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Is the Midwest Selects tournament a decent tournament? Any info would be appreciated.

Nothing special so save your money.

Stillh2ofan wrote:Nothing special so save your money.

I concurr, save your money.

It's 4 teams at the U19 level

Ice cats Perushek

Jr White Caps

Walser Blue

Mn Wild Duffy

Last year it was very intense with close games.

spr air 210 wrote:It's 4 teams at the U19 level

Ice cats Perushek

Jr White Caps

Walser Blue

Mn Wild Duffy

Last year it was very intense with close games.

JrWC & Schwan Blues may be working together on that team as some of the Jr WC are at the Nat'l Camp?

I agree.....totally a waste of time and money. The teams sometimes are filled with marginal talent. It is just a money maker for the people that run the team.

MNHOCKEY1 wrote:I agree.....totally a waste of time and money. The teams sometimes are filled with marginal talent. It is just a money maker for the people that run the team.

I know I don't get any $ for putting a team together... Maybe I should get a better agent to negotiate these deals!

GHShockeyfan, do you have a team that plays in Midwest Selects?

If yes, what are your thoughts on this event?

I should try to find the roster from the team we had in there a few years ago... Very good team, and Quinn/Walser were involved with that group... It's been a few years since then. I have watched a bit of this event since then, but not much last year I don't think. So, I probably can't really comment as to how the U19 level was, or even any lower age classifications...

The Jr Whitecaps may work with the Schwan Blues to see what players want to play in this event. Some Jr Whitecap players will be at U18 Nat'l camp then. We'll see how it all ends up. At $1200 per team or about $75 per player for a team of 9F, 6D, & 2G I guess it's probably pretty reasonable as far as leagues/tourneys/etc. go ($15-20 per game).

Somewhere it was discussed that too much games and not enough skill building is being done. Yes, I agree, but... I also don't think that playing games is bad and it probably keeps some players from burn-out if all they did was train 24x7 w/o anything that was more "fun" or game-like (not everyone loves to train 24x7). I also think many players are over-coached, but I know not everyone would agree with me on this either...

Thanks for the link. Looks like last year's statistics there were a whole host of names that have been talked about on here playing at the 16 and 19 levels. It will be interesting to see who is on the rosters this year.

U19 BLUES

LAST FIRST POS GRADE-SCHOOL
Barton Alex F 12th - Breck
Blader Rachel D 12th - Eden Prairie
Geng Rachael D 12th - South St. Paul
Gerten Mel G Fr - St. Kate's/Simley
Gleason Ellie D 10th - Edina
Hrabe Bre D 12th - New Prague
Jenkins Taylor F 12th - Austin
Kraus Jessica F 12th - South St. Paul
LaCombe Christina D 10th - Eden Prairie
Nixon Sam F Jr - St. Cloud State/Blaine
Schaff Whitney F 12th - Cambridge-Isanti
Steinmetz Meg F/D 10th - Blaine

MNHOCKEY1 wrote:It is just a money maker for the people that run the team.

And what selects tourney isn't a money maker for the people that run the tournament. I think all selects tournaments have marginal value. If you have the money its a fun diversion. If money is tight I would bypass any and all selects tournaments and invest in a skills clinc.

Game last night was won by Walser Blue - I don't know the score... 1st afternoon game today: Walser Red 4 - Schwan Blues 2, 2PM game Walser Blue vs Wild??? Game tonight: 7:30 WILD vs Schwan Blues.

walser blue 5 walser red 0, walser blue 7 wild 1.

WILD 6, Schwans Blues 4

2:30 Sat games are: Schwan Blues vs. Walser Blue & Walser Red vs. WILD

Walser Red 2 vs. WILD 3
Schwan Blues 7 vs. Walser Blue 3

Sun games both 2:30

3rd: Walser Red vs Schwan Blues
1st: WILD vs Walser Blue

I didn't see the games today, but this is what I heard...
3rd: Walser Red 5 vs Schwan Blues 2
1st: WILD 5 vs Walser Blue 1

ghshockeyfan wrote:I didn't see the games today, but this is what I heard...
3rd: Walser Red 5 vs Schwan Blues 2
1st: WILD 5 vs Walser Blue 1

Congrats to the WILD - was this the same team that stuggled a bit at the International Cup?

WILD's Trunzo looked outstanding in this tourney and Walser Blues' Shields-Nordness (sp?) did too. Very impressive but not surprising.

ghshockeyfan wrote:WILD's Trunzo looked outstanding in this tourney and Walser Blues' Shields-Nordness (sp?) did too. Very impressive but not surprising.

For most of the spring/summer Trunzo played for the Icecats "Elite" (Reilly team) but for the International Cup she may have been also rostered for the Wild (?). Shields-Nordness has normally played for the Pink Panthers. Easy to see why the results of these tournaments are hard to predict, with key players (such as these two) moving around.

ghshockeyfan wrote: Walser Blues' Shields-Nordness (sp?) did too. Very impressive but not surprising.

Emma has a motor like no other. Brings a high energy level to the entire team. Will be a good addition to some college. One of my favorites to coach and watch.

Reminds me of Hogan a bit from NSP & now of SCSU - & that's high praise...

MNHockeyFan wrote:

ghshockeyfan wrote:WILD's Trunzo looked outstanding in this tourney and Walser Blues' Shields-Nordness (sp?) did too. Very impressive but not surprising.

For most of the spring/summer Trunzo played for the Icecats "Elite" (Reilly team) but for the International Cup she may have been also rostered for the Wild (?). Shields-Nordness has normally played for the Pink Panthers. Easy to see why the results of these tournaments are hard to predict, with key players (such as these two) moving around.

Yes - I would say that the teams weren't the teams that you may normally think of even with their recently posted rosters for this specific event. Many kids miss game-to-game, or show up pretty worn-out with a million other things going on right now mainly fall sports & training, etc. + jobs (yes some kids actually work) + some are packing/heading off to college, etc., etc. One day we had 8 skaters and the next only a couple more but were different players, and I was impressed that some of these teams were able to get as many players there as they did, but then I also have to remember that most other teams weren't thrown together in the last week or so prior to the event so that may have helped a bit for planning purposes... There was a lot of great talent there though and some of the play was worth the drive to watch IMHO...

So ghs,
How was it having a S. MN girl on your team? Complete waste of a spot or might there actually be a few decent players south of Lakeville?

You're the coach I'll trust your judgement.