Classic, Bantam B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 15-17 New Ulm, MN: Squirt B; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 15-17 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, Girls 10U B; Contact Julie Kasal (507) 649-0651) or tournamentdirector@northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 15-17 Paynesville, MN: Junior Gold; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 15-17 Proctor, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at www.proctorhockey.com 15-17 Rochester, MN: Squirt B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 15-17 Roseau, MN: Paul Broten PeeWee A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 15-17 Sauk Rapids, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Connie Pesta (320) 333-3860 or pestaconnie@gmail.com or visit www.saukrapidshockey.org 15-17 Sioux Falls, SD: Squirt A/MN B1 & B/MN B2; Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com 15-17 St. Cloud, MN: St. Cloud Squirt B1 Tournament, Contact Craig Anderson (320) 333-3465 or scyhatournaments@icloud.com or register online at www.stcloudhockey.com 15-17 Superior, WI: Girls 10U B/12U/14U (MN 15U B); visit superior.pucksystems2.com 15-17 Thunder Bay, ON: AAA - Bantam (2003), U16, U18; Visit www.onehockey.com 15-17 Two Harbors, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Jesse Lundgren (218) 834-8339 or thyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.twoharborsyouthhockey.org 15-17 Virginia, MN: Queen City Classic, Bantam B; Contact Naomi Ranisate (218) 750-4509 or visit www.virginiabluedevilhockey.com 15-17 Warroad, MN: Bantam A; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 349-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 16 La Crescent, MN: Mites; Register online at www.lacrescenthockey.com 16 Somerset, WI: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or digilkerson@ somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 16-17 Fergus Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 16-17 Moose Lake, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 17 Walker, MN: Mini/Mite Jamboree, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 27-29 Maple Grove, MN: Holiday Classic, 3-on-3, Mite Upper & Mite Lower; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 27-1 Edina, MN: 19th 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 Bloomington, MN: PeeWee Showdown, PeeWee all levels; Contact bahatourneys@gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 28-31 Des Moines, IA: Winter Fest, All Divisions including Mites; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at metroicesports.com/hockey 29-30 Maple Grove, MN: Squirt Extravaganza, Squirt A, B, B2 & C; Contact tournamentchair@omgha.com or register online at www.omgha.com 29-31 Bemidji, MN: PeeWee AA/A; Contact Jeff Loewe (218-760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 29-31 Brainerd, MN: Junior Gold B; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 29-31 Cloquet, MN: Barn Burner, PeeWee B2; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 29-31 Detroit Lakes, MN: Ice Harvest Fesitval, PeeWee B2; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@ gmail.com or register online at dlyouthhockey.com 29-31 Devils Lake, ND: Squirt A & B; Contact Terry Wallace (701) 739-7703 or twallacedlpb@gondtc.com or visit www.dlparkboard.org 29-31 Duluth, MN: Duluth East Cold Steel on Ice, Bantam B2; Contact Beth Bombardieri (218) 349-7995 or deyhchockey@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 29-31 Eagan, MN: Carter S. Weber Memorial Cup, Bantam B1 & PeeWee B1; Contact Mike Jelen (651) 338-4422 or Mindy Rutzick (612) 987-4933 or ehatourney@gmail.com or register online at www.eaganhockey.com 29-31 Elk River, MN: 22nd Annual Twaddle Tournament, Bantam B1 & PeeWee B1; Contact Kurt Remick (763) 360-5639 or eryhatournaments@hotmail.com or visit www.elkriverhockey.org 29-31 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam A; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 29-31 Grand Rapids, MN: Bantam B & B2, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit grhockey.com 29-31 Moorhead, MN: Golden Potato, Jr. Gold B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 29-31 Proctor, MN: Bantam B; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@ gmail.com or register online at www.proctorhockey.com 29-31 Sioux Falls, SD: Bantam A/MN B1 & B/MN B2; Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com 29-31 Superior, WI: Jr. Gold B; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 29-1 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt A; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments

JANUARY 2018 Anoka, MN: PeeWee A/AA, PeeWee B1, PeeWee 4-7 B2; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@ gmail.com or visit anoka.pucksystems2.com

4-7 Blaine, MN: Super Rink Spectacular New Year’s Tournament, Girls 15U A, 12U A & B, 10U A & B; Register online at www.mvihockey.org 4-7 Eden Prairie, MN: Border Battle, Junior Gold A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 4-7 Shakopee, MN: Saber Paw Classic, Squirt B; Contact Shawn Larson at shawn@allstartoday.com or register online at www.shakopeehockey.com 4-7 Woodbury, MN: Squirt B, Squirt C; Contact tournaments@woodburyhockey.com or visit www.woodburyhockey.com 5-6 Forest Lake, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 5-6 Paynesville, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 5-7 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Bantam B Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 5-7 Baldwin, WI: Bantam 2A/3A (MN B) & 2B/3B (MN C); Contact John Bresina (612) 401-56995 or tournamentdirector@baldwinhockey.org or visit www.baldwinhockey.com 5-7 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Girls 12U A & 12U B; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 5-7 Brainerd, MN: PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam 5-7 A; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede, Girls 15U;’, 5-7 Contact April Swenson (763) 331-1521 or tournaments@ buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 5-7 Cloquet, MN: Barn Burner, Bantam B2; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 5-7 Crookston, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 5-7 Des Moines, IA: PeeWee Showcase, PeeWee A & B; Contact Chris Gunnare (515) 491-1653 or chris.gunnare@hopewdm.org or visit dmyha.pucksystems2.com 5-7 Duluth, MN: Mid Winter Classic, Bantam C & PeeWee C; Contact Jason Watt (218) 728-8000 or jason@duluthockey.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 5-7 Eagle River, WI: Bantam; Contact tourneys@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 5-7 Grand Rapids, MN: PeeWee AA, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 5-7 Grantsburg, WI: PeeWee WI 3A/4A, MN B; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com 5-7 Hastings, MN: The Big Chill; Bantam A/AA & B; Contact tournaments@hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 5-7 Hibbing, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments

