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Anyone have A and AA rankings out yet? Curious what the experts are thinking?

Minnetonka (AA) and Warroad (A). The rest of the state will be playing for second.

Agree with Warroad. BSM will challenge Tonka for section title. I would expect these two teams to be ranked 1 & 2 all year long...

With BSM & Tonka both in 6AA, it has to be the toughest section in the state. Other 6AA teams include top 20 Buffalo, Wayzata, Hopkins & Maple Grove.

MV/Stillwater/WBL/and Rosville will be AA top twenty. To start

old goalie85 wrote:MV/Stillwater/WBL/and Rosville will be AA top twenty. To start

WBL will be middle of the pack this year. They lost 10+ seniors with 6 of them being in their top 7 for scoring. Unfortunately, it will take a year or two for them to rebuild. BUT, they do have an excellent returning goalie!

Let's Play Hockey pre-season rankings are now posted. As expected, Minnetonka is No. 1 in AA and Warroad in A:

http://www.letsplayhockey.com/latest-ra ... chool.html

High School Girls AA - PRESEASON

1 MINNETONKA
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
3 Lakeville North
4 Edina
5 Roseville Area
6 Hill-Murray
7 Anoka
8 Lakeville South
9 Roseau
10 Stillwater Area
11 Blaine
12 Eagan
13 Andover
14 White Bear Lake
15 Eden Prairie
16 Hopkins
17 Chaska/Chanhassen
18 Elk River/Zimmerman
19 Mounds View
20 Wayzata


High School Girls A - PRESEASON

1 WARROAD
2 Breck
3 South St. Paul
4 Blake
5 Red Wing
6 Thief River Falls
7 Orono
8 Chisago Lakes Area
9 Mound-Westonka
10 Rogers
11 St. Paul United
12 Mankato East/Loyola
13 Crookston
14 Hibbing/Chisholm
15 East Grand Forks
16 Henry Sibley
17 Simley
18 Hutchinson
19 New Prague
20 International Falls

I doubt Hill-Murray is the 6th best team. They will be top 20 I think, but top 10 this year may be a little much. Granted they should be a lot more balanced now that Hannah Brandt has moved on to dominating the college game. I sure will be interested to see how HM starts this season.

Is Irondale going to be decent this year? Thought they had a player that is a senior (former Park Center coach's daughter) who was really good.

Sparlimb,

Irondale graduated Gillian McDonald in the nets and 2D. PC coaches' daughter is a junior and they are looking stronger up front. Have had 4 scrimmages Anoka, Blaine Shakopee and Rogers and scored 17 and allowed 6. They are looking better than expected for a young team. The goaltending has been a pleasant surprise in the scrimmages. Only 2 seniors on the team and both at D. Granted it is just scrimmages and I didn't see Menke and Hepenshide for Shapokee and Blair Parent of Anoka was injured.

As for the top 20 it will change quite a bit from these rankings. I guess they have to start somewhere.

Sparlimb wrote:I doubt Hill-Murray is the 6th best team. They will be top 20 I think, but top 10 this year may be a little much. Granted they should be a lot more balanced now that Hannah Brandt has moved on to dominating the college game. I sure will be interested to see how HM starts this season.

Is Irondale going to be decent this year? Thought they had a player that is a senior (former Park Center coach's daughter) who was really good.

I think pre-season rankings in HS girls hockey is pretty tough to get correct. Most people who do the voting haven't watched enough JV or 14U hockey to know what teams have coming in. These are based mostly on last years results IMO.

Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of November 29, 2012

Class AA
1 MINNETONKA
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
3 Edina
4 Lakeville North
5 Roseville Area
6 Hill-Murray
7 Lakeville South
8 Eden Prairie
9 Wayzata
10 Anoka
11 Roseau
12 Stillwater Area
13 Blaine
14 Hopkins
15 Mounds View
16 Eagan
17 Buffalo
18 Andover
19 North Wright County
20 Cretin-Derham Hall
Apple Valley


Class A
1 WARROAD
2 Red Wing
3 Blake
4 Thief River Falls
5 Breck
6 Orono
7 South St. Paul
8 Mound-Westonka
9 Rogers
10 St. Paul United
11 Mankato East/Loyola
12 New Prague
13 East Grand Forks
14 Hibbing/Chisholm
15 Crookston
16 Chisago Lakes Area
17 Henry Sibley
18 Simley
19 International Falls
20 Totino-Grace

Drop St. Paul United out of the top 20, and certainly from #10, as they just lost to #36 Holy Angels.

Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of December 6, 2012

Class AA
1 MINNETONKA
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
3 Edina
4 Roseville Area
5 Wayzata
6 Hill-Murray
7 Eden Prairie
8 Lakeville North
9 Lakeville South
10 Mounds View
11 Roseau
12 Buffalo
13 Andover
14 Blaine
15 Stillwater Area
16 Hopkins
17 Cretin-Derham Hall
18 Anoka
19 Eagan
20 Bloomington Jefferson

Class A
1 WARROAD
2 Red Wing
3 Thief River Falls
4 Blake
5 Breck
6 Orono
7 Mound-Westonka
8 South St. Paul
9 Mankato East/Loyola
10 St. Paul United
11 New Prague
12 East Grand Forks
13 Hibbing/Chisholm
14 Rogers
15 Crookston
16 Henry Sibley
17 Proctor/Hermantown
18 Simley
19 International Falls
20 Chisago Lakes Area

MNHockeyFan wrote:Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of December 6, 2012

Class AA
1 MINNETONKA
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's
3 Edina
4 Roseville Area
5 Wayzata
6 Hill-Murray
7 Eden Prairie
8 Lakeville North
9 Lakeville South
10 Mounds View
11 Roseau
12 Buffalo
13 Andover
14 Blaine
15 Stillwater Area
16 Hopkins
17 Cretin-Derham Hall
18 Anoka
19 Eagan
20 Bloomington Jefferson

Interesting that two of the top 5 teams lost to unranked teams on Tuesday.

