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Lee

Thank you, Lee. I pull up your PS2 rankings often and appreciate your diligence.

Agree! Great work Lee. Yours is the only math driven rankings I look at

While the first official weekly PageStat ratings for boys' hockey won't be posted until this coming Sunday, a preliminary run of the numbers shows two things:

1. St Thomas Academy's rating of 28.49 is the highest ever seen (haven't checked back but it's a fairly safe assumption.

2. They are 4.00 points ahead of #2 Rogers, the biggest spread between #1 and #2 we've seen.

These ratings are not yet "pure", meaning that many teams still have a mix of last year's/this year's rating due to not having played enough games yet.

Lee

First weekly boys' PageStat ratings are uploaded. The top 3 matches Karl's rankings.

https://leepagen.com/ps2025.htm

And the SOS PageStat Strength of Schedule

https://leepagen.com/strength.htm

A couple notes:

1. Duluth East's #64 ranking, should it hold past New Year's, would easily eclipse their worst weekly ranking of #46, set on 1/8/22. For those interested in nerdy stats, https://leepagen.com/pagestat-weekly-summaries.htm shows summaries for each team's PageStat weekly ratings from the 1997-98 season through last season.

2. Only one of the top eight teams in Class AA are from sections 2AA and 6AA. I'd have to check the records, but this hasn't happened in a long time.

3, As dismal as 7AA looks this season so far, the top two teams in Class A (and 3 of the top 6) are in 7A. Cloquet is a surprise...at least to me. We'll see if they can continue their stellar season.

Lee

Good work Lee !

Moorhead takes over the #1 spot. Both classes are tight.

Class A top 15:

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Monticello
4. Hibbing
5. Warroad
6. Orono
7. Minneapolis
8. East Grand Forks
9. Delano
10. St Cloud Cathedral
11. Northfield
12. Mahtomedi
13. Detroit lakes
14. Providence Academy
15. Little Falls

3 of the top 4 are in 7AA, setting up what could be a wild semifinal and final at the Amsoil this year!

Class AA top 15:

1. Moorhead
2. St Thomas Academy
3. Hill Murray
4. Edina
5. Rogers
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Rosemount
10. White Bear Lake
11. Benilde St Margarets
12. Eden Prairie
13. Wayzata
14. Shakopee
15. Holy Angels

This is surprising; Only 2 of the top 10 teams are in 2AA or 6AA

Lee

east hockey wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:19 pm Moorhead takes over the #1 spot. Both classes are tight.

Class A top 15:

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Monticello
4. Hibbing
5. Warroad
6. Orono
7. Minneapolis
8. East Grand Forks
9. Delano
10. St Cloud Cathedral
11. Northfield
12. Mahtomedi
13. Detroit lakes
14. Providence Academy
15. Little Falls

3 of the top 4 are in 7AA, setting up what could be a wild semifinal and final at the Amsoil this year!

Class AA top 15:

1. Moorhead
2. St Thomas Academy
3. Hill Murray
4. Edina
5. Rogers
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Rosemount
10. White Bear Lake
11. Benilde St Margarets
12. Eden Prairie
13. Wayzata
14. Shakopee
15. Holy Angels

This is surprising; Only 2 of the top 10 teams are in 2AA or 6AA

Lee

But 7 of the top 15.

bardown27 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:28 pm

east hockey wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:19 pm Moorhead takes over the #1 spot. Both classes are tight.

Class A top 15:

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Monticello
4. Hibbing
5. Warroad
6. Orono
7. Minneapolis
8. East Grand Forks
9. Delano
10. St Cloud Cathedral
11. Northfield
12. Mahtomedi
13. Detroit lakes
14. Providence Academy
15. Little Falls

3 of the top 4 are in 7AA, setting up what could be a wild semifinal and final at the Amsoil this year!

Class AA top 15:

1. Moorhead
2. St Thomas Academy
3. Hill Murray
4. Edina
5. Rogers
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Rosemount
10. White Bear Lake
11. Benilde St Margarets
12. Eden Prairie
13. Wayzata
14. Shakopee
15. Holy Angels

This is surprising; Only 2 of the top 10 teams are in 2AA or 6AA

Lee

But 7 of the top 15.

I thought there would be a correlation with the PageStat SOS, but 2AA and 6AA have six of the eight toughest schedules. They usually dominate both factors but aren't (yet) this season.

Lee

east hockey wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:19 pm Class AA top 15:

1. Moorhead
2. St Thomas Academy
3. Hill Murray
4. Edina
5. Rogers
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Rosemount
10. White Bear Lake
11. Benilde St Margarets
12. Eden Prairie
13. Wayzata
14. Shakopee
15. Holy Angels

This is surprising; Only 2 of the top 10 teams are in 2AA or 6AA

Lee

From a smell test, this seems spot on.

Weekly ratings are posted at https://leepagen.com/ps2025.htm

As stated before, I have a page which shows teams' average weekly PageStat ratings since I started doing this in 1997 and also their average year-end ratings. On the weekly page, it also includes when a team reached their highest/lowest weekly ratings.

This week, these teams have broken or tied their highest or lowest weekly rating:

Bloomington Kennedy--lowest at #142
Centennial--lowest at #63
Duluth East--lowest at #66
Monticello--highest at #24
Moorhead--highest (tied) at #1
Rogers--highest at #4
St. Cloud--lowest (tied) at #76
Waseca--highest at #69
Rock Ridge--highest at #22

Lee

Great stuff, Lee!