www.letsplayhockey.com 5-7 International Falls, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com 5-7 Inver Grove Heights, MN: Girls 10U A/B; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 5-7 Lakeville, MN: Lakeville Squirt Showdown, Squirt B; Contact Brian Peterson (612) 708-0336 or tournamentdirector@lakevillehockey.org or visit www.lakevillehockey.org 5-7 Little Falls, MN: PeeWee A & B; Contact Carmen Johnson (320) 630-3954 or carmenjohnson19@gmail.com or visit littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 5-7 Luverne, MN: Squirt A; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or register online at luvernehockey.sportngin.com Mitchell, SD: Mites; Contact Lori Goldammer at 5-7 lori@goldammers.com or visit www.mitchellmarlins.com 5-7 Moorhead, MN: Sweet Potato Classic, Girls 15U; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 5-7 New Richmond, WI: Tiger Winter Classic, Squirt C; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net 5-7 New Ulm, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 5-7 Northfield, MN: Jesse James Showdown, Squirt C; Contact Julie Kasal (507) 649-0651) or tournamentdirector@ northfieldhockey.net or visit www.northfieldhockey.net 5-7 Owatonna, MN: Bantam B & PeeWee B; Contact tournamentdirector@owatonnahockey.com or register online at www.owatonnahockey.com 5-7 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Freeze, Squirt B1, Squirt B2; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or register online at www.wayzatahockey.org 5-7 Roseau, MN: Stan Ostby Memorial Bantam A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 5-7 Silver Bay, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 5-7 Sioux Falls, SD: PeeWee A/MN B1 & B/MN B2; Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com 5-7 Siren, WI: Squirt; Contact Julie Hall (952) 4513207 or julhall22@gmail.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 5-7 St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Ice Breaker Tournament, Squirt B & C; register online at stpaulcapitalshockey.com 5-7 Superior, WI: PeeWee A & Squirt A; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 5-7 Thief River Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Register online at www.trfaha.org 5-7 Two Harbors, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jesse Lundgren (218) 834-8339 or thyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.twoharborsyouthhockey.org 5-7 Walker, MN: Squirt B, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 5-7 Waseca, MN: Squirt A/B; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www.wasecahockey.org 6-7 Fergus Falls, MN: Squirt B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 6-7 Hermantown, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 6-7 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, PeeWee A, B/MN B2; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 6-7 Hutchinson, MN: Squirt B & C; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or Caleb.M.Paulson@ wellsfargo.com or register online at www.hutchhockey.org 6-7 Monticello, MN: Wild Moose Jamboree, Mite; Contact Hali Sittig (815) 388-3949 or mamlmom2007@ gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.org 6-7 Moose Lake, MN: Mite 1 Jamboree, cross-ice; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 6-7 Moose Lake, MN: Mite 2 Jamboree, full-ice; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 7-8 White Bear Lake, MN: Mite Winter Blast, Mite 3 & 4; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 8-14 St. Paul, MN: JCNSP Winter Carnival Mite & 8u Jamboree; Contact Sean Cunningham at Jcnspmites@gmail.com or visit www.jcnsphockey.org 11-14 Apple Valley & Eagan, MN: 2017 Play for Patrick Bantam AA Tournament; Contact tournament.coordinator@ eastviewhockey.net or register online at www.eastviewhockey.net/tournaments 11-14 Edina, MN: 41st Annual John E. Reimann Tournament, Junior Gold B & 16U; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 11-14 New Richmond, WI: Kittel/Parin POW/MIA Memorial, Bantam A-WI, Bantam B-WI/B-MN, Bantam C-MN; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net 11-14 St. Paul, MN: 16th Annual Outdoor Squirt C Tournament; Contact Jim Kimlinger (651) 295-3271 or visit www.edgcumbehockey.com 12-14 Albert Lea, MN: Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 12-14 Austin, MN: Tyler Brady Memorial, PeeWee A, B & C; Contact Mike Rumsey (507) 438-6777 or tournamentdirectorayh@gmail.com or visit www.austin.pucksystems2.com 12-14 Bemidji, MN: Girls 12U A & 10U A; Contact Jeff Loewe (218-760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@ gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 12-14 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Girls 10U A & 10U B; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 12-14 Bloomington, MN: Spartan Classic, Squirt all levels; Contact bahatourneys@gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 12-14 Brainerd, MN: Girls 12U A; Contact (218) 8512244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 12-14 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee B2; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 12-14 Brookings, SD: Mite A & B; Contact Kristi Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com

Tournament Calendar 12-14 Brooklyn Park, MN: January Pirate Classic, PeeWee B2, PeeWee C; Contact Joan Nelson at tournamentdirector@nmyha.com or visit www.nmyha.com 12-14 Clearwater Beach, FL: MLK Invitational, Boys U10, U12, U14, U16, U18; AA, A & B Divisions; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 12-14 Coon Rapids, MN: 10U A & PeeWee B; Contact Michelle Degerstrom (612) 360-6460 or coonrapidshockey@ gmail.com, or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com 12-14 Cottage Grove, MN: Skating with the Wolves, Girls 12U A, 12U B & 10U B; Contact Amanda Albert (651) 295-8561 or tournaments@cghockey.com or visit www.cghockey.com/tournaments 12-14 Crookston, MN: Girls 12U; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 12-14 Des Moines, IA: Ice Masters, AAA U15 & U18 ; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at www.metroicesports.com/hockey 12-14 Duluth, MN: Girls St. Luke’s Icebreaker Invitational, Girls 15U, 12U A, 12U B, 10UA & 10U B; Contact Clarke Coole (218) 590-0703 or cooleclarke@gmail.com or visit www.duluthgirlshockey.org 12-14 Faribault, MN: PeeWee A/B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or register online at Faribault.pucksystems2.com 12-14 Grand Rapids, MN: Squirt A & B, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 12-14 Hayward, WI: Bantam WI 2A/3A, MN B1/B2; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 12-14 Hermantown, MN: Bantam B; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 12-14 Hibbing, MN: Bantam A; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 12-14 Inver Grove Heights, MN: PeeWee B1 & C; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 12-14 La Crescent, MN: PeeWee B; Register online at www.lacrescenthockey.com 12-14 Mason City, IA: Collins Tournament, PeeWee/ Bantam; Contact Jennifer Pearce at jpearce1206@gmail.com 12-14 Moorhead, MN: Fried Potato, PeeWee A; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 12-14 New Hope, MN: Knockdown at New Hope, Girls 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; Contact Susie Melynchuk (612) 9408686 or smelynchuk@comcast.net or visit www.acyha.com 12-14 New Ulm, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 12-14 Paynesville, MN: Squirt C; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 12-14 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Junior Gold Invitational, Jr. Gold A; Contact tournaments@wayzatahockey.org or register online at www.wayzatahockey.org 12-14 Prior Lake, MN: Laker Shootout, Bantam B1 & B2; Contact David Lavigne (612) 414-7012 or lakershootout@hotmail.com or register online at www.plsha.com

