Class A Recap: Zephyrs Down Cardinals in Quarter Finals

Charlie Adams had a hat trick, while his linemates each had two goals apiece to lead the Mahtomedi High School Zephyrs past the Alexandria Cardinals in their Class A quarterfinal game on March 10. 

Adams scored his first on the powerplay midway through the first period and completed the trick with two goals in the first two minutes and 15 seconds of the third to give the Zephyrs a 6-0 lead at that point. 

The Zephyrs rowdy student section littered the ice with hats immediately after Adams third goal crossed the goal line. 

Along with Adams trio of goals, his linemates Mike Rose and Brandon Zurn contributed two each, while Zurn had three assists to go along with his two goals and Minnesota Golden Gophers recruit Ben Marshall had four assists. 

Mahtomedi goaltender Brad Wohlers stopped 27 of 28 shots, playing all but the last five minutes of the game when backup goalie Sawyer Marshall relieved him. 

The difference of the game was certainly special teams, as Mahtomedi capitalized on all four of their powerplay opportunities while managing to kill off three of four Alexandria powerplays. 

Ashton Gronholz scored the lone goal for Alexandria and goaltender Erich Murphy stopped 25 of 32 shots for the Cardinals who will play again tomorrow at 11am at Mariucci Arena at the University of Minnesota. 

Mahtomedi advances to the semi-finals where they will face the winner of the Hermantown-Virginia/MI-B game on Friday at 11am.

The Minnesota State High School Tournament: Class A Preview

In the famous words of Samuel L. Jackson, “Hold onto your butts.”  The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament is here, ladies and gentlemen! 

This season, we here at Wild Nation will be keeping you abreast of the action as best we can (let’s be honest, we’re working folk here at Wild Nation too) and probably will have a live blog or two somewhere mixed in there because, let’s be honest…That’s our bag baby. 

This should be one heck of a tournament, so we’ll look at the match ups first and foremost. 

Class A 

#2 Mahtomedi H.S. (23-5-0)
Vs.
Alexandria H.S. (21-6-1)
3/10/10, 11 AM, Xcel Energy Center 

Mahtomedi H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Brad Wohlers, Sr., 14-4-0, 2.61 GAA, .908 Sv Pct
Sawyer Marshall, So., 8-1-0, 1.66 GAA, .896 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Brandon Zurn, Sr., 28 GP, 33 G, 39 A
Charlie Adams, Sr., 28 GP, 33 G, 33 A 

Alexandria H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Erich Murphy, So., 16-3-1, 1.90 GAA, .914 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Thomas Williams, Sr., 23 GP, 32 G, 23 A
Casey Vangsness, Sr., 25 GP, 14 G, 27 A 

#3 Hermantown H.S. (25-3-0)
Vs.
Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl (18-7-3)
3/10/10, 1 PM, Xcel Energy Center 

Hermantown H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Tiegan Brickson, Sr., 13-0-0, 1.51 GAA, .921 Sv Pct
Tyler Ampe, Sr., 12-3-0, 1.85 GAA, .909 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Adam Krause, Sr., 25 GP, 34 G, 25 A
Charlie Comnick, Sr., 25 GP, 15 G, 24 A 

Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl
Goaltender(s):
Casey Myhre, Sr., 10-3-3, 1.91 GAA, .922 Sv Pct
Andy Milbridge, Jr., 8-4-0, 3.08 GAA, .855 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Garrett Hendrickson, Jr., 25 GP, 29 G, 37 A
Andrew Judnick, Sr., 18 G, 20 A 

#1 Breck School (26-2-0)
Vs.
New Ulm H.S. (16-9-1)
3/10/10, 6 PM, Xcel Energy Center 

Breck School
Goaltender(s):
John Russell, Sr., 19-2-0, 1.43 GAA, .946 Sv Pct

Leading Scorers:
Tyson Fulton, Sr., 33 G, 44 A
Mike Morin, Sr., 29 G, 25 A 

New Ulm H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Blake Burgau, Jr., 16-9-1, 2.67 GAA, .899 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Zach Fisher, Sr., 15 G, 13 A
Kaleb Juntunen, Jr., 15 G, 13 A 

#4 Warroad H.S. (24-4-0)
Vs.
Rochester Lourdes H.S. (17-8-3)
3/10/10, 8 PM, Xcel Energy Center 

Warroad H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Shawn Storey, Sr., 13-3-0, 1.62 GAA, .920 Sv Pct
Andy Foster, So., 8-1-0, 1.95 GAA, .901 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Brock Nelson, Sr., 25 GP, 39 G, 34 A
Brett Hebel, Sr., 25 GP, 23 G, 38 A 

Rochester Lourdes H.S.
Goaltender(s):
Mark Greve, Sr., 7-2-1, 1,72 GAA, .892 Sv Pct
Nick Heimer, Jr., 7-6-2, 2.74 GAA, .857 Sv Pct 

Leading Scorers:
Rory Vesel, Jr., 24 GP, 5 G, 21 A
Jason Samuelson, Fr., 25 GP, 11 G, 14 A 

There’s your Class A preview!  Check back tomorrow for a preview of the Class AA tournament.