Elite League 2009

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Anyone in need of a hockey fix this weekend might want to take in the Elite League tryouts for this fall's league. Tryouts will be held in two places - tomorrow (Saturday) will be held at New Hope Arena. Sunday's proceedings will be at Nielsen-Riese Arena in Bemidji. Game schdeules look like this:

Saturday - New Hope
9:30 a.m. - Team "A" vs. Team "B"
10:50 a.m. - Team "C" vs. Team "D"
1:20 p.m. - Team "A" vs. Team "D"
2:40 p.m. - Team "B" vs. Team "C"

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2009 TEAM A – SOUTH

Andrew Ford, G             Eden Prairie                          11
Alex Gierke,  G             Tartan                                   12
Tom Mitchell, D             Monticello                             12
Lucas Whelan, D          Wayzata                               12
Kevin Schulze, D           Hill-Murray                            11
Chase Loken, D             Eden Prairie                          12
Derek Smith, D              Apple Valley                         10
Luke Hendrickson, D      Burnsville                              12
Nicholas Raehsler, D      Rochester Century                11
Brandyn Chezick, F        Rochester Lourdes               12
Jack McCartan, F           Eden Prairie                         11
Riley Borer, F                Breck                                   12
Tyler Nowicki, F              Woodbury                            12
Michael Morin, F             Breck                                   12
Patrick Steinhauser, F     Benilde                                11
Chris Fischer, F              Apple Valley                         12
Garrett VanTuyl, F          Champlin Park                      11
Brady Loew, F               Rosemount                           11
Josh Gaughan, F            Buffalo                                  11

2009 TEAM B – SOUTH

Bodhi Engum, G             Burnsville                             11
Matt Ray, G                   Andover                                12
Rory Vesel, D                 Rochester Lourdes               11           
Joe Graveline, D             St. Thomas                           12
Buzz Tryggeseth, D        Buffalo                                  12
Ian Hahn, D                    Eagan                                  12
Michael Parnell, D          Totino Grace                         12
Mark Rath, F                  Eden Prairie                          11
Donald Chute, F             Blake                                    11
Justin Parizek, F            Lakeville South                      12
Jack Storo, F                Chaska                                  10
Ross Luedtke, F            Orono                                    11
Patrick Noesen, F          Red Wing                              12
Wilson Housley, F         Stillwater                               12
Andrew Anderson, F      Rosemount                            12
Ben Jaremko, F             Elk River                               12
Timothy Bonner, F         Osseo                                   11
Jesse Perron, F             Cretin-Derham Hall                 12
Nick Eisenmenger, F      Windom                                12


2009 TEAM C – SOUTH

Tommy Burke, G           Holy Angels                          12
Ryan O’Shea, G            Eastview                               12
Steven Sorensen, D       Chaska                                 12
Mike Reilly, D               Holy Angels                          10
Rick Norenberg, D          Maple Grove                         12
J.D. Cotroneo, D            Hill Murray                            11
Ben Gislason, D            Breck                                   12
Andrew Herbert, D         Woodbury                             12
Adam Robson, D           Apple Valley                         12
Zach Wilkinson, F         Chaska                                 12
Travis Seurer, F             Lakeville South                      12
Joe Bartlett, F               Maple Grove                         12
Kirby Quebodeaux, F     Park Cottage Grove               11
Zach Schroeder, F         St. Thomas                           10
Adam Smyth, F             Burnsville                              12
Ben Wiegand, F            Stillwater                               12
Sean Lipinski, F            Faribault                                11
Bob Kinne, F                Cretin-Derham Hall                 11
Scott Holm, F               Wayzata                               12
Jeff Anderson, F            Mounds View                        12
Cory Lushanko, F          Chisago Lakes                      11