12-14 Proctor, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at www.proctorhockey.com 12-14 Redwood Falls, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 12-14 River Falls, WI: Pony Tail Classic, 10U A-WI/ B-MN, 12U A-WI/B-MN; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 9836350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 12-14 Rochester, MN: Bantam A; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 12-14 Rogers, MN: PeeWee A/AA; Contact ryhatournaments@gmail.com or visit rogershockey.com 12-14 Roseau, MN: Neal Broten Bantam A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 12-14 Sauk Centre, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Mike Petrich (320) 491-9592 or red6@arvig.net or visit saukcentremelrose.pucksystems.com 12-14 Sheboygan, WI: PeeWee C & Squirt B; Contact Terry Fox (920) 980-6961 or hockeyvilletourneys@ gmail.com or visit www.sheboyganlakershockey.com 12-14 Somerset, WI: Squirt B (MN), Squirt C (MN), Squirt 2A/3A (WI), Squirt 2B/3B (WI); Contact Fred Richert (651) 442-1559 or tournamentdirector@somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 12-14 Spring Lake Park, MN: Panther Classic, Squirt A & B; Contact Bob Roloff (763) 222-6712 or bob@toplinedoors.com or visit www.slpyah.org 12-14 St. Cloud, MN: Jacob’s Hope Squirt C Tournament, Contact Craig Anderson (320) 333-3465 or scyhatournaments@icloud.com or register online at www.stcloudhockey.com

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12-14 Superior, WI: PeeWee B; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 12-14 Thief River Falls, MN: Bantam B; Register online at www.trfaha.org 12-14 Two Harbors, MN: Bantam A; Contact Jesse Lundgren (218) 834-8339 or thyouthhockey@gmail.com or visit www.twoharborsyouthhockey.org 12-14 Virginia, MN: Matt Niskanen Mite/Mini-Mite Jamboree; Visit www.virginiabluedevilhockey.com 12-14 Warroad, MN: Girls 12U A/10U A; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 39-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 12-15 Chicago, IL: AA, A/House High School, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 12-15 Minneapolis, MN: AAA & AA, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 12-15 Springfield, IL: AA & A, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 13-14 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Girls 12U B Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 13-14 Fergus Falls, MN: Squirt A; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 13-14 Moose Lake, MN: Bantam B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 13-14 Pine City, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Seth Sauter (320) 224-9802 or sauter777@yahoo.com 13-14 Silver Bay, MN: Squirt B; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com

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13-15 Clearwater Beach, FL: MLK Invitational, Boys U10, U12, U14, U16, U18; AA, A & B Divisions; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 14-15 White Bear Lake, MN: Mite Winter Blast, Mite 2; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 15-17 Apple Valley, MN: Squirt B; Contact Kyle Cloutier (952) 334-8278 or tournament.director@ applevalleyhockey.com 18-21 Anoka, MN: Bantam A/AA, Bantam B1, Bantam B2; Contact Kristine Wippich at anokatournaments@ gmail.com or visit anoka.pucksystems2.com 18-21 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede, Junior Gold/ 16U; Contact April Swenson (763) 331-1521 or tournaments@ buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 18-21 Shakopee, MN: Saber Paw Classic, Girls 12U A & 12U B; Contact Shawn Larson at shawn@allstartoday.com or register online at www.shakopeehockey.com 18-21 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament,Jr. Gold A & B; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 19-21 Alexandria, MN: Big Ole Squirt A Tournament; Contact Mike Peterson (320) 760-1960 or mikepeterson1509@gmail.com 19-21 Apple Valley, MN: Squirt B; Contact Kyle Cloutier (952) 334-8278 or tournament.director@ applevalleyhockey.com 19-21 Baldwin, WI: Girls 14U; Contact Jon Zevenbergen (651) 271-2400 at tournamentdirector@ baldwinhockey.org or visit www.baldwinhockey.com 19-21 Bemidji, MN: PeeWee B1; Contact Jeff Loewe (218-760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthhockey.org 19-21 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Bantam B1 & Bantam B; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 19-21 Brainerd, MN: Battle for the Hatchet, Squirt C; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 19-21 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee A; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 19-21 Circle Pines, MN: Junior Gold 16U; Contact James Flint at tournaments@centennialhockey.org or visit www.centennialhockey.org 19-21 Crookston, MN: Girls 10U; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 19-21 Des Moines, IA: Blizzard Blast, Bantam A/B & Squirt A/B; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at www.metroicesports.com/hockey 19-21 Detroit Lakes, MN: Squirt B/Squirt C; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or register online at www.dlyouthhockey.com 19-21 Devils Lake, ND: VFW PeeWee Tournament, PeeWee A & B; Contact Terry Wallace (701) 739-7703 or twallacedlpb@gondtc.com or visit www.dlparkboard.org 19-21 Duluth, MN: Portman Skate on the Edge, Squirt B; Contact Gregg McCall (218) 310-2674 or portmanhockey@gmail.com or greggmccall@hotmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 19-21 Eau Claire, WI: Chris Kurth Memorial PeeWee A/B/C Tournament; Contact Pat Rolbiecki (715) 835-0088 or (715) 379-6330 or riversidebikeandskate@yahoo.com or visit ecyh.pucksystems2.com 19-21 Eden Prairie, MN: Winter Classic, Bantam A & B2; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 19-21 Forest Lake, MN: Squirt B2 and Squirt C; Contact Dave Clark at tournaments@flhockey.org or visit www.flhockey.org 19-21 Grand Forks, ND: Squirt A, B & B2/C; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 19-21 Grand Rapids, MN: Bantam AA, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 19-21 Grantsburg, WI: Bantam WI 3A/4A, MN B; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com 19-21 Hamilton, NJ: AAA, 2005, 2007, 2008, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 19-21 Hayward, WI: Girls 14U; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 19-21 Hermantown, MN: Bantam A; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 19-21 Hibbing, MN: Bantam B; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 19-21 International Falls, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com

