Hermantown edges EGF 4-3

Herald report...

Boys hockey

Hermantown 4,
EGF Senior High 3

THIEF RIVER FALLS — Jared Kolquist scored with one second remaining to lead Hermantown to a win over East Grand Forks Senior High on Thursday at the REA Holiday Classic.

Alex Robertson, Andy Gregoire and Zack Lawdermilt scored for the Green Wave, who led 3-2 just 12 seconds into the third period.

Garret Skrbich had two goals and two assists to lead Hermantown, who was outshot 35-26.

Hockey Hub Gamesheet...
http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/game/show/1143441?subseason=27330

Saturday's game against Totino Grace has been cancelled.  Nothing has been rescheduled yet.

Wave defeat North Carolina Hurricanes 7-5

Grand Forks Herald report....

Boys hockey: A five-goal outburst in the third period carried East Grand Forks Senior High to a 7-5 win over the North Carolina Hurricanes in the Ralph Engelstad Holiday Classic on Wednesday in Thief River Falls. North Carolina led 4-2 heading into the final period. Andrew Gregoire, Josh Moser, Kolton Aubol, Gage Ausmus and Tommy Hajicek all scored for the Green Wave in the final period. Beau Scheving kicked out 25 shots in goal for the Green Wave.


MN Hockey Hub Score Sheet link...

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/game/show/1702256?subseason=27330

The Greenwave face 5th ranked Hermantown at 5:00 tonight in TRF.

EGF defeats St. Louis Park 6-3

The Greenwave opened the holiday tournament with a 6-3 win over St. Louis Park.  Senior Michael Stengl led the way with 2 goals and an assist.  Sophomore Tommy Hajicek added a goal and 2 assists to extend his goal scoring streak to 6 games.  The Wave outshot their opponent 57-13.

Here's the link to the Game Sheet.
http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/game/show/1704897?subseason=27330

Greenwave lose to Crookston 3-2 in OT

In a big Section 8 matchup the Greenwave lost a tight one to rival Crookston 3-2 in OT in Crookston.   The loss snaps the Greenwave's 4 game win streak.  The Greenwave gave up a 2-1 lead with under 4 minutes left to play in the 3rd period.  The Wave outshot their opponents 32 -19 but couldn't find a way to win.

The REA Tournament in TRF begins today with the Greenwave taking on St. Louis Park.

Here's a link to the game sheet on MN Hockey Hub.

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/game/show/1049424?subseason=27330&referrer=206031

Greenwave defeat Grand Forks Central 4-1

After starting the season 0-2, the Greenwave have won 4 straight.  They face Crookston Thursday night in an important Section 8 matchup.

Here's the Herald article...

Boys hockey: Wave knock off Knights


Senior High looking for edge in race for Gambucci Cup

By: Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald

It has been so long since East Grand Forks Senior High has won the Gambucci Cup that co-coach Cory Chupka can’t put his finger on the exact date.

But the Green Wave took a big step toward winning it for the first time since 2004 on Tuesday night.

Tommy Hajicek scored twice and added an assist and Zack Lawdermilt had a goal and two assists to lead Senior High to a 4-1 home victory over North Dakota state defending champion Grand Forks Central.

The Knights currently hold the trophy that goes to the Greater Grand Forks team with the best head-to-head record.

“Oh boy, you would have go to back to my first year with (Jim) Scanlan coaching,” Chupka said of the last time Senior High was the best team in the Grand Cities. “Whenever you play Central at home, you know it’s going to be a good team. We played very well tonight as a team. We were moving the puck well and getting to the puck.”

It didn’t take much time for the Green Wave to make their statement.

On the first shift of the game, Corey Mack dug the puck out of the corner and sent it to Lawdermilt in the slot. Central goalie Derek Fuller made the first save, but the puck came out to Hajicek, who snapped it between Fuller’s pads just 14 seconds into the game.

“East Side showed up ready to play,” Central coach Tony Bina said. “They were moving their feet. They were finishing their checks. We stood around and watched for most of the night.”

Central, which dropped to 5-3 on the season, fell behind by two goals early in the second. Lawdermilt sent Tyler Hajicek on a breakaway. The junior forward snapped a shot off the left post and in at 1:48.

The Knights got their lone goal of the game at 11:08 of the second, when leading scorer Johnny Simonson curled around the right circle and fired a shot high over Senior High goalie Hunter Aubol (23 saves) for a four-on-three power-play goal.

“We were right back in the game at that point,” said Bina, whose team played without a couple of defensemen who were injured at the Herald Jason Stadstad Hockey Classic last weekend. “We were never really out of it until late in the third period.”

Lawdermilt extended Senior High’s lead with a breakaway goal late in the second, scoring on the backhand for a 3-1 Green Wave lead.

The final goal was scored when Lawdermilt connected with Tyler Hajicek on a backdoor feed at 10:52.

“The boys are really fired up right now,” said Chupka, whose team has defeated Warroad and the Knights in their last two games. “They worked hard and they came ready to play tonight.”

EGF Senior High 4,

GF Central 1

Key play: Zach Lawdermilt’s goal for a 3-1 Senior High lead in the second period.

Key player: Tommy Hajicek, 2 goals, 1 assist.


Here's a link the the MN Hockey Hub score sheet for this game...
http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/game/show/1049423?subseason=27330

GREENWAVE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT IN TRF

Here's the schedule for the TRF tournament.

Seventh Annual


2010 Ralph Engelstad

Boys Hockey Classic Tournament Schedule

Tuesday Dec 28th
Time Arena  Division                                             Teams
12:00  REA     VARSITY               CROOKSTON vs. HERMANTOWN

12:00  HUCK    JV                                 crookston vs. hermantown

2:30    REA      VARSITY                      EGF vs. ST. LOUIS PARK

2:30    HUCK      JV                                    trf vs. st. louis park

5:00    REA      VARSITY                        N.C. vs. HUTCHINSON

5:00    HUCK    JV                                        egf vs. hutchinson

7:30    REA       VARSITY                            TRF vs. TEXAS

Wednesday Dec 29th


12:00  REA       VARSITY                                 EGF vs. N.C.

12:00 HUCK        JV                                      egf vs. st. louis park

2:30    REA      VARSITY                       TEXAS vs. HUTCHINSON

2:30   HUCK        JV                                  crookston vs. hutchinson

5:00    REA      VARSITY                 CROOKSTON vs. ST. LOUIS PARK

5:00   HUCK       JV                                        trf vs. hermantown

7:30    REA      VARSITY                        TRF vs. HERMANTOWN

Thursday Dec 30th


9:30      REA   VARSITY                              CROOKSTON vs. TEXAS

12:00 **REA**   JV                                       crookston vs. st. louis park

2:30     REA   VARSITY                                N.C. vs. ST. LOUIS PARK

2:30   HUCK    JV                                                egf vs. hermantown

5:00    REA   VARSITY                                EGF vs. HERMANTOWN

5:00   HUCK    JV                                                trf vs. hutchinson

7:30    REA    VARSITY                                TRF vs. HUTCHINSON

December Update from the Coaches

December 20, 2010


Greetings from the 2010-2011 Greenwave Boys Hockey team.

A special thank you to all the members of the 1960-1961 team that were able to join us for our first annual alumni night.

The Boys hockey team is currently riding a three game winning streak after starting the season 0-2. The season started with losses to 8AA contenders Bemidji and Brainerd. On Dec. 4 playing our third game in as many days, the Wave beat Park Rapids 11-2 for our first win. Leading the way in the win was the line of Tommy Hajicek (1g -4a), Zack Lwdermilt (1g-4a) and Cory Mack (2g-2a). Scoring their first career goals were Gage Ausmus, Nick Korynta and Tyler Hajicek.

With a whole week off between games the Wave were able get some quality practices in before facing the Lake of the Woods Bears and Alex Lyons, one of the best goaltenders in the State of Minnesota. The Wave outshot the Bears 46-14, and won 4-2. Having another good night for the Wave was the line of Hajicek(2g), Mack (1g-1a) and Lawdermilt (3a). The win moved the wave to 2-2 on the season and more importantly 2-0 in Section 8A play.

Friday December 17th, saw the Waves biggest rival come to town in the Warriors from Warroad. With another full week to prepare the Wave came out flying in the first period, outshooting Warroad 10-5 while building a 3-0 lead on goals from Mack, Lawdermilt and Hajicek. That would be all the scoring the wave needed as the game would finish 3-0. With the Hajicek line providing all the scoring, the Waves defense showed its strength in holding Warroad to just 18 shots on net and helping goalie Hunter Aubol earn his first shutout of the season.

This week the Wave have two big games before the Christmas break. On Tuesday, the Wave open up the Gambucci Cup playing host to Grand Forks Central. Thursday the Wave look to stay unbeaten in Section 8A as they travel to Crookston to play the Pirates.

See you at the Rink,



Tyler Palmiscno





THE FIRST GREENWAVE VARSITY TEAM.
(L-R) RICK BUDGE, LYNN STAUSS, BOB KOBETSKY, "COACH" BOB PETERS, WAYNE OSTLUND, OSKIE HANSON, DALE STINAR, KEN PESCH, AND KEN FARSTAD.



Alumni Night this Friday!

Please help spread the word.  Everyone is invited to celebrate 50 years of Greenwave Hockey!  We'd like to see a huge crowd supporting our team, we all remember how great the Civic is when your playing in front of a big crowd!  Let's make life hard on the visitors and give our team a true home ice advantage!

