Freeze Off MVP Damon Furuseth scores on Sunday for the Dog Pound
Tyler McKenzie scores for the Dog Pound Sunday
The Summer Freeze Off ended with a bang Sunday. The '04 Honey Badgers and the '03 Dog Pound won all but one game all weekend to land in the winner's circle. Both teams used high powered forwards, strong defense and great goaltending to help them win.
The Honey Badgers first beat the Skippers 19-11 in the morning to advance and then shut down the Puck Snipers in the final game of the tourney winning 12-3 behind great goaltending from tournament MVP Christian Manz. Tyler Grahme lead the Honey Badgers with five goals and Manz stopped all but three shots he saw, giving up two multiple rebound goals and shot that the shooter fanned on that fooled him.
The Dog Pound avenged a loss to the Euro Red team Sunday winning 14-12 in a fast paced clean game that saw heroics from both goalies Jack Weineke (Red) and Marko Belak (Pound). The Dog Pound got three hat tricks from Joe Palodichuk, Tanner Domschot and Tyler Haskins to pace them to the victory. Red got five goals from tourney co-scoring champ, Ethan Elias, who netted 20 goals in only 3 games for the Red.
Former Great Plains Goalie Christian Manz was MVP of Summer Freeze Off
A few things we spotted over the weekend:
Top Notch Grub: the food and prices at The Igloo bar and restaurant were amazing. Well thought out menu, cold beverages, and great warm seating and sight lines.
Three Amigos: The Skippers team was a fun team to watch...no big names, no players...three really stood out all weekend, Johnny Hendrickson, Ryder Ferguson and Teddy Manlove. A great trio of skill and grit.
Best Goal: Jimmy Clark for Puck Snipers pulls the puck out of a pile of players while turning backward dekes a defender then the goalie.
Showstoppers: Several players that played for Team USA and Great Plains in The Show were very impressive including Isaac Howard who had 37 Goals, Christian Manz who allowed 3 Goals in the Championship Game, and Jackson Anderson who had 17 Goals for the Honey Badgers.
636 Mile Club: Brothers Damon and Nate Furuseth trekked it over 600 miles to play in the Summer Freeze Off, they left with an '03 Championship and Tourney MVP (Damon).
Nick Pierre from Cottage Grove scores Saturday for Hockey IQ
Best Save: Jack Weineke makes save at buzzer to beat Dog Pound on Saturday 13-12.
Shooting Stars, 5 under the radar kids who excelled this weekend:
Tyler Grahme, Honey Badgers - showed great size and strength, was clutch performer for HB all weekend.
Jacob Rule, Knights - explosive skater who scores and plays bigger than his size.
Nick Pierre, Hockey IQ - has great ability around the net, was fun to watch him work the puck and make plays with Isaac Howard.
AJ Tollas, Euro - defensive player who doesn't score a lot, but skated hard all weekend and moves the puck well...has great size and motor for a big defenseman.
Ben Portner, Honey Badgers - grandson of legendary Albert Lea coach Roy Nystrom...Portner has sneaky speed, great hands and made some great skill and hustle plays all weekend.
