Varsity Freshmen

[starmvp]

Teak, how about a section for Forwards and Defensemen?

[RinkRat8890]

Max Coatta from Minnetonka is playing better than any freshman in the state right now! 9 points in the last 3 games and back to back games with a hat trick! on pace for 40+ points this year, what more can you say, the kid is a stud, and he is only going to get better!

[blueliner5]

Max Coatta from Minnetonka is playing better than any freshman in the state right now! 9 points in the last 3 games and back to back games with a hat trick! on pace for 40+ points this year, what more can you say, the kid is a stud, and he is only going to get better!

Was Max Bantam eligible this year?

[MNHockeyFan]

Max Coatta from Minnetonka is playing better than any freshman in the state right now! 9 points in the last 3 games and back to back games with a hat trick! on pace for 40+ points this year, what more can you say, the kid is a stud, and he is only going to get better!

He has a great knack for knowing where to be at the right time, and he obviously knows what to do with it when he gets it. He's quick and very dangerous around the net. A great formula for racking up lots of points during his high school career.

Hopefully as 9th grader he's still growing. He'll need more strength to fend off the hits and interference-type stuff as teams start to pay more attention to where he's at, especially after the current crop of seniors graduate and he becomes more of the focus. Not that the coaches of Minnetonka's future opponents haven't already noticed....he is already making Minnetonka that much more difficult to defend against.

[eastsideguy]

Max Coatta from Minnetonka is playing better than any freshman in the state right now! 9 points in the last 3 games and back to back games with a hat trick! on pace for 40+ points this year, what more can you say, the kid is a stud, and he is only going to get better!

Was Max Bantam eligible this year?

Great player, even better kid, no bantam eligibility left.

[Doglover]

No arguments - Max Coatta is an excellent player and is a real asset to Mtka. As a freshman, he has many exciting years ahead.

Let's not forget or discount the fact that he's on an excellent line with line mates that are willing to move the puck and feed it right to his stick in the slot. He does an excellent job of being in the right place - but he's playing with outstanding players that should get equal credit for his success and Mtka's!

It's fun to watch players who understand the importance of moving the puck and getting it to the player in the right place. I've seen too much selfish play over the years by seniors looking to make a name for themselves or get recruited, drafted, or be crowned Mr. Hockey. The better players understand the team game and how it makes them all better, and ultimately may win Mtka a State Tournament Championship.

[Teak]

Teak, how about a section for Forwards and Defensemen?

Could. I've lumped everyone together for laziness only. Take a look at my long list (points down through 5) and tell me who is a defenseman.

[Teak]

Some great games on Tuesday. Here are some of the freshmen scorers:

T J Roo with the big night: 3g 1a in Totino/Grace's 10-3 win over Redwing
Andrew Scofield of Northfield had a big game, 2g 1a in their 5-4 loss to Faribault
Grant Besse, 1g 1a in Benilde's 4-2 win over Rochester Century
Ryan Tapani of Providence with 1g 1a in 5-4 win over Shakopee
Connor Chambers (Northern Lakes), 1g 1a in 7-1 win over Silver Bay
Levi Talarico (Duluth Denfeld) picked up his 6th goal of the season in the 3-1 win over Superior of Wisconsin

Louis Gerzin of Ely continues to be the highest-scoring 8th Grader this season: 4 goals and 1 assist in 7 games.

