Duluth East Boys Buses up Highway 2 to take on Grand Rapids tonight in High School Hockey

An improved Duluth East Boys High School Hockey team plays Top Rank team in Class AA team in Section 7AA Grand Rapids tonight at IRA Arena at 7 PM. Grand Rapids had 7 players in the Elite League this year and Probably the best Defensemen in the state in Jack Peart who played played in Juniors before the high school season. Jack Peart will be a strong candidate for Mr. Hockey this year..

Let's Play Hockey has Duluth East ranked number 1 since 2 Class system started

Ranking the best Class AA teams of the "modern era"

November 24, 2016

11:23 AM CST

As you saw on the cover of this week’s issue, we released our preseason top 20 Class AA teams for the 2016-17 season. Not surprisingly, the rankings are led by perennial contender Eden Prairie.

But what Minnesota Class AA boys’ hockey program is truly the best, according to each season’s final rankings? To determine the top teams, we looked at the final top 20, beginning with the 1993-94 season – the year the Minnesota State High School League established Class A and AA – and awarded 20 points for a team finishing No. 1, 19 points for No. 2, and so on. Those points for all seasons were then added together.

The result? Northern Minnesota power Duluth East takes the top spot over top Twin Cities programs Hill-Murray and Edina for first place in our “modern era” rankings.

 

NOTES: 64 teams have been included in the final rankings since 1994 • 10 teams in the Class AA rankings below are currently in Class A • the top 10 includes eight public schools and two private schools • Duluth East and Moorhead are the only Northern Minnesota teams in the top 10 • Duluth East and Hill-Murray are the only schools to appear in all 23 final rankings • four schools have appeared in the final rankings 20 or more times since 1994 – Duluth East, Hill-Murray, Eden Prairie, Elk River • based on the rankings, Cretin-Derham Hall’s 2006 state title was the largest outlier as the Raiders have appeared in the final rankings only seven times since 1994, with an average ranking of 13 • Edina ranks first in Class AA state titles (4) and average final ranking (5.74)

Top Minnesota Class AA boys’ hockey programs (1994-2016)

 

RankTeam final top 20State titlesAvg. final rankingPoints

     

1 Duluth East2326.09343

2 Hill-Murray2318.3290

3 Edina 191945.74290

4 Eden Prairie2128.43223

5 Elk River2019.85223

6 Moorhead1808.72221

7 Bloomington Jefferson1919.42220

8 Blaine1719.06203

9 Holy Angels1227.17166

10 White Bear Lake17011.4163

11 Minnetonka1309.08155

12 Wayzata14110.7144

13 Roseau1028.2128

14 Apple Valley12110.4127

15 Grand Rapids15010.7124

16 Centennial12111.3117

17 Benilde-St. Margaret’s1019.4116

Burnsville15013.3116

19 Hastings708.4388

20 Cloquet1201484

21 Roseville8010.981

22 Anoka8111.378

23 Maple Grove8011.576

24 Osseo9014.360

25 Rochester Mayo7012.460

26 Greenway7012.659

27 Cretin-Derham Hall711356

Lakeville North519.856

29 Eastview6012.352

30 Lakeville5012.642

31 South St. Paul30839

32 St. Thomas Academy4012.335

33 Bemidji4012.833

34 Woodbury4013.829

35 Holy Family Catholic4014.825

Rochester Century208.525

St. Paul Johnson2085.25

38 Alexandria3013.722

Robbinsdale Armstrong201022

40 Tartan2010.521

41 St. Cloud Apollo5017.219

Rosemount2011.519

Stillwater2011.519

43 Lakeville South201218

44 Andover3016.314

Prior Lake3016.314

46 Brainerd4017.813

47 Hopkins3017.311

Park Center2015.511

49 Farmington201610

Rochester John Marshall201610

St. Cloud Tech101110

52 Coon Rapids10129

Duluth Denfeld10129

54 Albert Lea10138

Champlin Park 110138

Hibbing20268

57 North St. Paul10147

58 Buffalo10156

Henry Sibley10156

60 Forest Lake2018.55

61 Austin10174

Bloomington Kennedy101717.4

63 Owatonna10183

64 Park Cottage Grove10192

Former Duluth East Players in the news this week

1) Nate Repensky commits to Yale, the 2013 National Champs in D-1 Hockey. He has 2 goals and 17 assist in 16 games at Bismark in the North American Hockey League. Hats off to Nate for his hard work and over coming many injuries.

2) Alex Toscano Traded to Muskegon from Fargo in the USHL. He drove all evening to get back to Duluth then driving to Muskegon after four hours of sleep to play an afternoon game to score the winning goal late in the game. This was his first goal of the season in the USHL.

3) Jack Forbort who is coming home after getting traded to the Minnesota Wilderness of the North American Hockey League who play their games in Cloquet. He had 3 goals and 4 assist in 18 games for the Minot Minotauros.

4) Jake Randolph who leads the USHL in scoring with 31 points in 15 games. He has 8 goals and 23 assist. He also signed his letter of intent with the University of Nebraska Omaha this week and will play for them in the 2014-2015 season.

5) Mark Abalan who is the assistant coach for the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. He finish up winning the Gold Medal for the Junior A USA team up in Canada in the Junior A Challege. He was the assistant coach for the USA team.

6) Trevor Olson had surgery this week and will probably miss the rest of the season with the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. He had 6 goals and 7 assist in 10 games this season. He will be playing for North Dakota in Grand Forks next season.

7) Jake Williams who scored a goal for American International in the Atlantic Hockey league in D-1 as his team beats Bentley 8-7 Friday night. Jake might only be 5'9" but plays like he's 6' 4".

8) Cade Fairchild just came back from a a lower body injury for the Chicago Wolves, the minor league club of the St. Louis Blues in the American Hockey League. Cade has been out since February.

9) Phil Beaulieu coming back from the Fargo Force in the USHL league to play his Senior year for Duluth East. This will be Phil's 4th year of Varsity at East and he will be a strong candidate for Mr. Hockey. Its nice to see a kid not in a rush and want to play with his friends. He will return to Fargo after the High School season. He was leading the Fargo Force in scoring.

10) Duluth East and Coach Mike Randolph will start the 2013-2014 season at Cambridge-Isanti Tuesday November 26, 2013.

 

Duluth East starts season Nov. 27. Tough Scrimmage Schedule

Duluth East Boys High School Hockey Team starts the season Tuesday November 27 at the Duluth Heritage Center vs. Cambridge. They should be ready by opening game with the scrimmage schedule Coach Randolph has put together. This Saturday November 17 at the Eden Prairie Community Center they have Eden Prairie 9:45-10:30 am Prior Lake 10:45-11:30 am Bloomington Jefferson 12:30-1:15 pm and Blaine 1:45-2:30 pm. On Friday November 23 at the Pagal Arena in Minnetonka they have Benilde-St. Margaret 11 am to 12:15 pm Minnetonka 12:30- 1:45 pm and Eden Prairie 2-3 pm. Saturday November 24 at Amsoil Arena Prior Lake 9-10 am. 

Nice Jerseys

Nice Jerseys