Halfway through the six games played at the St. Cloud Camp, none of the six teams have an unblemished record.  Two of the teams (Gold 1-0-2 and White 2-0-1) are unbeaten, but have been tied.  The Gold played the White Saturday evening and tied each other 2-2.  White beat the Royal team 4-1 on Sunday and beat the Red team Monday 4-3.

In Sunday’s game, the White team jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first minute of play, took a 3-1 lead at half time and won 4-1 in a cleanly skated game.  00254 (#17 White) Beau Wilmer/Warroad scored in the first 30 seconds of the game with 00249 (#11 White) Brandon Lund/Roseau getting the assist.  00226 (#9 White) Cameron Buhl/South St. Paul scored a minute later with defensemen 00030 (#7 White) Harmon Sorenson/Wayzata  and 00023 (#5 White) Tristian Moss/Wayzata getting the assists.

The Royals’ defenseman 00034 (#6 Royal) Tanner Vescio/Blaine scored unassisted to cut the lead to 2-1; but 00222 (#8 White) Kieffer Bellows/Edina scored late in the first half to put the White team up 3-1 at half time.  Defenseman 00009 (#4 White) Matt Hellickson/Rogers got the assist.   00209 (#16 White) Luke Paterson/Wayzata scored the only second half goal to end the scoring 4-1.  

00238 (#14 White) Cody McLean/Centennial and 00229 (#10 White) Max Johnson/Lakeville got the assists.  Ten of the fifteen White team skaters participated in scoring the four White goals.

Gold beat the Grey team 4-2 Sunday and tied the Royal team 3-3 Monday.

The Royal’s surprised the Lt. Blue team beating them 6-0 in the opening game.  That score was the biggest loss of the first nine games.  The Royal team has posted a 1-1-1 record.

The Grey team beat the Red 8-3 in the opening game and beat the Lt Blue team 4-1 Monday besides losing to the Gold 4-2 Sunday.

In Sunday’s game, the Gold and the Grey teams were in a 0-0 tie after the first 24 minute half.  Penalties marred the last few minutes of play in the first half.
The second half opened with four quick goals scored in a three minute interval.  00220 (#15 Gold) Augustine Moore/Edina scored the first goal to put the Gold up 1-0.  The Grey rebounded with two quick goals.

The first was scored by 00204 (#16 Grey) Derek Sievers/Tartan with 00203 (#15 Grey) Luke Ranallo/Mounds View getting the assist.  The second goal was a power play goal scored by 00237 (#14 Grey) Matt Jennrich/Centennial with 00003 (#2 Grey) Gerald Calengor/Benilde getting the assist.

Moore scored again to tie the game 2-2 and then 00028 (#7 Gold) defenseman Sam Rossini/Burnsville scored twice to put the game away 4-2.  Rossini’s first goal was unassisted; 00011 (#3 Gold) Brian Hurley/St. Thomas Academy and 00210 (#16 Gold) William Rooney/ got the assists on Rossini’s second goal.

Besides losing to the Grey team and the White team, the Red team beat Lt. Blue in Sunday’s game 3-1 to post a 1-2-0 record halfway through the camp.  In that game, 00208 (#15 Red) Matt Nelson scored the first two goals, the first on a hard shot from the right faceoff circle that beat the goalie on the right side halfway up the net to put the Red up 1-0.  It was an unassisted goal.  Nelson scored the second goal halfway through the first half to put the Red ahead 2-0.  Nelson’s goal came from the slot, beating the goalie on the right side again.  00221 (#12 Red) Curtis Hanson got the assist.

00236 (#14 Red) Austin Long/Spring Lake Park scored 10 minutes into the second half to put the Red team up 3-0.  00225 (#16 Lt Blue) Jake Theis/Chanhassen scored on a hard shot from the slot beating the goalie on the upper right side to cut the lead to 3-1 and end the scoring for Sunday’s nightcap.  The Lt. Blue team is winless, losing all three games (Royal, Red, and Grey).  Long’s line of Hanson and 00224 (#17 Red) Garret Wait/Edina had a good game.

The top two teams at the end of the six games will play in Thursday’s championship game.  The White team leads in the standings with 5 points; Gold and Grey are tied for second with 4 points each, the Royal team is in fourth with three points, the Red team is in fifth with 2 points and the Lt. Blues trail with no wins.

The Grey and White teams play at 8:00 today at the main arena on the St. Cloud Campus.  Earlier in the day, the Gold and Lt. Blue play (1:45 PM) and the Red and Royal play (3:30 PM).