2009 TEAM D – SOUTH

Johnny Ankeny, G         Edina                                   12
John Russell, G             Breck                                   12
Danny Fick, D               Forest Lake                           12
Chris Benson, D            Spring Lake Park                   12
Michael Mooney, D        Breck                                   12
Taylor Fleming, D          St. Thomas                           10
Zach Adams, D             New Prague                           11
Tim Kuzniar, D              Lakeville North                       12
Bryant Christian, F        Moorhead                             10
David Rath, F                Eden Prairie                          11
Neil Hultgren, F             Bloomington Kennedy            12
Tommy Lundquist, F      Minnetonka                          12
Jake McKee, F             Tartan                                   12
Tony Cameranesi, F      Wayzata                               11
Eric Bradley, F              Moundsview                         12
Eric Miller, F                 Redwood Valley                    11
Tony Barbato, F            Cretin-Derham Hall                11
Tyler Heinonen, F          Delano                                 11
Ryan Bullock, F            Blake                                   11
Trevor Mikacevich, F      South St. Paul                      12

Sunday - Bemidji
11:00 a.m. - Team "A" vs. Team "B"
11:50 a.m. - Team "B" vs. Team "C"
12:40 p.m. - Team "A" vs. Team "c"
2:40 p.m. - Team "A" vs. Team "B"
3:30 p.m. - Selected Team "A" and "B" vs. Team "C"

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2009 TEAM A – NORTH

Brett Larsen, G, Centennial
Alex Lyon, G, Lake of the Woods                                       
Mark Bittner, D, Crookston
Taylor Hedlund, D, Roseau
Derek Sand, D, West Fargo
Jake Bushey, D, Duluth Marshall
Jeremy O’Keefe, D, Grand Forks Central
Garrett Schmitz, D, Red Lake Falls
Zach Dick, D, Grand Rapids
Tucker Coborn, D, Park Rapids
Cole Kostrzewski, F, Roseau
Quin Buckellew, F, Moorhead
Morgan Terpstra, F, Crookston
Patrick Moore, F, Grand Rapids
Ryan Johnson, F, Hibbing
Adam Dougherty, F, Little Falls
Josh Archibald, F, Brainerd
Zac Schendel, F, Duluth East
Jordan Aamot, F, Grand Forks Central
Cullen Hurley, F, Holy Angels

2009 TEAM B – NORTH

Logan Marks, G, Moorhead
Nick Maiers, G, St. Cloud Cathedral
Brandon Peabody, D, East Grand Forks
Mitch Hall, D, St. Cloud Tech
Ethan Prow, D, Sauk Rapids
Paul LaDue, D, Grand Forks Central
Wes Judnick, D, Virginia
Chad Bannor, D, Hermantown
Kyle Kraemer, F, Moorhead
Brandon MacLeod,F, Moorhead
Craig Lindegard, F, Kittson County
Luke Johnson, F, Grand Forks Central
Casey Fugleberg, F, Grand Forks Red River
Michael Rutar, F, Sauk Rapids
Thomas Williams, F, Alexandria
Justin Moody, F, Grand Forks Central
Kyle Lutzka, F, Duluth East
Josh Mellem, F, Andover                                           


2009 TEAM C - NORTH

Scott Buchholz, G, Fargo South           
Carson Gray, D, Warroad
Joseph Welle, D, Bemidji
Nick Zierden, D, Sartell
Nick McLain, D, Delano
Brandon Tendeland, D, West Fargo
DJ Jones, D, Wayzata
Cooper Stellrecht, F, Fargo South
Shane Omdahl, F, Roseau
Tyler Larson, F, Moorhead
Lucas Gervais, F, Fergus Falls
Austin Plaine, F, Sartell
Tom Schutt, F, Minnetonka
John Simonson, F, Grand Forks Central
Evan Hesse, F, Monticello
Casey Purpur, F, Grand Forks Central
Jordan Christianson, F, International Falls
Jack McFarlane, F, Cloquet
Matt Lindquist, F, Thief River Falls


One thing to remember is that the Select 17 National Festival is going on through Sunday so players there obviously won't won't be taking part but will likely play in the Elite League if they don't play juniors. Select 15 nationals start next week, so it's possible that a couple of players there might wind up on an Elite League team.

