As with the Class A Pick the Winners thread, and for the record, here are the Class AA section winners and how they were seeded in their respective sections:
1AA -
#1 Lakeville North
2AA -
#1 Eden Prairie
3AA -
#1 Burnsville
4AA -
#1 Hill-Murray
5AA -
#3 Mounds View
6AA -
#2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
7AA -
#1 Andover
8AA -
#1 Roseau
Congratulations to all the players, coaches, parents and relatives who are going to the Big Dance!
And without further ado, here is how our Class AA contest finished up.
In what I believe is the closest finish in the entire history of Minnesota Girls High School Hockey Forum section prognostication contests, it is
D6 Girls Fan who ekes out a one point gold medal victory over runner up and silver medalist fishfreak11. A real tough break for fishfreak11, who was also close in the Class A contest. fishfreak11 did get the score right in both the Hill-Murray/Stillwater and BSM/Wayzata games, but unfortunately had Edina beating Eden Prairie in the 2AA Final, a game that Gold Medal Champion D6 Girls Fan did not miss. So, congratulations to
D6 Girls Fan who, along with Class A contest winner powerplayer, enters the extremely prestigious "Minnesota Girls High School Hockey Forum Prognosticator Hall of Fame."
Meanwhile yours truly somewhat redeemed himself, after a very disappointing regular season (which had some critics whispering that I was over-the-hill and past my prime) - NOT!
And I should also mention blondegirlsdad, who had a huge final day, adding 22 points and going from a tie for 10th place all the way to 4th, breaking the 100 point mark in the process. In so doing blondegirlsdad narrowly finished ahead - by a single point - over the ever-dangerous sinbin, who comes in 5th with an even 100 points (not quite up to his usual lofty standards...maybe next year....)
1. D6 Girls Fan - 107
2. fishfreak11 - 106
3. MNHockeyFan - 104
4. blondegirlsdad - 101
5. sinbin - 100
6. RailingWizardofOZ - 97
7. clutterbucket - 96
8. ayhfan - 94
Silent But Deadly - 94
10. pucktech - 93
Sparlimb - 93
12. FishEye - 92
13. ERhockeydad - 91
mnhockey3535 - 91
15. wolfman - 90
Nordic - 90
17. powerplayer - 89
AAA Dad - 89
19. MIYY4U - 88
D16Dad - 88
21. mrleft - 87
22. 36Guy - 84
Maverick2000 - 84
spars46 - 84
25. Knight7 - 82
hugo_lucas - 82
27. Antagonist - 81
28. One with 79
29. One with 76
30. One with 74
31. Two with 72
33. One with 68
34. Misterright - 9 (first ever prognosticator to fall into the "Minnesota Girls High School Hockey Forum Prognosticator Hall of
Shame."
P.S. If anyone has any suggestions on ways to improve these contests - or if you would like to take over next year
- just send me a pm with your ideas! Thanks for participating - I've enjoyed hosting.