PWA Burnsville Thanksgiving Classic

[SLP/SW Coach]

Burnsville Thanksgiving Classic - Peewee A
Games begin Wed Nov 22nd with:
Burnsville Vs Mpls*Park
Apple Valley Vs Brooklyn Park
The remainder of the first round games are Fri Nov 24th

Pool 1
Burnsville
Champlin Park
Mpls*Park
Waterloo, IA

Pool 2
Apple Valley
Bloomington Jefferson
Brooklyn Park
95 WI Fire

Pool 3
Armstrong
Hastings
Minnetonka
Roseville

[D6Rocks]

Well, who is going to take 3rd?

First and second are wrapped up.
Apple Valley 5 Minnetonka 4 in the 1st place game.

I say Burnsville vs Champlin Park for 3rd.
One goal game, could go either way.

[bme9319]

Hey D6, where r u from?

[SLP/SW Coach]

Well, I'll have to agree that .....
The favorites have to be:
Apple Valley & Minnetonka
But, Burnsville & Champlin Park can't be too far behind though.
All the above are ranked top 20 teams.
Armstrong, Brooklyn Park, Mpls*Park, and the 95 Fire all have solid teams as well.
From what I have seen/heard Hastings, Jefferson, and Waterloo may have some trouble this weekend. I haven't heard anything about Roseville, so I can't even speculate about them.

This should be a very good Tournament. Obviously it is not quite on the level of the Eden Prairie Tourney this same weekend, but should be a high quality tourney none-the-less.

[bme9319]

I also agree that Minnetonka plays Apple Valley for the Championship.

I think its Burnsville vs. the Fire for 3rd place

[SLP/SW Coach]

Wed PWA Games
Burnsville 3 (9pts) Vs Mpls*Park 2 (3pts)
Apple Valley 6 (11pts) Vs Brooklyn Park 2 (1pt)
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Tournament Scoring
1. Six (6) points awarded to the winning team and three (3) points awarded to each team for a tie in regulation time.
2. Two (2) points awarded to the winning team of a period and one (1) point to each team awarded for a tie in regulation time.
3. One (1) point will be awarded to a team for producing a shut out in regulation time.
4. One extra (1) point will be awarded to the team that WINS the shootout.
5. The maximum possible points per game is thirteen (13).

[justanobserver]

SPL Coach:

The Burnsville Tourney may not be as deep but they have some very top
end teams. Why is Apple Valley and Minnetonka not playing in the "First Test of the Best"? Eden Prairie will not have 2 of the top 5 teams in Minnesota.

[thinkb4engaging]

The Eden Prairie Tournament director (Leddy) probably did want Minnetonka or Apple Valley in the tourney. No problem if they do not want more district 6 teams but they should not call it the "First Test of the Best". This EP group running the tournament has been letting average teams in over the past few years. They had their chance again this year but blew it again!

[SLP/SW Coach]

Fri Early PWA Games
Champlin Park 5 (13pts) Vs Waterloo 0 (0Pts)
Roseville 3 (11pts) Vs Hastings 1 (1pts)
Bl. Jefferson 3 (10pts) Vs 95 Fire 2 (2pts)
Armstrong 1 (0pts) Vs Minnetonka 7 (12pts)

Fri Late PWA Games
Waterloo 1 (0pts) Vs Burnsville 8 (12pts)
Apple Valley 4 (10pts) Vs Bl. Jefferson 1 (2pts)
Brooklyn Park 5 (13pts) Vs 95 Fire 0 (0pts)
Mpls*Park 1 (2pts) Vs Champlin Park 2 (10pts)

[blueblood]

Tonka was invited to play, but that was after Burnsville asked for tonka to return at both the bantam and peewee levels.

[bme9319]

Semifinal 1- 9:00 Rink 1 #1 seed Minnetonka vs. Wildcard Champlin Park

Semifinal 2- 8:50 Rink 2 #2 seed Apple Valley vs. #3 seed Burnsville

3rd Place- 3:10 Rink 2 Loser of semifinal 1 vs. Loser of semifinal 2

Championship- 3:20 Rink 1 winner of semifinal 1 vs. winner of semifinal 2

[SLP/SW Coach]

Saturday PWA Games
Minnetonka 6 Vs Roseville 3
Burnsville 2 Vs Champlin Park 1
Hastings 3 Vs Armstrong 2
Mpls*Park 6 Vs Waterloo 1

Brooklyn Park 1 Vs Bl. Jefferson 2
95 Fire 0 Vs Apple Valley 7
Minnetonka 7 Vs Hastings 1
Armstrong 2 Vs Roseville 6

[SLP/SW Coach]

PWA Championship Sunday
Semi-Finals
#1 Minnetonka 6 Vs WC Champlin Park 5 OT
#2 Apple Valley 1 Vs #3 Burnsville 5

3rd Place
Apple Valley 0 Vs Champlin Park 2

Championship
Minnetonka 6 Vs Burnsville 3

[bme9319]

Minnetonka 6 ot
champlin Park 5

Burnsville 5
Apple Valley 1

Championship
Minnetonka vs. Burnsville

3rd Place
Apple Valley vs. Champlin Park

[D6Rocks]

I guess I was pretty close.
The Fire didn't win a game in the Pee Wee side.
The 96 Fire is demolishing everyone in the Squirt one.

[bme9319]

Championship
Minnetonka 6
Burnsville 3

3rd Place
Champlin Park 2
Apple Valley 0

[SLP/SW Coach]

Did something happen to Apple Valley?
I am really surprised that they were held to only 1 goal total in 2 games on Sunday. Injuries? Players Missing? Etc?
Or did Burnsville and Champlin just shut down their top players?
I know that both Champlin and Burnsville and very good goal tenders.
Did anyone see any of the Sunday PWA Games in B'ville?

[southernfool]

I saw parts of both games...Apple Valley was just outplayed by Burnsville. Burnsville skated harder and faster and just took it to them.

I think the 3rd place loss was due to them still reeling from the loss to Burnsville. Sometimes teams that expect to make it to the championship game and don't just quit playing as hard as they should. Champlin Park also has some real studs on their team so it is not surprising that they beat them.