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Who has made it to the State Tournament so far?
What are you're predictions
Post scores.

From what I've read the following teams are heading to Alexandria for the Bantam A State Tournament.

Bemidji
Roseau
Centenial
Duluth East
Eden Prairie
Wayzata
Rochester or Highland/Central
Lakeville South or White Bear Lake

EP - Size, talent and goaltending and, on paper, should win. But, as we all know, the game is played on the ice.
Duluth East - If goaltender is hot DE will be tough?
Centenial - Can Lovick have a repeat performance from last year?
Roseau - My opinion, not much hope to take home the trophy.
Bemidji - Darkhorse and may upset some overconfident teams.
Wayzata - Plays hot and cold. If they're hot thet will contend.
Rochester - My bet to beat Highland and will have confidence at State.
Lakeville / WBL - Pick-um. May go into overtime until Tuesday and will be too tired at State to contend.

What's going on there?

I'm thinking Ep will win state

Centennial vs. WBL
Wayzata vs. Bemidji
Roseau vs. EP
Rochester vs. Duluth East


Predictions?

Centennial vs. Wayzata
EP vs DE

EP over Wayzata in the final

http://www.minnesotahockey.org/assorted ... %20A_1.pdf
BRACKET FOR BANTAM A STATE TOURNAMENT

1st round:
Centennial vs. WBL (Centennial)
Wayzatavs. Bemidji (Wayzata)
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Roseau vs. EP---EP
Rochester vs. DE---DE

2nd round:
Centennial vs. Wayzata (Centennial)
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Eden Prairie vs. Duluth East (Eden Prairie)

3rd Round
Championship:
Centennial vs. Eden Prairie (CENTENNIAL) Lovick will get 4 points, and walk around Ep's defensemen.

Third Place Game
Wayzata vs. Duluth East (Duluth East)

Consolation
Rochester

Centennial has one line and can be shut down. Either Rochester, E.P. or Wayzata will win as I know Wayzata and Rochester have beaten E.P. who seems to be the best team in state.

It seems that every year Centennial proves themselves right around the State Tournament. I would consider EP to be the favorites, but they have to lose sometime, and I see it coming in the State Tournament. Wayzata on the other hand just lacks the talent to win the state tournament. Without their whole high school at the game, and home ice advantage, I don't see them snatching the gold. Rochester plays a great game of defense, but if a team is hungry enough, especially in state, you can beat them. At this time of year goaltending plays a key role. If Centennial's goalie can stand on his head for 3 games I favor them to be the champs. If Meyers plays like he did in regions, then they may take the gold, but anything could happen.

Never thought I would say this but here goes:

GO BEARS

thorhockey wrote:Never thought I would say this but here goes:

GO BEARS

Congrats to the Bears, they battled and gutted it out all year.

Nice Job!

[quote="wildforhockey"]Centennial vs. WBL
Wayzata vs. Bemidji
Roseau vs. EP
Rochester vs. Duluth East


Predictions?

Centennial vs. Wayzata
EP vs DE

EP over Wayzata in the final[/quote]

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nope wayzata over ep 1 -0

[quote="selloutcrowd99"]It seems that every year Centennial proves themselves right around the State Tournament. I would consider EP to be the favorites, but they have to lose sometime, and I see it coming in the State Tournament. Wayzata on the other hand just lacks the talent to win the state tournament. Without their whole high school at the game, and home ice advantage, I don't see them snatching the gold. Rochester plays a great game of defense, but if a team is hungry enough, especially in state, you can beat them. At this time of year goaltending plays a key role. If Centennial's goalie can stand on his head for 3 games I favor them to be the champs. If Meyers plays like he did in regions, then they may take the gold, but anything could happen.[/quote]

wayzata dose not lack talent they have 7 first years and have great talent and therre going to win it all!!

im sorry but the bears should never have gotten to the state tourney.. theyve had an average season losing to every good team they play.