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Some of the league rosters are out. Stats are from last season's high school schedule.
• - Senior
• - Junior
• - Sophomore

Great Plains
• G Zane Gothberg (Thief River Falls) 1.54 GAA
• G Logan Marks (Moorhead) 2.18 GAA
• D Paul Ladue (Grand Forks Central) 1-10-11
• D Danny Ray (Grand Forks Central) 4-14-18
• D Kevin McMorrow (Park Rapids) 14-23-37
• D Jeremy O'Keefe (Grand Forks Central) 2-8-10
• D Mark Bittner (Crookston) 2-8-10
• D Carson Gray (Warroad) 6-14-20
• D Derek Sand (West Fargo) 3-20-23
• F Brock Nelson (Warroad) 45-31-76
• F Jake Useldinger (East Grand Forks) 26-26-52
• F Kevin Erickson (Roseau) 8-15-23
• F Adam Knochenmus (Roseau) 32-19-51
• F Braden Rahman (Moorhead) 10-16-26
• F Jordan Nelson (Williston) 24-24-48
• F Peter Orson (Fargo South) 25-27-52
• F Jake LaDouceur (Grand Forks Red River) 22-37-59
• F Tanner Lane (Detroit Lakes) 26-26-52
• F Brett Hebel (Warroad) 22-41-63
• F Tyler Larson (Moorhead) 6-4-10
• F Justin Moody (Grand Forks Central) 16-21-37
• F Casey Purpur (Grand Forks Central) 13-21-34
• F Shane Ohmdahl (Roseau) 13-32-45

North
• G Nick Maiers (St. Cloud Cathedral) 1.72 GAA
• G Michael Taffe (Providence Academy) 2.50 GAA
• D Willie Corrin (International Falls) 21-21-42
• D Garrett Orhn (Greenway) 6-14-20
• D Jeff Paczynski (Hermantown) 9-26-35
• D Andy Welinski (Duluth East) 4-15-19
• D Jordan Krebsbach (Virginia) 17-22-39
• D Nick McLain (Delano) 7-14-21
• D Ethan Prow (Sauk Rapids) 7-29-36
• F Jayce Paulseth (Duluth East) 8-22-30
• F Adam Krause (Hermantown) 26-33-59
• F Jordan Palusky (St. Cloud Cathedral) 35-26-61
• F Jesse Nemgar (Bemidji) 14-29-43
• F JonCarlo Westerlund (Lake of the Woods) 9-20-29
• F Garrett Hendrickson (Virginia) 23-39-62
• F Alex Koopmeiners (St. Cloud Cathedral) 19-28-47
• F John Skrbec (Grand Rapids) 13-17-30
• F Austin Paine (Sartell) 15-20-35
• F Kyle Lutzka (Duluth East) 12-9-21
• F Cullen Hurley (Holy Angels) 3-5-8
• F Zac Schendel (Duluth East) 7-9-16
• F Josh Archibald (Brainerd) 13-11-24

Northeast
• G Jim Kruger (Minnetonka) 2.12 GAA
• G John Russell (Breck) 1.64 GAA
• D Charlie Aus (Centennial) 2-21-23
• D Brett Stern (Centennial) 6-12-18
• D Mark Alt (Cretin) 7-18-25
• D Jordan Johnson (Hill-Murray) 5-10-15
• D Ben Marshall (Mahtomedi) 21-29-50
• D Tony Larson (Blaine) 5-22-27
• D Chris Casto (Hill-Murray) 3-21-24
• F Tom DeBace (Roseville) 9-9-18
• F Brandon Wahlin (White Bear Lake) 17-14-31
• F Max Birkinbine (White Bear Lake) 19-9-28
• F Ryan Wolter (White Bear Lake) 4-15-19
• F Jordan Lovick (Centennial) 17-33-50
• F Jake Erickson (Chaska) 14-28-42
• F Riley Colvard (Centennial) 9-10-19
• F Connor Reilly (Holy Angels) 28-33-61
• F Ryan Reilly (Holy Angels) 16-23-39
• F Brandon Zurn (Mahtomedi) 26-24-50
• F Joe Rubbelke (North St. Paul) 18-23-41
• F Ben Bahe (Hill-Murray) 12-21-33
• F James Hughes (Centennial) 13-12-25