Tournament Calendar 19-21 Little Falls, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Carmen Johnson (320) 630-3954 or carmenjohnson19@gmail.com or visit littlefallsyha.pucksystems.com 19-21 Mankato, MN: PeeWee C & Squirt A; Contact Bobbie Bastian (507) 381-5347 or bbasti1@isd77.k12.mn.us or Justin Carlson at carlson.justine@gmail.com or register online at www.mankatohockey.com 19-21 Maple Grove, MN: Winter Faceoff Classic, PeeWee A & B1; Contact tournamentchair@omgha.com or register online at www.omgha.com 19-21 Marshall, MN: PeeWee A, PeeWee B; Contact Graham Falde (612) 730-5074 or gfalde@gmail.com or visit marshall.pucksystems2.com 19-21 Mora, MN: Mustang Showdown Tournament, Squirt B2; Contact Cristy Thomas (612) 390-5790 or morahockey@yahoo.com or visit www.mayrasports.com 19-21 New Ulm, MN: Girls 10U & 12U; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 19-21 Paynesville, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact RiverLakesTourneys@gmail.com or visit www.riverlakeshockey.com 19-21 Proctor, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Jason Seguin (218) 730-7139 or pahatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at www.proctorhockey.com 19-21 Redwood Falls, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Jessica Schmidt (320) 296-4948 or rahatournaments@ gmail.com or visit www.redwoodareahockey.com 19-21 River Falls, WI: PeeWee A-WI/B2-MN, PeeWee C-WI/C-MN; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksystems.com 19-21 Rochester, MN: Bantam B1 & B2; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 19-21 Roseau, MN: Dick Johnson PeeWee A Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 19-21 Sauk Rapids, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Connie Pesta (320) 333-3860 or pestaconnie@gmail.com or visit www.saukrapidshockey.org 19-21 Silver Bay, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 19-21 Siren, WI: PeeWee; Contact Julie Hall (952) 4513207 or julhall22@gmail.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 19-21 South St. Paul, MN: Cowtown Classic, PeeWee B1 & B2; Contact Michael Ahern at sspyha.tournaments@gmail.com or register online at www.sspyha.pucksystems2.com 19-21 St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Heartbreaker Tournament, Girls 12U B, 10U A & 10U B; register online at stpaulcapitalshockey.com 19-21 Stillwater, MN: Stillwater Round-Up, PeeWee C, Squirt C; Register at www.stillwaterhockey.net 19-21 Superior, WI: Bantam B; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 19-21 Walker, MN: PeeWee B, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 19-21 Waseca, MN: PeeWee; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www.wasecahockey.org 20 Somerset, WI: Mite Jamboree; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or digilkerson@ somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 20-21 Fergus Falls, MN: Squirt C; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 20-21 Sauk Centre, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Mike Petrich (320) 491-9592 or red6@arvig.net or visit saukcentremelrose.pucksystems.com 20-21 Sioux Falls, SD: Squirt and PeeWee Gold Jamborees (MN A/B1); Contact Brian Dozark (605) 220-4032 or register online at www.siouxfallshockeytournaments.com 20-21 Willmar, MN: Cardinal Classic, Girls 10U B & 12U B; Contact Sandy Schow (320) 979-9757 or sandyschow74@gmail.com or visit www.willmarhockey.com 21-22 White Bear Lake, MN: Mite Winter Blast, Mite 1; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 24-28 Bloomington, MN: Cupid Classic, Girls 10U & 12U; Contact bahatourneys@gmail.com or visit www.bloomingtonhockey.com 25-28 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Shootout, Squirt A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/tournaments 25-28 Stillwater, MN: Skate for the Roses, Girls 10U, 12U, 15U; Register at www.stillwaterhockey.net 25-28 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament, Bantam AA & PeeWee AA; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 636-1978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 25-28 Woodbury, MN: PeeWee B1, PeeWee B2, PeeWee C; Contact tournaments@woodburyhockey.com or visit www.woodburyhockey.com 26-28 Bemidji, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jeff Loewe (218760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org

26-28 Brainerd, MN: Girls 10U A & 10U B; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com 26-28 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Girls 12U A; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 26-28 Cloquet, MN: Founders Tournament, PeeWee AA/ A; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 26-28 Crookston, MN: Bantam B; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 26-28 Des Moines, IA: Iowa Classic, AAA 2003/2004; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at www.metroicesports.com/hockey 26-28 Detroit Lakes, MN: Bantam A; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or register online at www.dlyouthhockey.com 26-28 Duluth, MN: Congdon Northern MN Blades of Steel, Squirt B; Contact Lynden Medlin (218) 343-5030 or aemduluth@yahoo.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 26-28 East Grand Forks, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Mark Dragich (218) 773-8000 or mdragich@egf.mn or visit www.egfhockey.com 26-28 Eau Claire, WI: Michael Hughes Squirt A/B/C Tournament; Contact Pat Rolbiecki (715) 835-0088 or (715) 379-6330 or riversidebikeandskate@yahoo.com or visit ecyh.pucksystems2.com 26-28 Elk River, MN: John McLaughlin Upper Midwest Championship, Bantam B2 & PeeWee B2; Contact Kurt Remick (763) 360-5639 or eryhatournaments@hotmail.com or visit www.elkriverhockey.org 26-28 Grand Forks, ND: Bantam B1/B & B2/C; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 26-28 Grand Rapids, MN: Junior Gold B, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 26-28 Green Bay, WI: George Wrobel PeeWee and Squirt Fox River Classic House Tournament, Squirt C, PeeWee C; Contact Don Chilson (920) 403-2000 or donchilston@netnet.net 26-28 Hermantown, MN: Squirt A; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 26-28 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Jr. Gold B & 16U; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 26-28 Hutchinson, MN: Bantam A & B; Contact Caleb Paulson (320) 292-4512 or Caleb.M.Paulson@ wellsfargo.com or register online at www.hutchhockey.org 26-28 Inver Grove Heights, MN: Squirt B & C; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 26-28 La Crescent, MN: PeeWee C; Register online at www.lacrescenthockey.com 26-28 Lakeville, MN: Lakeville Panther Classic, PeeWee B2; Contact Brian Peterson (612) 708-0336 or tournamentdirector@lakevillehockey.org or visit www.lakevillehockey.org 26-28 Luverne, MN: PeeWee A/B; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or register online at luvernehockey.sportngin.com 26-28 Minneapolis, MN: Winter Storm, Girls 12U B & 10U B; Visit www.mplshockey.com 26-28 Monticello, MN: Iceberg Classic, Squirt B1 & C; Contact Hali Sittig (815) 388-3949 or mamlmom2007@ gmail.com or visit www.mooseyouthhockey.org 26-28 Moorhead, MN: Tater Tot Classic, Squirt A & B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 26-28 Mora, MN: Mustang Showdown Tournament, Bantam B2 & PeeWee B2; Contact Cristy Thomas (612) 3905790 or morahockey@yahoo.com or visit www.mayrasports.com 26-28 New Richmond, WI: Cally Briggs Memorial, Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 2830072 or tournaments@nryha.net 26-28 Owatonna, MN: Squirt A, B & C; Contact tournamentdirector@owatonnahockey.com or register online at www.owatonnahockey.com 26-28 Plymouth, MN: Wayzata Junior Gold Classic, Jr. Gold B, Jr. Gold 16U; Contact tournaments@ wayzatahockey.org or register online at wayzatahockey.org 26-28 River Falls, WI: 14U Blackcat Classic; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 26-28 Rochester, MN: Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A, 12U B; Contact Rob Cothern at robertcothern@yahoo.com or register online at www.ryha.net 26-28 Roseau, MN: John Wensloff PeeWee B Tournament; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 26-28 Sauk Centre, MN: Squirt B; Contact Mike Petrich (320) 491-9592 or red6@arvig.net or visit saukcentremelrose.pucksystems.com 26-28 Silver Bay, MN: Bantam B2; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 26-28 St. Louis Park, MN: Bantam C; Contact Carl Hoikka (763) 477-8394 or choikka@morcon.com or tournamentcoordinator@slphockey.org

