Rankings:
1. St Rita
2. GBN
3. Sandburg
4. NTG
5. LAG
6. Fenwick
7. HP
8. Viator
9. Barrington
10. Providence

1. Gold
2. Green
3. Viator
4. Rita
5. whoever

tellin you right now viator wont be 3. they lost all state d, forward, and tender. will be top 10 but not that high

1.Gold
2.NTG
3.GBN
4.ST. Viator
5.Barrington
6.Providence
7.Stevenson
8.Rita
9.GBS
10.Whoever prob someone from MetroNorth cause there the best league in highschool hockey

sandburg is returning all but one player...theyre the team to beat

who is coming back from rita?

goalie, bubba, foley, best dman

GBS loses too much and doesn't get enough from JV.

its always good fodder to speculate

Sandburg: great talent, may get more next season; coaches are gone; any players follow?

Rita: if Bubba is Faron, he's a senior. They return great players but will lack depth next season. Still, they are coached well and will compete

as evidenced from BC, CCHL is best overall league, not MN. They are 1 & 2 overall though

HP will not be back, best players (minus 1) are gone

Providence has a boatload of talent but no direction; cant win big games

Benet not mentioned??? they have developed a great feeder program through Sabres and possibly AAA. They should be top 10

Loyola, GBN and NTG: re-load, they will all be top 10

Hinsdale? Has alot of players at the school, if they get them on the roster they will be tough

Barrington, good program; same with Viator; they will be tough but may not be as good as this year; look for one to drop off, if not both

wildcards? Prarie Ridge? Losing lots of guys. Fenwick? will be better next season

as I said, fun to speculate, not trying to offend any prgrams

GBN JV WON 65 GAMES THIS YEAR THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD TEAM MOVING UP YOU THINK?

MN website says HP is only losing defenseman (kalter) and goalie as far as key players go

gbn returns a goalie, 5 out of 6 forwards from top 2 lines and 4/6 dmen should be pretty damn good

1. Sandburg- Saulters returns carried the team this year and they're only losing one senior, also adding a couple new AA players. prediction- lose at the UC
2. LAG- Great this year not losing much predicition- state champs
3. GBN- Same as LAG surprised they didnt go farther but i think they'll have the experience. prediction- final 4
4. Benet- great program this year. lost Coyne but they work very hard and wont lose muhc. great jv team and i hear a lot of good freshmen coming in.prediction- elite 8
5. Providence- barely lose any still have best forwards and dmen. goaltending is always a problem. great jv team prediction- final 4
6. Rita- if Bubba (burchette) stays he can carry the team but theres talk hes going to the NA ao we'll see- prediction elite 8
7. Fenwick- only thing they lost were a few skilled seniors who were always suspended or in the box. strong jv team and i hear they have a few aa and aaa kids from the school playing next year. prediction sweet sixteen
8. Hinsdale Central (if aa and aaa players play again)- as i said only if their aa and aaa kids play again if not they will suck and get eliminated right away like they did this year. prediction- sweet sixteen
9. Viator- lost linzing but think about it he took a lot of penalties and was suspended a lot and they still won a ton of games with out him. not to mention they'll still have decker and a lot of skilled forwards. prediction- sweet sixteen
10.NTG- theyre done lost 14 seniors i believe and NTB sucks. but its NTG they always find a way.prediction- elite 8

When is the last time NTG didn't make the final 4? I can't remember. Every year they graduate a ton of seniors but every year they still are ranking top 3 in state. Green takes more seniors than every other school because they have better programs to develop younger kids. They don't just have varsity and jv, and so the players on blue and even white are playing teams like Rita, Rockford, GBN, Stevenson, Providence, St Viator to name a few. This makes moving up to green no shock for these sophomores and juniors, and the best coach in Illinois only makes it easier. On a completely different note, there are about 6-7 CYA freshman and sophomores who may play for NT next year. They will be top 2 or 3. Period.