Games Played-Goals-Assists

15 points
Jake Horton, Tartan 9-8-7 (#2 on team)
14 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 7-10-4 (#3)
13 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 9-7-6 (#2)
12 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 7-7-5 (#3)
11 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 5-7-4 (#2)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 7-6-5 (#2)
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 10-4-7 (#1)
10 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 7-7-3
9 points
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 7-4-5 (#2)
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 6-2-7 (#3)
8 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 7-5-3
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 9-2-6 (#3)
7 points
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 4-1-6 (#1)
6 points
Luke Schwarz, Morris-Benson 5-5-1
Mac Beyer, Morris-Benson 5-2-4 (#3)
Ryan Mattson, Waconia 7-2-4 (#2)
5 points
Marcus Stoulil, Austin 8-4-1 (#1)
Louis Gerzin, Ely [8] 7-4-1
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 8-3-2
Mario Bianchi, AHA 3-3-2
Ian Johnson, Park Rapids 7-3-2
Ryan Leo, Minnehaha Acad 5-3-2
Andrew Scofield, Northfield 4-2-3
Zach Hartley, AHA 3-2-3
Jake Braun, Providence Academy 6-2-3 (#3)
Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 6-1-4
Brock Solomon, La Sueur/St. Peter 6-1-4
Cody Meyer, New Prague 7-1-4 (#3)
Christopher Forney, Thief River Falls 8-0-5

[Teak]

Apple Valley 3-1 Lakeville South with freshmen leading the way:
Hudson Fasching, 2g (AV)
Kyle Osterberg, 1g (LS)

Games Played-Goals-Assists

15 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 10-9-6 (#2)
Jake Horton, Tartan 9-8-7 (#2 on team)
14 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 7-10-4 (#3)
12 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 7-7-5 (#3)
11 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 5-7-4 (#2)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 7-6-5 (#2)
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 10-4-7 (#1)
10 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 7-7-3
9 points
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 7-4-5 (#2)
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 6-2-7 (#3)
8 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 7-5-3
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 5-2-6 (#1)
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 9-2-6 (#3)

Merry Christmas Minnesotans, from the tropics.

[Teak]

This is THE week of the season with 79 games on Monday, 126 on Tuesday, and 116 on Wednesday. Whew.

Early games reporting shows the following frosh scorers:

Max Coatta, 2g 1a in Minnetonka's 6-3 win over Academy Holy Angels.
Connor Chambers, 2g 2a, in Northern Lakes 8-3 over Bagley/Fosston.
And Park Rapids downs Minneapolis West 7-4 with Ian Johnson picking up his 4th goal of the season.

[Goldfishdude]

This is THE week of the season with 79 games on Monday, 126 on Tuesday, and 116 on Wednesday. Whew.

Early games reporting shows the following frosh scorers:

Max Coatta, 2g 1a in Minnetonka's 6-3 win over Academy Holy Angels.
Connor Chambers, 2g 2a, in Northern Lakes 8-3 over Bagley/Fosston.
And Park Rapids downs Minneapolis West 7-4 with Ian Johnson picking up his 4th goal of the season.

Coatta just missed the hat trick hat trick, eh, Teaker??

[Teak]

This is THE week of the season with 79 games on Monday, 126 on Tuesday, and 116 on Wednesday. Whew.

Early games reporting shows the following frosh scorers:

Max Coatta, 2g 1a in Minnetonka's 6-3 win over Academy Holy Angels.
Connor Chambers, 2g 2a, in Northern Lakes 8-3 over Bagley/Fosston.
And Park Rapids downs Minneapolis West 7-4 with Ian Johnson picking up his 4th goal of the season.

Coatta just missed the hat trick hat trick, eh, Teaker??

Yeah, he probably should have SHOT the puck on that assist, rather than passing it. If he would just listen to us old farts, I'm sure he'd be a better player. hehehe.....

[Teak]

Mora squeaking by Walker 18-0 with Dylan Libra picking up 3g and 1a and Derek Graves getting a goal also.

Kyle Osterberg with 4a in Lakeville South's 7-2 upset over Cretin/Derham Hall
Little Falls downs St. Cloud Apollo 4-0 with two freshmen each getting a goal (Luke Majerle, Ben Newman)
Levi Talarico with 1g 2a in 5-1 Duluth Denfeld defeat of New Prague

Still waiting on Providence Academy, Morris-Benson, and so forth.

[Teak]

Some of the early Tuesday games.