Northwest
• G Andrew Ford (Eden Prairie) 1.40 GAA
• G Dan Harper (Blaine) 1.68 GAA
• D Danny Fick (Forest Lake) 7-19-26
• D Andrew Pitts (North Metro) 12-12-24
• D James Hansen (Osseo) 4-15-19
• D Ryan Jaremko (Elk River) 3-22-25
• D Michael Parnell (Totino Grace) 6-10-16
• D Chase Loken (Eden Prairie) 4-13-17
• D D.J. Jones (Wayzata) 3-14-17
• F Christian Horn (Benilde) 24-15-39
• F Cal Decowski (Andover) 13-20-33
• F Brett Patterson (Benilde) 14-31-45
• F Nick Bjugstad (Blaine) 31-27-58
• F Tyson Fulton (Breck) 28-36-64
• F Patrick Steinhauser (Benilde) 10-14-24
• F Gavin Tufte (Blaine) 10-16-26
• F Eric Scheid (Blaine) 17-17-34
• F Jack Storo (Chaska) 9-8-17
• F Garrett VanTuyl (Champlin Park) 3-3-6
• F Scott Holm (Wayzata) 10-15-25
• F Jeff Anderson (Mounds View) 4-8-12
• F Seth Barnes (Wayzata) 9-9-18

Shattuck
• G Peter Traber (Houston, TX) Shattuck U-16 team
• G A.T. Terenzio (New Canaan, CT) Shattuck U-16 team
• D Dominic Racobaldo (Merchantville, NJ) 8-24-32 for the Shattuck Midget AAA team
• D Kirill Gotavets (Minsk, Belarus) 7-25-32 for the Shattuck Prep team
• D Nick Bruneteau (Omaha, NE) 11-32-43 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• D Justin Lutsch (Centennial, CO) 3-10-13 for the Shattuck Prep team
• D Bryan Sinz (Anchorage, AK) 5-28-33 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• D Geoff Ferguson (Hanwell, NB) 8-20-28 for the Shattuck Midget AAA team
• F James Polk (New York, NY) 19-28-47 for the Shattuck Prep team
• F Tanner Sorenson (Anchorage, AK) 33-34-67 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• F Daniel Elser (Hopewell Junction, NY) 24-23-47 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• F Kenny Gillespie (Fuquay-Varina, NC) 14-14-28 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• F Guan Wang (Ames, IA) 32-35-67 for the Shattuck Midget AAA team
• F Jean-Paul LaFontaine (Bozeman, MT) 20-31-51 for the Shattuck Prep team
• F Jason Clark (Eden Prairie) 18-26-44 for the Shattuck Prep team
• F Joe Basaraba (Fort Francis, ON) 20-24-44 for the Shattuck Prep team
• F Josh Little (Okotoks, AB) 14-12-26 for the Shattuck Midget AAA team
• F Jimmy Mullin (Cincinnati, OH) 61-44-105 for the Shattuck U-16 team
• F Brad Robbins (Murrieta, CA) 20-30-50 for the Shattuck Prep team
• Anthony Greco (Faribault) 20-24-44 for the Shattuck U-16 team

