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Show 2019: All-Tourney and Highlights

By YHH Staff , 07/25/19, 5:30PM CDT

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YHH presents the All-Tournament Second Team and its highlight video from a wild week in Bloomington.

Great Plains Takes Title in Tourney's Fifth Year

It took five tries, but Great Plains captured its first North American Hockey Showcase championship on June 29 at the Bloomington Ice Garden. Great Plains topped Team Manitoba 2-1 in the final.  The win marks the second consecutive win for the United States in the five years of the tournament, with teams from Ontario winning the first three Show crowns.

The fifth year of the tournament featured more than just the second triumph by an American team in the final. It had close games, great sweaters, international players, and arena construction. While the Bloomington Ice Garden's makeover may not have made the trek to the ice convenient, the shepherds of each team's journey became celebrities unto themselves. 

Highest among these team concierges reigns a woman who has turned the under-appreciated duty of locker room patrol into fine art. She's a personality who combines a can-do attitude with a wisdom that only manifests after spending years in the bowels of suburban hockey rinks. Linda Bellis became a favorite of both parents and players during The Show, and every player now knows that "you betcha" is the rallying cry for all things Minnesotan.

Sentimentality included, YHH is proud to present The Show 2019 All-Tournament Teams, with selections based on coach recommendations and observations by YHH staff members and game officials.    


East Coast's Luca Cannata was named to The Show 2019's All-Tournament Second Team.

The Show 2019 All-Tournament First Team

Player Team Position
Morgan Blackwood International Goaltender
Carson Carels Manitoba Defense
A.J. Francisco Great Plains Defense
Kash Alger-East Manitoba Forward
Mikey Berchild Great Plains Forward
Dylan Dean (MVP) Great Plains Forward

Kash Alger-East (left) of Team Manitoba earned The Show 2019 All-Tournament First Team honors.

The Show 2019 All-Tournament Second Team

Player Team Position
Cash Cruitt Great Plains Goaltender
Edwin Lundqvist International Defense
Joshua Shaganya Team Manitoba Defense
Luca Cannata East Coast Forward
Jack Wheaton Team USA Forward
Spencer Thornborough New England Forward

Spencer Thornborough, Team New England.

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