Garrett Riebling, 2g 2a, Holy Catholic Family 9-3 St. Paul Academy

Zach LaValle, 2g, as Hill-Murray beats Duluth East 5-1

Eveleth 6-3 Minneapolis East with Cole Jackson getting his 4th goal of season (and first assist) for Eveleth

Zach Foesch, 1g for St. Francis, 6-2 win over Cambridge

[Teak]

With Tuesday game reports still trickling in:
Grant Besse, 1g 1a in Benilde's 7-2 loss to Centennial
Max Coatta, 1g 2a in Minnetonka 5-2 over STA
Louis Gerzin, top-scoring 8th Grader, picked up 1g 1a in Ely's 11-3 loss to Meadow Creek Christian, who had frosh Isak Larson (2a) and Nolan Bloyer (1a) picking up points.
Jacob Peterson, 2a in St. Cloud Tech win over North Branch 9-0
Finally, Northern Lakes wins again, 7-1 over Morris/Benson, Connor Chambers picking up yet another goal.

Games Played-Goals-Assists

18 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 9-10-8 (#3)
16 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 9-11-5 (#3)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 9-8-8 (#2)
15 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 10-9-6 (#1)
Jake Horton, Tartan 9-8-7 (#2 on team)
13 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 8-8-5 (#1)
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 9-8-5
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 8-4-9 (#3)
12 points
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 9-4-8 (#2)
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 7-2-10 (#1)
11 points
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 11-4-7 (#3)
10 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 7-7-3 (#1)
9 points
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 11-3-6
8 points
Dylan Libra, Mora/H-F 8-5-3
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 10-5-3
Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 8-3-5
Ryan Mattson, Waconia 9-2-6 (#1)
7 points
Louis Gerzin, Ely [8] 8-5-2 <top-scoring 8th Grader>
6 points
Luke Schwarz, Morris-Benson 8-5-1
Ian Johnson, Park Rapids 8-4-2
Andrew Scofield, Northfield 6-2-4
Mac Beyer, Morris-Benson 8-2-4
Christopher Forney, Thief River Falls 10-0-6
5 points
Marcus Stoulil, Austin 8-4-1 (#1)
Cole Jackson, Eveleth 6-4-1
Mario Bianchi, AHA 6-3-2
Ryan Leo, Minnehaha Acad 6-3-2
Zach Hartley, AHA 6-2-3
Jake Braun, Providence Academy 8-2-3 (#3)
Jacob Peterson, St. Cloud Tech 8-2-3
Brock Solomon, La Sueur/St. Peter 6-1-4
Cody Meyer, New Prague 9-1-4 (#3)
Connor Thie, Hopkins 9-1-4

[codyy33]

Jake Horton had 3 assists in Tartans 4-0 win over Red Wing....

[Teak]

With a bunch of Wednesday games still not yet reported, here are some of the frosh scorers this night:

Ryan Tapani, 2g in Providence Academy's 5-4 loss
Mora/H-F downs Wadena 3-2 with Derek Graves (2g) and Dylan Libra (1a)
Jake Horton getting 3a in Tartan's 4-0 over Red Wing
Sam Stenson (1g) and Garrett Riebling (1g 1a) for Holy Catholic Family
Benilde's SM downing Maple Grove 5-1 with Grant Besse picking up 1g and 1a
Levi Talarico with 1g and 1a in Duluth Denfeld's 3-0 over Delano
Spencer Fenske with 1g and 1a in Little Falls 2-2 with North Branch
Connor Chambers picked up his 9th goal of the season as Northern Lakes beats Red Lake Falls 3-2
Zach LaValle with 2a in Hill-Murray's 4-3 win over White Bear Lake

Just the top few scorers in this list:

Games Played-Goals-Assists

18 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 10-12-6 (#3)
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 9-10-8 (#3)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 10-9-9 (#2)
Jake Horton, Tartan 10-8-10 (#2 on team)
15 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 10-9-6 (#2)
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 9-5-10 (#3)
14 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 10-9-5
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 10-6-8 (#2)
13 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 8-8-5 (#1)
12 points
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 7-2-10 (#1)
11 points
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 11-4-7 (#3)
10 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 7-7-3 (#1)
Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 9-5-5
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 11-5-5
9 points
Dylan Libra, Mora/H-F 9-5-4
Zach Foesch, St. Francis 12-3-6

Happy New Year!

