The Peewee B2 tourney format is a straight bracket with the 16 teams playing eight games in the opening round, four played on Thursday and four on Friday.  Saturday the quarterfinal and consolation quarterfinal rounds were played.  Sunday, the championship semifinal and championship games were played.    

Andover, Moorhead Black, Tartan, and Spring Lake Park played for the final berth in the championship semifinals.

Andover beat Moorhead Black 7-0 in the Huskies opening round game Friday.  The Huskies took a 2-0 lead after the first period and won scoring three third period goals.  Andover’s Connor Johnson and Maxwell Livgard scored in the first period.  Benjamin Osberg and Michael Anderson scored in the second period.  Osberg, Justin Gerdes, and Tyler Marion scored in the third.  In all, thirteen Andover players scored or assisted on goals.  In the second opening game played Friday, Tartan rolled beating Spring Lake Park 12-0.  The Tartan win meant the Titans played Andover Saturday.

In Saturday’s quarterfinal match, Tartan took a 3-0 lead and won the game 3-1.  The Titans’ Alex Bearth, Lucas Mason, and Billy Burback each scored.  Mason’s goal was the game winner.  Andover’s Brock Onnen scored for the Huskies.  Tartan became the fourth semifinalist.  In the consolation quarterfinals, Moorhead Black rebounded from their loss to Andover to beat Spring Lake Park 5-1.  The Black got first period scoring from Christian Willman and Payton Fisher Nath to take a 3-0 lead into the second period.  Willman scored twice in the opening period.  Grace Davis and Caleb Gardner assisted on Willman’s second score and Elizabeth Davis assisted on Fischer Nath’s goal.  Moorhead added two more goals in the second period.  Fischer Nath scored again with Elizabeth Davis getting the assist.  Thomas Olson scored the other second period goal with Gardner and Elizabeth Davis getting the assists.  Davis got three assists in the game.  Spring Lake Park’s Kyle Elleson scored for the Panthers with Grant Rupar getting the assist.

Anoka, Stillwater Red, Minnetonka Blue, and Roseville played for one berth in the championship semifinal.

The host Tornadoes played Stillwater Red, a team that is contending for the District 2 peewee B2 title in their opening game played Friday evening and ran into a buzz saw losing 7-1.  The Red scored four first period goals to take a 4-0 lead at the end of the first period with Brady Schmiechen scoring the first two goals.  Lucas Bristol and Henry Husnik each scored once.  Bristol got his second goal of the game in the opening minutes of the second period to make it a 5-0 Stillwater lead.  The Tornadoes’ Jacob Barthel scored to cut the lead to 5-1.  Joseph Lottsfeldt scored the final second period goals.  Husnik scored the lone third period goal to end the scoring 7-1.

Minnetonka Blue beat Roseville 9-1 in their opening game.  The Skippers led 3-0 after the first period, added two more goals in the second to lead 5-1 going into the third period.  Minnetonka got scoring from seven players.  Jonathan Lewin scored twice and had an assist.  Connor Ward scored two goals for the Skippers.  Bret Worley had a three point game (two assists and a goal).  Nicholas Baer, Elijah Lynch, and Jacob McCuskey each got a Tonka goal.  Harrison Odom and Jeffrey Schneck each got an assist.  Roseville’s Parker Peterson scored the lone Raider goal in the second period.  Peterson’s goal was scored unassisted.

In a game that matched two strong teams in the first quarterfinal game Saturday, Minnetonka Blue beat Stillwater Red 3-2.  The game was evenly played through the first two periods ending in a 2-2 tie going into the third.  Stillwater’s Nick Whitcomb scored the first period goal.  Minnetonka’s Nicholas Baer tied the game 1-1.  Tonka took the 2-1 lead in the first minutes of the second period on another Baer goal.  The Red came back to tie the game on a goal scored by Joseph Lottsfeld 2-2.  With seven minutes left to play in the third period, the Skippers’ Jacob McCuskey scored the game winner.  Minnetonka Blue became the first team to advance to Sunday’s semifinal round.