EGF Defeats L.O.W. 4-2

With an outstanding team effort the Greenwave were able to solve L.O.W. goalie Alex Lyon, one of the state's best netminders, and post a 4-2 win.  The Greenwave outshot the Bears 46-14 on the night.  The line of junior Zack Lawdermilt 0g-3a-3pts, junior Cory Mack 1g-1a-2pt, and sophomore Tommy Hajicek 2g-0a-2pts led the way for the Greenwave putting 19 shots on Lyon.   Junior D Hunter Mero scored his first goal of the year for the game winner.


Here are a couple of screenshots from MN Hockey Hub.

Alumni Night set for December 17th

2010-2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Greenwave Hockey.  The EGF Hockey Alumni invite everyone to join us to celebrate 50 years of Greenwave Hockey by attending the December 17th game vs. Warroad.  The guests of honor will be the members of the 1st Varsity squad from 1960-61.  There will be a hospitality room at the game to gather between periods to meet old friends and share some great memories.  After the game everyone, including all Greenwave Hockey fans, is invited to the Valley Golf Clubhouse for a party celebrating Greenwave Hockey.   Please spread the word to all Greenwave supporters to join us!

EGF Scoring through 3 games

After 3 games the Greenwave have 5 of the top ten scorers in the conference. Tommy Hajicek currently leads the Mariucci Conference in scoring with 7 points.  Gage Ausmus, Cory Mack, Zack Lawdermilt, and Tucker Poolman are all top 10 in conference scoring as well.

The Greenwave will need all the offense they can can muster as they face Lake of the Woods on Saturday at 3:00 at the Civic Center.  L.O.W. brings a 1-1-1 record to start the year, most recently losing a tight one to Warroad 1-0.  Alex Lyon leads L.O.W. between the pipes averaging just under 35 saves a game and sporting a 1.26 GAA and a .963 save %.

EGF defeats Park Rapids 11-2

Herald article:

Senior High 11,

Park Rapids 2

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Tucker Poolman and Cory Mack each scored two goals to lead East Grand Forks Senior High to a win over Park Rapids on Saturday.

Tyler Hajicek, Tommy Hajicek, Gage Ausmus, Zack Lawdermilt, Michael Stengl, Nick Korynta and Andrew Knopp also scored for the Green Wave, who improved to 1-2.

“We had to work hard at every goal we got,” Senior High coach Cory Chupka said. “They were making great plays. They skated well and finished checks. They worked hard throughout the entire game. The effort was there.”

Greenwave vs. Park Rapids

The Greenwave take on Park Rapids tonight playing their third game in three nights.
You can follow the game live at this link:

SPORT NGIN LIVE

East Grand Forks at Brainerd - 2010-2011 Regular Season

 

Hockey Hub Scoresheet link:
East Grand Forks at Brainerd - 2010-2011 Regular Season

Herald article:

Brainerd 5,

EGF Senior High 1

BRAINERD, Minn. — Mitch Mclain had three goals and an assist as Brainerd beat East Grand Forks Senior High on Friday.

Josh Archibald added four assists for Brainerd.

“They have one potent line,” Senior High coach Cory Chupka said. “Other than that, we played hard throughout. We had a great effort.”

Brady Halverson scored Senior High’s lone goal, with assists to Tucker Poolman and Tommy Hajicek.

Brainerd outshot the Green Wave 38-21.

Bemidji at East Grand Forks - 2010-2011 Regular Season

Here's a link to the game page on MN Hockey Hub. 

Bemidji at East Grand Forks - 2010-2011 Regular Season

Greenwave Drop Opener to Bemidji 4-1

Boys hockey: Wave can't capitalize


East Grand Forks Senior High was unable to turn opportunities into points Thursday night. That ultimately spelled a 4-1 Green Wave loss to Bemidji High at the East Grand Forks Civic Center in the season opener for Senior High.

By: Robb Jeffries, Grand Forks Herald

East Grand Forks Senior High was unable to turn opportunities into points Thursday night.

That ultimately spelled a 4-1 Green Wave loss to Bemidji High at the East Grand Forks Civic Center in the season opener for Senior High.

Tyler Follis scored twice for Bemidji and nine different Lumberjacks recorded points while playing solid defense throughout. Miah Graves made several tough stops in goal for Bemidji, finishing the night with 18 saves.

Jake White put Bemidji on the board first, controlling a loose puck and pushing it past Senior High goalie Hunter Aubol eight minutes into the game.

Follis built the lead up to two for the Lumberjacks, rebounding a stray shot from forward Matt Serratore. Serratore later had an opportunity to add to Bemidji’s early lead on a breakaway, but Aubol made a difficult glove save.

“We came out with a lot of energy … and then they scored a quick one and it seemed like we lost the momentum after that,” said Senior High co-coach Tyler Palmiscno. “Then we spend the first eight minutes of the second period on the power play, make it a 2-1 game, and they come right back.”

A flurry of Bemidji penalties gave Senior High plenty of chances to score early in the second period.

Sophomore Tommy Hajicek briefly turned around Senior High’s power play luck, punching the puck in from the right side with a five-on-three advantage, cutting Bemidji’s lead to 2-1.

Less than a minute later, however, Bemidji responded with a goal from Max Hazelton, who deflected a shot from point by defenseman Brady Devescovi.

Follis put the icing on the victory for Bemidji with his second goal of the night early in the third period.

Hajicek had a chance on a breakaway to put in his second goal midway through the last period, but was stopped by Graves.

The Senior High power play struggled all night, managing just 12 shots on goal during 12 power plays.

“Early in the season, sometimes it’s easier to kill penalties than it is to play with a man advantage, and that was pretty evident tonight,” Palmiscno said. “We’ll have a good week in practice and work on it, and turn it around.”

Aubol made 23 saves for the Green Wave.

BEMIDJI 4,

EGF SENIOR HIGH 1

First period — 1. Bem: Jake White (Will Bruestle, Eric Hermesman) 7:26; 2. Bem: Tyler Follis (Matt Serratore) 8:43

Second period — 3. EGF: Tommy Hajicek (Gage Ausmus, Kyle Swanson) 2:28; 4. Bem: Max Hazelton (Brady Devescovi, Dillon Eichstadt) 2:59

Third period — 5. Bem: Follis (Easton Halbert) 1:05

Goalie saves — Bem: Miah Graves 4-7-7-18; EGF: Hunter Aubol 7-9-7-23

Upcoming Scrimmages in EGF

The Greenwave will be hosting a day of scrimmages Friday Nov. 26 at the Civic Center.  The high school squads from EGF, Warroad, Fergus Falls, and Sauk Rapids will be on hand for a great day of hockey.  Swing by and check out this year's Greenwave Team.

2010 Thanksgiving Scrimmages

East Grand Forks Civic Center
November 26th, 2010
Teams: Fergus Falls, Sauk, Warroad, EGF

Time:
10 - 10:50 Fergus Falls vs. EGF

11 - 11:50 Fergus Falls vs. Sauk

12 - 12:50 Warroad vs. EGF

1 - 1:50 Warroad vs.  Fergus Falls

2 - 2:50 Sauk vs. EGF

3 – 3:50 Warroad vs. Sauk

Greenwave Season Preview

The season opener against Bemidji is just around the corner.  Here is a position by position preview of our Greenwave Varsity this season.

Goaltending


After rotating three goalies for the early part of last season, Hunter Aubol established himself as the starter and gave the Greenwave a chance to win every time he was in the net. Aubol is a very athletic goalie, and never gives up on a play. Backing up Aubol will be senior Beau Scheving who played in 12 games as a junior, and junior Wade Jeffrey. Sophomore Tanner Lindstrom led the Bantam VFW to a state 3rd place last season and has looked solid through the first week of practice.

Defense

The Greenwave return five of their top six defensemen from last year’s team, and have what could be the strongest defensive group in Section 8A. Leading the group will be Sr. Tucker Poolman. Poolman, who competed in the 2010 Elite League, is a heady defenseman who never seems to get rattled. Also returning will be seniors Blake Christiansen and Tanner Dahlen along with juniors Tyler Hajicek and Hunter Mero.

Sophomore Gage Ausmus, will surely add another dynamic to this group. After participating in this summer’s USA Hockey Advanced 15 Festival and the 2010 Elite League, Ausmus is a physically mature, puck moving defenseman. Juniors Cole Peterson and Jake Kliner along with sophomore Nathan Peltier will add quality depth this group.

Forwards

Jake Useldinger graduated in May, leaving the Wave with a big hole to fill up front. Useldinger is off to a good start for the Coulee Region Chill in the North American Hockey League.

Juniors Zach Lawdermilt (22g 15a) and Cory Mack (10g 15a) are the top two returning scorers and the Wave will need them to improve on last year’s numbers. Lawdermilt and Mack are both explosive skaters and will create havoc for opposing team’s defenseman.

After Lawdermilt and Mack the Wave will look to a big group of senior forwards to provide leadership and increase their production from last season. This group includes Adam Knopp, Brady Halverson, Alex Robertson, Josh Moser, Jeremy Wikoff, Kyle Swanson, and Michael Stengl. All seven of these players saw limited action last season, but had a great off-season in the weight room.

Sophomore Tommy Hajicek, younger brother of Tyler Hajicek, led the Bantam VFW in scoring last season and has looked good early. Hajicek has the potential to be a gamebreaking type of forward.

