When you're a giant sports fan like most of us are. There are certain events and matchups that peak your interest. This time of year has as many of those fixes. We have spring training and world baseball classic. We have both the NBA and NHL lumbering towards the playoffs with big games nearly every night. We have the NCAA conference tourney's with the big dance right around the corner. Partner all of that with NFL free agency and the draft and out proverbial sports plate is full. But there is one event that is unusually popular in Minnesota. It is enjoyed and watched by nearly the entire state. It doesn't matter if your a young kid or an aging grandparent, or just Joe Blow sports fan. This event gathers the attention of everyone from Andover to Zumbrota. You can live in Minneapolis with a population over 360,000. You can live in Roseau with a population of 2,700 people. This event is the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.
This event is something I've attended every tournament since 1989. And I got to miss school for years and years which was always nice. It used to be one tournament and now there are two tournaments, with the AA and A tournaments. The AA is the tournament of choice for this guy. This tournament sells out year after year. So you have 15,16,17, and 18 year old kids playing in front of 17,000 - 18,000 people. These kids aren't making any money. Their effort is unquestioned. You might see one or two of these kids in the NHL some day. A handful will play division I hockey. Most of these kids will never play organized hockey again. So this is why they played hockey, to get to this point. It's refreshing watching sports on a natural level. Everybody wants to win, for one reason, and that is to be the best. No one is thinking about contracts, or endorsements, or draft spots. They just want to be the team celebrating Saturday night, and go back to their community with a state championship.
With that being said here are my predictions for the AA tournament.
THURSDAY
Eden Prairie 4 - Hill Murray 2
Blaine 6 - Rochester Century - 0
Edina 5 - Moorhead 3
Duluth East 4 - Cretin Durham Hall 2
FRIDAY
Blaine 4 - Eden Prairie 2
Edina 4 - Duluth East 3
SATURDAY
Edina 3 - Blaine 2
So if you have any predictions throw them in the comments section. And let's see how we do.
12 comments:
Tim you are close but no cigar for you this year! This is how it will fall in to place:
THURSDAY
Eden Prairie 5 - Hill Murray 4
Blaine 4 - Rochester Century - 1
Edina 5 - Moorhead 3
Duluth East 3 - Cretin Durham Hall 2
FRIDAY
Eden Prairie 4 - Blaine 1
Edina 3 - Duluth East 2
SATURDAY
Edina 4 - Eden Prairie 2 but I hope EP pulls it off!!! F-ing cake eaters.
It will be the first #1 vs #2 ever!
You are such poser. Get your head out of EP ass. So is Wyatt gearing up for the Eden Praire 2026 state tournament team?
I somewhat agree with Stueve...
-Thursday-
EP-3 HM-1
Blaine-4 Rochester Century-2
Edina-5 Moorhead(yes please)-3
CD Hall-3 Duluth East-2 OT
-Friday-
EP-3 Blaine-1
Edina-4 CD Hall-1
-Saturday-
EP-3 Edina-2 OT
Edina will be upset, and yes they are F-ing cake eaters.
Tony
THURSDAY
EP 4 - Hill Murray 3
Blaine 3 - Century 1
Edina 5 - Moorhead 3
East 4 - Cretin 2
FRIDAY
EP 3 - Blaine 0
East 2 - Edina 1 OT
SATURDAY
Third place: Edina 4 - Blaine 1
Championship: East 3 - EP 1
wow what a great hockey mind!
It's official Manthey is CRACKED!!
If there is an upset in the first round it will be Hill Murray beating Eden Prairie
Do any of you know if you can watch the games online anywhere?
EP 3 - HM 5
Blaine 3 - Century 1
Edina 5 - Moorhead 2
East 2 - Century 0
HM 3 - Blaine 2
Edina 4 - East 1
Edina 4 - HM 2
Well the first round seems easy enough:
Eden Prairie over Hill Murray 5-1
Blaine over Rochester Century 7-2
Edina over Moorhead 6-2
Duluth East over Cretin 5-3
Round two gets tricky, cake eaters suck but all the rich kids had all the good teams this year.
Blaine over EP 4-3 ot
Edina over East 5-3 empty netter
Final round, yeah It looks good Edina but I do not like Edina:
Blaine over Edina 4-3 ot
Thursday
Eden Prairie-4 Hill Murray-3
Blaine-5 Rochester Century-2
Edina-4 Moorhead-2
Duluth-6 Cretin-2
Friday
Blaine-4 Eden Prairie-3
Edina-5 Duluth East-3
Saturday
Blaine-3 Edina-2
nice picks manthey
Edina = CHOKE ARTIST!!!
New Prediction:
Blaine VS Moorhead in the final but this game is up in the air.
After watching EP I dont know if they can beat Blaine, But I hope so!! Go EP!!!!
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