lease note that the Colorado Rampage was the subject of another post this week.
Last Saturday and Sunday, eight elite teams converged at the New Hope Arena to play the opening weekend of the Upper Midwest High School Elite League games. Six of the teams (Team North, Team Northwest, Team Northeast, Team Southeast, and Team Southwest) consisted of top players in the Minnesota High School Ranks. Most of the players selected are either seniors or juniors that will play Minnesota High School Hockey in 2013-2014.
The Great Plains team consists mainly of players from North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. The eighth team for the opening weekend was the Colorado Rampage, a Tier I U18 Major Midget team out of the Colorado Springs area.