She shoots, he scores!!!!
So many great moments mushroomed out of last weekend at the state tournaments...here were a few highlights.
Duluth East Near Upset: Early in the third period, Duluth East took a temporary lead over #1 Osseo Maple Grove. When the 2-1 lead appeared on our Twitter feed, it sent shockwaves through the rinks as other teams of boys and girls were trying to stake claim on a state title. Justin Janicke, after missing a wide open two-on-one earlier in the game for OMG buried the game winner with three minutes to go to end the Hounds upset bid 3-2.
District 16/Section 8 Fans: The fans from the northwest corridor of the state traveled well and cheered very loud when they got there. Signs, whistles, costumes and my favorite the fathead cutouts held up by Moorhead fans.
Great Hosts: Everywhere we went we saw great hosts of these state tournaments. In Stillwater we were spoiled with free lunch and dinner. In Coleraine we were treated to an all hockey hair contest and Grand Rapids was kind enough to have a boat show in their second rink for its fans to start dreaming about Summer.
New Stars: one of my favorite parts about state tournaments is the many new faces who rise to the occasion on the big stage. Patrick Wyers (Minnetonka) and Landon Wittenberg (Orono) got game winners for their team in Stillwater. Josh Locker was a one man scoring machine for Duluth East this weekend.
Sunday's hero Justin Janicke after he missed earlier in the game.
Twin Cities Orthopedics' All Tourney Team
Bantams
Bantam AA
Forwards: Luke Loheit - Minnetonka, Isaac Howe - Moorhead and Patrick Wyers, MInnetonka
Defense: Clay Hanus - Minnetonka and Dane Stoyanoff, Cloquet
Goalie: Danny Fraga, Wayzata
Unsung: Nick Baker - Cloquet
MVP: Ethan Frisch, Moorhead
Ethan Frisch from Moorhead was unbelievable last weekend in Stillwater
Bantam A
Forwards: Cade Moreland - Virginia, Owen Meeker - Warroad, and Ryan Solz - Mounds View Irondale
Defense: Lucas Jorgenson - Orono and Vance Kleinschmidt - Warroad
Goalie: Carson Limesand, Orono
Unsung: Bauer Barry - Orono
MVP: Preston Perreault, Orono
Owen Meeker with a blast for Warroad
Bantam B
Forwards: Jay Rickard - Elk River, Mitch Larson - Elk River, and Josh Mahaffey - Rogers
Defense: Max Psihos - Edina (Green) and Jack Stevenson - Orono
Goalie: Finn Grandy, Orono
Unsung: Sam Sherod - Edina
MVP: Brady Giertsen, Edina Green
MItch Larson was a force for the Elks last weekend.
PeeWees
PeeWee AA
Forwards: Josh Locker - Duluth East, Justin Janicke - Osseo Maple Grove and Brock Faber - Osseo Maple Grove
Defense: Joe Greniuk - Elk River and Cal Thomas - Osseo Maple Grove
Goalie: Konrad Kausch, Duluth East
Unsung: Dale Pfannenstein - Osseo Maple Grove
MVP: Kyle Kukkonen, Osseo Maple Grove
Brock Faber scored a big goal for OMG Friday in their win over Edina
PeeWee A
Forwards: Nick Blood - Mound Westonka, Joey Moberg - JCNSP and Brady Klemensen - Edina
Defense: Garrett Beauchamp - East Grand Forks and AJ McMahon - JCNSP
Goalie: Dylan Halliwill - Mound Westonka
Unsung: Jakob Stender - Alexandria
MVP: Luke Roelofs - Mound Westonka
Nick Blood was a big piece to the Mound Westonka puzzle
PeeWee B
Forwards: Hank Stechmann - Edina, Bennett Glad - Osseo Maple Grove and Calvin Hanson - Hallock
Defense: Hayden Hennen - Hallock and Cam Elder - Osseo Maple Grove
Goalie: Jackson Betker - Osseo Maple Grove
Unsung: Henry Wattson - Edina
MVP: Patrick McGarvey - Edina
Patrick McGarvey was a beast for Edina Green last weekend in Moorhead
Girls
15A
Forwards: Vic Neumann - Anoka Rogers, Olivia Swaim - Edina and Reese Strand - Roseau
Defense: Sophia Doll - Edina and Katelyn Kofstad - Roseau
Goalie: Kiana Flaig - Roseau
Unsung - McKenzie Bourgerie - North Wright County
MVP: Annie Kuehl - Edina
Annie Kuehl celebrates Sunday during Edina's 2-1 win over Roseau
12A
Forwards: Peyton Hemp - Andover, Hannah Chorske - Edina and Rory Guilday - Minnetonka
Defense: Madison Clough - Andover and Vivian Jungels - Edina
Goalie: Brynn Dulac - Minnetonka
Unsung: Brooke Cassibo - Osseo Maple Grove
MVP: Gabbie Krause - Andover
Vivian Jungels was a force for Edina last weekend in Cottage Grove
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