Karl Schuettler from our Rink of Fire BHS hockey podcast is our official ranker for Boys AA. For an audio or video account, check out our pod (link below), for a written account see his take on the top-10 and more on the HS Hockey Forum. For more information on our ROF sponsors see the links below.

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Eric Bruce, AKA "Class A Guy" on the HS hockey forum is our official ranker for Boys AA. To hear an audio or video account, check out our pod (link below), for a written account see his take on the top-10 and more on the HS Hockey Forum. For more information on our ROF sponsors see the links below.

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Tough week for Bantam AA top ten teams (and the guy ranking them).  Four teams lose to non-T10 teams and another gets thumped in their first game against a team inside the rankings.

On the positive side, Moorhead rebounds with three quality wins and  Rogers does well with a 2-0-1 record.

Armstrong Cooper reclaims the No. 1 spot this week, as the Wings benefit from a Delano loss.  Hibbing/Chisholm are the biggest movers this week, the No. 6 Bluejackets are currently on a 12-game win streak. Minnetonka is the new entry in the rankings this week, the Skippers took down the previous first-ranked Delano Tigers.

The No. 3 Prior Lake Lakers had a huge weekend up in North Dakota, as the Lakers take home the Grand Forks tournament. Stillwater Black gets noticed this week for two things. The first is that the Ponies knocked off the previous sixth-ranked Duluth East. The second is that the Ponies won the Glen Avon tournament up in Duluth. The Ponies claim our No. 10 spot in the top ten this week.

It is an aberration (def: a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected) for a team to go from outside the top-10 to top-5. But White Bear did it. The Bears beat three T10 teams (OMG, STW, MAHT) to win the Lumberjack Cup. Since November 11, they have gone 11-1-2. 

Another team getting close to a T10 appearance...Eden Prairie. The Eagles had two T10 wins last week (Edina, Hermantown).

The new No. 1 team in Peewee A is the YHH Lumberjack champion Woodbury Predators. The Predators beat the previous No. 1 Roseville Raiders 1-0 in overtime of the championship game. Dodge County leaps up five spots this week, as the Wildcats upset last week’s fifth-ranked Mound Westonka. Northfield and Eagan are both new this week, they both won four games this week respectively.

The No. 1 team Hermantown had a huge weekend, winning the Eden Prairie tournament. Moorhead Black is the biggest mover, the Spuds rise from No. 10 to No. 3 in one week; the Spuds beat last week’s fifth-ranked Bemidji Blue. Roseville is new to the rankings this week; the Raiders debut as No. 5 after a huge Lumberjack tournament win the last weekend. Litchfield/Dassel/Cokato Navy finally gets noticed for their undefeated record, as it pushes them into the top ten this week.

It's still a little early to make solid rankings...but things are starting to come together. Edina Green bursts onto the scene with a home tourney win over some really good teams. Blaine beats Andover to muddle the picture in District 10 a bit. Austin remains a mystery in southern Minnesota and the Packers have double digit wins.

The Eden Prairie tourney this weekend will further sort things out for us. No. 1 Woodbury will get tested in pool play by a very good EP team and an undefeated Roseville squad. The other pool is load as well with Minnetonka and Edina Green!

The Armstrong Cooper Wings move into the No. 2 spot. The Wings have not lost a game in over a month. Pine City keeps climbing up the rankings as well the Dragons haven’t lost since before Halloween. Centennial is new this week in the rankings at the No. 10 slot; the Cougars are on a six-game win streak.