We saw tons of great hockey today all over the Twin Cities. Squirts, PeeWees, Bantams, U10A, and U12A games. All with title implications in several Turkey Day tournaments. The biggest surprise of the day came in the Forest Lake Squirt a tournament (not all scores reported, sorry), pre-season number 1 OMG was defeated by Blaine 4-3 in a great game by both teams. Blaine will take on CC in the final. Here all the results we could compile for today’s events:

Burnsville PWA:

Hastings > Roseville (6-3), Mankato > Burnsville (3-1), Farmington > Minnetonka “A”, Minneapolis > Cottage Grove (4-3), Eastview > Waconia (8-1), Lakeville South > Highland/Central (7-0), Lakeville South > Waconia (14-0), and Highland/Central > Eastview (5-4). Semifinals are Eastview vs. MPLS and Hastings vs. LVS (LVS is our predicted winner).

Burnsville SQA:

Prior Lake > Burnsville (4-1), Lakeville North > Apple Valley (4-3), Prior Lake > Lakeville North (10-1), Eastview > Minnetonka (6-3), Edina White > Farmington (4-1), Edina White > Minnetonka (5-0). Semifinals are Edina White vs. Lakeville North and Prior Lake vs. Burnsville (Edina White is our predicted winner).

EP Bantam A: STMA > EP (2-1), Jefferson > Lakeville South, Stillwater > Minnetonka (4-1), Elk River > Rochester (7-1). Wayzata > Eagan (4-2), Prior Lake > Rogers (8-1), Eagan > Rogers (3-1), Prior Lake v. Wayzata (3-3), Edina > Farmington (7-3), OMG > Highland (5-2), Edina > OMG (8-3) and Farmington > Highland (5-2). Semifinals are Wayzata vs. Edina and STMA vs. Stillwater (Wayzata is our predicted winner).

EP PeeWee A: Eden Prairie > Prior Lake (6-1), Lakeville North > Andover (4-2), Prior Lake > Andover (8-1), EP > LVN (5-0), Minnetonka > Elk River (7-3), STMA > Rochester (5-0), Stillwater > Eagan (3-2), OMG > Stillwater (11-3), Edina > Eagan (8-0), Edina > OMG (3-2), White Bear > Wayzata (4-3), CC > Grand Rapids (3-1), Grand Rapids > White Bear (6-3), and Wayzata > CC (4-3). Semifinals are Wayzata vs Edina and Eden Prairie vs Minnetonka (Edina is our predicted winner).

Hopkins Bantam A: Waconia > Edina (3-2) and Orono (5-4, OT) – Sticking with Waconia prediction.

Hopkins Bantam B: Anoka > Elk River (3-1) and Mahtomedi > Lakeville South (4-1) – Tornadoes will blow away the Zephyrs (sorry, bad nickname pun).
Hopkins PWA: Edina “A” > Orono (4-2) and Rosemount> Jefferson (2-1) – Edina “A” wins this one.

Hopkins PWB: Orono > Anoka (3-0) and Eastview > Rochester (3-2) – Orono too strong for EV. Hopkins SQA: EP > STMA (6-4) and Edina Green > Jefferson (4-1) – EP repeats as Hopkins Champs. Cake Eater U10A: Minnetonka > OMG (1-0), Stillwater > Edina Green (5-1), Eden Prairie v. Wayzata (1-1), Andover > Edina White (14-3) – Stillwater in a nailbiter over Wayzata Cake Eater U12A: Wayzata > Stillwater (2-0), Edina Green > Andover 10-0, Lakeville South > MPLS (4-1), WBL > Edina White (3-0), Eagan > OMG (2-0), and Roseville > Minnetonka (5-1) – Predictions: Edina Green over OMG and WBL over Eagan in semis and Edina Green to repeat as Cake Eater champs. North Metro SQA: Buffalo > Cloquet (4-2), Rochester > Rogers (6-0), Rochester > St. Louis Park (2-0), and Stillwater > Buffalo (7-0) – YHH predicts Stillwater over Rochester to win title.

North Metro SQB: OMG > Edina Gold (3-2), CC Black > Rogers (8-0), Centennial Red > Stillwater Red (4-3), Prior Lake Gold > IGH (6-4), OMG > CC Black (5-4, SO), and Centennial Red > Prior Lake Gold (5-1) – Centennial Red over OMG in a tight one to win title.