BOYS: SECTION 3 PREVIEW

Section 3 is the section of the people. This is the most fun section for sure because of its competitive balance. There are a lot of good teams. No sure fire favorite. And, the lower end of this section is ripe for an upset at any moment. If you don’t have a horse in the race, this might be the section tournament to follow for pure entertainment value.

Woodbury (12-3)

A team that was at or near the top 10 all season last year. In a season, admittedly, I thought they would take a step backwards being “hooley-less”, they proved otherwise and are one of the most disciplined and consistent teams in the section. Unfortunately their return to state fell short to the streaking raiders in the playoffs.

Key Wins

STA 8-5

White Bear 7-6

Mahtomedi 7-1

Key Losses

Eagan 5-11

Stillwater 2-10

CDH 7-8 (Sections)

Graduated Players

Sam Hoff - 32pts

Noah Schueller - 22pts

Jack Henry - 63% FO

Quinn Nielsen - Starting D

Mike Hall - Starting LSM

Returning Players

Quinn Olson - 41pts

Sam Sanchez - 19pts

Brecken Worwa - 25pts

Max Henry - 19pts

Evan Hermann - Starting Goalie, .577 SV%


St. Thomas Academy (10-5)

Key Wins

Eagan 7-4

Mahtomedi 11-4

CDH 10-8

Key Losses

Woodbury 5-8

Minnetonka 6-7

BSM 6-9

Eagan 10-18 (Sections)

Graduated Players

  • Matt Hudson - 43G, 40A

  • Adam Husaby - 36G, 14A

  • Charlie Youtt - 24G, 8A

Returning Players

  • John Dzunbar - Attack - 26G, 17A

  • Luke Hudson - Attack - 16G, 12A

  • Max Candon - Starting LSM

  • Hunter Carver/Dominic Castro/Brendan Gerber - Starting Close D

  • Gabe Meisterling - Goalie - .663 SV%

East Ridge (8-6)

Key Wins

Irondale 11-10

Key Losses

5-11 Farmington

4-8 Woodbury

10-12 Stillwater

7-8 CDH

5-14 White Bear Lake

Graduated Players

Returning Players

Kaden Baron - 52pts

Oliver Stalsberg - 27pts

Austin Griffith - 25pts

Wiet Ruetter - 23pts

Leo Stalsberg - 22pts

Mac O’Brien - 17pts

Brody Goertzen - Starting D

Ryan Shanley - Starting Goalie

Brandon Muth - 65% FO

Eagan (10-6)

Key Wins

Woodbury 11-5

Armstrong 12-11

Rosemount 16-15

WBL 14-11

LVN 14-13

STA 18-10 (Sections)

Key Losses

STA 4-7

Farmington 8-11

Shakopee 7-13

Prior Lake 8-14

Valley 10-11

CDH 8-9 (Sections)

Graduated Players

Riley Paulus - 70% FO, 37pts

Keenan Wilson - 41pts

Tyler Husby - 40 pts

Returning Players

Sam Simon - 41pts

Griffin Joas - 48pts

Cullen O’Leary - Starting LSM, 62GBs,

Charlie Heinlein - Starting Goalie, .514%

Cretin-Derham Hall (10-8)

Key Wins

Irondale 12-11

Eastridge 8-7

Eastridge 8-5 (sections)

Woodbury 8-7 (sections)

Eagan 9-8 (sections)

Key Losses

WBL 9-12

Chan 6-12

Woodbury 4-10

Stillwater 6-9

STA 8-10

EP 1-10

Graduated Players

Eddie Kielkopf - .607 Sv%

Louie Bailey - 46pts

Charlie Cantrell - 39pts

Returning Players

Luke Chorlton - 53pts

Aiden Siegfried - Starting Pole, 72 GB, 20pts!

Jack Murphy - 19pts

Easton Swift - 16pts

Beck Lewis - Starting D

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