Southeast
• G Kurt Altricher (St. Thomas Academy) 2.07 GAA
• G Tommy Burke (Holy Angels) 2.27 GAA
• D Joe Faust (Bloomington Jefferson) 14-26-40
• D Walker Hyland (Woodbury) 11-8-19
• D Sean Madigan (Burnsville) 2-11-13
• D Patrick Daly (Benilde) 3-9-12
• D Taylor Fleming (St. Thomas Academy) 2-26-28
• D Joe Graveline (St. Thomas Academy) 4-12-16
• D Drew Brevig (Lakeville South) 1-24-25
• F A.J. Reed (St. Thomas Academy) 27-21-48
• F Caleb Herbert (Bloomington Jefferson) 29-24-53
• F Kevin Becker (Hill-Murray) 2-5-7
• F Justin Crandall (St. Thomas Academy) 23-27-50
• F Joseph LaBate (Holy Angels) 5-20-25
• F Christian Isackson (St. Thomas Academy) 18-39-57
• F A.J. Michaelson (Apple Valley) 12-12-24
• F Michael Zajac (Eagan) 6-10-16
• F Max Gaede (Woodbury) 16-28-44
• F Quin Buckellew (Moorhead) 11-7-18
• F Tony Barbato (Cretin) 10-27-37
• F Zach Schroeder (St. Thomas Academy) 12-19-31
• F Chris Fischer (Apple Valley) 11-13-24

Southwest
• G Jacob Meyers (Benilde) 2.61 GAA
• G Alex Fons (Hopkins) 2.92 GAA
• D Dan Molenaar (Eden Prairie) 11-15-26
• D Troy Hesketh (Minnetonka) 7-15-22
• D Andrew Prochno (Minnetonka) 11-23-34
• D Jeffrey Pauluk (Bloomington Jefferson) 11-25-36
• D Max Everson (Edina) 2-13-15
• D David Jarrett (Edina) 1-14-15
• D Justin Holl (Minnetonka) 1-6-7
• F Zach Knight (Bloomington Jefferson) 13-8-21
• F Michael Erickson (Eden Prairie) 15-21-36
• F Charlie Taft (Edina) 17-8-25
• F Michael Sit (Edina) 9-17-26
• F Mitch Rogge (Eden Prairie) 17-27-44
• F Archie Skalbeck (Hopkins) 18-30-48
• F Max Gardiner (Minnetonka) 15-28-43
• F Tyler Dietzler (Bloomington Jefferson) 11-26-37
• F Cory Ellis (St. Paul Johnson) 16-13-29
• F Chad Hennum (Elk River) 16-26-42
• F Tyler Heinonen (Delano) 20-12-32
• F Thomas Schutt (Minnetonka) 12-19-31
• F Michael Morin (Breck) 27-20-47

Wisconsin
• G Tony Kujava (Green Bay Notre Dame)
• G Austin Schmid (Verona)
• G David Chapin (Waukesha Catholic Memorial)
• D Shayne McLaughlin (Eau Claire Memorial) 17-15-32
• D Brian Kemp (Fond du Lac) 6-19-25
• D Joe Fiala (Verona) 2-16-18
• D Derek Knetter (Wausau West) 10-12-22
• D Cody Dixon (University School-Milwaukee) 7-11-18
• D Nolan Kirley (Hayward) 8-21-29
• F Max McCormick (Green Bay Notre Dame) 25-42-67
• F Simon Leahy (University School-Milwaukee) 10-9-19
• F Brian Berger (Arrowhead) 39-47-86
• F Tanner Tryggestad (Amery) 30-17-47
• F Russell Blaser (Monona Grove) 26-30-56
• F Dylan Dock (River Falls) 13-15-28
• F Erik Larabell (Appleton)
• F Nathan Trannel (Onalaska)
• F Daniel Bartkowiak (Verona) 13-15-28
• F Brad Navin (Waupaca) 26-24-50
• F Joey Haydock (Stevens Point)

The Upper Midwest High School Elite League announced the following players as Alternates for the 2009 season:

Goalies: Johnny Ankeny (Edina), Ryan O'Shea (Eastview)