In most years I would agree with you but last years NTB Team was Brutal. Explain to me how "bad" players become "good" 6 months later by putting on a Green Jersey? It doesn't work like that. When Blue is "good" then Green is good the following year. Blue was bad and now Green will be bad.

it doesnt really matter whether ntb is all that great as a team. you take the returning green players, add the best blue and white players and a couple new kids and there you go. and blue was a top 4-5 in metro north this year. how were they so bad? the guy that mentioned that there might be as many as 6-7 kids coming from cya is correct. plus white was load with about 15 freshman so i expect grren to be dominate again as early as next year.

NTB was not 4 or 5. They finished in 6th place. The worst finish ever by a NTB team. Fact.
NTB's top scorer finished 29th overall and NTB's 2nd leading scorer finished 41st in scoring. All this information is on Metro North website. So no, taking NTB's "top" players does not equal greatness on Green for next year. Green also will have average goaltending at best.
Green will be a top 8 team next year. There are just too many teams who return all or most of their players that either beat or gave this years Green team a heck of a game. Unless Melton can work his magic it will be a tough year on the North Shore. Oh, and those AAA Freshman / Sophomores? They are 5'8 and weigh 130lbs. They won't help Green next year maybe in 2 years and if they were legitamete AAA they wouldn't be coming back to NT.

someone here had sandburg number one going into next season because of a certain player and that they had just about everyone back. i watched green play sandburg at the end of the year and the kid that was so great did nothing and green won 6-0 or smething close to that. people just don't get it. green combines three varsity teamd every year into one team. from all the parts they put together a pretty competitive team that is ranked number one most every year. same with gold. they combine two teams. they are always good.

green won't have a goalie problem for the next three years. the freshman on white came up and shut out fenwick this year. there's your starter.

and all the cya kids are 5 8 and 150 pounds? lol ok pal.

I hope all the other hs teams are loaded next year. the more competition the better.

New Trier Blue was not great this year but don't forget that they did move on out of the metro north round robin playoffs. The two teams in the Championship this year (Viator and Rita), blue played. They lost to Rita by 1, Viator by 1, and also tied Viator. Not to mention beating teams like GBS and HP, and losing by 1 to GBN. Sure they lost to teams like Deerfield and Maroon but this was due to coaching. They were up to the task against good teams and got lazy against bad teams. Melton will whip them to shape. The seniors on the team were all the worst players as well. I'm not worried about NTG having an off year at all.

there is always a group of posters that hope that the end is near for green. every year they are wrong. they lost one of their best forwards and number one goalie this year and were within one goal of making it to the uc. there will be an influx of talent next year that can build on the young group coming up. the goalie from white is there the next three years.

all will be fine moving forward.

Loaded with good JV players that are juniors. They won't be top varsity players.

GBS may see the return of several club players. If that happens, they will compete.

no philbin no savino GBS team is done.look at the metro stats, these two were GBS.

GBN has 6 forwards returning from the Varsity team. The top two lines of JV move up to provide depth. The juniors on JV don't have to be top players, just contributors. There is a lot of scoring coming back and moving up. To add to that, the bantams moving from Northbrook will be the JV team next year. This will provide GBN a nice 3 year run at the UC.

...Mark and Bill. They were everything at GBN.

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Naperville North High School had a bad year last year, but they are returning 3 all stars and have 2 goalies they picked up From AA. They have there top 5 leaders in points returning only losing 2 notable players. They will be the team that gets under looked next season and can make a run in the tournament. Not to mention the team from last year beat both Naperville Central and Sandburg who both made it to the elite 8.

those were fluke wins. its part of hs hockey. how do you think viator beat rita 2 times

I was able to catch a couple of games last weekend. I know this is spring, but it gives you a little glimpse into next season.

Naperville North: I know they won two games, but didn't look over powering in the wins (at least the win vs. Neuqua). Will the goalies play for them in the fall? That is a huge question.

Neuqua: Should have won vs. NN. A couple of soft goals cost them. Should be good if they get their AAA kids to play. I think their goalies are both AAA.