Friday | Level | Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
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11:00 AM | 4 | Honey Badgers (Red) | 18 | No Regretzkies (Black) | 13 |
12:00 PM | 4 | Hockey IQ (White) | 26 | Puck Snipers (Green) | 12 |
1:00 PM | 4 | Miracle (Gold) | 8 | Skippers (Royal) | 16 |
2:00 PM | 3 | Euro (Red) | 19 | Hockey IQ (Blue) | 15 |
3:00 PM | 4 | Puck Snipers | 14 | Honey Badgers | 12 |
4:00 PM | 3 | Knights (Gold) | 5 | Dog Pound (Black) | 30 |
5:00 PM | 4 | Miracle | 7 | No Regretzkies | 21 |
6:00 PM | 4 | Hockey IQ | 24 | Skippers | 19 |
7:00 PM | 3 | Euro | 13 | Knights | 16 |
8:00 PM | 3 | Dog Pound | 18 | Hockey IQ | 15 |
Saturday | |||||
8:00 AM | 3 | Euro | 13 | Dog Pound | 12 |
9:00 AM | 3 | Knights | 17 | Hockey IQ | 14 |
10:00 AM | 4 | Honey Badgers | 14 | Hockey IQ | 13 |
11:00 AM | 4 | No Regretzkies | 22 | Skippers | 6 |
12:00 PM | 4 | Puck Snipers | 32 | Miracle | 6 |
1:00 PM | 3 | Dog Pound | 27 | Hockey IQ | 6 |
2:00 PM | 4 | Hockey IQ | 5 | No Regretzkies | 16 |
3:00 PM | 3 | Euro | 19 | Knights | 6 |
4:00 PM | 4 | Puck Snipers | 15 | Skippers | 7 |
5:00 PM | 4 | Honey Badgers | 33 | Miracle | 3 |
Sunday | |||||
8:00 AM | 4 | Hockey IQ | 19 | 13 | |
9:00 AM | 4 | Honey Badgers | 19 | 11 | |
10:00 AM | 4 | No Regretzkies | 11 | Puck Snipers | 19 |
'03 Third Place | |||||
11:00 AM | 3 | Hockey IQ | 23 | Knights | 15 |
'03 Championship | |||||
12:00 PM | 3 | Dog Pound | 14 | Euro | 12 |
'04 Championship | |||||
1:00 PM | 4 | Honey Badgers | 12 | Puck Snipers | 3 |
Player | Team | Goals |
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Isaac Howard | Hockey IQ | 37 |
Tyler Grahme | Honey Badgers | 25 |
Nick Pierre | Hockey IQ | 19 |
Avery Bahn | Honey Badgers | 17 |
JJ Wiebusch | Honey Badgers | 16 |
Jackson Anderson | Honey Badgers | 15 |
Charlie Hoch | Puck Snipers | 15 |
Riley Spindler | Puck Snipers | 15 |
Jimmy Clark | Puck Snipers | 15 |
Casey Seidl | No Regretzkies | 13 |
Logan Stoll | No Regretzkies | 12 |
Dylan Godbout | No Regretzkies | 12 |
Prescott Sexton | Hockey IQ | 11 |
Anthony Madigan | No Regretzkies | 11 |
Ethan Sillerud | Puck Snipers | 11 |
Teddy Manlove | Skippers | 11 |
Jack Rausch | Skippers | 11 |
Ryder Ferguson | Skippers | 11 |
Brent Gulenchyn | Hockey IQ | 10 |
Jack Strobel | No Regretzkies | 10 |
Johnny Hendrickson | Skippers | 10 |
Jordan Tacheny | Miracle | 10 |
Kyle Blanchard | Miracle | 10 |
'03 MVP Damon Furuseth from Roseau
2004
Tyler Grahme - Honey Badgers, Jackson Anderson - Honey Badgers, Ethan Sillerud - Puck Snipers, Jack Thompson - Puck Snipers, Jimmy Clark - Puck Snipers, Isaac Howard - Hockey IQ, Nick Pierre - Hockey IQ, Dylan Godbout - No Regretzkies, Casey Seidl - No Regretzkies, Kyle Blanchard - Miracle, Ryder Ferguson - Skippers and Johnny Hendrickson - Skippers.
MVP: Christian Manz, Honey Badgers
2003
Tyler Haskins - Dog Pound, Connor Smith - Dog Pound, Joe Palodichuk - Dog Pound, Leo Gruba - Hockey IQ, Jacob Rule - Knights, Alex Gilbert - Knights, Ethan Elias - Euro Red, Jack Weineke - Euro Red, and Luke Schroeder - Euro Red
MVP: Damon Furuseth, Dog Pound
Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|
Damon Furuseth | Dog Pound | 20 |
Ethan Elias | Euro American | 20 |
Leo Gruba | Hockey IQ | 20 |
Evan Murr | Dog Pound | 17 |
Connor Smith | Dog Pound | 14 |
Jacob Rude | Knights | 14 |
Joe Palodichuk | Dog Pound | 13 |
Blake Polifka | Dog Pound | 12 |
Tyler Haskins | Dog Pound | 12 |
Isaac Howard | Hockey IQ | 11 |
Zach Miller | Knights | 11 |
Jackson Skyberg | Euro American | 10 |
Luke Schroeder | Euro American | 10 |
Jackson Blake | Hockey IQ | 10 |
Isaac Howard scores one of his 37 Goals Sunday to lead the Freeze Off in scoring