Top Squirt A Teams and Scores

Trout · Post by **Trout** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:49 am

Looks like the top teams this year ... the ones that have separated themselves from the rest are Wayzata, Elk River, EP, Tonka, Stillwater, STMA and Centennial. While there are other good teams out there these have been the most consistent. Other thoughts?

Are there any other big tourneys out there this year before Fargo? Are all these teams going to Fargo?

It would be interesting to hear what the folks from EP have to say since they have seen pretty much all the best teams in either their tourney or the Edina Tourney

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:38 am

Trout wrote:Looks like the top teams this year ... the ones that have separated themselves from the rest are Wayzata, Elk River, EP, Tonka, Stillwater, STMA and Centennial. While there are other good teams out there these have been the most consistent. Other thoughts?

Are there any other big tourneys out there this year before Fargo? Are all these teams going to Fargo?

It would be interesting to hear what the folks from EP have to say since they have seen pretty much all the best teams in either their tourney or the Edina Tourney

Bloomington tourney coming up in two weeks will be a good warmup for the FARGO STATE Championship squirt tourney.

Flyer79 · Post by **Flyer79** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:07 am

Stillwater rebounded and took third in the Edina Classic with a 6-4 win over Centennial.

Congrats to the Elks!

yeahyeahyeah · Post by **yeahyeahyeah** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:02 am

What is up with 7 am, 8 am, 9 am games on new years day morning?
That is brutal scheduling. Did the Edina tourney have games that early?

ThePuckStopsHere · Post by **ThePuckStopsHere** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:06 am

yeahyeahyeah wrote:What is up with 7 am, 8 am, 9 am games on new years day morning?
That is brutal scheduling. Did the Edina tourney have games that early?

Not sure about the game times in Edina, but I did notice the amount of penalty minutes posted on the A Squirt tournament results. It's crazy to see how these teams ended up with that many minutes.

Any feedback??

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:17 am

yeahyeahyeah wrote:What is up with 7 am, 8 am, 9 am games on new years day morning?
That is brutal scheduling. Did the Edina tourney have games that early?

That is typical for the Polar tourney. They think that hockey parents are not big drinkers so they like to get the games started early. Overall I thought that the tourney was well run again except they should have more heat in that arena.

InigoMontoya · Post by **InigoMontoya** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:04 pm

They think that hockey parents are not big drinkers so they like to get the games started early.

Their research is flawed.

hockeygirl2 · Post by **hockeygirl2** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:05 pm

When squirt teams are "shortened" to 13 skaters, or less, in LARGE associations as Minnetonka, it is being done to win first, develop second. The notion that any child gets more "touches" is nonsense. Think about the amount of time a puck is touched during a game--there is little difference in the time each child touches the puck. As for practice, one would assume that if they had less teams, each team would get more ice team. After all, the pot of money is the same whether there are 6 or 7 squirt teams. If there are six teams, it should mean more ice time but less teams. If it is 7 teams, it is less players per team, but less ice time as well. That said, I agree that having only 13 skaters is an advantage in competitive play for teams that have 13 skaters. It gives a coach options with players. It is one less D line or allows a rotation at center or forward. I am not on here to say this philosophy is wrong, it just is what it is.

For those of you who don't agree, blame Minnesota Hockey and District 6 (for Minnestonka). Their rules require the rostering of 15 players and 2 goalies at the Squirt A level. The exception to this, according to their rules, is to request a waiver from them to allow a smaller roster. From everything I see, these waivers are handed out like kleenex at a doctor's office. So long as MN Hockey let them get away with it, I say more power to em. Unless MN Hockey stops this, it will continue on and on. In fact, they are so lax on their own rule, that the rule should be that teams need a waiver if they want to roster MORE than 13 skaters and one goalie!

buzzsaw · Post by **buzzsaw** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:33 pm

Hockeygirl-In case you didnt notice, this topic was put to bed several days ago. The horse is beaten and dead.

InigoMontoya · Post by **InigoMontoya** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:50 pm

Yes, now we're talking about drinking.