Benet: Got killed, but didn't look as bad as the score. Their first goalie struggled. Not sure where all of these great future freshmen were. The 2nd goalie looked very good (future freshman?). They looked small, best player could be the smallest on the team (also future freshman?). Might struggle against the bigger teams.

Hinsdale Central: The best team of the four. I saw some Mission helmets out there, so I'm assuming they are there just for the spring. Where would they be without the Mission kids??? That's the question.

both times viator beat rita they out played them. I believe the first time the score was 7-2, explain to me how that is a fluke win.

the 3 times rita beat viator were all fluke wins. viator dominated st championship game against the rita pussies. refs blew the game. score should have been 5-0 viator.

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha you're a joke

LAG looks a little small in spring. They got it handed to them against NTG

If you call a very evenly played 3-1 loss having it "handed to them" then I guess they did. LAG will definitely be looking for offense considering they graduated 8 forwards but that's what spring is for. There are probably 8-10 kids skating with this group that will be with Maroon in the fall. You just can't make too much of what takes place in April.

I do agree a little. It wasn't evenly matched but that's beside the point. Spring games don't matter, although some team are actually better in the spring because they get CYA and Mission Kids to play for them. It is however a decent telling of what is to come during the season considering 90-95 percent of spring teams will be the fall team.

Naperville North has all there players that will be returning next year in spring. They beat Nequa who had a kid who left to play for the Indy Ice and some sabers AA kid and Nequas goalie is AAA. When they beat South, South had a couple of AAA kids that got shut down by the weaker North Players. They are a team to watch out for next year with almost the whole team being seniors and they have been playing with each other since freshman and sophomore year.

LAG has a spring roster of 30 and they dress 20 for a game (kids playing other sports, etc.). Fall roster should be 20 or fewer. By my math that translates to 66% of the fall roster on any given night in the spring, not 90-95. Time will tell.

how does rockford look for next year?

whats goin on with fremd?

Smokin Doobs all Summer?

whats wrong with that

nothing at all

starting goalie for saint viator looking really shitty

I hear they have a freshman Burkeman that is a stud in the net and will be starting the next 3 years for varsity, possible all-state player next year

burkman sucks idk why that kid plays hockey

You suck Burkman is the greatest goalie he will be the next ken dryden

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Same kid posts last six comments. IP address gives it away every time!

cool you want something. I also heard that some defenseman on viator varsity has a nasty infection on her foot

And her name is decker!

deerfield beat viator on sunday. they have proven to be true contenders for the white division championship again. the white division is the hardest division to repeat a state championship and i think deerfield has what it takes to be champions once again! only time will tell

viator doesnt have half their team

Deerfield probably didn't either, it's Spring hockey. St. Viator Spring team sure doesn't look like a "Super 9" team. They better have a bunch of people coming back in the fall if they are going to compete against NTG, LAG, & GBN!

There JV team is doing great. they are like 6-1 or something like that. Burkman next fall will lead them to state!!

^deefield player hahah you guys suck and think you can compete on the same level as viator lol

Rita will be in the top 5 until Ferguson is no longer the coach.. His teams have always been very good. He's a great coach..
And Sandburg might have good players, but they won't be winning anything anytime soon. The sucked when I was in HS, and they still suck..

ur an idiot, teams that suck don't make it to the elite eight, or have two all-state players, they will be good next year only if saulters stays

Sandburg is going to be the best team in the state as long as Saulters comes back but i cant see him going anywhere. They added some key players and only lost one player. As long as Dignan and Saulters play they are the best.

State and describe what high school has the best summer training program in place.

its Summer! Its Highschool Hockey! Give it a rest....

Considering the purpose of this whole forum is to talk about high school hockey in Illinois, you have no reason for why we can't talk about any aspect of high school hockey in Illinois. Don't go on this site if it bothers you.

I'm hearing six underclassmen from LAG are jumping ship and going to play elsewhere???

I don't think it will be six as some need to make teams first. However, 3 for sure are gone. Not the best players so they are expendable. Go Ramblers!

