Peewee A Season Recap

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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)