bantam A - preseason top 5

[blueliner5]

Response to BL5's response to MS:
Simply yank your kid and be gone. None of these kids are making a career of it so let the kids have fun. Don't blame the kid, no one does, just a product of his environment. Drop the puck and hold on for the ride, its going to be a fun one.

Not blaming anyone just giving my opinion on the matter. I don't have a child playing for CR Association any longer

[hockeyman84]

minneapolis park will be at least top 20, you will see

yeah i doubt it

you will see! especially with some Fire boys and benilde boys

The storm will be strong at the top with some very good peewees and bantam B1s coming up as well as Brandon Evers returning from the 95 fire between the pipes. I don't quite see them as a top 20 team as they have no returning players from last years Top 20 Bantam A team and will struggle with depth. This could be a sleeper team come playoff time though with an easy district, a great goaltender and coaches who have two state tournaments under their belts.

[hockeystud9]

Looking back at Hockey Rankings. com for the North teams 2 years ago as second year Pee Wee's . Grand Rapids easily won their section and went to state. East Grand went to state , Cloquett went to state as did Little Falls. I believe Little Falls went to state in back to back years as Pee Wees.
These 4 teams should be solid as 2nd year Bantams from the North.

They may be "solid", but a lot of changes can happen in 2 years. Rapids and DE should be very good, Cloquet, EGF and LF I wouldn't put any $ on them. Tough to leave out Roseau when you talk about North teams. Sounds like Elliott has the right outlook to start the season.

i agree that rapids and east should be verry good hope they play during the season the only thing for east is there goalie isnt the strongest and for rapids there d isnt verry strong eiter roseau is always good never rule them out

[wannagototherink]

Looking back at Hockey Rankings. com for the North teams 2 years ago as second year Pee Wee's . Grand Rapids easily won their section and went to state. East Grand went to state , Cloquett went to state as did Little Falls. I believe Little Falls went to state in back to back years as Pee Wees.
These 4 teams should be solid as 2nd year Bantams from the North.

They may be "solid", but a lot of changes can happen in 2 years. Rapids and DE should be very good, Cloquet, EGF and LF I wouldn't put any $ on them. Tough to leave out Roseau when you talk about North teams. Sounds like Elliott has the right outlook to start the season.

i agree that rapids and east should be verry good hope they play during the season the only thing for east is there goalie isnt the strongest and for rapids there d isnt verry strong eiter roseau is always good never rule them out

I believe that DE had a goalie move in from Sartell that is pretty good.

[hockeystud9]

They may be "solid", but a lot of changes can happen in 2 years. Rapids and DE should be very good, Cloquet, EGF and LF I wouldn't put any $ on them. Tough to leave out Roseau when you talk about North teams. Sounds like Elliott has the right outlook to start the season.

i agree that rapids and east should be verry good hope they play during the season the only thing for east is there goalie isnt the strongest and for rapids there d isnt verry strong eiter roseau is always good never rule them out

I believe that DE had a goalie move in from Sartell that is pretty good.

they will be very good then i think rapids will need to improve no there d does anyone know who is coaching rapids this year?

[trippedovertheblueline]

I believe that DE had a goalie move in from Sartell that is pretty good.[/quote] they will be very good then i think rapids will need to improve no there d does anyone know who is coaching rapids this year?[/quote]

p. andre is coaching

[GoldThorpe]

Maple grove or should I say OMG will dominate the MAROON and GOLD league...Oh! That is right, they were excluded from participating now that the
BANTAm A coach moved on. How did that happen?

[hockeystud9]

I believe that DE had a goalie move in from Sartell that is pretty good.

they will be very good then i think rapids will need to improve no there d does anyone know who is coaching rapids this year?[/quote]

p. andre is coaching[/quote]is coaching rapids?

[puck+net=glory]

expect wbl to make a run this year in playoffs. wbl now has 18 skaters and the first 3 lines are really solid so expect them to be beating a good team like edina or wayzata

[watchdog]

elliot starts with DE every year you would think he would get tierd of being wrong all the time.. lol

[observer]

Mr. glory,

Edina 8

White bear lake 0

[nobama]

expect wbl to make a run this year in playoffs. wbl now has 18 skaters and the first 3 lines are really solid so expect them to be beating a good team like edina or wayzata

Edina 8 cubs 0

Shattuck 10 cubs 2

Lakeville south 6 cubs 4

giving up 8 goals a game is not a surprise.

Those forwards better start backchecking..

[edinahornetkid24]

Obviously this is just a preliminary list, and a lot depends on who is going to loose kids to HS. So don't hang me yet, lets revisit this in October.


1 Edina
2 Wayzata
3 Woodbury
4 Eden Prairie
5 Eagan
6 Lakeville South
7 Duluth East
8 Apple Valley
9 Grand Rapids
10 Maple Grove
11 Cloquet
12 Minnetonka
13 Roseau
14 Elk River
15 White Bear Lake
16 Chaska
17 Burnsville
18 Bloomington Jefferson
19 Lakeville North
20 Coon Rapids

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Edina is beastly