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Southeast Earns Share of Elite League Championship
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Team Southeast clinched at least a share of the Upper Midwest High School Elite League regular season championship with one week remaining by going 2-1-0 during Week 6 action on Oct. 11-16. Team Southeast beat Team Northeast 9-4 on Tuesday at New Hope Ice Arena and concluded the week with an 8-3 triumph over Team Wisconsin on Sunday in New Hope. Sandwiched between those victories was a 5-3 loss to Shattuck-St. Mary’s on Wednesday in Faribault.
With three games remaining in the regular season, Team Southeast (12-3-3) has 28 points. Shattuck-St. Mary’s (10-1-1) and Team Northeast (9-6-3) each have 22 points.
Team Southeast’s Justin Kloos, a senior from Lakeville South who has committed to play at Minnesota, earned Minnesota Wild Player of the Week honors by registering eight assists in the three games. Kloos, the Elite League scoring leader with 42 points, had four assists in the victory over Team Northeast and notched three more assists in the win over Team Wisconsin.
Shattuck-St. Mary’s extended its unbeaten streak to eight games by following its victory over Team Southeast with a 5-2 triumph over Team Northeast on Thursday in Faribault and a 7-3 win over Wisconsin on Saturday, also in Faribault.
Team North also went unbeaten in Week 6, posting a 2-0-1 record in Saturday and Sunday games in Brainerd. Team North beat Great Plains 6-2, tied Team Northwest 5-5 on Saturday and got two goals from Duluth East’s Dom Toninato in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Team Southwest.
Team Northwest, which started the season 6-0-1, has two wins in its last 11 games after going 1-1-1 on Saturday and Sunday in Brainerd. Maple Grove junior defenseman and Notre Dame recruit Jordan Gross, Benilde-St. Margaret’s junior forward Grant Besse and Breck senior Grant Opperman each had six-points for Team Northwest over the weekend.
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One Line, and Moore
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Duluth East defenseman Meirs Moore provides Team North with playmaking threat
By Loren Nelson
MN Hockey Hub Editor
The trio of Trevor Olson, Jake Randolph and Dom Toninato accounted for 69 of Duluth East’s 128 regular-season goals last season.
It’s no secret that any game plan built for beating the Greyhounds starts and ends with controlling their top line.
Even that might not be enough.
“All the teams are going to know those are our go-to guys,” Duluth East junior defenseman Meirs Moore said. “But then we’ll try to get the D jumping in trying to make some more plays.”
Team Northeast Undefeated in Week 5
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Colin Hernon of Bloomington Jefferson scored three goals and Zach Thompson stopped 15 shots in a 9-0 victory over Great Plains on Sunday, Oct. 9, at New Hope Ice Arena as Team Northeast completed an undefeated Week 5 in the Upper Midwest High School Elite Hockey League.
Team Northeast opened the week with a 7-4 victory over Team Northwest on Tuesday, Oct. 4, and beat Team Wisconsin 2-0 on Saturday, Oct. 8, behind a 30-save performance from goaltender Nick Malvin of Blaine.
Team Northeast and Shattuck-St. Mary’s, which also went 3-0 during the Elite League’s Showcase Week, each earned a bonus point in the league standings.
Shattuck-St. Mary’s opened Week 5 with a 3-2 triumph over Team Southwest on Wednesday, Oct. 5, as Nicholas Petralla’s third-period goal stood up as the game winner.
Vinni Lettieri of Minnetonka scored three goals and added four assists for Team Southwest as it went 1-1-1 over the week. Lettieri was named the Wild Player of the Week for his efforts. Team Southwest beat Team North 10-4 on Saturday and tied Team Southeast 4-4 on Sunday.
League scoring leader Justin Kloos of Lakeville South scored two goals and added an assist on Sunday as league-leading Team Southeast skated to a 4-4 tie with Team Southwest.
Team Southeast beat Team North 6-3 and lost to Team Northwest 4-3 on Saturday.
2011 Bauer NIT set for Oct. 21-23
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The Bauer National Invitational Tournament has become one of the most competitive U19 girls’ tournaments in North America, attracting substantial attention from College Scouts and USA Hockey National Program Scouts. This year’s tournament is at the Fogerty Ice House in Blaine, Minn., on October 21-23.
This year’s tournament field includes three UMHSEL Elite All-Star Teams (made up of best high school players in Minnesota), Shattuck-St. Mary’s U19, Michigan’s Honeybaked U19, Ontario’s Thunder Bay U19, Team Wisconsin U19 and Shattuck-St. Mary’s U16. Pool A and Pool B will each round-robin and then teams will cross-over to meet in the final round.
Tickets are $5. Weekend passes are available for $15. Scout passes and UMHSEL Player Profile Books are on hand. Any Minnesota Youth Hockey Player wearing their association team jersey will get in free.
All games are held at Fogerty Ice House (9250 Lincoln Street NE Blaine, MN 55434 P:763-780-3328). More info on the Bauer NIT and UMHSEL can be found at www.hselitehockey.com.
Laying it on the Line
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Team Southeast trio of Kloos, Guentzel and Nelson keeps piling up the points
By Michael Murakami
MN Hockey Hub staff
In the offense-heavy Upper Midwest High School Elite Hockey League there’s one line that’s proving to be extremely difficult to defend against.
Through 16 games, Team Southeast’s point-scoring powerhouse trio of Lakeville South’s Justin Kloos, Hill-Murray’s Jake Guentzel and Eastview’s Scott Nelson has registered 85 points (37 goals, 48 assists).
Eight of those points (three goals, five assists) came during Southeast’s 9-4 victory over Team Northeast on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at New Hope Ice Arena that kept Team Southeast (11-2-3) atop the Elite League standings and increased its lead by four points over Northeast (9-4-3).