Roseville beat Anoka 2-1 to advance to the consolation semifinals Sunday.  Anoka’s Michael Huh scored in the first period to put the Tornadoes up 1-0.  Roseville’s Charlie Welsch scored twice in the opening minutes of the second period to win the game.  Roseville advanced to the consolation semifinals.     

Rosemount Green, MAML, Cottage Grove, and Coon Rapids played for a second berth in the championship semifinal.

The two D8 teams played their opening round upper bracket games late Thursday.  Both D8 teams won.  Rosemount Green beat MAML 6-1 and Cottage Grove edged Coon Rapids 4-3.  The two wins set up a quarterfinal game that assured at least one D8 team would be in the championship semifinals Sunday.  Rosemount took a 3-1 first period lead behind goals scored by CJ Schwab (assists to Evan Duevel and Jair Carlson), Mike Nelson (assist to Tysen Kalata), and Connor Proshek (assist to Danny Murtell).   MAML’s Logan Vedders scored with Brady Rasmussen getting the assist.  Jair Carlson scored the second period goal with Nelson getting the assist.  Carlson also scored in the third period with Thomas Luzum getting the assist.  Connor Hanson scored in the third period in the 6-1 Green victory with Schwab and Chase Tuccitto getting the assists. 

Cottage Grove’s offense rolled in Thursday’s night cap game but had a hard time beating Coon Rapids goalie Aaron Miller.  Miller stopped 32 of 36 Wolfpack shots on net in the game.  Cottage Grove took a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Lucas Chilton (Logan Lucas getting the assist) and Brady Strand (Logan Erickson getting the assist).  Jack Borner scored to open the second period cutting the Wolfpack lead to 2-1 (TJ Scott got the assist).  Cottage Grove’s Logan Erickson scored to open the lead to 3-1 with Brady Veary getting the assist.  The Cardinals TJ Scott scored twice in the first half of the third period to tie the game 3-3.  Ethan Hanson assisted on one of Scott’s goals.  With a minute left to play, Cottage Grove’s Logan Erickson beat Miller for the winning goal.   Strand got the assist. 

Rosemount Green continued to roll Saturday beating D8 rival Cottage Grove 8-1.  Cottage Grove’s CJ Schwab scored in the opening minutes of the second period to break a 0-0 tie and put the Wolfpack up 1-0.  After that goal, Rosemount was not to be stopped.  They scored three second period goals (Connor Hanson scored twice and Jair Carlson once) to take a 3-1 lead into the third period.  The Irish’s Eli Doran scored twice in the third period as Rosemount added five scores.  Chase Tuccitto, Tysen Kalata, and Niklas Barrett each scored once for Rosemount.  Rosemount Green became the second peewee B2 semifinalist.

MAML and Coon Rapids played an exciting game in their consolation quarterfinal.  The Rapids took a 1-0 lead halfway through the first period.  The Cardinals’ TJ Scott scored with Jack Borner getting the assist.  Halfway through the second period, MAML’s Bradan Reeves scored to tie the game 1-1 with Mike Hoffman getting the assist.  Three minutes later, Coon Rapids Cole Baker scored to put the Rapids up 2-1 with Justin Rice getting the assist.  MAML’s Reeves and Hoffman teamed up for a second Moose score two minutes later to tie the 2-2.  Reeves got the goal.  The third period was scoreless and the first overtime failed to produce a winner.  The game when to a shootout won by MAML.  Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake advanced to the consolation semifinals.

Apple Valley, OMG Crimson, Eastview, and Rogers MAML played for a third berth in the championship semifinal in the toughest bracket group in the tourney with Apple Valley, OMG Crimson, and Rogers all top teams in their respective leagues.

Friday, two tough teams from D8 and D3 played a solid defensive game.  Apple Valley edged the OMG Crimson 3-2.  The tight game indicates both leagues are strong this year.  Apple Valley took a 2-1 lead in the first period behind two goals by the Eagles’ Nick Hood.  Emmett McIntosh assisted on Hood’s first goal.  The Crimson’s Noah Lindberg scored in the second period to tie the game 2-2.  Valley’s Adam Wiggins scored the game winner halfway through the third period.  Wiggins was part of an Eagles’ rush along the right boards.  He came in low and poked a rebounding puck past the Crimson goalie for the 3-2 win.  Devin Britt got the assist.