Defense: J.D. Cotroneo (Hill Murray), Lucas Whelan (Wayzata), Derek Smith (Apple Valley), Mike Reilly (Holy Angels)

Forward: Riley Borer (Breck), Josh Gaughan (Buffalo), Brady Loew (Rosemount), Zach Wilkinson (Chaska)

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The schedule is now up on the league web site. Sites this year are:

September 12-13: Duluth (Mars Lakeview) and Oregon, Wisconsin (just south of Madison)
September 19-20: New Hope
September 26-27: New Hope
October 3-4: Stevens Point, South St. Paul and Shattuck (also one Wednesday game at Shattuck)
October 10-11: New Hope and Shattuck (also one Wednesday game at Shattuck)
October 17-18: Grand Rapids and Brainerd
October 25-26: Fargo and Eau Claire
October 30-November 1: League Tournament at New Hope

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Elite League kicks off their season tonight with a 7:00 game at New Hope between the Southwest and Northwest teams.

MASTER SCHEDULE from the "Follow the Puck" site.

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Elite League kicks off their season tonight with a 7:00 game at New Hope between the Southwest and Northwest teams.

Southwest 5, Northwest 5

The Elite League is using Pointstreak this year.

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For those that might be curious, Shattuck started their league games today. I have their roster listed with the rosters above. No newcomers to the program on this year's Prep team.

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The field for the Elite League's end of the year Bauer National Invitational Tournament has been announced. The tournament will be held November 6-8 at New Hope Ice Arena. As usual the top players from the six Minnesota teams in the league will be placed on two teams, Minnesota Red (outstate) and Minnesota White (metro). Other yearly participents are the Wisconsin team from the Elite League, Shattuck and a team picked from the MDHL (Michigan's version of the Elite League). The Dallas Jr. Stars midget team will be back as they have been several times. New to the tournament will be the Manitoba Prep Selects and Culver Academy. Culver is an Indiana prep school that has long had a hockey program that has turned out many D-1 players. Culver is similar to Shattuck in that they bring in players from all over.

[hockey35]

Does anyone know if Ben Marshall is hurt? Looks like he played 14 games and only has 6 points.

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Elite League Playoffs This Weekend!
10/26/09
By Elite League Media Services
Play This Weekend Will Round Out NIT Rosters
The 2009 Upper Midwest High School Hockey Elite League will hold the league playoffs this weekend, Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at New Hope Ice Arena. The quarterfinal pairings have been set, seeding in parentheses:

Southeast (1) vs. Omaha Jr. Lancers (8) @ 5:15pm - NH-North

Southwest (2) vs. Wisconsin (7) @ 5:30pm - NH South

Great Plains (4) vs. Northeast (5) @ 7:45pm NH-North

Northwest (3) vs. North (6) @ 8:00pm NH-South

Shattuck does not participate in the league playoffs, so a midget team is invited in to fill out the bracket. This year is the Junior Lancers who have not been here previously.

EDIT: The Omaha team that actually played in the tournament was the Omaha AAA U-18 team. (ROSTER)

[Hammy]

Does anyone know if Ben Marshall is hurt? Looks like he played 14 games and only has 6 points.

He did get hurt and had a diagnostic exam done a little while back. Pretty sure the results came back OK and it was not anything major.

[hockey35]

Does anyone know if the Gophers are looking at Jacob Meyers? He is having a great Elite League.

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Southeast 12, Omaha AAA 0
Southwest 3, Wisconsin 2
Northwest 6, North 3
Northeast 4, Great Plains 1

Does anyone know if Ben Marshall is hurt? Looks like he played 14 games and only has 6 points.

Marshall did not play tonight.

