2004 Invite

Velocity Black and Blue Army kicked off the 2004 Invite Division with a 4-4 tie, with New Generation following that draw with a 4-1 win over Mustangs Green. Since there are only four teams in the ’04 Invite Division, each team will play the other three once, with all four teams playing twice on Saturday. Those games will take place at the St. Louis Park Rec Center and Braemar Ice Arena.  

2005 Invite

Pool A of the 2005 Invite Division has Blue Army on top after the first day of competition after scoring a 5-1 win over Magicians AAA. The ’06 Minnesota Blades tied the Alaska ’05’s 6-6 in a roller-coaster of a game in St. Louis Park. Pool B featured two ties on Friday, so Saturday will begin with everyone tied for first, just like Friday did. Red Army and Euro American Red drew 4-4, while the Midwest Devils and Breakaway Red ended their game knotted at 3-3.  

2006 Invite 

In keeping with Friday’s theme of ties, Miracle Gold and Acceleration NW skated to a 3-3 draw in Maple Grove to start the 2006 Invite Division, with the ’06 Minnesota Blades downing the Colorado Kodiaks 5-2 in the other Pool A battle. Blue Army thumped Breakaway Red 7-1 and Velocity Black shut out the Green Bay (WI) Hornets 6-0 to complete Pool B’s slate for the day. 

2007 Invite 

Friday yielded two losses for Breakaway Red in the 2007 Invite Division, as the team was the only group to play twice. Blue Army also ended Friday without a mark in the win column, as they fell to Minnesota Mosquitos Black 6-3. The Lake Superior Stars, Euro American Red, and the Mosquitos will all enter Saturday with 1-0 records. 

10U

In one of the most populated divisions in the entire tournament, 12 teams stock the 10U side of the puck, with six games played on Friday. In Pool A, Easton Synergy trounced the Minnesota Nordiques 8-1, while DHI West Coast cruised past Upper Midwest Warriors 7-0. Girls of the North shut out the Midwest Selects 7-0, and the Ice Cougars blanked the Jr. Moose 2-0 to close out the day for Pool B. Team MN Development and the Red River Flames are both 1-0 in Pool C, as MN Development edged the Mustangs 3-1 and the Flames topped the Top Dog Bulldogs 9-2. 

12U Campbell 

The FT Stars shot past the Magicians 4-1, while the Terrebonne Terrors snuck past Northern Edge Elite Orange in Pool A of the Campbell Division in 12-Under. The OS Aces defeated Team MN Development 5-3 in Pool B, with the Midwest Selects drawing with Ice Cougars Purple by a score of 5-5.

12U Wales

In Pool A of the Wales Division, the New York EJ All-Stars and the River City Selects both concluded Friday victorious, with the All-Stars downing Skate to Excellence and the Selects thumping MN Nordiques Blue, both by scores of 7-0.

The Sassy Sharpshooters skunked Blue Army 6-0 and Crown Hockey downed Ice Cougars Royal 8-2 in Pool B, with Easton Synergy and the Glenview (IL) Stars taking their respective games in Pool C. Easton Synergy took down the Mustangs 4-0 while the Stars slipped past the OS Stars 3-2. Pool D belongs to the Finlandia Hockey Club of Thunder Bay (OT) and Team Minnesota 12U, who both won their games on Friday. FHC blanked the Southside Skeeters 6-0, while Team MN downed the Red River Flames 4-1.