How will 5A be next year with Hermantown In it ????

[barnorthhockeyguy]

Do you think Hermantown will be dominate team in the Old 2A now 5A???? Or will Denfeld and ST. Cloud give them a run for there money??

[GoldenElbow]

.......................there money?????????? Is that different than here money??????????

[Goldy Gopher]

Hermantown's got to be the favorite coming in but they don't have it locked up. SCC's goalie could be a big question, they lost a lot when they lost Hess but I could easily see them making a run for the section title.

[RLStars]

Hermantown's got to be the favorite coming in but they don't have it locked up. SCC's goalie could be a big question, they lost a lot when they lost Hess but I could easily see them making a run for the section title.

With who in net?

[fivehole628]

Ya... they're gonna be hurting in the nets next year... unless they can recruit a kid

[Stealth]

Here is a look at the new 5A, some rebuilding to do?
Can start with senior’s lost and regular season returning point getters.
Denfeld lose 7 seniors / starting goalie Kolguist / returning J. Johnson 73, Stafne 57, Hotchkin 40, Bushey 15, T. Johnson 23, Skarman 10
Hermantown lose 8 seniors / starting goalie Hardy / returning LeBlanc 74 ?, Krause 24, Smith 11, Huttel 18, Lonetto 26, Engelmeier 13
St. Cloud Cathedral lose 13 seniors / starting goalie Hess / returning Schmitt 30, Rindelaub 30,Lommel 19, Pogamski 13, Nessler 14
Sauk Rapids lose 10 seniors starting goalie Lochner / returning Christiansen 35, Cariveau 26, Henkemeyer 28, Serena 10
North Branch lose 5 seniors / returing Sowka 12, Williams 9, Lenards 7, Zengerle 6
Princeton no info
Proctor lose 7 senior / starting goalie Scherber / returning O’Conner 10, Hanson 11, Merrier 11, Johnson 13
Moose Lake (coop) no info
Mora (coop) lose 6 seniors / shared starting goalie Vork / returning Cannon 6
Pine City (coop) lose 13 seniors / returning Will 12, Kraft 10, Warner 17,
Does not mean they where starters and also don’t play the same type of opponent schedule for those points.

Looks like a two horse race with Denfeild & Hermantown from this snap shot?

[Goldy Gopher]

Hermantown's got to be the favorite coming in but they don't have it locked up. SCC's goalie could be a big question, they lost a lot when they lost Hess but I could easily see them making a run for the section title.

With who in net?

Nick Maiers, who played bantams this year, should see a majority of the starts for them. He could be a little shaky at the start of the year but with some experience at the varsity level I can see him turning into a decent tender by seasons end.

[DmnHawk5]

I think its gonna be between SCC and Denfeld with SCC making the trip to the show. Hermantown lost too much with Hardy gone, we kept them in too many games last year, not to mention the Championship

[George Blanda]

Ya... they're gonna be hurting in the nets next year... unless they can recruit a kid

Gonna be hard to recruit a kid with the new transfer rules but it's still a nice little stab at one of the few private schools in the state that doesn't go out looking for new talent each year.

I know, Tyler Graves. That's one. Find another.

But, to the question. Nick Maiers, Calvin Herold, and Nate Hoefflin will be the three looking for the starting spot. If I had to make a guess at who it will be, Maiers will probably be in net for the big games.

The stat about them losing 13 seniors is a little misleading. Only like four or maybe five of those guys were top-end players. The others were solid role players but all replaceable.

Right now, a lot of it is contingent on LeBlanc staying or going.

Even with LeBlanc staying, I'd put my money on Denfeld right now.

[boblee]

Don't sleep on Duluth Denfeld in this section.

[Stealth]

George,
I only gave the senior loss off a web page.
I hope people understand that a senior could have been a 4 year JV even. It is only a compiled stat.
People could focus a little more on the returning point getters.