www.letsplayhockey.com 26-28 St. Mary’s Point, MN: Jim Foley Outdoor Classic, Squirt C; Contact Bob Bohn (651) 274-5287 or rbohn005@gmail.com 26-28 Superior, WI: Great Lakes Pond Hockey Classic; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 26-28 Thief River Falls, MN: Girls 12U A; Register online at www.trfaha.org 26-28 Two Harbors, MN: Girls 12U B & 10U B; Contact Jesse Lundgren (218) 834-8339 or thyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.twoharborsyouthhockey.org 26-28 Walker, MN: Squirt C, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 26-28 Warroad, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 349-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 26-28 Willmar, MN: Cardinal Classic, PeeWee A & B; Contact Nick Pederson (763) 913-7657 or nicholaspederson21@gmail.com or visit willmarhockey.com 27/28 Brookings, SD: Termite Jamboree; Contact Kristi Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 27-28 Fergus Falls, MN: PeeWee B; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 27-28 Moose Lake, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 27-28 New Ulm, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Alissa Griebel (507) 276-5612 or bagriebel12@gmail.com or register online at newulm.pucksystems2.com/tournaments 28 Winona, MN: Mite Jamboree, Contact Erin Benson (507) 429-8192 or ebenson@watlow.com or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com

FEBRUARY 2018 1-4 Buffalo, MN: Buffalo Stampede, Squirt B/C; Contact April Swenson (763) 331-1521 or tournaments@ buffalohockey.net or visit www.buffalo.pucksystems2.com 1-4 White Bear Lake, MN: Moose Goheen Tournament, Squirt A & B1; Contact Emily St. Martin (612) 6361978 or tournaments@wblhockey.com or visit www.wblhockey.com 2-4 Albert Lea, MN: Squirt A & B; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 2-4 Austin, MN: Austin Packer Classic, Bantam A & B; Contact Mike Rumsey (507) 438-6777 or tournamentdirectorayh@gmail.com or visit www.austin.pucksystems2.com 2-4 Bemidji, MN: PeeWee B2; Contact Jeff Loewe (218-760-3228) or bemidjihockeytourney@gmail.com or register online at www.bemidjiyouthockey.org 2-4 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Squirt A & B1; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 2-4 Brainerd, MN: Squirt B1 & B2; Contact (218) 851-2244 or register online at www.brainerdhockey.com Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Bantam 2-4 B1; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/tournaments Brookings, SD: Girls U19; Contact Kristi Rich2-4 ter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 2-4 Cloquet, MN: Heartbreaker Tournament, Girls 12U B; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 2-4 Coon Rapids, MN: Squirt B1; Contact Michelle Degerstrom (612) 360-6460 or coonrapidshockey@gmail.com, or visit www.coonrapidshockey.com 2-4 Crookston, MN: Girls 15U; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 2-4 Detroit Lakes, MN: Girls 12U B; Contact Britt Moore (218) 234-5763 or bwestrum20@gmail.com or register online at www.dlyouthhockey.com 2-4 Devils Lake, ND: John & Pat Olsen Memorial Squirt Tournament, Squirt A/B; Contact Terry Wallace (701) 739-7703 or twallacedlpb@gondtc.com or visit www.dlparkboard.org 2-4 Duluth, MN: Zenith City Invitational, Bantam B2 & PeeWee B2; Contact Dave Shea (218) 343-1498 or shea@vikingelectric.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 2-4 Faribault, MN: Squirt A/B; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or register online at Faribault.pucksystems2.com 2-4 Grand Forks, ND: PeeWee A/MN-AA; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 2-4 Grantsburg, WI: Junior Gold A/B; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com