MOVEMBER

Dear Green Wave Hockey Alumni:


East Side hockey alum, J.B. Olson (class of 1990), is organizing a month-long charity drive for "Movember".

Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a mustache-growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health issues.

WHO: We are asking all hockey referees (or any male) to make a donation, solicit donations, and to grow a moustache in the month of November to raise cancer awareness.

WHAT: Hockey people grow out a moustache, to (a) raise money for Men's Cancer Related Causes, (b) raise cancer awareness, and (c) have some fun doing so in the month of November! We are asking you to be "Mo Bro".

WHEN: The month of November has now become "Movember". The NHL has supported this effort, and we are asking any hockey fan to "join the fight" in November 2010:

WHERE: Any one, anywhere can participate. Once registered, each "bro" must start clean-shaven on November 1

• There is to be no joining the "mo" to the sideburns, which would be termed a beard

• There is to be no joining of the "handlebars" to the chin, which would constitute a goatee.

• The only addition to the upper lip mustache is a "soul patch" under the bottom lip.

WHY: Because the hockey community, from the NHL down to PeeWee hockey, has done all types of charity events, "pink" games, different fundraisers to increase community involvement, and now we are asking you to "join the fight". We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. Please help out the fight.

HOW: To participate, ycan register on J.B. Olson's hockey referee training website.

Here is the link to learn how to send doantions (accepting through paypal). The Section 8 Referee Association, thanks to Gary Hadden, has donated $50 already. Don't let a hockey ref show you up:

Link: www.UO-MoBro.com

Note: All proceeds go to the Zebra Foundation, a non-profit run by J.B. Olson. The Zebra Foundation has raised over $8000 over the years to support cancer-related causes, such as "Hockey Fights Cancer", through such events as the "Zebra Golf Open".

Greenwave Football to play for the Section Championship

Congratulations to our Greenwave Football team for battling their way into position to compete for the Section 8AAA Championship Friday night at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND.  Congratulations to the team and coaching staff, which includes former Greenwave Hockey players and coaches Chad Grassel and Kary Strandell and new assistant coach Scott Oliver.  Current Greenwave Hockey players on the team include:  Josh Moser, Brady Halverson, Gage Ausmus, Tanner Dahlen, Tommy Hajicek, Alex Robertson, Blake Christiansen, Joel Minske, Seth Stordahl, Tom Gander, Beau Scheving, and Kyle Swanson.



Minnesota Section 8AAA football semifinals: Wave advance to section final


Herald Staff Report - 10/30/2010



PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. — Coming into the season, East Grand Forks Senior High hadn’t won a playoff game since 2005. Now, the Green Wave will be playing for a section championship. Sophomore quarterback Gage Ausmus rushed for 150 yards on 18 carries to lead Senior High to a 14-7 win over Pequot Lakes on Saturday in the Minnesota Section 8AAA semifinals. The Green Wave, 6-3 overall, will face Thief River Falls in the section championship Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Alerus Center. Senior High lost 23-14 to the Prowlers during the regular season. “To get an opportunity to play in the Alerus Center is going to be exciting,” Senior High coach Scott Oliver said, “not only for our program but also for our community.” Senior High started the scoring in the first quarter when Frankie Vargas returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown. On the play, blitzing linebacker Jake Safranski hit Pequot Lakes quarterback Nevin Greer as he threw. Then, “Frankie, being the former running back that he is, knew what to do with it,” Oliver said. The Patriots tied it at 7-7 in the second quarter when Logan Lange scored on a 7-yard run. Lange finished with 74 yards on 19 carries. “We did a very good job defensively,” Oliver said. “Our tackling was very good tonight. It had to be. (Lange) runs hard, and he’s a good back.” Senior High’s go-ahead score came in the third quarter when Tanner Dahlen ran into the end zone from 1 yard out. Oliver pegged the key to the game as Senior High’s strong start. “Anytime you’re traveling to the defending section champions and No. 1 seed, you want to set the tone right away,” Oliver said. “We did a very good job of that. You have to send a message to your opponent that you’re here to play and this is the style of football we’re going to play. I really felt we sent that message. Then we sustained it for 48 minutes.”

EGF's Gage Ausmus playing well in the Elite League

                Warroad power forward helps Great Plains dump Norway


A crazy thought went through Nick Stoskopf’s head while he was zooming in on a shorthanded breakaway during the third period of his Great Plains team’s 7-1 triumph over Norway.

Stoskopf, a senior from Warroad (pictured), briefly considered doing something fancy. Maybe one of those wacky, put-the-stick-between-your-legs-and-shoot moves.

“But the scouts would probably cross me off every list they have,” said Stoskopf, who instead went with the more conventional snap shot aimed for the upper corner.

“I saw the top corner was open, but that didn’t quite work out,” said Stoskopf, who scored 17 goals and added 22 assists while playing on Warroad’s top line last season. “I didn’t quite get her high enough.”

Stoskopf didn’t score on the breakaway but he did have a goal in the victory, giving him two goals and two assists in four Elite League games.

“It’s quite the experience,” Stoskopf said. “I watched (Warriors linemates from last season) Brock Nelson and Brett Hebel do it last year, and they came back for the season really in shape. They said it’s a great experience and it has been all of that so far.”

The heavy hitting Stoskopf (he stands 6-feet tall and weighs 191 pounds) classifies himself as a power forward, “but I like to claim that I have a couple of skills here and there.”

He will need all of his skills if Warroad, which placed third at the Class A state tournament last season, is going to have yet another successful season. Losing Nelson and Hebel also means the Warriors lost the bulk of their scoring.

“We’re all just going to have to step up our game and take care of Brock’s scoring,” Stoskopf said. “He had almost triple digits in points, so we’re going to have to have a few guys add up to that.”

Three Stars

1. Luke Johnson, Great Plains

Just a sophomore, the forward from Grand Forks Cenral (pictured) scored twice and added two assists as he used his quickness to routinely elude Norway’s defensemen. Johnson, despite his youth, might very well be North Dakota’s top scorer during the upcoming high school season.

2. Nick Stoskopf, Great Plains

Unlike the bulk of Great Plains’ waterbug forwards, the senior from Warroad plays a power game (Stoskopf never backs away from contact) but can put the puck in the net, too. Stoskopf scored a goal and almost made it two when he broke free for a shorthanded breakaway in the third period but failed to score on a rising glove-side shot.

3. Gage Ausmus, Great Plains


Making his first Elite League start, the East Grand Forks defenseman is a sophomore who played more like a senior. He was steady in the defensive zone and picked his spots well in the Norway end, where he scored a goal.

East Grand Forks' Poolman riding the wave

 Here's a good article on Greenwave defenseman Tucker Poolman.

East Grand Forks' Poolman riding the wave

09/10/2010, 11:19am (CDT)

By Loren Nelson, Editor

Great Plains defenseman could help tip balance of power in northwest

.Spotlight On: Tucker Poolman

Over the past several years, Warroad and Thief River Falls have made the Section 8A championship game more exclusive than the most trendy New York City nightclub.

While yet another Warriors vs. Prowlers final is a distinct possiblity again this high school season, keep an eye on East Grand Forks as a team with the talent to crash that party.

Senior defenseman Tucker Poolman (pictured above) is one of the reasons Warroad and Thief River Falls should be wary of the Green Wave. Poolman, making his Elite League debut this fall, was one of the standout defensemen for Great Plains in its 9-1 thumping of Norway.

“I tried out for the team this summer,” the 6-foot, 170-pound Poolman said. “I thought I did pretty well. Yeah, I was excited to make it.”

Poolman, who had three goals and nine assists in 27 games for East Grand Forks last season, spent the summer working out at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. One of his training partners was his defensive partner against Norway, Grand Forks Central senior Jeremy O’Keefe.

“I had no idea what to expect,” Poolman said about the matchup with Norway. “I heard some Norwegian out there. Some English, too.”

..Three Stars

Shane Omdahl

1. Shane Omdahl, Great Plains

The senior center from Roseau needed just 10 seconds to put his stamp on the new Elite League season, scoring a goal that would ignite the rout of Norway. Omdahl and linemates Josh Erickson of Roseau and Nick Stoskopf of Warroad were buzzing the Norway defense all game.

2. Eric Brenk, Great Plains

The speedy winger from Moorhead led all players with three points (one goal, two assists), routinely showing his eagerness to crash the net.

3. Mark Bittner, Great Plains

The senior defenseman from Crookston didn’t crack the scoresheet, but he scores big points for playing a football game Friday night (he’s the Pirates’ quarterback) and making the early morning drive to New Hope. He and defensive mate Carson Gray of Warroad were solid at both ends of the rink.

..Line Combos

GREAT PLAINS

Josh Erickson-Shane Omdahl-Nick Stoskopf

Comment: Last season the Great Plains line combination of two Warroad players (Brett Hebel and Brock Nelson) and one from Roseau (Adam Knochenmus) was one of the highest scoring in the league. This season the mix is slightly different with two Roseau players (Erickson and Omdahl) and one from Warroad (Stoskopf), but at first glance the grouping looks like it could be equally explosive.

John Simonson-Luke Johnson-Jordan Aamot

Comment: An all-Grand Forks Central trio, if these guys stay together during the North Dakota high school season they will be extremely difficult to stop. Aamot and Simonson each scored a goal and Johnson finished with two assists.