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:58 pm

InigoMontoya wrote:
They think that hockey parents are not big drinkers so they like to get the games started early.
Their research is flawed.

It actually works to the seasoned drinkers advantage allowing more time after the games to celebrate

8691 · Post by **8691** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:41 pm

There were a few in attendance that obviously hair of the dogged it, and I have no problem with that approach.

offside14 · Post by **offside14** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:25 pm

Alright I'll ask if no one else will. In your opinions who would you rank as the top 1-10 teams.

Trout · Post by **Trout** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:07 pm

One thing to note...many of the coaches will start shifting kids around at this time, especially if they are into teaching the kids and not just winning so expect some teams to loose a few over the next several weeks as kids get used to different positions. Some teams may run kids at the same position all year in squirts and some may not. Just an observation from past years.

iwearmysunglassesatnight · Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:50 pm

[quote="Trout"]One thing to note...many of the coaches will start shifting kids around at this time, especially if they are into teaching the kids and not just winning so expect some teams to loose a few over the next several weeks as kids get used to different positions. Some teams may run kids at the same position all year in squirts and some may not. Just an observation from past years.[/quote]

So your saying your team won't be putting their best to win lineup on the ice during the next few weeks?

ThePuckStopsHere · Post by **ThePuckStopsHere** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:42 am

iwearmysunglassesatnight wrote:
Trout wrote:One thing to note...many of the coaches will start shifting kids around at this time, especially if they are into teaching the kids and not just winning so expect some teams to loose a few over the next several weeks as kids get used to different positions. Some teams may run kids at the same position all year in squirts and some may not. Just an observation from past years.
So your saying your team won't be putting their best to win lineup on the ice during the next few weeks?

Don't worry your orange little heart, if we meet you in the Semis in Moorhead we will be sure to play to WIN

yeahyeahyeah · Post by **yeahyeahyeah** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:24 am

Scores from D2 last night
Forest Lake 5
Roseville 7

Stillwater 1
Mounds View 2

Any others?

silentbutdeadly3139 · Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:16 am

yeahyeahyeah wrote:Scores from D2 last night
Forest Lake 5
Roseville 7

Stillwater 1
Mounds View 2

Any others?

Interesting. Stillwater tabbed as one of the best yet lost to Moundsview team that looked like it struggled in North St. Paul. Roseville also struggled in N. St. Paul tournament. Was North St. Paul a good tournament or Stillwater perhaps not as good as advertised ?

yeahyeahyeah · Post by **yeahyeahyeah** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:34 am

Parody among 10 or so teams? Maybe Flyer79 can comment on the game. Stillwater has seen some pretty good teams, in fact some would say they have played some of the best already.
Tonka played MV too.

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:08 pm

#15 from Roseville had 5 goals. Forest Lake played one of worstgames of the year in our end.

offside14 · Post by **offside14** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:24 pm

stma 3 moundsview 1

dogeatdog1 · Post by **dogeatdog1** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:49 pm

yeahyeahyeah wrote:Parody among 10 or so teams? Maybe Flyer79 can comment on the game. Stillwater has seen some pretty good teams, in fact some would say they have played some of the best already.
Tonka played MV too.

I saw the tonka MV game and it was pretty close. I thought that neither team had any dominate players and played similar styles.. hadn't heard any big stories about MV but they didn't seem like a top 10 team.

sinbin · Post by **sinbin** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:45 pm

How did this topic veer off the drinking discussion? Interested, interested, VERY interested, . . . not interested.

Flyer79 · Post by **Flyer79** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:40 pm

yeahyeahyeah wrote:Parody among 10 or so teams? Maybe Flyer79 can comment on the game. Stillwater has seen some pretty good teams, in fact some would say they have played some of the best already.
Tonka played MV too.

Just one of those nights.

We were sluggish after a brutal 5 games in 4 days run.

Played hard the last 5 minutes after being down 2-0. Scored to make it 2-1 and had a goal taken away with 37 seconds to go which would have tied it.

No worries just tired. Outshot them again but only 14-6

I still think Stillwater is a top 5 team.

surehockey · Post by **surehockey** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:29 pm

top ten anyone?