www.letsplayhockey.com 2-4 Hastings, MN: The River Rumble, Bantam C & PeeWee C; Contact tournaments@hastingshockey.com or visit www.hastingshockey.com 2-4 Hermantown, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 2-4 International Falls, MN: PeeWee A; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com 2-4 La Crescent, MN: Squirt C; Register online at www.lacrescenthockey.com Luverne, MN: Mite/Mini Mite; Contact Eric 2-4 Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or register online at luvernehockey.sportngin.com 2-4 Mankato, MN: Squirt B & C; Contact Bobbie Bastian (507) 381-5347 or bbasti1@isd77.k12.mn.us or Justin Carlson at carlson.justine@gmail.com or register online at www.mankatohockey.com 2-4 Maple Grove, MN: Girls Cabin Fever Classic, Girls 10U A, 10U B, 12U A & 12U B; Contact tournamentchair@omgha.com or register online at www.omgha.com 2-4 Marshall, MN: Squirt A, Squirt B; Contact Graham Falde (612) 730-5074 or gfalde@gmail.com or visit marshall.pucksystems2.com 2-4 Moorhead, MN: Curly Fry Classic, Girls 10U A & B; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 2-4 Oakdale, MN: Tartan Cup, Bantam C, PeeWee C, Squirt C; Contact president@tayha.org or visit tayha.org 2-4 Owatonna, MN: Bantam C & PeeWee C; Contact tournamentdirector@owatonnahockey.com or register online at www.owatonnahockey.com 2-4 Roseau, MN: Girls 12U A & 10U A; Contact Bill Lund (218) 689-0636 2-4 Sartell, MN: Squirt C; Visit www.sartell.pucksystems2.com 2-4 St. Cloud, MN: St. Cloud PeeWee B2 Tournament, Contact Craig Anderson (320) 333-3465 or scyhatournaments@icloud.com or register online at www.stcloudhockey.com 2-4 Thief River Falls, MN: Squirt A; Register online at www.trfaha.org 2-4 Warroad, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 349-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 2-4 Waseca, MN: Girls 10U/12U B; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www.wasecahockey.org 2-4 Winona, MN: PeeWee B & Squirt B, Contact Erin Benson (507) 429-8192 or ebenson@watlow.com or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 3-4 Fergus Falls, MN: PeeWee C; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com 3-4 Moose Lake, MN: Squirt B; Contact Heidi Oswald (218) 565-2488 or heidi3258@gmail.com or visit www.mlaharebels.com 3-4 Willmar, MN: Cardinal Classic, Squirt B & C; Contact Nick Pederson (763) 913-7657 or nicholaspederson21@gmail.com or visit willmarhockey.com 8-11 Eden Prairie, MN: Prelude to the Playoffs, Girls 15U A & B; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 8-11 Edina, MN: 33rd Annual Bob O’Connor Tournament, Bantam B2 & C, PeeWee B2 & C, Squirt A, B & C; Contact Pete Waggoner (952) 769-6513 or pete@ sportscontentmanagement.com or visit www.edinatourney.com 8-11 Superior, WI: Jr. Gold B; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Albert Lea, MN: Squirt C; Contact alyhatournamentdirector@gmail.com or register online at albertlea.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Brampton, ON: 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 9-11 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt B; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 9-11 Brookings, SD: Squirt A & B; Contact Kristi Richter (605) 691-5566 or register online at www.brookingsrangers.com 9-11 Cloquet, MN: Mite 1 Jamboree; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Cloquet, MN: Mite 2 Jamboree; Register online at www.cloquet.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Des Moines, IA: Bantam Showcase, Bantam A & B; Contact Chris Gunnare (515) 491-1653 or chris.gunnare@hopewdm.org or visit dmyha.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Duluth, MN: Twin Ports Jr. Gold; Contact Chris Steinberg (715) 394-4899 or sahaicesuperior@gmail.com or visit www.duluthhockey.com 9-11 East Grand Forks, MN: Squirt B; Contact Mark Dragich (218) 773-8000 or mdragich@egf.mn or visit www.egfhockey.com 9-11 Eau Claire, WI: Holiday Inn Battle of the Blades, Bantam A/B/C & Mites (full ice); Contact Pat Rolbiecki (715) 835-0088 or (715) 379-6330 or riversidebikeandskate@ yahoo.com or visit ecyh.pucksystems2.com 9-11 Grand Forks, ND: PeeWee B1/B & B2/C; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@ gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 9-11 Grantsburg, WI: Squirt WI 3A/4A, MN B; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com 9-11 Green Bay, WI: Maryann Robinson Girls Tournament, Girls 14U, 12U, 10U; Contact Don Chilson (920) 403-2000 or donchilston@netnet.net 9-11 Hermantown, MN: Girls 10U B; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 9-11 Hibbing, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Heather Drews (218) 966-6585 or hibbingchisholmyouthhockey@ gmail.com or visit www.hcyha.org/tournaments 9-11 Inver Grove Heights, MN: Bantam A; Contact Jennifer Kurowski (651) 206-7547 or ighhatourney@gmail.com or visit www.ighha.org 9-11 Lakeville, MN: Lakeville Cougar Classic, Bantam B2; Contact Brian Peterson (612) 708-0336 or tournamentdirector@lakevillehockey.org or visit www.lakevillehockey.org 9-11 Luverne, MN: Squirt B; Contact Eric Edstrom (507) 380-1002 or ericedstrom@hotmail.com or register online at luvernehockey.sportngin.com 9-11 Mason City, IA: J2K Tournament, Squirt/PeeWee; Contact Jennifer Pearce at jpearce1206@gmail.com 9-11 Mitchell, SD: Squirt A & B; Contact Lori Goldammer at lori@goldammers.com or visit www.mitchellmarlins.com

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Tournament Calendar 9-11 New Hope, MN: New Hope Invitational, Bantam A, PeeWee A, Squirt A; Contact Susie Melynchuk (612) 9408686 or smelynchuk@comcast.net or visit www.acyha.com 9-11 River Falls, WI: Bantam B-WI/C-MN; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 9-11 Silver Bay, MN: Bantam A; Contact Mike Guzzo (218) 226-4214 or silverbayarena@hotmail.com or register online at www.silverbayhockey.com 9-11 Siren, WI: Bantam; Contact Julie Hall (952) 4513207 or julhall22@gmail.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 9-11 Thief River Falls, MN: Squirt B; Register online at www.trfaha.org 9-11 Warroad, MN: Squirt A; Contact Jay Hardwick (218) 386-2399 (o) or (218) 349-2191 (c) or jay@hwagency.com or visit visitwarroad.com 10-11 Crookston, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact Kristy Swanson (218) 470-0423 or crookstonhockey@gmail.com or register online at www.crookstonbluelinehockey.com 10-11 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Girls 8U Jamboree; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 10-11 Waseca, MN: Mite Jamboree; Contact wasecahockeytournaments@gmail.com or visit www.wasecahockey.org 11 Walker, MN: Mini/Mite Jamboree, Contact Mitch Loomis (218) 547-1819 or loomis@shoresofleechlake.com or visit www.walkeryouthhockey.com 16-17 Devils Lake, ND: Mikal Wakefield Memorial Mite Tournament, Mite A/B/C; Contact Terry Wallace (701) 7397703 or twallacedlpb@gondtc.com or visit www.dlparkboard.org 16-18 Baldwin, WI: Squirt 2A/3A (MN B) & 2B/3B (MN C); Contact John Bresina (612) 401-56995 or tournamentdirector@baldwinhockey.org or visit www.baldwinhockey.com 16-18 Des Moines, IA: Pucks and Ponytails, Girls U12, U10 & U8; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@ metroicesports.com or visit www.metroicesports.com/hockey 16-18 Eagle River, WI: PeeWee A & B; Contact tourneys@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 16-18 Eden Prairie, MN: Prairie Madness, PeeWee C & Squirt C; Contact Shelly Heggestad (763) 301-2513 or tournaments@ephockey.com or visit www.ephockey.com/ tournaments 16-18 Grand Forks, ND: Mite Classic; Contact Jessie Close (701) 787-0316 or jclose.gfyouthockey@gmail.com or visit www.grandforksyouthhockey.com 16-18 Grand Rapids, MN: Girls 10U A & 10U B, Contact Colleen Forrest at grhockey55744@gmail.com or visit www.grhockey.com 16-18 Green Bay, WI: George Heimbuch Tundra Tussle, Bantam B, PeeWee B, Squirt B; Contact Don Chilson (920) 403-2000 or donchilston@netnet.net 16-18 Hayward, WI: Squirt WI 2A/3A, MN B1/B2; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 16-18 Hayward, WI: Squirt WI 2B/4A; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 16-18 Hermantown, MN: Mite 1 Jamboree; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 16-18 Moorhead, MN: Mashup, PeeWee B2; Register online at www.moorheadyouthhockey.com 16-18 River Falls, WI: Bantam A-WI/B-MN; Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@ gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 16-18 Somerset, WI: Jr. Gold B & Junior Gold 16U; Contact Fred Richert (651) 442-1559 or tournamentdirector@somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com 16-18 Superior, WI: Squirt B; visit superior.pucksystems2.com 16-19 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, PeeWee C; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/tournaments 16-19 Chicago, IL: AA & A, boys & girls, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 16-19 Toledo, OH: AA, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com 17 New Richmond, WI: Mite Jamboree; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net 17-18 Hudson, WI: Raider Classic, Bantam A; Contact Bob Mueller (715) 716-0606 or bobmhockey@gmail.com or visit www.hudsonhockey.com 23-25 Baldwin, WI: PeeWee 2A/3A (MN B) & 2B/3B (MN C); Contact John Bresina (612) 401-56995 or tournamentdirector@baldwinhockey.org or visit www.baldwinhockey.com 23-25 Breezy Point, MN: Breezy Point Ice Fest, Squirt C; Contact (218) 562-5678 or jkintzler@ breezypointresort.com or visit www.breezypointsports.com/ tournaments 23-25 Des Moines, IA: February Freeze, Bantam A/B & PeeWee A/B; Contact Sheri Carter at tournaments@metroicesports.com or register online at www.metroicesports.com/hockey 23-25 Eagle River, WI: Squirt A & B; Contact tourneys@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 23-25 Faribault, MN: Squirt C; Contact Pat Nesburg at fhatournaments@gmail.com or register online at Faribault.pucksystems2.com 23-25 Grantsburg, WI: Girls U16/U16; Contact Christine Strak at cstrak@startourneys.com or visit www.grantsburghockey.com 23-25 Hayward, WI: Fire on Ice, Girls U19; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 23-25 Hayward, WI: Men’s 28th Annual Great Fire Tourney; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 23-25 Hayward, WI: Women’s 1st Annual Great Fire Tourney; Contact Jill Gajewski (715) 634-4791 or haywardsports@cheqnet.net or register online at www.haywardsportscenter.com 23-25 Hermantown, MN: Mite 2 Jamboree; Contact Amber Marion (218) 729-5493 or hawkdome@isd700.org or visit www.hermantownhockey.com 23-25 International Falls, MN: Squirt B; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com 23-25 Las Vegas, NV: 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 23-25 Siren, WI: Girls 14/15U; Contact Julie Hall (952) 451-3207 or julhall22@gmail.com or visit www.burnettyouthhockey.com 23-25 Superior, WI: Mite 2; Visit superior.pucksystems2.com