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Semifinals

• Southeast 5, Northeast 1
• Southwest 4, Northwest 2

Consolation

• Great Plains 6, Omaha AAA 1
• Wisconsin 5, North 2

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Championship: Southeast 6, Southwest 5 o.t.
Third Place: Northeast 6, Northwest 5
Fifth Place: Great Plains 7, Wisconsin 2
Seventh Place: North 5, Omaha AAA 3

[Iceburg]

No official anouncement yet, but, per Pointstreak, these are the players that will be playing on the two Minnesota teams in the NIT tournament this coming weekend.

Minnesota White
G Jacob Meyers (Benilde)
G Alex Fons (Hopkins)
D Andrew Prochno (Minnetonka)
D Dan Molenaar (Eden Prairie)
D D Justin Holl (Minnetonka)
D Troy Hesketh (Minnetonka)
D Dan Fick (Forest Lake)
D James Hansen (Osseo)
F Archie Skalbeck (Hopkins)
F Max Gardiner (Minnetonka)
F Charlie Taft (Edina)
F Michael Morin (Breck)
F Mitch Rogge (Eden Prairie)
F Tyler Heinonen (Delano)
F Cal Decowski (Andover)
F Tyson Fulton (Breck)
F Brett Patterson (Benilde)
F Scott Holm (Wayzata)
F Connor Reilly (Holy Angels)
F Max Birkinbine (White Bear Lake)

Minnesota Red
G Zane Gothberg (Thief River Falls)
G Dan Harper (Blaine)
D Joe Faust (Bloomington Jefferson)
D Danny Ray (Grand Forks Central)
D Willie Corrin (International Falls)
D Andrew Welinski (Duluth East)
D Brett Stern (Centennial)
D Chris Casto (Hill-Murray)
F Caleb Herbert (Bloomington Jefferson)
F Justin Crandall (St. Thomas Academy)
F Christian Isackson (St. Thomas Academy)
F Zach Schroeder (St. Thomas Academy)
F Max Gaede (Woodbury)
F Brock Nelson (Warroad)
F Brett Hebel (Warroad)
F Adam Knochenmus (Roseau)
F Shane Omdahl (Roseau)
F Adam Krause (Hermantown)
F Garrett Hendrickson (Virginia)
F Brandon Wahlin (White Bear Lake)

[stickboy56]

No official anouncement yet, but, per Pointstreak, these are the players that will be playing on the two Minnesota teams in the NIT tournament this coming weekend.

Minnesota White
G Jacob Meyers (Benilde)
G Alex Fons (Hopkins)
D Andrew Prochno (Minnetonka)
D Dan Molenaar (Eden Prairie)
D D Justin Holl (Minnetonka)
D Troy Hesketh (Minnetonka)
D Dan Fick (Forest Lake)
D James Hansen (Osseo)
F Archie Skalbeck (Hopkins)
F Max Gardiner (Minnetonka)
F Charlie Taft (Edina)
F Michael Morin (Breck)
F Mitch Rogge (Eden Prairie)
F Tyler Heinonen (Delano)
F Cal Decowski (Andover)
F Tyson Fulton (Breck)
F Brett Patterson (Benilde)
F Scott Holm (Wayzata)
F Connor Reilly (Holy Angels)
F Max Birkinbine (White Bear Lake)

Minnesota Red
G Zane Gothberg (Thief River Falls)
G Dan Harper (Blaine)
D Joe Faust (Bloomington Jefferson)
D Danny Ray (Grand Forks Central)
D Willie Corrin (International Falls)
D Andrew Welinski (Duluth East)
D Brett Stern (Centennial)
D Chris Casto (Hill-Murray)
F Caleb Herbert (Bloomington Jefferson)
F Justin Crandall (St. Thomas Academy)
F Christian Isackson (St. Thomas Academy)
F Zach Schroeder (St. Thomas Academy)
F Max Gaede (Woodbury)
F Brock Nelson (Warroad)
F Brett Hebel (Warroad)
F Adam Knochenmus (Roseau)
F Shane Omdahl (Roseau)
F Adam Krause (Hermantown)
F Garrett Hendrickson (Virginia)
F Brandon Wahlin (White Bear Lake)

http://www.hselitehockey.com/page/show_ ... 4822/36558

Interesting - no Bjugstad or Ben Marshall .

