Catching Up

You can find the girls State Tourney pairings on this page. Just move your cursor over the "Tournament Information" button and then click on "Tournament Bracket" on the drop down menu. Fondy/Waupun, Onalaska and Superior were obvious #1's.

The boys State Tourney pairings can be found here. Just move your cursor over the "Tournament Information" button and then click on "Tournament Bracket" on the drop down menu. Sun Prairie getting the #1 seed in their section over Edgewood caught my attention, as did Fond du Lac getting the nod over Appleton. I think Fondy and Appleton split two games with Appleton having the edge in winning margin for those two games.

Kyle Turris has moved all the way up to #3 in scoring in the BCHL in the past 1-2 weeks. Scott Gudmandson has continued his stellar play in the nets for Salmon Arm and must have cracked the top 10 in most if not all of the goaltender categories by now as he was close two weeks ago.

I'm disappointed UW lost out on Jason Gregoire and Mike Connolly. Since Skille's departure is a foregone conclusion why couldn't they offer up his scholarship money? I'm not sure I buy the argument everyone keeps tossing out that UW didn't have much scholarship money to offer, although the fact that there could be 9 defenseman on the roster next season doesn't help. I continue to believe that the Badgers' defense-first system is killing them when it comes to recruiting forwards, especially in years where there are not a top-end Wisconsin guys to fill the pipeline.

Final Girls Hockey Top 5 for the regular season:
1. Superior (was #1) (12-6-0)
2. Fondy/Waupun (was #2) (13-4-0)
3. Onalaska (was #3) (14-4-0)
4. Chippewa Falls (was HM) (11-2-1)
5. Point/Rapids (was #4) (13-5-2)

Honorable Mention:
Appleton (was #5) (10-5-2)
St. Croix Valley Fusion (was HM) (13-5-0)

I caught the Fox Sports Net replay of the Wisconsin Rapids/SPASH game at KB Willett Arena last night. The part of the game I got to see the most of was the second period where SPASH was rolling. Erstad made some great passes in that period to give SPASH needed breathing room.

Chuck Schwartz has indicated that Justin Johnson from Eau Claire North will play for Omaha of the USHL after his high school season is completed.