the Boys Minnesota High School Hockey Large School Tournament.
Over 125,000 fans will come to St. Paul, MN EXCEL Center over the next 3 days to watch the best prep tournament in the Nation
they SEED the top 4 clubs to insure they dont play each other in the first round..they other 4 teams are randomly placed in the matchups..so 1 does not play 8 (except this year by chance that is what happened)..
today afternoon
number 2 seeded Edina vs Roseau
(battle of the two strongest traditions in the state, these teams are number 1 and 2 in titles and appearances all time! and both wear green...Roseau is the small northern school state darling..Edina the hated elite public school)
final edina 4-1
number 3 seed Blaine vs Apple Valley
Blane with U of MN recruit Bjusted was a top 5 team all year, 5th straight trip to state for this new northern suburb power program, Apple Valley just happy to be here...number one wrestling program in the NATION (won state last week) played through a weak region and made it..at least their fans know where to park.
Blaine 5-2
evening
number 1 Minnetonka vs LAkeville North
Blow out...Minnetonka one loss all year and number one, three division one defenseman on the same team is unheard of..and some nice forwards...LAkeville North comes form the horrible weak southern state section which for political reasons only gets a team..they were way below 0.500 this year..
Tonka 7-0
Number 4 Hill Murray vs Duluth East
thought to be the best matchup of the day..East is the best of the unseeded teams winners of 12 in a row...these two teams have met many times in the tourny with HillMurray willing almost all of them. Hill wondering aobut why they are a 4 seed, they were the number 3 rated team in the state before playoffs and the number 2 seed lost in regions..still last time they were a 4 seed 2 years ago they won state
Hill 4 East 3
semis
calling for Blaine to make a run, they have not done much in their 5 year state tourney run, Blaine 5-4
Upset alert...Hill murray has the tradition to beat a top seed Tonka...
5-4 HM in a classic
Finals...
teams played earlier this year with Blaine getting a 4-0 first period lead only to have Hill battle back to a 5-4 game which Blaine won....high scoring
calling for Blaine to win state 5-4...
local watering holes such as Patrick McGoverns will be rockin....
odds to win tourney (exclusive to RX and eog)
Minnetonka -140
Edina 3.5-1
blaine 5.5 - 1
Hill murray 6-1
Duluth East 15-1
Roseau 18-1
Apple Valley 80-1
Lakeville North 2000-1