Eastview and Rogers played their opening round game Thursday.  The top D10 team edged the Lightning 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.  Midway through the opening period, Eastview had a solo shot on the Rogers goalie, Zachary Schmitz.  Schmitz made the tough stop deflecting the shot wide right.  A minute later, Rogers’ Matthew Mikolich picked up the puck behind the Eastview net and fed the puck to the slot.  The puck deflected off an Eastview skate to Gavin Beck who one-timed the puck past the Eastview goalie.  The score put the D10 leading Royals up 1-0 at the end of the first period.  Rogers scored in the first two minutes of the second period.  William Dahlstrom got the game winner with Mikolich getting the assist.  A minute after Rogers scored, Eastview’s Tyler Egan scored with Rylan Wacker getting the assist to cut the Royals lead to 2-1.  After that early second period score, Eastview goalie Ethan Dauk shut the Royals down stopping the next 18 Royal shots.  But for the remaining two periods, the Lightning could not beat Schmitz in the net.  Rogers won 2-1.

Apple Valley beat Rogers 6-0 in their quarterfinal game.  The Eagles got stronger as the game progressed taking a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period, a 3-0 lead at the end of the second, and winning 6-0.  Six Eagles (Adam Wiggins, Luke Hansen, Emmett McIntosh, Hudson Hatfield, Petr Van Voorhis, and Nick Hood) each scored one goal.  Eagles goalie TJ Everson got the shutout.  Apple Valley became the third team to advance to the championship semifinals.

The Anoka Tourney Peewee B2 championship round was played Sunday afternoon.  The first semifinal game matched Minnetonka Blue against Rosemount Green.  It was a game between two top teams from District 6 and District 8.  The second match-up with between another top District 8 team Apple Valley and a tough District 2 team Tartan.

Minnetonka scored three quick first period goals and added a four goal in the opening minutes of the second period to beat Rosemount 4-0.  First period Skipper goals were scored by Nick Bear (Brooks Witta assist),  Jeff Schneck (unassisted), and Connor Ward (Harrison Odom).  Jack Lewin scored the only second period.  Rosemount goalie Andrew Murphy played tough in the nets after the initial Skipper blitz.

Tartan and Apple Valley played an exciting game with the Eagles edging the Titans 3-2 scoring an overtime goal.  Power plays factored into this game.  Three goals were scored on the power play.  Apple Valley led 1-0 after two periods.  Emmett McIntosh scored late in the first period with Hudson Hatfield and Matthew Cobb getting the assists.  Valley led 1-0 going into the third period, but the nine forwards on the bench were tiring.

The third period opened with Valley drawing two successive penalties.  The Eagles penalty kill stopped the Tartan power on the first penalty.  Tartan scored on the second.  Alex Bearth got the score with Logan Headrick and Lucas Mason got the assists.  Valley’s McIntosh scored again with two minutes left to play.  This time the Titans drew the penalty.  McIntosh scored the power goal put the Eagles up 2-1 with two minutes left to play.

Tartan pulled their goalie and scored with less than a minute left to play.  The Titans established control in the Eagles zone and moved the puck to the right of the Eagles goal to Mason.  Mason made a quick pass to Donovan O’Malley alone on th weak side for the tying score.  Mason and Bearth got the assists.  As the final period wound down and headed to overtime, Tartan drew a penalty.  There were 20 seconds left on the clock.

The penalty carried over to the 4-on-4 over time giving the Eagles a 4-on-3 advantage for over minute in the five minute period.  The Eagles’ McIntosh took advantage and beat a lone Titan defender on a solo rush.  He scored the power play winner beating the goalie on a quick move to the left.  Adam Wiggins and Hatfield Hudson got the assists.  It was the third goal scored by McIntosh.  He got the hat trick.