Eric Brenk-Bryant Christian-Casey Fugleberg

Comment: Speed, speed and more speed, with Moorhead’s Brenk and Christian were joined by Grand Forks Red River’s Fugleberg. Brenk had a game-high three points and Christian added a goal and an assist.

Micah Ranum-Alan Zahui-Conor Jonasson

Comment: Ranum of Thief River Falls had a goal playing on the unit with Zahui of Grand Forks Red River and Jonasson of West Fargo. This group played better and better as the game wore on and looked especially good in the third period.

..Recruiting Update: Shane Omdahl

Great Plains center Shane Omdahl of Roseau (pictured at right) figures to be on the short list of Mr. Hockey candidates during the coming high school season. He will also, undoubtedly, be heavily scrutinized by college coaches.

Omdahl, who had 27 goals and 42 assists last season to lead the Rams, said he has been in contact with Bemidji State and Colorado College but hasn’t received any scholarship offers.

He said he has toured the new Bemidji State Regional Events Center and came away impressed.

“Plus Bemidji is close to home,” he said.

..Football Foes

Great Plains head coach Scott Oliver missed his team's 10 a.m. game against Norway on Saturday in New Hope but was expected to arrive in the Twin Cities later in the day.

Oliver is the new head football coach at East Grand Forks. His Green Wave beat Crookston 34-20 on Friday night, and Oliver spent Saturday's early morning hours reviewing game film with his assistant coaches and players.

Meanwhile, Mark Bittner, Crookston's quarterback and Great Plains defenseman, left home at 4:30 a.m. for the long drive to the Twin Cities.

Great Plains assistant coach Chad Hommerding handled the head coaching duties in place of Oliver.

East Grand Forks' Poolman riding the wave

MN High School Elite League

The Elite League is becoming a big part of our High School athletes' development and provides additional exposure to opportunities to play our game past the High School level.  Currently we have Tucker Poolman and Gage Ausmus representing our Greenwave in the Elite League.  Former Greenwave Michael Palmiscno and Jake Useldinger competed in this fall league and have continued their playing careers.  Palmiscno is currently a sophomore at St. Johns University.  Useldinger is playing for the Coulee Region Chill of the North American Hockey League in Onalaska, WI.

ELITE LEAGUE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY, STRENGTHENS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY


From Warroad to Winona, high school hockey is part of the fabric of Minnesota. But several years ago, the sport was threatened by the growing appeal of junior hockey in the United States. Some of Minnesota’s best players were leaving their hometown high schools, foregoing their remaining high school eligibility, to seek better competition and increased exposure in junior leagues.

The Upper Midwest High School Elite League was founded to give those players another way to find top-flight competition and exposure without leaving their homes, or missing all of the great experiences that high school hockey provides.

The concept was simple: Find a way to give these players the competition and exposure they needed, without disrupting the high school experience. “We wanted to keep these kids at home, and needed to give them a reason to commit to staying with their hometown teams,” said John Russo, one of the league founders and current Commissioner of the Elite League. “At the same time, we didn’t want to do anything to reduce opportunities for kids who want to play football or another fall sport.”

Those goals were met by scheduling Elite League games on Saturdays and Sundays, spread over seven fall weekends, leaving athletes free for traditional fall sports. A rigorous tryout and selection process ensured that the league’s competition level would be high. And word quickly spread among the scouting and coaching communities that the Elite League was a terrific place to watch a number of prospects at one time.

The Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association (MHCA) recognizes the importance of keeping players in school, and the contribution the Elite League makes towards meeting that goal. In 2007, the MHCA launched an ad campaign with the theme “Nothing Compares,” encouraging Minnesota hockey players to stay in school. “High school hockey is such a terrific experience, and we want as many kids as possible to have the opportunity,” said Ken Pauly, coach at Benilde-St. Margaret’s and one of the catalysts behind the MHCA’s promotional efforts. “The Elite League has been a terrific alternative for players who want to play at a high level, perform in front of scouts and still create those special high school hockey memories with their buddies.”

After a 21-game regular season and league tournament, 40 players from the Elite League are selected for one of two Minnesota teams that compete in the Bauer National Invitational Tournament. Nearly 100 professional scouts and Division 1 college coaches will watch, along with parents, fans and many others who enjoy the special place high school hockey holds in Minnesota.

The High School Elite Hockey Development Program and the Upper Midwest High School Hockey Elite League operates from September through mid-November and is intended primarily as a high-level supplement to the High School season. The program is a non-profit, 501(c)3 venture. The league features five teams from Minnesota, one North Dakota/Minnesota combo team and Wisconsin's top prep team. Shattuck's top team and other top Midget AAA teams also participate in some of the league's action.

High School Elite Hockey has a dedicated staff of paid and volunteer individuals who administrate, promote, scout and coach on behalf of the program.

Here is a list of all of the Former Elite League NHL Draft Picks

UMHSEL Draft Selections


Name Elite League Team High School Draft Year NHL Team Round Overall College

Nick Leddy Southwest Eden Prairie 2009 Minnesota 1st 16 Minnesota

Jordan Schroeder Southeast St. Thomas 2009 Vancouver 1st 22 Minnesota

Zach Budish Southwest Edina 2009 Nashville 2nd 41 Minnesota

Ben Hanowski North Little Falls 2009 Pittsburgh 3rd 63 St. Cloud State

Josh Birkholz Northwest Blake 2009 Florida 3rd 67 Minnesota

Troy Hesketh Southwest Minnetonka 2009 Edmonton 3rd 71 Wisconsin

Dan DeLisle Southwest Totino Grace 2009 Chicago 3rd 89 Minnesota-Duluth

Michael Lee Great Plains Roseau 2009 Phoenix 3rd 91 North Dakota

Nick Oliver Great Plains Roseau 2009 Nashville 4th 110 St. Cloud State

Seth Helgeson Southeast Faribault 2009 New Jersey 4th 114 Minnesota

Alex Fallstrom Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Minnesota 4th 116 Harvard

Jeff Costello Wisconsin Madison 2009 Ottawa 5th 146 Notre Dame

Nick Jensen Northwest Rogers 2009 Detroit 5th 150 St. Cloud State

Anders Lee Southwest Edina 2009 NY Islanders 6th 182 Notre Dame

Erik Haula Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Minnesota 7th 182 Minnesota