This week I'm also posting PageStat ratings by section and will do so until the end of the section tournaments.

https://leepagen.com/ps2025.htm

Lee

PageStat Top 20 thru Friday 1/18:

Class AA

1. Hill Murray
2. Rogers
3. Moorhead
4. St Thomas Academy
5. Edina
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Shakopee
10. White Bear Lake
11. Benilde-St Margarets
12. Rosemount
13. Wayzata
14. Holy Angels
15. Eden Prairie
16. Maple Grove
17. Grand Rapids
18. Bemidji
19. Blaine
20. Rock Ridge

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Warroad
4. Monticello
5. Hibbing
6. Orono
7. East Grand Forks
8. Northfield
9. Mahtomedi
10. St Cloud Cathedral
11. Delano
12. Minneapolis
13. Little Falls
14. Detroit Lakes
15. Northern Lakes
16. Providence Academy
17. Chisago Lakes
18. Breck
19. Alexandria
20. Luverne

The shakeup at the top four in AA surprised me but it's been very close at the top all season. Hermantown is showing signs of pulling away in Class A.

Lee

Not surprised by Rogers climb. Other algorithm based rankings systems (QRF and MyHockeyRankings) are also trending up on that team.

A special mid-week running of PageStat gives us these Top 20:

Class AA

1. Hill Murray
2. Rogers
3. Moorhead
4. St Thomas Acad
5. Edina
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Minnetonka
9. Shakopee
10. Rosemount
11. White Bear Lake
12. Benilde St Margarets
13. Wayzata
14. Holy Angels
15. Eden Prairie
16. Maple Grove
17. Grand Rapids
18. Rock Ridge
19. Bemidji
20. Lakeville South

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Warroad
4. Monticello
5. Hibbing
6. Orono
7. East Grand Forks
8. Mahtomedi
9. Delano
10. Northfield
11. Minneapolis
12. St Cloud Cathedral
13. Little Falls
14. Detroit Lakes
15. Providence Academy
16. Northern Lakes
17. Breck
18. Luverne
19. Chisago Lakes
20. Thief River Falls

What is wrong with- page stat have the flu?

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:23 pm What is wrong with- page stat have the flu?

Nope. We retirees sometimes have extra free time on our hands.

Lee

east hockey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:09 pm

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:23 pm What is wrong with- page stat have the flu?

Nope. We retirees sometimes have extra free time on our hands.

Lee

Pretty young to be retired

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:17 pm

east hockey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:09 pm

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 4:23 pm What is wrong with- page stat have the flu?

Nope. We retirees sometimes have extra free time on our hands.

Lee

Pretty young to be retired

I wish!

Lee

east hockey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:30 pm

elliott70 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:17 pm

east hockey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:09 pm

Nope. We retirees sometimes have extra free time on our hands.

Lee

Pretty young to be retired

I wish!

Lee

Don't worry, Lee, Elliot is always taking shots at us young retirees of around 70 or so.

PageStat Top 20 thru 1/25:

Class AA

1. Hill Murray
2. Moorhead
3. St Thomas Academy
4. Rogers
5. Edina
6. Cretin-Derham Hall
7. Stillwater
8. Shakopee
9. Rosemount
10. Holy Angels
11. Benilde St Margarets
12. White Bear Lake
13. Minnetonka
14. Wayzata
15. Eden Prairie
16. Maple Grove
17. Lakeville South
18. Grand Rapids
19. Rock Ridge
20. Park of Cottage Grove

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Warroad
4. Monticello
5. Hibbing
6. Delano
7. Orono
8. Northfield
9. East Grand Forks
10. Mahtomedi
11. Minneapolis
12. St Cloud Cathedral
13. Little Falls
14. Northern Lakes
15. Detroit Lakes
16. Breck
17. Luverne
18. Providence Academy
19. Chisago Lakes
20. Pine City

Complete ratings are at https://leepagen.com/ps2025.htm

Complete Strength of Schedule ratings are at https://leepagen.com/strength.htm

Lee

A special Saturday morning edition of PageStat and we have a new #1 in AA! Here are your new Top 20 in each class:

Class AA

1. Rogers
2. Hill Murray
3. St Thomas Academy
4. Moorhead
5. Edina
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Shakopee
9. Rosemount
10. Benilde St Margarets
11. White Bear Lake
12. Holy Angels
13. Minnetonka
14. Wayzata
15. Eden Prairie
16. Park of Cottage Grove
17. Maple Grove
18. Grand Rapids
19. Rock Ridge
20. Andover

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Warroad
4. Hibbing
5. Monticello
6. St Cloud Cathedral
7. Orono
8. Delano
9. Northfield
10. East Grand Forks
11. Minneapolis
12. Mahtomedi
13. Northern Lakes
14. Little Falls
15. Luverne
16. Chisago Lakes
17. Detroit Lakes
18. Providence Academy
19. Breck
20. Alexandria

A special Friday edition of PageStat reveals the Top 20 in each class:

Class AA

1. Hill Murray
2. Moorhead
3. St Thomas Academy
4. Rogers
5. Edina
6. Stillwater
7. Cretin Derham Hall
8. Shakopee
9. Rosemount
10. Benilde St Margarets
11. Holy Angels
12. Eden Prairie
13. Wayzata
14. White Bear Lake
15. Minnetonka
16. Andover
17. Grand Rapids
18. Rock Ridge
19. Lakeville South
20. Maple Grove

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Cloquet
3. Warroad
4. Hibbing
5. Monticello
6. Orono
7. St Cloud Cathedral
8. Northfield
9. Delano
10. East Grand Forks
11. Mahtomedi
12. Minneapolis
13. Northern Lakes
14. Little Falls
15. Chisago Lakes
16. Alexandria
17. Detroit Lakes
18. Luverne
19. Waseca
20. Breck

east hockey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:40 pm A special Friday edition of PageStat reveals the Top 20 in each class:

HAL sees the light! j/k