SiouxScore

Loven gets his 2nd right out of the TV timeout 2-1 EGF.

EGF putting on a lot of pressure almost midway through the 2nd Bowen just missed the top corner on a 2-on-1, Loven is denied walking down the slot, and EGF had Mahtomedi trapped in their own zone for a good minute and a half.

EGF and Mahtomedi tied at 1 after 1. Great atmosphere sounds like the upper bowl of the X has already been opened up and a great first period filled with speed, physical play, and end to end action. EGF got a goal from Grant Loven on a 2-on-1 and Mahtomedi scored on their 1st powerplay. Mahtomedi will open up the 2nd with about 4 seconds remaining on a 5-on-3 powerplay, EGF was called for 3 penalties in the 1st while Mahtomedi was not called for any. Big positive for EGF is their top defenseman Trevor Selk is back from injury today and you can see the difference he makes to their group.

Jordan Schmaltz

#5 Eden Prairie finished off the win last night 5-3 over #4 Blaine so the schedule for Semifinal Friday looks like Class A Semifinals 11:00 #2 Mahtomedi vs. #3 East Grand Forks 1:00 #1 Hermantown vs. #5 St. Cloud Apollo Class AA Semifinals 6:00 #2 Edina vs. Duluth East 8:00 #1 Lakeville North vs. #5 Eden Prairie

#5 Eden Prairie 5 #4 Blaine 1 after 2. Eden Prairie has really dominated through 2 holding Blaine to only 8 shots. Casey Mittlestadt(MN) and Michael Graham(UMD) both have 2 goals have been very impressive all game Riley Tufte(UMD) has the lone Blaine goal.

FINAL #1 Lakeville North 4 Hill-Murray 1. The nightcap is #4 Blaine taking on #5 Eden Prairie.

I noticed him at the state tournament last year and have been following his numbers this year he is a pretty nice player. The other uncommitted I like on that Lakeville North team is JR Max Johnson and I believe he plays with Enebak usually.

FINAL Duluth East 6 #3 St. Thomas Academy 5 OT. Love to see the Cadets get sent over to Mariucci.

STA scored 2 in the 2nd to go up 5-2 but Duluth East answered with 3 in the 3rd to force OT.

Yes there is through 45 TV as usual it is on channel 5 for me with Sjobergs cable in NW Minnesota.

STA 3 Duluth East 2 after 1. STA had 3 real good chances on 3 East breakdowns and scored on all of them to go up 3-0 while East got 2 late goals and really completely controlled the play aside from the breakdowns that led to STA goals.

FINAL #2 Edina 6 Bemidji 4. Bemidji scored 2 goals in the last couple minutes to cut it to a 1 goal game but Edina got an empty netter with 2 seconds left to seal the win. Good showing from the Lumberjacks after they got settled down and really started playing their style but by that time it was already 3-0 and it was just too much to come back from against a good Edina team. #3 St. Thomas Academy and Duluth East are up next.

Edina 5 Bemidji 2 after 2 much better period from Bemidji

Not sure on actual radio but probably would be available online http://msbnsports.net/ and I believe there is a webcast through http://prep45.com/ but I don't think it is free like it use to be.

Bemidji gets 2 goals in the first 45 secs of the 2nd period but Edina answers with a goal for a 4-2 lead with 13:00 left in the 2nd.

Edina 3 Bemidji 0 after 1. Took about half the period for Bemidji to really start playing and Edina is very fast and very skilled. With most of these guys back next year and a good chance to repeat as 8AA Champs Bemidji should play a tougher schedule next season and I think they probably will.

In the nightcap yesterday #5 St. Cloud Apollo beat #4 Breck 1-0 in OT. Should be some real good games today in AA and I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple upsets. The AA games get started at 11 with #2 Edina taking on Bemidji.

Friday 11a.m.

Their coach was asked about a possible move to AA in the post game press conference and he said something like some years we would compete and some years we wouldn't so we will just stay where we are.

#1 Hermantown looking as good as advertised in a dominant 8-0 win over Spring Lake Park final shots were 50-10.

Just in the last couple years, I believe the whites they wear now were new at the start of last season and the green/black away jerseys are new this year.

I didn't see all of the game but from what I saw I wasn't real impressed and expected a little more from Mahtomedi. I think Mahtomedi may be a little bit of an up and down team just by looking at their schedule and I'm guessing this wasn't one of their better games.

EGF 0 New Prague 0 after 1 Shots: EGF 13 NP 4

#2 Mahtomedi 6 New Ulm 3 in game 1 a little closer than I figured it would be and a competitive game. #3 EGF and New Prague scoreless almost halfway through the 1st. EGF's top line will have a couple goals before this one is over Loven-Bowen-Tweten are really creating some solid chances when they are on the ice, Bowen just got stopped on a breakaway.