Gray Bracket Summary: Apple Valley holds on beats Greenway
The Gray Bracket featured teams who lost Friday in the Sweet 16. It was an eight team affair that found metro power Apple Valley and Greenway in the Final. The Eagles lost to Mankato Friday 4-2 and then came back and beat District rival Park Cottage Grove and then Eveleth on Saturday. Greenway beat STMA 8-6 Friday and then lost to eventual Champion St. Paul 8-5. On Saturday they beat East Grand Forks and River Lakes to gain the final on Sunday.
In the final, Apple Valley lead the whole way but had to hold off the Raiders who scored to make it 4-3 with 16 seconds left. Jared Wright had 2G/1A to lead the Eagles. Ben Troumbly and Christian Miller had 1G/1A to lead the Raiders. The real hero was Jack Novak who had 1G/2A for Apple Valley, his second assist came on a pretty pass back door to Colton Bauer for the GWG.
Third Place
Eveleth > River Lakes (4-2)
Consolation
Park Cottage Grove > East Grand Forks (4-1)
Friendship
White Bear Lake "A" > Minneapolis "A" (4-3, OT/SO)