23-25 Virginia, MN: Eric Marwick Squirt Tournament, Squirt B; Contact Naomi Ranisate (218) 750-4509 or visit www.virginiabluedevilhockey.com 23-25 Winona, MN: PeeWee C & Squirt C, Contact Erin Benson (507) 429-8192 or ebenson@watlow.com or visit www.winona.pucksystems2.com 24 Fergus Falls, MN: Girls 8U Jamboree; Contact Darren Krein (701) 640-6980 or d3krein@gmail.com or register online at www.fergusfallshockey.pucksystems.com

MARCH 2018 2-4 Marshall, MN: Mini-Mite & Mite Jamboree; Contact Graham Falde (612) 730-5074 or gfalde@gmail.com or visit marshall.pucksystems2.com 3 International Falls, MN: Mighty Mite Jamboree; Contact Jacquie Thorstad at jmthorstad@hotmail.com or visit www.ifallsrechockey.com 9-11 Bismarck, ND: Capitals Cup, Mite Major Jamboree; Contact programdirector@bismarckhockey.com or visit www.bismarckhockey.com 9-11 Niagara Falls, ON: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 16-18 Eagle River, WI: 3on3 Tournament; Contact 3on3@erra.com or visit www.erra.com 16-18 New Richmond, WI: Senior men’s (no check), Open, Over 30, Over 40; Contact Barry Cunningham (651) 283-0072 or tournaments@nryha.net 16-18 River Falls, WI: Mites 3/4 Shamrock Shootout (Grow the Game); Contact Marissa Feely (651) 983-6350 or rfhockeytourney@gmail.com or visit riverfalls.pucksytems.com 16-18 Tampa, FL: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 7025701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 23-25 Nashville, TN: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 7025701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 23-25 River Falls, WI: Fat Boys/Old Timer, Up to 40plus; Contact Doug Black at ddblack@vector1776.com 23-25 Somerset, WI: Spartan Senior Men’s, Over 40, Over 30, Open; Contact Dan Gilkerson (715) 222-2448 or digilkerson@somersethockey.com or visit www.somersethockey.com

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4-6 Atlantic City, NJ: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 4-6 Blaine, MN: Mountain Dew Blast, Boys Open 2002; Contact Randy at randy@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 4-6 Blaine, MN: Mountain Dew Blast, Girls Open 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 4-6 Boston, MA: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 7025701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 4-6 Niagara Falls, ON: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 4-6 Toronto, ON: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 7025701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 11-12 Twin Cities, MN: Spring Stampede, Boys 20022010, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 18-20 St. Cloud, MN: Boys Open 2003; Contact Randy at randy@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 18-20 Twin Cities, MN: Boys Open 2010/09, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 18-20 Twin Cities, MN: Spring Stampede AA, Boys 2002-2010, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 25-27 Duluth, MN: MN Female Elite Prospects Showcase, Girls 16U & U19; Contact Kevin Mudrak at kmudrak@yahoo.com or visit www.mnfemalehockey.com 31-3 Duluth, MN: Boys’ Battle By The Bay Tournament; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Contact northernstormhockey@yahoo.com or visit www.northernstorn.net

JUNE 2018 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 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

APRIL 2018 6-8 Blaine, MN: AAA Opener, Boys Open 2009-10, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002; Contact Randy at randy@northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 6-8 Las Vegas, NV: 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 6-8 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 6-8 Sioux Falls, SD: AAA Opener, Boys 2010/09, 2008, 2007, 2006; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 12-15 Twin Cities, MN: Walser Cup, Boys Open 200410; 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 13-15 Duluth, MN: Girls’ Battle By The Bay Tournament, Girls U10, U12, U14 & U16; Contact northernstormhockey@ yahoo.com or visit www.northernstorn.net 13-15 Sioux Falls, SD: AAA Opener, Boys 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 13-15 St. Cloud, MN: AAA Opener, Girls Open 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 13-15 Twin Cities, MN: Early Trailblazer, Boys 20022009, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 20-22 Clearwater Beach, FL: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s, Women’s & Coed; Contact (877) 702-5701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 20-22 Montreal, QC: 19+, 25+, 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+; A, B, C, D, E Levels; Men’s & Co-ed; Contact (877) 7025701 or info@weekendhockey.com or visit www.weekendhockey.com 20-22 St. Cloud, MN: Mountain Dew Blast, Boys Open 2010/09, 2008, 2007; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 20-22 Twin Cities, MN: Early Trailblazer AA, Boys 2002-2009, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 27-29 Niagara Falls, ON: 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 27-29 Ottawa, ON: 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 27-29 St. Cloud, MN: Mountain Dew Blast, Boys Open 2006, 2005, 2004; Contact Randy at randy@ northlandhockeygroup.com or visit www.aaatournaments.com 28-30 Chicago, IL: Elite AAA & AAAA, all ages; Visit www.onehockey.com