Kirill Gotovets Shattuck Shattuck 2009 Tampa Bay 7th 183 Colgate

Max Tardy North Duluth East 2009 St. Louis 7th 202 Minnesota-Duluth

Jake Gardiner Southwest Minnetonka 2008 Anaheim 1st 17 Wisconsin

Aaron Ness Great Plains Roseau 2008 N.Y. Islanders 2nd 40 Minnesota

Cory Fienhage Northeast Eastview 2008 Buffalo 3rd 81 North Dakota

Justin Jokinen North Cloquet 2008 Buffalo 4th 101 Mankato

Nick Larson Southeast St. Thomas 2008 Calgary 4th 108 Notre Dame

Drew Olson North Brainerd 2008 Columbus 4th 118 UMD

Jeff Foss Great Plains Moorhead 2008 Nashville 6th 166 RPI

Joe Gleason Southwest Edina 2008 Chicago 7th 192 North Dakota

Nate Condon Wiscosin Wausau West 2008 Colorado 7th 200 Minnesota

Ryan McDonough Northeast Cretin Derham 2007 Monteral 1st 12 Wisconsin

Patrick White North Grand Rapids 2007 Vancouver 1st 25 Minnesota

Nico Sacchetti North Virginia 2007 Dallas 2nd 50 Minnesota

Mike Hoeffel Northeast Hill Murray 2007 N.J. 2nd 57 Minnesota

Jake Hansen Northeast WBL 2007 Chicago 3rd 68 Minnesota

Travis Erstad Wisconsin Stevens Point 2007 St. Louis 4th 100 Wisconsin

John Lee Great Plains Moorhead 2007 Florida 5th 131 North Dakota

Josh Turnbull North Duluth East 2007 L.A. 5th 137 Wisconsin

Scott Kishel North Virginia 2007 Monteral 7th 192 UMD

David Fischer Southeast Aple Valley 2006 Monteral 1st 20 Minnesota

Carl Sneep North Brainerd 2006 Pittsburgh 2nd 32 Boston College

Mike Forney North Thief River Falls 2006 Atlanta 3rd 80 North Dakota

Aaron Marvin Great Plains Warroad 2006 Calgary 3rd 89 St. Cloud

Andy Sackrison Southwest St. Louis Park 2006 St. Louis 5th 124 Mankato

Jordan Fulton Northwest Breck 2006 Calgary 6th 179 UMD

Chris Hickey Northeast Cretin Derham 2006 Minnesota 7th 192 Wisconsin

Jay Barriball Southwest Holy Angels 2006 San Jose 7th 203 Minnesota

Boys' College Committments

HS Grad Year Name High School College Elite League Team

2010 Mark Alt Cretin Derham Hall Minnesota Southeast

2010 Joe Basaraba Shattuck Minnesota Duluth Shattuck

2010 Nick Bjugstad Blaine College Northwest

2010 Chris Casto Hill Murray Minnesota Duluth Northeast

2010 Jason Clark Shattuck Wisconsin Shattuck

2010 Willie Corrin International Falls Minnesota Duluth North

2010 Justin Crandall St. Thomas Minnesota Duluth Southeast

2010 Cal Decowski Andover Minnesota Duluth Northwest

2010 Joe Faust Bloomington Jefferson Princeton Southeast

2010 Danny Fick Forest Lake Harvard North

2010 Derek Forbort Duluth East North Dakota North

2010 Tyson Fulton Breck Union College Northwest

2010 Max Gaede Woodbury Minnesota State Southeast

2010 Max Gardiner Minnetonka Minnesota Southwest

2010 Kirill Gotovets Shattuck Cornell Shattuck

2010 Zane Gothberg Thief River Falls North Dakota Great Plains

2010 Garrett Hendrickson Virginia St. Cloud State North

2010 Caleb Herbert Bloomington Jefferson Minnesota Duluth Southwest

2010 Troy Hesketh Minnetonka Wisconsin Southwest

2010 Justin Holl Minnetonka Minnesota Southwest

2010 Christian Isackson St. Thomas Minnesota Southeast

2010 Adam Krause Hermantown Minnesota Duluth North

2010 J.P. Lafontaine Shattuck Minnesota State Shattuck

2010 Tony Larson Blaine Alaska Anchorage Northeast

2010 Ben Marshall Mahtomedi Minnesota Northeast

2010 Michael Morin Breck Colorado College Southwest

2010 Jimmyy Mullin Shattuck Miami - Ohio Shattuck

2010 Brock Nelson Warroad North Dakota Great Plains

2010 James Polk Shattuck Nebraska Omaha Shattuck

2010 Andrew Prochno Minnetonka St. Cloud State Southwest

2010 Connor Reilly Holy Angels Minnesota Northeast

2010 Ryan Reilly Holy Angels Minnesota Northeast

2010 Eric Scheid Blaine Alaska Anchorage Northwest

2010 Archie Skalbeck Hopkins Colorado College Southwest

2010 Brett Stern Centennial Minnesota State Northeast

2010 Andy Welinski Duluth East Minnesota Duluth North

2009 Matt Bruneteau Shattuck Vermont Shattuck

2009 Cody Strang Madison Edgewood Wisconsin Wisconsin

2009 Ben Hanowski Little Falls St. Cloud State North

2009 Danny Mattson Holy Angels North Dakota Southwest

2009 Zach Budish Edina Minnesota Southwest

2009 Nick Leddy Eden Prairie Minnesota Southwest

2009 Tyler Pitlick Centennial Minnesota State Northeast

2009 Nick Oliver Roseau St. Cloud State Great Plains

2009 Josh Birkholz Blake School Minnesota Northwest

2009 Seth Helgeson Faribault Minnesota Southeast

2009 Marshall Everson Edina Harvard Southwest

2009 Tyler Lapic New Prague Wisconsin Southeast

2009 Max Tardy Duluth East Minnesota Duluth North

2009 Zach Palmquist South St. Paul Minnesota State Southeast

2009 Ben Persian Orono Air Force Northwest

2009 Alex McLean Duluth East Air Force North

2009 Joe Rehkamp Breck Air Force Northwest

2009 Thomas Fallen Armstrong Air Force Northwest

2009 Patrick Borer Benilde St. Margarets Nebraska Omaha Northwest

2009 Izzak Berglund Little Falls Merrimack North

2009 Erik Haula Shattuck St. Marys Minnesota Shattuck

2009 Anders Lee Edina Notre Dame Southwest

2009 Aaron Harstad Stevens Point Colorado College Wisconsin

2009 Matt Paape Appleton United Wisconsin Wisconsin

2009 Dan Delisle Totino Grace Minnesota Duluth Northeast

2009 Nathan Sinz Shattuck St. Marys Colgate Shattuck

2009 Tyler Landman Roseau Providence Great Plains

2009 Brendan Baker Edina Holy Cross Southwest

2009 Alexander Fallstrom Shattuck St. Marys Harvard Shattuck

2009 Bill Simon Lakeville South Providence North

2009 Aaron Jamnick Hibbing Providence North

2009 Willie Hess Centennial Providence Northeast

2009 Nate Schmidt St. Cloud Cathedral Minnesota North

2009 Ryan Walters St. Thomas Minnesota Southeast

2009 Jeff Costello Catholic Memorial Notre Dame Wisconsin

2008 Ryan Bohrer Cretin Derham Hall Northeast Canisius

2008 Bo Dolan Hill Murray Northeast RPI

2008 Ben Lynch Blaine Northwest RIT

2008 Cory Thorson Armstrong Northwest St. Cloud State

2008 Chase Drake Mosinee Wisconsin Wisconsin

2008 Seth Soley Eau Claire Michigan Tech Wisconsin

2008 Jefferson Dahl Eau Claire Wisconsin Wisconsin

2008 Ted Behrend Oregon Colorado College Wisconsin

2008 Cody Strang Madison Edgewood Wisconsin Wisconsin

2008 Aaron Ness Roseau Minnesota Great Plains

2008 Brandon Bahneman Rochester Lourdes Bentley Southeast

2008 Jordy Murray Shattuck St.Mary's Wisconsin Great Plains

2008 Joe Gleason Edina North Dakota Southwest

2008 Jake Gardiner Minnetonka Wisconsin Southwest

2008 Joey Frazer Brainerd Nebraska Omaha North

2008 Alex Rush Eden Prairie Princeton Southwest

2008 John O'Neil Anoka Minnesota Duluth Northwest

2008 Adam Mueller Roseville Minnesota State Northeast

2008 Tyler Barnes Burnsville Wisconsin Southwest

2008 Nathan Condon Wausau West Minnesota Wisconsin

2008 Cory Fienhage Eastview North Dakota Northeast

2008 Jake Hendrickson Burnsville Minnesota Duluth Southwest

2008 Anthony Decenzo Hibbing Vermont North

2008 Chris Student Benilde St.Margaret Northeastern Southwest

2008 Justin Jokinen Cloquet Minnesota State North

2008 Anthony Raiola Minnetonka Massachusetts Southwest

2008 Bryce Ravndalen Warroad St. Cloud State Great Plains

2008 Matt Bergland Benilde St. Margarets Providence Southwest

2008 Dan Sova Hill Murray Michigan Tech Northeast

2008 Joe Howe Wayzata Colorado College Northwest

2008 Luke Greiner Shattuck St. Marys Harvard Shattuck

2008 Steven Hoshaw Culver Military Alaska Fairbanks Culver

2008 Corey Leivermann Mankato West Minnesota State Southwest

2008 Michael Lee Roseau St. Cloud State North

2007 Drew Olson Brainerd Minnesota Duluth North

2007 Rob Maloney Eastview Providence Southeast

2007 Luke McManus Rosemount Minnesota Duluth Southeast

2007 Zach Lehrke Park Rapids Minnesota State Great Plains

2007 David Eddy Woodbury St. Cloud State Northeast

2007 Chris Stafne Duluth Denfield Minnesota Duluth North

2007 David Brown Cloquet Providence North

2007 Jack Barnes The Blake School Army Southwest

2007 Ryan McDonagh Cretin-Derham Wisconsin Northeast

2007 Taylor Matson Holy Angels Minnesota Southwest

2007 Nick Larson Hill-Murray Minnesota Northeast

2007 Kent Patterson Blake School Minnesota Northwest

2007 Brandon Martell Elk River Ohio State Northwest

2007 Matt Reber Edina Dartmouth Southwest

2007 Joe Stejskal Grand Rapids Dartmouth North

2007 Scott Kishel Virginia Minnesota Duluth North

2007 James Knelman Holy Angels Colgate Southwest

2007 Jack Connelly Duluth Marshall Minnesota Duluth North

2007 Joe Schiller Detroit Lakes Minnesota State Great Plains

2007 Dan Vranek Eden Prairie New Hampshire Southwest

2007 Reid Ellingson Cloquet Northern Michigan North

2007 Nick Larson St. Thomas Notre Dame Southeast

2006 Patrick White Grand Rapids Minnesota North

2006 Tyler Johnson Cloquet Colorado College North

2006 Aaron Marvin Warroad St. Cloud State Great Plains

2006 Adam Estoclet Benilde St.Margaret Dartmouth Southwest

2006 Bryan Brutlag Holy Angels RPI Southwest

2006 Josh Levine Bloomington Jefferson Princeton Southwest

2006 Mike Louwerse Blake Minnesota State Southwest

2006 Jordy Christian Moorhead St. Cloud State Great Plains

2006 Chris Hickey Cretin Wisconsin Northeast

2006 John Lee Moorhead Denver Great Plains

2006 Tyler Kieffer Stillwater St. Cloud State Northeast

2006 Jeff Foss Moorhead RPI Great Plains

2006 Travis Erstad Stevens Point Wisconsin Wisconsin

2006 Tyler Thompson Benilde St.Margaret Minnesota State Southwest



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2009-10 Bantam A Season recap

Here's an article about the great year our VFW squad had last season... Keep checking back for future articles following our Greenwave in the Elite League and season previews for our Program.

2009-10 Bantam A Season recap

The EGF VFW Bantam A team had a tough and grueling schedule. With high expectations for a group that made the Pee Wee A State tourney the last couple of years the coaches put together a challenging schedule and by the end of the season the team ended up playing 10 of the top 13 ranked teams; including all of the top 5 teams in the State.

The team’s first accomplishment was winning the Moorhead invitational tourney. In the championship game EGF blasted the hosts Moorhead 6-1 to win the tourney. EGF would also participate in 2 separate Roseau Tourneys playing State powers like Woodbury, Grand Rapids & Elk River all 3 teams eventually made it to the State Tourney.