When was the last time a player didn't make the team his second year?

One of those leaving was one of their highest scorers. Another one is one of their better defensemen. Loyola is a hot mess...

where are they goin?

Lv Ill HS Hockey

Their best two defensemen, best forward, and possibly a second line forward are all leaving. They won't be a mess but they won't be top 5 in state anymore. On another note, NTG is getting 2 CYA kids and should be ready to reload

they are losing at least 12 or 13 from last year . Are these mm or MM kids ? They may need a few more to officially reload

Green only returns 5 players and "reloads" from a brutal Blue Team. 2 returning players from CYA are mm. No guarantee they make Green.

Have not heard much about them this summer. Should be ranked number one unless they lost players to AAA or juniors

That post gave me the best laugh I have had in a while.

I crapped myself on that one too.

The players at GBN that didn't move on to Juniors or AAA were at the Blackhawks' prospect camp this past week.;)

Bump this thread above the vaseretic pill pushers

i was not trying to be funny . they were solid last year and i know of at least one of them drafted in na3hl . They will definitely be in top 3 if they all are returning

GBN will be number one, best line in HS

NTG clearly has the top line in state, you'll see come season start that this line can put up 5 goals on any team in the league

About LAG, LAG would have been the best team in the state with no question. But 4 of lag's top 5 offensive returners are leaving. Also, forsure one and maybe 2 of the best defenseman are leaving. They are going to suck this year. NTG, Rita, Sandburg, and GBN should be the only teams competing for the UC this year.

Now is it time for DJ to go? If he cant keep HS players whats the point?

Don't count out Benet.

IN ADDITION TO SENIOR CLASS RITA HAS LOST TOP SCORER AND TOP D . WITH NO SCORING FROM JV MOVING UP THEY WILL STRUGGLE PUTTING PUCK IN NET . BENET LOST TOP 4 SCORERS FROM LAST TEAR AND HEARD AAA IN SCHOOL WILL NOT BE PLAYING

Where are the "best players" going? Club?

gold's best returning D was highly impressive at cya tryouts...this from someone who could give two craps about gold or the kid....but, in a rare fit of fair opinion, if that kid doesnt play AAA...AAA is a joke

BumP

HOW DO THEY LOOK THIS YEAR? IS THEIR NUMBER ONE D RETURNINGORDID HE MOVE ON?

Saulters going to cya

No saulters on CYA mm or MM.

Saulters is on Fury

NS "loyola's best D" did not make CYA MM so he will be back. Loyola will be very strong again this year! Go Ramblers!

From what I can gather is Burchett from Rita made Mission MM, Saulters made Fury MM. Loyola lost a couple kids but Schaeffer did not make CYA and will be back at LAG.
So, GBN and NTG should be 1 and 2.
Fenwick, NN, and LAG 3,4 and 5. St. Viator, Providence, Riya 6,7 and 8. Highland Park 9
Who am I missing?

Who did Loyola lose? None on CYA MM.

Warrick to Shattuck
Lavaserio to LFA

Two of the smallest kids on the team.

Prediction: both boys will be on the High School teams which begs the question why pay the extra money to play the same level?

In fact the one going to LFA even if he makes the top team will be playing against Loyola at least twice a year??

fenwick at 3? did they pick up some new players? Also rita has about 4 or 5 returning will be a rebuilding year

Warrick was the best foward on the team and lazario was likely an assistant captain and second liner. Even though this doesn't hurt the team too bad, Loyola loses depth and I'd say this moves them from 2nd or 3rd in state to 5th or 6th

Ha? No mention of Benet in top six? They had an outstanding year and will have a stronger showing this coming season!

LOL... Benet was a one trick pony. Can't remember his name but he was the whole team. Put them at number 10

LOST TOP 4 SCORERS AND 3 D . HEARD MOST OF NEW TALENT PLAYING ELSEWHERE WILL STRUGGLE TO PUT PUCK IN NET

I don't know about "struggle to put the puck into the net", but Benet will be one heck of a defensive team. Solid returning defense and new goalie will make Benet tough to score on. I say at least final 8.