MAY 2018 Twin Cities, MN: Stars & Stripes, Boys Elite & 3-6 Open 2004-11, Girls 8U-16U; 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

JULY 2018 20-22 Duluth, MN: Northern Exposure, Boys 2001/022009; Contact Kasey Yoder (651) 432-1840 or kaseyyoder@ gmail.com or visit www.northernexposureaaahockey.com

AUGUST 2018 Twin Cities, MN: Rumble at the Rink, Boys Elite 9-12 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 17-19 Twin Cities, MN: Summer Round-Up AA, Boys 2002-U18, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 24-26 Twin Cities, MN: Summer Round-Up, Boys 2002U18, Girls U10-U19; Contact dan@midwesthockey.net or (763) 225-7320 To list your tournament in this calendar, contact Let’s Play Hockey at (320) 333-3279. 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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HS BOYS A 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

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GRAND RAPIDS Moorhead Eden Prairie Holy Family Catholic Lakeville South St. Thomas Academy Maple Grove Hill-Murray Stillwater Area Centennial Edina Elk River/Zimmerman Lakeville North Duluth East Minnetonka Prior Lake White Bear Lake Roseau St. Michael-Albertville Wayzata

HERMANTOWN Monticello/A/ML Delano Breck St. Cloud Cathedral Northfield Mahtomedi East Grand Forks St. Paul Academy Alexandria Greenway Hibbing/Chisholm Sartell-St. Stephen St. Paul Johnson Totino-Grace Minneapolis Minnehaha Academy Orono Blake Luverne

HS GIRLS AA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

EDINA Blake Hill-Murray Eden Prairie Blaine Maple Grove Forest Lake Elk River/Zimmerman Minnetonka Centennial Cretin-Derham Hall White Bear Lake Brainerd/Little Falls Farmington Roseau Grand Rapids/Greenway Lakeville South Rogers Wayzata Mounds View

HS GIRLS A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

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JUNIOR GOLD A 20 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MINNETONKA Edina Wayzata Blaine White Bear Lake Stillwater Lakeville St. Louis Park Centennial Eden Prairie

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JUNIOR GOLD B 20 1 6-1 7 FINAL 6-17 201 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MOORHEAD Elk River Wayzata Blue Edgcumbe St. Thomas Academy Bloomington Jefferson Minnetonka Black Eastview Edina Green Orono

ST. NORBERT Adrian Norwich Augsburg Trinity UW-Stevens Point Utica Geneseo Oswego Hobart

NCAA D-III WOMEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

PLATTSBURGH Norwich Emira Adrian UW-River Falls Middlebury Gustavus Adolphus St. Thomas Amherst UW-Eau Claire

BANT AM AA BANTAM 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

BANT AM A BANTAM 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

BANT AM B1 BANTAM 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

PEEWEE AA 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

PEEWEE A 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

PEEWEE B1 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

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WHITE BEAR LAKE Osseo/Maple Grove Stillwater Blaine Moorhead Lakeville South Cloquet Eden Prairie Minnetonka Andover St. Cloud Edina Centennial South St. Paul Wayzata Minneapolis Eastview Elk River Rosemount Rochester

JUNIOR GOLD 16U FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MINNETONKA BLUE Stillwater Prior Lake/Savage Lakeville Eden Prairie Minnetonka Black Elk River Blaine Centennial Black St. Thomas Academy

EDINA Orono Greenway MAML Alexandria Osseo/Maple Grove Chaska/Chanhassen Park Cottage Grove Duluth East Eveleth-Gilbert East Grand Forks Owatonna Albert Lea Minnetonka Northfield Roseville JCNSP Coon Rapids St. Paul Capitals River Lakes

EDINA GREEN Edina White Orono Elk River Minnetonka St. Cloud Red Buffalo Lake of the Woods St. Peter/Le Sueur Eagan Moorhead Black Morris/Benson Grand Rapids Bemidji Brainerd Mahtomedi Sauk Rapids Forest Lake Litchfield/D-C Eveleth-Gilbert/ME Gold

CHASKA/CHANHASSEN Osseo/Maple Grove Wayzata Woodbury Edina Lakeville South Andover Stillwater Moorhead Hermantown Prior Lake/Savage Eastview Lakeville North Mahtomedi St. Cloud Champlin Park Eden Prairie Roseau Hastings Sibley

JCNSP Edina Mound Westonka Warroad Osseo/Maple Grove Sartell Litchfield/D-C Duluth Denfeld Dodge County Mounds View/Irondale Forest Lake Minnetonka Tartan Bloomington Jefferson Alexandria Spring Lake Park St. Paul Capitals Little Falls Inver Grove Heights Thief River Falls

GIRLS 19U 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

GIRLS 15U A 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

GIRLS 15U B 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

GIRLS 12U A 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

EDINA Osseo/Maple Grove White Bear Lake Blaine

ANDOVER Osseo/Maple Grove Edina Green Minnetonka Black Rochester Wayzata Blue Proctor/Hermantown Blaine Grand Rapids Eden Prairie

ANOKA/ROGERS Rochester Minneapolis OMGHA Black Armstrong/Cooper Litchfield/D-C Blaine/SLP Sartell Minnetonka Edina

EDINA Andover North Wright County Alexandria Anoka/Rogers Stillwater Osseo/Maple Grove Roseau Orono/Westonka Eastview

2018 Let’s Play Hockey EXPO March 9 & 10

EDINA GREEN Moorhead Black Edina White Red Lake Falls Elk River Grand Rapids St. Peter Stillwater Mounds View/Irondale Farmington Sartell Blue Waconia Woodbury Black OMGHA Black St. Cloud Red Crookston Chaska/Chanhassen STMA Gold Forest Lake Morris/Benson Silver

GIRLS 12U B 1 6-1 7 FINAL 201 6-17 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

WAYZATA BLUE OMGHA Black Inver Grove Heights Luverne Cloquet Coon Rapids/CP Buffalo Litchfield/D-C Hibbing/Chisholm Edina Black

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CHI 7:00

@WSH 6:30

25

SUN

FSN

VGK 7:00

DECEMBER 2017 TUE

SAT

FSN

@TOR @MTL 6:30 6:30 16

FRI

FSN

@VAN @EDM 9:00 9:00 @VGK 9:30

FRI

6

FSN

@ARI 8:00 FSN+

NSH 7:00 FSN+

@DAL 7:00

SAT

7

FSN

@SJ 9:30

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FSN

TB 8:00

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