Playing a tough schedule worked just like the coaches planned and helped the team prepare for the most important part of the season which was the playoffs. EGF ended up blowing a 3rd period lead in the district championship game to lose to Roseau, but they still advanced to the West Regional’s in Fergus Falls. Blowing that lead ended up being a great lesson to the team and they didn’t lose another game the rest of the year when they started the 3rd period with a lead. The team didn’t have much luck or any bounces go their way all season, but at Regions they would finally get there big break when they won a 3 way tie breaker with Moorhead and Andover to get a chance to play in the regional championship game with a berth to the State tourney at stake. EGF played arch nemesis Roseau. Many of the same players for both teams met 2 years earlier in the same situation in a regional championship game to go to State. In that game Roseau got a quick 3-0 lead but EGF came back to win and advance to Pee Wee A State Tourney. All the parents, players and coaches remember that game as if it was yesterday. Would Roseau get their revenge? The answer was NO! EGF came out and took a quick lead and was in control pretty much the whole game and won 3-1 to advance to the Bantam A State tourney for the first time in about 13 years.

At the State tourney in Richfield, EGF was huge underdogs vs. 3rd ranked Osseo-Maple Grove who had a 55-10 record. With strong defensive play and great goaltending EGF got the lead and never gave it up as they went on to win 2-1. The State semifinals were a Northern match up vs. #2 ranked Grand Rapids. After a scoreless 1st period Rapids got on the board in the 2nd period. Down 1-0 midway through the third EGF got into penalty trouble and Rapids would pad their lead and never let EGF back in the game as Rapids went on to win 4-0. This would put EGF in the 3rd place game vs. Wayzata. Using the same formula that got them this far EGF would get a 1st period lead and never give it up as they ended up defeating Wayzata 3-0 and capturing 3rd place.

The season had many great memories for all the players, coaches and parents. One cool thing was all the games at the State Tourney were broadcast with commentary on the internet by the Minnesota Sports Network and anyone was able to watch for free and anyone could purchase a copy of any of the games. The team also got to do some educational team bonding by touring the State Capitol in St. Paul and they attended a WCHA Final 5 game at the Xcel Center where the Sioux played Denver.

The coaches would like to thank all the kids for their hard work and dedication and the parents for all their support. We also want to give a special thanks to Judd Stauss and Kane Aubol for coming out and volunteering their time. They both had a huge impact on this team’s success.

Team members include: Grant Boyum, Jake Chisholm, Luke Beito, Nathan Peltier, Gage Ausmus, Eddie Eades, Dixon Bowen, Nick Ranten, Cale Mack, Colton Poolman, Nick Korynta, Rayce Martin, Tommy Hajicek, Brandon Loven, Kolton Aubol and Tanner Lindstrom. Coaches: Nick Bowen, Kyle Gast, Jeff Bowen, Neil Purcell.

A Hard Day's Night

Here are some pictures from the "Classic"  If you would like any of these emailed to you just throw me a quick email.

Results from "The Classic"

These champions have undoubtedly been walking a little taller since taking the prizes at the inaugural classic.  They will go down in history as being the "Original Champs"

Golf Tournament a Huge Success!

The East Grand Forks Alumni Inaugural Golf Classic was a tremendous success!  It goes to show how great of a group of people we have supporting Greenwave Hockey!  It was one of the most fun tournaments I've been involved in (obviously since it took a month and a half of recuperation to resume this blog.)

I want say thanks to all of the sponsors that helped make "The Classic" happen. 

The Premium Sponsors were:

• Joel R. Duray D.D.S. (1983)
• Cash Trucking- Wally Cash (1979)
• Spring Valley Express- Phil Hartwig (1990)
• Farmer's Elevator Company of Alvarado- Kelly Kotowicz (1988)

The Hole Sponsors were:

•  SPRING HILL SUITES-TROY AUSMUS, BOWEN PEST CONTROL-NICK BOWEN , TYLER PALMISCNO, TONY PALMISCNO, DON BLUE, DAVID BLUE, EASTSIDE LAUNDROMAT-GEORGE CARIVEAU, PRECISION IRRIGATION-CORY VON RUEDEN, YANISH PAINTING-TINKER YANISH, BERT’S TRUCK EQUIPMENT-WAYNE GREGOIRE, RG TRUCK SALES-RYAN GREGOIRE, TODD ENTERPRISES-TODD GREGOIRE, TNT OUTFITTERS-TIM TWETEN, SCHEELS, EASTSIDE EXPRESS, SIMONSON’S  FILLING STATIONS, THE BLUE MOOSE, EAST GRAND STATION, JEFF BOWEN, DRAYTON FOODS-KYLE CASH, TIM SKARPERUD, THE HOCKEY ACADEMY, VALLEY GOLF, JASON SMITH-GREENBERG REALTY, MAYO MANUFACTURING-CHRIS DELISLE, EVERGREEN INSURANCE-JASON MACK

Thank again to all of our sponsors and to everyone who participated in "The Classic."  I'm looking forward to seeing all of you at our Alumni Night on December 17th when our Greenwave host the Warroad Warriors.  Check back for more details to come.

Pre-Tournament Party at the VFW Club

We would like to invite everybody to join us for a Pre-Tournament party at the VFW Club in downtown East Grand Forks. The VFW Club has played a huge part in our successes and deserve a big thank you from all of us lucky enough to wear the "Vets" jacket. The party starts at 7:00 Thursday night. See you there.

Golf Classic is 3 weeks from today!

The first ever Greenwave Alumni Golf Classic is only 3 weeks away! This is shaping up to be one of the most fun tourneys I have ever played. We have over 20 teams signed up but there still is room for more... Tell everyone who may be interested in playing the tourney to let us know so we can plan accordingly. Also if you have your 4 man team figured out let me know that as well (if you haven't already.)

A few of the golfers who have said they'd play are:
Tyler Palmiscno
Travis Cariveau
David Blue
Nate Metcalf
Kyle Cash
Keith Johnson
Ryan Gregoire
Scott Mack
Danny Parker
Jason Mack
Darren Blue
Kyle Mack
Dave Bies
Jon Hussey
Justin Hecht
Neil Purcell
JP McDonald
Pete McDonald
Judd Stauss
Scott Stauss
Nick Bowen
Travis Lind
Chad Honek
Tommy Solem
Chad Erickson
George Cariveau
Jared Hjelle
Cory Von Rueden
Jeff Vonasek
Mike Carlson
Phil Hartwig
Kyle Weber
Jeff Weber
Kevin Weber
Brett Gaddie
Wade Stallmo
Chubba McIntosh
Tim Jerome
Dave Jerome
Jeff Bowen
Kevin Peters
Kelly Kotowicz
Tinker Yanish
Chad Beauchamp
Don Riendeau
Rick Myers
Tim Spitsberg
Pat Boppre
Troy Norman
Travis Norman
Randy Galstad
Matt Fore
Tim Moe
Don Lovcik
Jon Hendrickson
Cory Chupka
Garrett Lind
Mike Palmiscno
Chris Nelson
Tony Weber
Matt Stengl
Jared Kouba
Tanner Hanson
Tyler Johnson
Luke Metcalf
Ryan Swang
Matt Metcalf
Todd Benson
Kane Aubol
Corey Pesch
Luke Brown
Shawn Schroeder
Kevin Johnson
Nick Stengl
Bob Sween

Again I'll ask you to please spread the word about the tournament, I don't want anyone to miss out on what is sure to be a great time for everybody!

Peewee A Season Recap

Another good article showcasing a bright future for our program.

2009-10 EGF Peewee A Recap

The Pee Wee A’s had an incredible season accomplishing nearly every team goal that was set at the beginning of the season. The team rolled with a record of 41 wins 4 loses and 1 tie. The offensive juggernaut averaged an amazing 7.52 goals per game while outscoring their opponents 346 to 119 on the year.

The team didn’t lose a game all year to any teams from northern Minnesota including traditional hockey powers like Roseau, Moorhead, Cloquet and Duluth East. The future Green Wave trounced opponents to capture their host tourney by a combined scores of 40-7 to win the EGF Invitational. The team also had a great showing in the annual Dick Johnson Tourney in Roseau beating some of the top State powers. In the opening game of the Roseau tourney they were matched up with Eden Prairie (who ended up finishing 3rd at the Pee Wee State Tourney). Playing shorthanded the entire weekend due to injuries, EGF pulled off a big 5-4 win in a evenly matched game. After beating Brainerd handily, EGF would play Elk River, which little at the time did anyone know these 2 teams would meet again with a trip to State on the line. But the game in Roseau may have been the most exciting game in the entire Roseau tourney with 2 highly offensive talented teams and EGF would come out on top with a 6-4 win. EGF lost in the semi’s to Edina (the eventual State Champion) and they closed out the 16 team Roseau tourney beating Woodbury to take home 3rd place.

The team went undefeated vs. district teams through out the regular season and added 3 more convincing wins on their way to winning the District 16 Tourney Championship to advance to the Regional Tourney. At Regions, EGF would advance through pool play to the Championship game and would meet up with them pesky Elks of Elk River again. This time they would fall to the eventual State Runners up in a high paced wide open hockey game which ended in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss. It was a tough way to end a great year and to fall short of their goal to make the State tourney. But it was great game between 2 even teams and it was still a magical season and it will be a fun group to follow in future years!

