PWA Teams to watch for in 2009-2010

EDGEworkit · Post by **EDGEworkit** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:34 pm

What teams should be good this year? (besides edina).

hockeycentral · Post by **hockeycentral** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:47 pm

up north, i heard east is going with two pee wee A teams

observer · Post by **observer** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:23 pm

No Duluth Lakers?

shooter803 · Post by **shooter803** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:17 am

Lakers wil have a team & should be solid as last season. With only "B" hockey & approx. 50-55 skaters - East program has a core group pushing what would have to be a A2 team. However, to my knowledge this has not been brought to Duluth board yet.

yeahyeahyeah · Post by **yeahyeahyeah** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:50 am

WoW I forgot there were hockey teams outside of Edina! Thanks for reminding me.

abc123 · Post by **abc123** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:59 am

How will the Defending State champs from Roseau do this year?

Reg7 · Post by **Reg7** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:07 pm

Woodbury? Finished second in State...

shooter803 · Post by **shooter803** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:10 pm

Roseau will struggle to get out of regions - favorite from the North has to be EGF.

inthenet · Post by **inthenet** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:21 am

Reg7 wrote:Woodbury? Finished second in State...

What about Burnsville?

EDGEworkit · Post by **EDGEworkit** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:44 am

D3

Wayzata

D6

Edina
Eden Prarie

D8

Woodbury
Rochester
LV South
LV North

D10

Blaine
Centennial
St Cloud

UMD · Post by **UMD** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:27 pm

The Woodbury team who took 2nd in state last year lost most of their kids to Bantams, so they aren't projecting to be nearly as good this year.

MaxSnatch · Post by **MaxSnatch** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:18 am

Look out for Elk River

JoltDelivered · Post by **JoltDelivered** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:27 pm

If I remember correctly, Maple Grove had a pretty solid a squirt A team 2 years ago and so did Stillwater.

Also, look out for White Bear. They have a group of solid returners and were also pretty strong 2 years ago in squirts.

I agree, Elk River will be tough!

northernlaker · Post by **northernlaker** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:37 pm

Having 2 A teams. Goaltending will struggle.

CreaseMonkey · Post by **CreaseMonkey** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:22 am

Northernlaker....
My understanding is that East PWA will be getting goalies from the Lakers this year to help fill out their teams. Not positive on how it will work, but I believe each association will get their top 2 goalies after evaluations, then the rest go in a pool and spots can be offered to them for the 2nd PWA team East is forming. So, they could very well end up with the Lakers 3 and 4 goalies, which will of course hurt the Lakers B1 teams. I know the Lakers have 9 goalies, with 5 being 2nd year players and 2 of those are returners from last year's A team.

Should be interesting to see how it all works out.

noonespecial · Post by **noonespecial** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:26 am

goaltending on a second pee-wee a team for duluth east will be just fine, even if it is 2 first year ones, the 2 laker goalies from last year were first year pee-wee and made the team and did a good job for being first year pee-wee

InTheKnow · Post by **InTheKnow** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:16 pm

Is Duluth East going with 2 equal A teams or the A1, A2 concept?

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:48 pm

CreaseMonkey wrote:Northernlaker....
My understanding is that East PWA will be getting goalies from the Lakers this year to help fill out their teams. Not positive on how it will work, but I believe each association will get their top 2 goalies after evaluations, then the rest go in a pool and spots can be offered to them for the 2nd PWA team East is forming. So, they could very well end up with the Lakers 3 and 4 goalies, which will of course hurt the Lakers B1 teams. I know the Lakers have 9 goalies, with 5 being 2nd year players and 2 of those are returners from last year's A team.

Should be interesting to see how it all works out.

I believe it is just one association with teams being drawn from different parts of the city.

CreaseMonkey · Post by **CreaseMonkey** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:59 pm

Elliott70...
You are correct, the East and Laker teams are part of DAHA, and technically one. The only place players cross over however is goalies. I know they have also combined up to fill out B2 rosters, but otherwise skaters do not move between the two, no matter how strong or weak a team is. That is what I meant by each association. There are 2 separate hockey boards and they are independent of each other.

While the Lakers have a bunch of goalies at PeeWee, I believe it is the opposite for Bantams, so there will be East goalies coming West to help fill out those roster spots too. Should be fine as long as there are enough teams for all the goalies between the two.

northernlaker · Post by **northernlaker** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:52 am

The 2 kids who played on Laker pw A last year are alot stronger than
what is coming up. Daha has a great way of screwing up frozen ice..............

hockeycentral · Post by **hockeycentral** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:16 am

that is still yet to be determine, there is a couple of good goalies coming up, and they will do just fine.

shooter803 · Post by **shooter803** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:30 am

Just a clarification - The idea for (2) A teams did not come from DAHA - To my understanding this is a East End hockey idea in response to the "only B hockey" at peewee & bantams. Seems they don't believe there should be 3 B teams split equally and that is how it will be done in duluth. This idea has also not come to the full DAHA board for approval yet. Also, registration hasn't started and tryouts are still 3+ weeks away - seems like the cart is before the horse on this one. If large associations field one A team with 150+ players, Duluth East having 2 with 55 kids? Looks like a recipe for disaster to me.

hockeycentral · Post by **hockeycentral** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:06 am

maybe these large associations, with 150 plus kids, should be able to feild 2 A teams and be competitive.

GoldThorpe · Post by **GoldThorpe** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:01 pm

I don't think that will be happening anytime soon! Wishful thinking...it is to cool to beat up on all the other teams with half the talent depth on the roster. It makes those adult beverages taste better when teams are on those out of town excursions. javascript:emoticon(':?')

HockeyGuy81 · Post by **HockeyGuy81** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:20 pm

I don't think it's because the large associations think it's too cool, I think it's because they love hearing people bitch about it on the forum on a daily basis. Get over it

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PWA Teams to watch for in 2009-2010

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