I think the kid that was their one trick was #71 if memory serves. Saw them play LAG and he was a standout talent. Does anyone know if he is playing beyond high school (assuming he was a senior)?

how do they look? did they lose top returning D ? should be in top 5

provi picking up a top D man this year

1.Barrington
2.PR
3.Cary Grove
4.Crystal lake south
5.Green

above post confirms you should not be able to drink and post on this site

S.S.??

Green will be very good next year. you'll have to wait and see but the team works hard and will run through other teams they will be a force to reckon with. also gold lost seebeck warrick and some other fuck to LFA.

1. GBN - DID NOT LOSE ANYONE FROM SENIOR TO BE CLASS . SOLID FIRST LINE WITH GOOD GROUP COMING UP FROM JV
2.ST VIATOR - SOLID RETURNING FORWARDS . NOT SURE IF DECKER IS RETURNING IF NOT COULD DROP A FEW
3. LOYOLA - VERY GOOD DEFENSE AND EXCELLENT GOALTENDING
4. NEW TRIER - LOST ALOT HAVE ABOUT 5 RETURNING BUT ARE ALWAYS IN MIX
5. PROVIDENCE - STILL YOUNG BUT VASTLY IMPROVING
6. FENWICK - SOLID GOALTENDING WILL KEEP THEM IN MANY GAMES
7. ROCKFORD- WILL BE SOLID IF BREITFUSS RETURNS
8. SANDBURG - ALMOST ALL SENIORS LOST A FEW TO AAA PICKED UP A FEW
9. BARRINGTON - LOST SOME GOOD FORWARDS BUT SHOULD GET HELP FROM JV
10 STEVENSON - LOST BEST FORWARD FIELDS BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG

Decker is not going back to Viator, he is going out east to a Prep School

1. GBN - Solid, Goaltending can be shakey, JV was real good. Good Depth. Team to beat to start year.
2. NTG - Very Good Spring season, lots of offense, Goalies are ??? Might get some young AAA help.
3. Sandburg - lost Saulters which is huge. Dingan is excellent in Goal. added a few other AAA
4. ST. Viator. Lost Decker, huge loss. Still have offnsive fire power. Good coach
5. LAG - Lost Warrick, Lavaserio and a D to Admirals. Good Goalies but lacks offense. always a pretender.
6. Rockford - Breitfuss is back. Good team. Good coach
7. Providence - always young, will be better than last year. Could win Catholic League this year.
8. Stevenson - Small, fast team, lost lots of offense (Fields). Hard working team.
9. Highland Park - Upset not invited in SHL, have something to prove. Coach is a whack job.
10. St. Rita - Losing Burchett just kills them. Still have best Goalie in State. South side Pride.

Honorable mention
Barrington - might surprize some people. always tough to play in that shit box
Naperville North - made lots of noise in Spring, did they retain their players?
Prairie Ridge - Could surprize some. Very inconsistent. Not enough summer information on them.

STEVENSON HAD 8 PLAYERS IN THE TOP 50 IN SCORING IN METRO NORTH . THEY RETURN ONE UNLESS THEY ARE PICKING UP AAA PLAYERS . HP HAS 3 PLAYERS IN TOP 10 . ARE THEY ALL RETURNING ? RITA ALSO LOST TOP D TO EAST COAST MAY DROP OUT OF TOP 10

Naperville North will have the same team in the fall as they did in the spring

IF THEY GET THEIR YOUNG AAA TO PLAY THEY WILL BE IN TOP 10 .MUST ALSO KEEP GOALIE HEARD HE MAY GO TO JUNIORS MAYBE JUST A RUMOR

provi is nothing without brendon austin

Provi: young & hungry
Viator: can score big on anyone
Loyola: best defense & goal tending
Rita: know how to win
NTG: large pool to reload from
GBN: overachievers
Sandburg: gritty with skills
Naperville N.: this is their best chance at a title
Stevenson: the dark horse
Barrington: too high expectations for program resources

is that your order? Providence #1? Young and hungry? they have 2-3 top players and beyond that they are very average. every year they're going to go somewhere and then they fizzle out. Maybe top 12, not top 5

GBN: ? over achievers or underachievers. They lost in round of 16 last year

all fo the teams listed will be good, but there will be a few suprises that noone saw coming, like Benet and Highland Park last season

I've heard rumors that Viator also lost a top forward that was coming back from their top line, is this true?