Team members include: Nathan Peabody, Trent Stengl, Austin Monda, Cooper Jerome, Sam Larson, Reed Hjelle, Tye Ausmus, Trevor Selk, Jace Pesch, Taylor Brierly, Mason Kallock, Tanner Tweten, Grant Loven, Reed Corbid, Garrett Lieberg Coaches: Jason Hearn (1991) and Matt Fore (1992)

Another Season Recap

Here's another recap covering our Peewee B American Federal Bank team. Thanks to the Coaches for sending this in. Congratulations on a great year!

The 09-10 East Grand Forks American Federal Pee Wee “B” hockey was a great team. This was a team of players working together as a “team” in the true sense of the word, as there were no true standouts. They worked together as a group and when one was down someone else would pick up the slack. They were a strong team from the start and only improved from there. This team would go far and do very well in the season, tourneys, and deep into the play-offs.

With only three returning players; from a Third place at state the season before, there were a lot of questions to who would be the leaders of the team. This was a team of good skaters and not a lot of size they needed to learn to control the play early or be run over. With good goaltending, strong defense, and timely scoring the AFB went on to great things.

In tournament play, we learned a lot about our identity as a team. In a down year in the district, this is where we would find our competition and hone our skills. In our early home tourney, in early Dec., we played very strong, but ran into a very good Winnipeg team in pool play. This left us with a third place finish and a lot of confidence going into the season. In Jan. we played teams: from Blaine, Elk River, and Stillwater; all very close, but putting together a complete team weekend to take first place! We hoped to continue this run later on in the month and participating in a Roseau tourney. We again played very well, but got a little cocky in the final round robin team of Mesabi East. Who had thoughts of revenge on their minds, after being beaten soundly by the AFB the previous season at Regions. We gave away a big third period lead and were forced into a third place game. Losing to Mesabi East showed us that we could never let up, not even for a minute.

After going undefeated in District 16 play, the AFB went into the District Tournament the no. 1 seed we played two very tough games with Bemidji and Red Lake Falls. By learning the lessons from earlier in the season we came out on top, District 16 champions! With high hopes, we went into the West Region Tournament in Crookston, hoping to earn a trip to State in Roseau. We were upset early by a gritty Brainerd team 2-1 and were manhandled by a great Sauk Rapids team 9-0.We thought our season was over and the final round robin game against Moorhead would be it for the year. We thought wrong. We learned that we needed to win by two goals and we could advance to the Regional Championship. We had beaten and tied them earlier in the season; in the earlier tie we were down 2-1 and badly outplayed; but with our own gritty performance we managed to tie the game with only two seconds left in the game. We were very confident we could win the Regional game. Little did we know that this would be our game of the season. We started early going up 1-0 at the end of one period, but the ice was much tilted to our end, and by the end of the second period we were down 2-1. Our heads were down but our spirit was not broken. We spoke in the locker room that we did not want our season to end here. We told ourselves that it was only three goals and we could go on to the championship. With a goal early in the third, one in the middle, and our goalie at the door to be pulled we scored the third goal we went up 4-2 and won, all though we were outshot 42-18 we just wanted it more. We went on to the championship against Little Falls. What we saw was like looking in a mirror. It was back-and-forth the whole game, the score was 0-0 late, and with a late goal by Little Falls ended our hopes of a State berth. Even though it was a loss we all knew we left it all on the ice.

With a record of 37-7-1, a tourney championship, undefeated district play, and a District 16 Championship; the EGF AFB demonstrated what being a team was all about. There were no stars on this team; only players playing for each other. They won when they were supposed to and won even in their losses. These players will go on to better things; Josh Weber, Ethan Kringlen, Mavryck Blake, Andrew Knopp, Wyatt Swanson, Tommy Pace, Casey Swanson, Nathan Heisler, Brady McDonald, Levi Pesch, Alex Heisler, Braden Shea, Jake Olson, Nick Hovde, Broc Helgeson, and Dryden Dragich may not have made it to State, but will forever be champions.

Building Towards the Future

Here's the 1st installment of the season recaps. Some people have offered to write a season recap on each team in our program and we thank them tremendously! We'll start with Peewees and finish with our Greenwave Varsity team. A lot of great accomplishments look to pave the way for future success for our Greenwave! Here's the article on the Peewee B American Legion squad.

2009-10 EGF Youth Hockey Recap

The Pee Wee B Legion had a remarkable season. UND students Billy Brewitz and Mark Schafer, both from Rosemount, MN, with a little help from Tony Weber and Chip Shea, knitted together a team made up of players that had skated Pee Wee B, Squirt A, and Squirt B hockey the previous season. The 2008-09 Pee Wee Legion team had a tough year and 2009-10 found Pee Wee Legion again the second of two B teams so expectations were not real high for this club, finishing around .500 would be considered hugely successful…so most thought! Final record was 28-6-0, averaged 4 goals a game to 1.74 for the opponents which translated to 136 to 59 scoring edge for Pee Wee Legion.

The season started with three games on the road, which they swept! That brought them to the EGF Pee Wee B tournament where they beat Grand Forks, Minot, and Bismarck sending the undefeated Pee Wee Legion team to the championship against the defending Winnipeg City Champs, the Assiniboine Park Rangers. The Rangers won the game 3-1 with an empty net goal, but Pee Wee Legion proudly claimed 2nd place and with their 6-1-0 record, having already surpassed most expectations by the first weekend in December. They played 6 more games in December and won all of them including a sweep over the two Bemidji teams, a win against Red Lake Falls, and a tough game up in Roseau.

January started out great with two wins, one against the Fargo Angels in EGF and another later that day up in Thief River Falls. The next weekend they dropped their first district game in the rematch in Red Lake Falls. The rest of the month saw Legion lose two more district games to East Grand Forks American Federal Bank and Bemidji Blue as well as a game to Grand Forks and were 18-5-0 heading into the Roseau Pee Wee B Tournament. In Roseau the boys cruised through pool play beating Grand Forks, International Falls, and Roseau, again putting them in the championship game, this time against Mesabi East who had made short work of their pool including an 8-4 win over East Grand Forks Pee Wee American Federal Bank. This was the most brilliant piece of coaching and player execution that most Eastsider's have seen in how the defensive corps completely shut down the scoring ace for Mesabi and kept every threat outside. The forwards played as a well oiled machine with excellent passing and threw everything at the net. The hero was the EGF netminder who stood on his head, totally frustrating the Mesabi East squad. After 45 minutes of nail biting, stomach churning suspense, Pee Wee Legion slammed the door on Mesabi and took the 4-0 win and the tournament championship! With this win, the February 4, 2010 edition of Let’s Play Hockey Magazine named Pee Wee B American Legion the Sports World USA Youth Team of the week! Really, really? WOW!

After Roseau, there were just two weekends and 4 games left in the season, and the boys swept those games. Legion finished district play at 10-4-0 in a tie for 2nd with Red Lake Falls, trailing only EGF American Federal Bank who finished district play undefeated at 14-0-0. RLF won the tie breaker and Legion got the #3 seed in the tournament matched up against the Roseau team they had beaten three times during the season. Roseau scored early in the first and Legion matched it in the second. Nobody scored in the third and this one went to overtime! Roseau pretty much owned the overtime and a couple minutes in won a battle in the corner, threw the puck in front of the net which pin balled around and into the net for the overtime winner. Legion worked their way up the consolation side of the bracket beating Thief River Falls and Bemidji Blue to claim the Consolation Championship.

Team members include: Connor Shea, Garrett Thoreson, Ben Olson, J.D. Rodriguez, Davis Beauchamp, Josh Blazek, Jarod Reak, Cole Weber, Clarke Peterson, Cody Wolff, Tyler Lindstrom, Cody Stengl, Cody Barta, Ben Gottberg
Coaches: Billy Brewitz and Mark Schafer

Greenwave High School Summer Update

Here's an update from Tyler Palmiscno about our Greenwave. Keep up the good work! Also a big congrats to all of our players who represented us so well in the advance programs this summer. A big pat on the back goes out to Gage Ausmus who was selected to represent Team Minnesota in the National Festival!



Gentlemen,

I hope this update finds you enjoying the beginning of another summer. It may be June but Greenwave Hockey has been extremely busy over the last two months. Our high school players just finished two and a half months of morning workouts. An average of 20 players participated in the 6:30am, four days a week workouts, which gives them a great start on their summer training. Going into June/July/August, our players workout at one of three places: the weight room at the highschool, center court fitness in GF, or the REA Hockey Academy.

About 17 members of our upcoming team participated in a tournament in Crookston this past weekend. The tournament was a unique setup with each game consisting of four eleven minute quarters, and each quarter representing a mini game. We beat a South Dakota allstar team, Elk River and Devils Lake while losing to Bemidji(score was actually 3-3, but lost on the quarter system). Our tournament tour will continue this weekend as we travel to TRF to play Warroad, TRF and Devils Lake.

Congratulations to sophomore Gage Ausmus for being selected as one of seven defenseman to represent Minnesota at the Advanced 15 National Festival in Rochester, NY.

If you haven’t been following www.eastsidehockey.blogspot.com I urge you to do so, as David Blue has been updating the blog regularly.

The August Golf Tournament is getting closer and teams are beginning to sign up. If you intend on playing please let us know so we can plan accordingly.

Sincerely,

Tyler Palmiscno

EGF Bantams Well Represented at MN Advance 15 Festival

Be on the lookout for season recaps for all of the peewee and bantam teams. They will be coming in the next week or so. Here's a column about the MN Advance 15 Festival. Looks like the future Greenwave had a phenomenal showing.