[Hammy]

Interesting - no Bjugstad or Ben Marshall .

Marshall was dinged up weeks ago and hasn't been playing full time. Sounds like Bjugstad will be playing for Team USA instead of this.

[Iceburg]

One of the more interesting players to watch if you go to the NIT tournament this weekend will be Seth Jones of the Dallas Jr. Stars midget team. This is the son of former NBA player Popeye Jones who is very highly regarded as a hockey player. He's only a '94, so it will be interesting to see how effective he is in this level of competition. Here's a couple of older articles for some background on the kid.

"Will Seth Jones ever skate for the Everett Silvertips?"
"Popeye's kids love hockey"

[stickboy56]

Interesting - no Bjugstad or Ben Marshall .

Marshall was dinged up weeks ago and hasn't been playing full time. Sounds like Bjugstad will be playing for Team USA instead of this.

Confirm Bjugstad at 4 Nations

http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usaho ... &id=273706

[Iceburg]

NIT information from Roman's blog

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/693512 ... LanchO7DiU

[Iceburg]

Minnesota White 7, Culver Academy 1
Shattuck 8, Dallas Jr. Stars 1
Minnesota Red 5, Wisconsin 0
MDHL Stars 7, Manitoba Prep 3

The two Minnesota teams play at 1:00 tomorrow, Shattuck plays the Michigan team at 3:30.

[sb24]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com ... racket.xls

they do?

[Iceburg]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0008/1987/Revised_2009_Bauer_NIT_Bracket.xls

they do?

Yes, the bracket posted at the rink was different than the original. Not sure why the change.

[Iceburg]

Semifinals
Minnesota Red 5, Minnesota Red 1
Shattuck 7, MDHL Stars 1

Consolation
Culver Academy 5, Wisconsin 4
Dallas Jr. Stars 5, Manitoba Prep 1

Sunday's Schedule
Seventh Place: Wisconsin vs. Manitoba Prep 10:15 a.m.
Fifth Place: Culver Academy vs. Dallas Jr. Stars 11:00 a.m.
Third Place: Minnesota White vs. MDHL Stars 1:00 p.m.
Championship: Minnesote Red vs. Shattuck 1:30 p.m.

[Maize]

Wow. After the two Minnesota teams played, I told someone it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say Meyers had 50 saves today. Turns out I was right since he had 55.

[F Da Sue]

Any word on Zach Schroeder Coming to the U? I'm guessing we already offered a full ride?

[Iceburg]

Seventh Place: Wisconsin 3, Manitoba Prep 2
Fifth Place: Dallas Jr. Stars 3, Culver Academy 2
Third Place: Minnesota White 4, MDHL Stars 3 o.t.
Championship: Minnesote Red 10, Shattuck 3

[SEGopherGuy]

So who knows what happened that 2 of the coaches got misconduct penalties? Was it due to the amout of calls in the 2nd period? This was in the MN - Michigan game.

[Iceburg]

So who knows what happened that 2 of the coaches got misconduct penalties? Was it due to the amout of calls in the 2nd period? This was in the MN - Michigan game.

I was there, but the sound system at New Hope (north rink) isn't too good, so I didn't know until I got home and read the boxscore that coaches had been penalized. The game got chippy and the coaches were both barking quite a bit over penaltiy calls, so I'm not surprised. Fun game though.

[Maize]

Yeah, I didn't realize they got penalized either, but I went over to the other rink rather than wait around for them to sort out all the penalties after the fight with :05 left in the period.

Also, I didn't stick around, but did they go to running time in the championship game?

[Iceburg]

did they go to running time in the championship game?

No

[hockey35]

Wow. After the two Minnesota teams played, I told someone it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say Meyers had 50 saves today. Turns out I was right since he had 55.

He is alot of fun to watch.