Osseo Maple Grove has won the Squirt A title of the YHH Squirtacular three years in a row and on the day the pairings for the 2016 tourney, they look to be heavy favorites to win it again. In 2013, the Leafbirds beat previously unbeaten Rosemount in a title game thriller at Bloomington Ice Garden. In 2014, they beat #2 White Bear Lake for the repeat. Last year, with zero returners from the 2014 team, they won the title again. To make matters even more impressive, their Gold team won the Squirt B for a sweep.
This year, their Black team is the number one seed of the SQB and their A team is undefeated and the top seed in the big boy field. They will be challenged - every team in the YHH top 10 is in the field...we miss Hermantown and Grand Rapids this year - they both have good teams. Last year in the Moose Goheen, Moorhead shocked the Leafbirds ending their 96 game Squirt A unbeaten streak, the Spuds will come to town with a great A team and two great B teams.
We will entertain guests from Arizona (PHX Junior Coyotes '06) and Chicago (Hoffman Estates A and B and Leafs Hockey in the B)...those teams always bring a lot of passion to the rink.
Last year Wyatt Olson and Jack Kernan won the Squirtacular for OMG Gold in Squirt B, this year they line for the A team