SiouxScore

They were missing a lot of guys I think that list was only Seniors.

Eden Prairie survives the upset scare from Wayzata 3-1 with 3 goals in the last 5 or so minutes.

Wayzata's goalie has been outstanding.

Final Moorhead 4 Hill-Murray 2 setting up a Lakeville South/Moorhead matchup tomorrow night for a spot in the final. Frisch is really smooth with the puck and always seems to make the right decision. Seems like he could almost be a little more aggressive with rushing the puck if he wanted to. The JR top line of Randklev, O'Connell, and Stetz was very good and is highly skilled but Moorhead also gets great contribution from their depth and can play 4 lines. They've only dressed 7 SRs in their lineup for most of the year a forward on their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines, 3 defensemen, and their backup goalie. Things have set up well for them this year but they could be even better next season.

Lakeville South 5 St. Thomas Academy 2. Not real surprised about that one not because I think Lakeville South is that great of team but more just I was never really sold on STA this year. EGF leading Luverne 4-2 after 2 in consolation. Winner gets Delano Saturday as they beat Mahtomedi 8-1 earlier today.

Yes, Mack Motzko a Freshman Bob's son. Some pretty questionable calls have gone against EGF in this one. EGF probably feels pretty good about being down 1 headed to the 3rd when Cathedral has had 6 PPs including 2 long 5-on-3s while EGF has had just 1 PP.

EGF has to settle in here and also play a little more disciplined. Tied 1-1 halfway through the 1st and probably lucky for it to be that with Cathedral having 3 PPs including a long 5-on-3 early.

Hermantown wins it early in OT. Hats off to Luverne much better game than I or probably anyone who follows Minnesota hockey expected.

WOW! Luverne ties it with 2:08 left.

Unseeded Northfield leading #3 Mahtomedi 2-1 early in the 3rd. Could be our 2nd upset in as many games in the A tournament.

Wow Monticello pulls off the upset over #2 Delano 3-2. If this is any indication for how the tournament is going to be this year we are in for a very exciting few days.

Monticello leading #2 Delano 3-1 after 2. Pretty good game so far Monticello has played really well.

They have for a few years now. Last year they ended up making it free after a day because the stream was so terrible the first day.

I'd still say Eden Prairie is the favorite but I wouldn't be surprised with about 4 different teams winning it. EP did have a difficult time getting to the tournament but they play in probably the best section in the state. The Holy Family team they beat in the final is very good and could replace 3 or 4 different teams if they played in a different section. I actually think Moorhead has a decent road to the final though Hill is very talented and played them to OT. I'm not real high on St. Thomas and wouldn't be surprised to see them get beat by Lakeville South. I really hope Rapids beats Maple Grove and EP beats Wayzata because that would be a very fun semifinal Friday night. If those 2 matched up you would have I believe 6 players currently committed to high level D1 teams in the game. GR-Hain(UND), Miller(SCSU), McLaughlin(MN) EP-Mittlestadt(MN), Jensen(MN), Leiverman(Notre Dame). Definitely agree about Class A. Hermantown the clear favorite on 1 side and Delano the favorite on the other and while Hermantown will and should be favored Delano played them pretty well and had them down around Christmas time in Duluth before falling 4-3. Best game for Class A should be the nightcap Wednesday night with EGF and St.Cloud Cathedral who tied early this season. Could see Northfield giving Mahtomedi all they could handle in the quarters as well.

Wasn't always great execution this weekend but the guys accomplished exactly what they needed to this weekend and that was win 2 games, now we need the same thing next weekend.

Janatuinen

The seeds were released this morning. Class A gets underway Wednesday while AA will get going on Thursday. Class A Wednesday 11:00 am #2 Delano vs Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake 30 minutes after game 1 #3 Mahtomedi vs Northfield 6:00 pm #1 Hermantown vs Luverne 30 minutes after game 3 #4 East Grand Forks vs #5 St. Cloud Cathedral Class AA Thursday 11:00 am #2 St. Thomas Academy vs Lakeville South 30 minutes after game 1 #3 Moorhead vs Hill-Murray 6:00 pm #1 Eden Prairie vs Wayzata 30 minutes after game 3 #4 Maple Grove vs #5 Grand Rapids

Bowen

Grand Rapids beats Duluth East 3-2 in 2OTs. Hain had 1 assist in the win.

UND will have at least 1 commit playing in the Minnesota State tournament next weekend. Ethan Frisch and Moorhead earned their spot with a 6-0 win over Roseau last night. Gavin Hain and Grand Rapids will try to clinch their spot tonight against Duluth East.

They do have a commitment from the #1 player in the state although he just moved there from Florida this fall/winter Benjamin Sapp III from Eden Prairie.Their isn't a whole lot of B1G level talent in Minnesota in the class of 2018. There really is only about 4 or so others the Gophers are really looking at Brevyn Spann-Ford-TE-St.Cloud probably closest to a offer all others may have to impress this summer at camp to get one, Trey Lance-QB/ATH-Marshall, David Alston-DE-Woodbury, and Ronnie Audette-OL-Elk River. They did just have a bunch of guys in for 1 of their Junior days but it doesn't sound like any are real close to offers and they want to evaluate them live in camp first. They did invite Spann-Ford back down to visit sometime soon so I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a offer then. It could be a very good year for the FCS schools in Minnesota though because from talking with some people it seems like there are a number of guys that are very talented but just not quite at that B1G level.

Bowen and Yon have both been very good this year. I'd put both of them and Smith as well in the time he has got ahead of Hoff. Hoff hasn't been real great at all this year. I expected more from him on the offensive end but it really hasn't been there and he has a long way to go with the defensive side of the game.

Pathetic effort all the way around tonight. This team knew going into this weekend their season was really kind of on the line these last 4 games and they show zero sign of any urgency or desperation. Way too many times this year it hasn't been a lack of talent and skill it has been a lack of focus, energy, toughness, and just determination and those are things you just don't really teach. Show a little determination and desperation and win 4 games in a row and see where we are at. A lot of guys on this team need to start playing for the program and play with the type of effort and determination that those who have come before them have played with. No excuses find a way.

Tucker Poolman

Gavin Hain scored 3 3rd period goals to help #4 Grand Rapids come back from a 2-0 3rd period deficit and beat #1 Elk River 5-3. Rapids will face either #2 Duluth East or #3 Cloquet Thursday with a trip to the state tournament on the line.