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This is a very competitive section this year. The top teams are all very close and it is going to come down to who is playing the best hockey when playoffs come around.

The teams:

-Edina
-Academy of Holy Angels
-Burnsville
-Bloomington Jefferson
-Chanhassen
-Prior Lake
-Shakopee
-Bloomington Kennedy

Thoughts, predictions, seedings, opinions?

I like Burnsville to get by Edina in a great Section final. Burnsville 4 Edina 3 2 OT.

An obvious three team race with Burnsville, AHA and Edina.
I have to go with the Hornets to advance to St. Paul, Burnsville's and AHA's defense are sometimes inconsistent. Goaltending and defense win section titles and I believe Edina has the edge in both departments and has more depth up front. I also believe Edina's coaching staff knows how to win come crunch time.

I think the Blaze will have learned from their last-second loss to the Hornets. I see those two in the final, and it being a heckuva game.

Would love to see a AHA vs Jefferson section game!

Stateofpuck09 wrote:Would love to see a AHA vs Jefferson section game!

That would be a great game. The only way I see that happening is the section final....

Kennedy wins it in the upset of the decade!!!! Kidding. Wrong Decade. Cakeaters win it again.

Apparently Cretin beat Edina tonight. Does that change anything since Holy Angels beat Cretin? Holy Angels almost beat Edina but let up 2 in the last minute. Burnsville tied Wayzata tonight, AHA beat EP last week, there is a lot of noise right now in this section...

starmvp wrote:Apparently Cretin beat Edina tonight. Does that change anything since Holy Angels beat Cretin? Holy Angels almost beat Edina but let up 2 in the last minute. Burnsville tied Wayzata tonight, AHA beat EP last week, there is a lot of noise right now in this section...

Nothing changes; Edina, AHA and BV are the 3 teams to watch in this section. Whoever has the hot goalie and the momentum going into sections, will WIN the section. Right now, I pick BV vs. Edina in the championship with a 4-3 win by BV (that could change if Edina turns it up a notch).

I still like Edina even with the loss to Cretin and their less than stellar play of late.

If Burnville wants to play in St.Paul in March they need to learn to play all 3 periods. They struggle to finish games, losing leads in the 3rd isn't going to cut it in this section.

Unless Edina completely falls apart (they've now lost 3 in a row with 5 more games against Tonka, EP and Wayzata), they have the inside track to the #1 seed with two 5-4 section 2AA wins over Burnsville and AHA.

AHA has the edge for #2 with a win over Burnsville and a 5-3 win over EP.
Jefferson has 2 games versus Burnsville, so they could jump up to #3 with 2 wins, but Burnsville is ahead for now.

Prior Lake did beat the Jags in round 1, but the Jags are the better team.

Chan has the edge on Shako for the #6 seed with Kennedy bringing up the rear. So as of today, I see 2AA like this:

1 - Edina
2 - AHA
3 - Burnsville
4 - Jefferson
5 - Prior Lake
6 - Chanhassen
7 - Shakopee
8 - Kennedy

After seeing BV goalie tonight vs wayzata I think they can beat edina in Section Finals.

I think AHA will beat Edina, finally in the final. No score, just that AHA will get the monkey off the back. Stars will be solid for the run.

The seeding should be interesting. Edina has head-to-head advantages over both Holy Angels & Burnsville and there's not much argument that they've played the toughest schedule amongst the three. But Edina still faces EP twice more, Wayzata & Tonka. Burnsville has a chance to run the table.

Personally, I think if Edina gets at least 1 win & a tie, they should be the #1 seed due to the difficulty of their schedule. But if they go winless amongst those 4 & B'Ville runs the table, I think it's open to debate. The thing B'Ville does not have in their favor is head to head losses to both Edina & AHA. Should be an interesting couple of weeks ahead.

BUMP

I think Edina's locked up the #1 seed after taking 2 of 3 from the Eden Prairie/Wayzata/Minnetonka trio, all games on the road. The potential loss of Everson does make things interesting though.

1. Edina
2. Burnsville
3. Holy Angels
4. Jefferson

Whose going to grab the third seed? Jefferson or AHA? Jefferson still has Burnsville to play one more time this thursday.

Interesting question. A Jefferson win could cause some havoc in 2AA.

As of now, AHA is still in the 3 spot. But a Jag win over the Blaze, coupled with a AHA loss to New Prague on Friday night in New Prague, might earn the Jags the 3rd seed.

Doc Holliday wrote:BUMP

I think Edina's locked up the #1 seed after taking 2 of 3 from the Eden Prairie/Wayzata/Minnetonka trio, all games on the road. The potential loss of Everson does make things interesting though.

1. Edina
2. Burnsville
3. Holy Angels
4. Jefferson

Those wins wont matter in section seatings. Head to Head and then common opponents do. AHA beat Burnsville so they will be #2. Jefferson is hottest team in this section right now...gonna be fun to watch.

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Stars vs. Jefferson Final. Stars win it in ot on a goal by #15 assist from #6 to send to Jags home. How would that sit in Bloomington? That would be my dream final.

For real I see the Stars playing Edina. Close game, but I think the Stars get over the hill and beat Edina 3-1.

Holy angles got hot for a few games, not a chance they come out of the section.

It is highly possible that any team through #6 could win their first game - and suspect there will be at least 1 upset in round 1 of this section,....

How about the Burnsville vs Jefferson game last night.......

Stateofpuck09 wrote:How about the Burnsville vs Jefferson game last night.......

5-5... Talk about a shootout!

AHA and New Prague tie last night 5 to 5 - yikes