[ACDCfan]

Hey, let's give Teak some help here. I would like to see some comments based on games watched. Many frosh are making contributions that are not on the scoreboard.

I will start:
I saw Reno from Edina earlier in the year and he looked good. I heard he has played very well in the Schwan's cup.

[edinahornetkid24]

Ely 4 8th graders 3 9th graders...ouch!

[blueblood]

let's see what happens now that gardiner's out for awhile.

don't think he will be able to keep up the early season pace that he has set. he probably will end up around 30+pts....

[mnwild5]

One of these kids on this list will be 19 plus yrs old when he graduates. Got to love kids that are held back or started a year late for sports.

[council member retired]

[quote="mnwild5"]One of these kids on this list will be 19 plus yrs old when he graduates. Got to love kids that are held back or started a year late for sports.[/quote]

and one of the top scorers so far could be a 1st year bantam, so i guess it all equals out, hey.

[Factsmatter1]

let's see what happens now that gardiner's out for awhile.

don't think he will be able to keep up the early season pace that he has set. he probably will end up around 30+pts....

Most of the goals he scored against us (STA) were set up by Frawley (#17) according to the stats on MNHub. Loss of Gardiner may hurt but the kid has a decent nose around the net for sure. I am sure they will put someone of high talent level between Frawley and Coatta. Tonka is deep up front as well as the blue line...

[Teak]

As if it matters. What is it? You decide:

1) Coatta gets a new linemate.
2) Somebody graduates at 19.
3) The sun comes up over Roseau.
4) Spring Lake Park is undefeated.

As to graduating late, my brother always likes to say: "Third grade was the best three years of my life." It's a joke, of course. Not third grade, but being there for three years.

I see where Kyle Osterberg picked up 1g and 1a in Lakeville South's 3-2 win over Blake. Cool. Keep it cool, Kyle.

The last time that I was in Minnesota was June 2008. We ate with some friends at a restaurant in Lakeville that had both sets of high school ice hockey jerseys hanging in a display case (L. North, L. South). The waiter was a high school student himself and we had an interesting chat about his school, and where I live (Malaysia). Cool.

With ~160 high schools playing ice hockey, Minnesota hockey rocks. That is what matters.

[Teak]

Andrew Scofield of Northfield with a big game on Friday, 3g 1a in their 6-2 win over Minnehaha Academy, despite forgetting one of his ice skates at home!

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/page/show_ar ... 2770/40720

Games Played-Goals-Assists

19 points
Grant Besse, Benilde-SM 10-13-6 (#3 on team)
18 points
Max Coatta, Minnetonka 9-10-8 (#3)
Levi Talarico, Duluth Denfeld 10-9-9 (#2)
Jake Horton, Tartan 10-8-10 (#2)
15 points
Hudson Fasching, Apple Valley 10-9-6 (#1)
Garrett Riebling, Holy Family Catholic 9-5-10 (#3)
14 points
Connor Chambers, No Lakes 10-9-5
Ryan Tapani, Providence Academy 10-6-8 (#2)
Kyle Osterberg, Lakeville South 8-3-11 (#1)
13 points
Tanner Picht, Morris-Benson 8-8-5 (#1)
12 points
Nate Mettenburg, Prairie Centre 12-4-8 (#2)
10 points
T J Roo, Totino-Grace 7-7-3 (#1)
Andrew Scofield, Northfield 7-5-5 (#2)
Derek Graves, Mora/H-F 9-5-5
Zach LaValle, Hill-Murray 11-5-5