Well, actually AV was ranked last week but was rewarded for their win at Edina by being dropped from the rankings.

allhoc11 wrote:Interesting that two of the top 5 teams lost to unranked teams on Tuesday.

Yes, very interesting indeed, especially since each game involved a member of the South Suburban Conference upsetting a Lake Conference team. I was also wondering how in the heck Apple Valley gets dropped out of the Top 20, after toppling Edina Tuesday night? In the previous week they were tied for the 20th spot, yet their reward for beating No. 3 is to no longer be ranked? Must be their loss to then #7AA Lakeville South the previous Thursday, although AV did bounce back from that to beat Rosemount 3-1 on Saturday.

And then there is #5AA Wayzata's loss to unranked Eastview. Coming into that game Eastview was just 1-5, with their only win coming against unranked Farmington. But in their other games they were very competitive, losing by just a single goal to some good teams including Lakeville South and Eagan. So it had to be a big morale booster for them to get a big win against one of the state's top-ranked teams.

What can you say, other than results like these make the game that much more interesting to follow?

AV dad wrote:Well, actually AV was ranked last week but was rewarded for their win at Edina by being dropped from the rankings.

Sort of, I think the voting is done after the weekend action and before tuesday action. When the rankings are posted it's typically after the Tuesday games, however the rankers don't have those results when voting, from what I understand of the system.

Didn't Cretin beat #5 Roseville too. I understand AV-Edina, as the polls are done I believe Tuesday by the coaches.

Knight7 wrote:Didn't Cretin beat #5 Roseville too. I understand AV-Edina, as the polls are done I believe Tuesday by the coaches.

Yes, good catch. It was 3-2 in OT last Thursday, one that should be reflected in this week's poll. But yet the Raiders go from #5 to #4.

I guess with almost everyone getting upset it's difficult to rank the teams from #3 to #10.

Rankings are due by noon on Wednesday. Most people don't take nearly enough time to do the rankings correctly. This shows they really don't mean anything.

What to do, then. Krach isn't quite mature enough this early in the season to be accurate, but I agree that most coaches don't take sufficient time to do as quality of a job as they should.

Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of December 13, 2012

Class AA
1 MINNETONKA (9)
2 Benilde-St. Margaret's (1)
3 Edina
4 Wayzata
5 Eden Prairie
6 Hill-Murray
7 Roseville Area
8 Mounds View
9 Lakeville North
10 Andover
11 Lakeville South
12 Buffalo
13 Hopkins
14 Hastings
15 Roseau
16 Blaine
17 North Wright County
18 Stillwater Area
19 Cretin-Derham Hall
20 Eagan

Class A
1 WARROAD (8)
2 Red Wing (2)
3 Blake
4 Thief River Falls
5 Breck
6 Orono
7 Mound-Westonka
8 Mankato East/Loyola
9 New Prague
10 South St. Paul
11 East Grand Forks
12 St. Paul United
13 Hibbing/Chisholm
14 Proctor/Hermantown
15 Crookston
16 Henry Sibley
17 Northfield
18 Simley
19 Totino-Grace
20 Rogers

Comment: Interesting that they are showing the number of 1st place votes, I believe for the first time.

Let's Play Hockey Rankings as of December 20, 2012

Class AA
1 BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S (9)
2 Minnetonka (1)
3 Eden Prairie
4 Hill-Murray
5 Mounds View
6 Roseville Area
7 Lakeville North
8 Edina
9 Wayzata
10 Andover
11 Hopkins
12 Lakeville South
13 Buffalo
14 North Wright County
15 Hastings
16 Roseau
17 Stillwater Area
18 Armstrong/Cooper
19 Bloomington Jefferson
20 Blaine

Class A
1 WARROAD ( 8 )
2 Blake (1)
3 Red Wing (1)
4 Thief River Falls
5 Breck
6 Orono
7 Mankato East/Loyola
8 Mound-Westonka
9 New Prague
10 South St. Paul
11 East Grand Forks
12 Proctor/Hermantown
13 St. Paul United
14 Hibbing/Chisholm
15 Crookston
16 Henry Sibley
17 Northfield
18 Simley
19 Totino-Grace
20 Princeton

QRF Rankings as 12/31/12:

Overall:
http://www.minnesota-scores.net/classqr ... 0&class=-2

Class AA:
http://www.minnesota-scores.net/classqr ... 10&class=3

Class A:
http://www.minnesota-scores.net/classqr ... 10&class=2

By Section - Class AA:
http://www.minnesota-scores.net/classst ... 10&class=3

By Section - Class A:
http://www.minnesota-scores.net/classst ... 10&class=2