the lost to woodbury three times
5-2
3-2
and
8-1

snipe0014 wrote:im sorry but the bears should never have gotten to the state tourney.. theyve had an average season losing to every good team they play.

the lost to woodbury three times
5-2
3-2
and
8-1

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. I think with this new format of rotating regionals, you can't say anyone who made it didn't belong. Could the final in college basketball be Duke and North Carolina every year? No, because even though you are picked on paper, you still have to go out and get it done. The Bears do belong there, they play a good brand of hockey and a style that is perfected come playoff time. That is a program that plays all the top teams every year and they are quite respected around the state. They play in a pretty tough district (2), with the likes of Stillwater, Tartan and Mounds View. You say Woodbury beat them, well believe it or not, Woodbury is a pretty good program too. Guess what, Woodbury doesn't make it out of districts or they could have beaten WBL again for a chance to get to the state tournament. Everyone who is there belongs, and it is a great tournament field. Should be a great tournament to watch.


By the way, if we went strictly by rankings, Burnsville wouldn't be playing today!

good luck to bemidji and roseau...

snipe0014 wrote:im sorry but the bears should never have gotten to the state tourney.. theyve had an average season losing to every good team they play.

the lost to woodbury three times
5-2
3-2
and
8-1

Not like it matters much but little off there on the scores snipe0014? the losses were 4-3, 3-2, 8-1 and then we beat them 4-2 and tied them 3-3....just saying.

woodbury?!?! didnt they lose to egan to go to regions yea they should be in state

yeah ill agree we didnt have the best season but that really doesnt matter, we started to pick it up when it counts..in districs..played well and got to the south region and had a couple of mishaps against como but we pulled it out n played good against lakeville to get to state..we just decided to play at the right time...

no doubt.. we are the underdog. noone thought we would be in state this year let alone get outta district. but hopefully we can keep it going and pull out a win vs. centennial

QRTS.

Centennial VS WBL --- Centennial
Wayzata VS Bemidji --- Wayzata
Roseau VS Eden Prairie --- EP
Duluth East VS Rochester --- Duluth East


SEMI's

Centennial VS Wayzata --- Wayzata
Eden Prairie VS Duluth East --- Eden Prairie


FINAL

Eden Prairie VS Wayzata --- Wayzata

Also, I agree that WBL isn't a top 8 team in the state. Probably not a top 15 team, but its the same as the AHA story: You gotta play when it counts. From the facts on this board it shows just that, they did all they could to get into March and thats where they are.

QRTS.

Centennial VS WBL -Centennial
Wayzata VS Bemidji - Wayzata
Roseau VS Eden Prairie -EP
Duluth East VS Rochester - Duluth East


Semis

Centennial VS Wayzata - Centennial
Eden Prairie VS Duluth East - Eden Prairie


Championship

Eden Prairie VS Centennial - Centennial

Back 2 Back Champs

i think that if centennial wins this state tourney this will be the third time in a row that this group of kids has won the state tourney, correct me if im wrong.

Quarter Finals

Centennial Vs. White Bear Lake
Wayzata Vs. Bemidji
Roseau Vs. Eden Prairie
Duluth East Vs. Rochester

Championship Semi Finals

Centennial Vs. Wayzata
Eden Prairie Vs. Duluth East

Consolation Semi Finals

White Bear Lake Vs. Bemidji
Roseau Vs. Rochester

Championship

Duluth East Vs. Wayzata

Third Place

Centennial Vs. Eden Prairie

Consolation Championship

Bemidji Vs. Rochester


State Champions-Duluth East
2nd Place-Wayzata
3rd Place-Eden Prairie
4th Place-Centennial
5th Place-Rochester
6th Place-Bemidji
T7th Place-Roseau
T7th Place-White Bear Lake

once again roseau gets no respect what so ever i am gona laugh when they beat ep. im sure they think its gona be a cake walk but ill asure you its not in the bag for any team at state period.

when do the games start