Advance 15 festival

The Advanced 15 festival is tryout process which happens every spring for the top players in the State and it could lead them to the National Festival held annually in Rochester New York.

The process starts out with coaches nominating players to try out for the district team. There are 12 Districts in Minnesota and all 12 hold a tryout in various locations across the State. This year was for 1995 born players and the District 16 tryout had 50 players who are all Bantam aged players, although for various reasons some players opt up to play high school or junior varsity.

We had 8 EGF players (the most of any town in the district) that were nominated and got to try out for the District 16 team. The 8 included Gage Ausmus, Tommy Hajicek, Eddie Eades, Brandon Loven, Colton Poolman, Nathan Peltier, Tanner Lindstrom & Luke Beito. After the first weekend of tryouts all 8 EGF players made the first cut to be in the top 30. After a second weekend of tryout practices and scrimmages in Thief River Falls, they chose a team made up of 12 forwards, 6 defenseman and 2 goalies. We had 6 EGF players make the team (again the most in the district) and they got to go down to New Hope, Minnesota and participate in a tournament with the other 12 districts in the state. The 6 boys making the District 16 team included 3 Forwards Hajicek, Loven, Beito and 3 Defensemen, Ausmus, Peltier & Poolman. With 240 total players in New Hope there is a team of knowledgeable coaches and scouts who evaluate each and every player and they consult with the team’s coaches to pick the top 102 players to participate in the week long Minnesota Summer Advanced 15 festival in St. Cloud Minnesota June 12th to 17th. Brandon Loven, Gage Ausmus, Luke Beito & Tommy Hajicek all made it to the festival. In St. Cloud they have a daily schedule which includes a game, practice, lecture, team meeting, and a outside activity every day. During the 6 day event every participant is being evaluated on and off the ice by prominent College and High School coaches who are teamed with current and former college players who serve as coaches, counselors and role models for each team. At the end of the festival the evaluators will choose the top 12 forwards, 7 defenseman and 2 goalies to got USA Hockey’s National Festival in Rochester New York July 15th-21st.

Former Greenwave Standout Casey Solem (2005) Named NAIA Baseball All-American

Here are a couple of articles I found about Casey Solem being named to the NAIA All-American team. He put up some amazing stats. Congratulations and great job Casey!






Index of Sports Press Releases

June 3, 2010

DWU’s Solem named school’s first Second Team All-American


Casey Solem

MITCHELL, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University baseball has a storied history with a number of outstanding players throughout the years. However, Casey Solem established a new level of greatness during his senior season, which resulted in Thursday’s announcement that he is the first Tiger to ever earn NAIA All-America Second Team honors.

Solem, a senior from East Grand Forks, Minn., becomes the 10th DWU player to earn NAIA All-American honors and the first since pitcher Chris Baker was named All-America Honorable Mention in 2008. Dakota Wesleyan’s previous nine All-Americans were all Honorable Mention selections (including Robert Stockton, who did it twice), making Solem the first Tiger to ever crack the 17-player Second Team. The First and Second Teams are made up of 17 players each by position, with 34 selections regardless of position making up the Honorable Mention list.

The Tiger star was named to the Second Team as one of four outfielders, making him one of the top eight outfielders in the entire NAIA in 2010. Solem earned the honor because of his great offensive numbers and his outstanding all-around play. He truly did it all for Dakota Wesleyan this season, and the All-America honors add to his All-Great Plains Athletic Conference First-Team accolades.


DWU’s Casey Solem became the first Tiger player to ever earn NAIA All-America Second Team honors Thursday. (Action photos by Laura Wehde)
During his two years at Dakota Wesleyan after transferring from the University of North Dakota, Solem was a mainstay in the third spot in the Tigers’ lineup and in the outfield. He was everything a great third hitter should be, thanks to one of the greatest offensive seasons in school history. Solem set new Dakota Wesleyan single-season school records for batting average (.453), runs batted in (63) and total bases (136). He also wasn’t far from equaling the Tiger records for runs (55), hits (73), home runs (15) and stolen bases (29).

The senior star also had six doubles, six triples, 19 walks, a slugging percentage of .845 and an on-base percentage of .526. He led DWU in 10 offensive categories while also playing stellar defense in center field. He made just three errors all season with 108 put-outs and one assist for a .973 fielding percentage.

Between his incredible average, power, stolen bases and defense, Solem gave the Tigers a true all-around star to build around, and his presence resulted in back-to-back 30-win seasons. In addition, he always seemed to come through in the biggest spots, with a handful of walk-off and game-winning hits and home runs during his two-year DWU career.

The All-America Second Team honor will now serve as the exclamation point at the end of a great career. In addition to the All-America honors, Solem was a two-time All-GPAC First Team selection in the outfield. He also won a GPAC Gold Glove in the outfield in 2009 and received one GPAC Player-of-the-Week award. As a senior, he served as one of the Tigers’ team captains.

Solem was one of two GPAC players to land on the All-America Second Team, along with the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year, Mount Marty’s Trey Krier. In the GPAC tournament, Solem hit three home runs off of Krier to lead DWU to a win over the Lancers in an elimination game.

The conference didn’t have any First-Team selections, and two GPAC players earned Honorable Mention honors – Morningside’s Jared Noteboom and Northwestern’s Brad Payne. Surprisingly, the GPAC Player-of-the-Year, Mount Marty’s Josh Damewood, did not receive All-American honors.

Cumberland University’s (Tenn.) Matt Greener – the All-America First Team third baseman – was named the 2010 NAIA Baseball Player-of-the-Year. The 2010 NAIA Baseball Coach-of-the-Year will be announced in early January, 2011, at the ABCA Coaches’ Convention. The official NAIA release with the complete 2010 All-American teams can be found at: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060310aaa.html.

"Casey Solem Joins Merchants"
6/4/2010





St. Paul, MN – Dakota Wesleyan University baseball has a storied history with a number of outstanding players throughout the years. However, Casey Solem established a new level of greatness during his senior season, which resulted in Thursday’s announcement that he is the first Tiger to ever earn NAIA All-America Second Team honors. Solem becomes the 10th DWU player to earn NAIA All-American honors and the first since pitcher Chris Baker was named All-America Honorable Mention in 2008. Dakota Wesleyan’s previous nine All-Americans were all Honorable Mention selections (including Robert Stockton, who did it twice), making Solem the first Tiger to ever crack the 17-player Second Team. The First and Second Teams are made up of 17 players each by position, with 34 selections regardless of position making up the Honorable Mention list. The Tiger star was named to the Second Team as one of four outfielders, making him one of the top eight outfielders in the entire NAIA in 2010. Solem earned the honor because of his great offensive numbers and his outstanding all-around play. He truly did it all for Dakota Wesleyan this season, and the All-America honors add to his All-Great Plains Athletic Conference First-Team accolades.




During his two years at Dakota Wesleyan after transferring from the University of North Dakota, Solem was a mainstay in the third spot in the Tigers’ lineup and in the outfield. He was everything a great third hitter should be, thanks to one of the greatest offensive seasons in school history. Solem set new Dakota Wesleyan single-season school records for batting average (.453), runs batted in (63) and total bases (136). He also wasn’t far from equaling the Tiger records for runs (55), hits (73), home runs (15) and stolen bases (29).

The senior star also had six doubles, six triples, 19 walks, a slugging percentage of .845 and an on-base percentage of .526. He led DWU in 10 offensive categories while also playing stellar defense in center field. He made just three errors all season with 108 put-outs and one assist for a .973 fielding percentage.

Between his incredible average, power, stolen bases and defense, Solem gave the Tigers a true all-around star to build around, and his presence resulted in back-to-back 30-win seasons. In addition, he always seemed to come through in the biggest spots, with a handful of walk-off and game-winning hits and home runs during his two-year DWU career.

The All-America Second Team honor will now serve as the exclamation point at the end of a great career. In addition to the All-America honors, Solem was a two-time All-GPAC First Team selection in the outfield. He also won a GPAC Gold Glove in the outfield in 2009 and received one GPAC Player-of-the-Week award. As a senior, he served as one of the Tigers’ team captains. Solem was one of two GPAC players to land on the All-America Second Team, along with the league’s Pitcher-of-the-Year, Mount Marty’s Trey Krier. In the GPAC tournament, Solem hit three home runs off of Krier to lead DWU to a win over the Lancers in an elimination game.

Earlier this week Solem announced his intentions to sign with the East Side Merchants of the St. Paul League. Solem, whose parents live and reside in Rosemount, Minnesota, will be a huge addition to the Merchants everyday lineup. Solem will join forces with North Dakota teammates Andy Sadler, John Greciar and Kris Kwak. Solem also becomes the seventh North Dakotan to sign with East Side in the last three years joining a class which includes former 2003 Gatorade Player of the Year, Bo Stanley and All-NCC Selection Chris Gulsvig. Solem will become an automatic everyday player for East Side in an incredible outfield aligment which includes Sadler, '09 World Series MVP Matt Olson, Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Matt Kruger and Team Captain Matty Grill.

The addition of Solem will also ease the loss of Deryk Marks to the St. Cloud River Bats of the Northwoods League as Solem will now fill the vacant 3-hole slot in the East Side lineup. Solem becomes the tenth newcomer to the Merchants roster in 2010. Continue to stay up-to-date with all information regarding the East Side Merchants at the home for the Merchant Baseball, www.eastsidemerchants.com