Lakeville South PWAA’s
Eden Prairie came out and put Lakeville South on their heels for most of the first period of their Sunday elimination game in the East Regional at Cottage Grove, but the South’s forwards got rolling and dominated play for the rest of the game beating the Eagles 7-2. An hour later on the same ice, Edina AA rolled 12-1 over Minnetonka AA beating the Skippers for the 8th time this year in the East Regional championship game. After losing to Edina, the Skippers looked beaten and the Cougars looked to be on the upswing. Four hours later, Minnetonka beat Lakeville South 11-6.
“We need to split the peewees to avoid those big losses”
The AA teams need to be by themselves to avoid those big blowouts. So how many big losses were there in the AA regionals besides the two big ones in the East Peewee AA? In the North, Grand Rapids beat Bemidji 9-1 in one semifinal, Duluth East beat Cloquet 10-0 to win the North #2 seed to the state tourney. In the South Regional, St. Cloud’s 6-0 win over Jefferson and 7-1 win over Rogers was the biggest margin of victory. In the East Regional, there were only two close games. Minnetonka beat Lakeville South in the quarterfinals 6-5 in OT and the Skippers beat Eden Prairie 3-2 in the semifinals. The games in the West Regional were the most competitive.
“We need to split the bantams to avoid those big losses”
The North Bantam AA Regional tourney had some big losses. Grand Rapids buried Cloquet in the quarterfinal game 12-1. Duluth East beat Roseau 9-3, Bemidji 7-3, and Hermantown 7-0 in the game for the #2 seed. The South regional games were close. The only blowout was STMA beating Buffalo 8-0. The East and West Regional games were close, no real blowouts.