How in the world do you hear a rumor about an eighteen year old hockey player? You either know something for a fact or know nothing at all. There is no in between.

You're an idiot! There are all kinds of rumors out there! It doesn't matter if three kids are 8 or 18!

HEARD THE SAME RUMOR THAT HE WENT OUT WEST TO PLAY . ONCE AGAIN MOST LIKELY A RUMOR.BY THE WAY DID BENET GET ALL THEIR AAA FRESHMEN TO PLAY?

My son said he just heard that its true, Viator has lost Renner too, focusing on another sport. This will definitely hurt Viator's strong offense coming back. Good luck to him in his other sport and hope that he reaches the goals he is hoping for!

Also heard the Rita lost returning goalie to jr team. Any truth?

Revised preseason rankings.
1. GBN
2. NTG
3. LAG
4. Sandburg
5. Providence
6. Rockford
7. Fenwick
8. Stevenson
9. Naperville North
10. Prairie Ridge

sandburg will be tough, provi will be much stronger with addition of new D

no rita goalie is coming back but lost top returning defense and burchett.

rumor is sandburg lost saulters to AAA so without him they won't be that good

Not a rumor but fact. Please get up to speed on your Complete hockey information. Sandburg picked up twin aaa rejects from the Fury as well. They will be very good even without Saulters.

how can u make up for someone who had more than half of a team's points? their goalie will keep them in games that is all

With Sanipass headed to Detroit, I'm now giving a slight edge to NTG as No 1 in my preseason rankings. These two teams will be the cream of the crop for HS this year. Lag, Sandburg, providence, Fenwick, Rockford, St. Rita and prairie Ridge will battle 3-10

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE A PERRENIAL POWERHOUSE , BUT WITH ONLY 5 RETURNING FROM LAST YEAR AND A RELATIVELY WEAK BLUE TEAM HOW DO YOU SAY THEY ARE CREAM OF THE CROP? DID THEY PICK UP A LOT OF PLAYERS FROM AAA ?

Picked up 2 AAA 97's that will provide depth. 2 NTB players that were out all last year with injuries are back and healthy.
Melton turns average players into productive players in his systems. Spring season was very solid with lots of wins.
I believe they are the early favorite. Remember, I'm saying early as time will tell. I will say this about Green this year. Your team better be fast because this Green Team can Fly.

PROBABLY TOUGH TO GAUGE HOW GOOD BY SPRING RECORD A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS EITHER DONT PLAY OR ARE PLAYING BASEBALL. NEVERTHELESS I AM SURE THEY WILL BE TOUGH. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD OR SEEN ON LOYOLA , ST VIATOR , OR FENWICK?

Loyola - return all but 1 defenseman from last years team. Very strong defensively. Lost 2 top forwards and one D. Won't have much offense. Will need to win the 2-1 games.
Viator - lost their 2 best players. I Don't think they have much. Will be around 10 in rankings.
Fenwick - could be a sleeper. Have one of top 3 goalies in state returning. Picked up some new young players and return a nice nucleus. New coach Kabat played D1 at UIC should make them top 5 or 6.

All Green teams over the last 15 years can fly. They need to get a goalie who can stop 15 shots a game and they will be fine. The kid that was a freshman last year is probably the Number 1 candidate.

NEW RANKINGS 1.GBN
2.NEW TRIER
3.LOYOLA
4.SANDBURG
5.PROVIDENCE
6.FENWICK
7.ROCKFORD
8.ST VIATOR
9.PRAIRIE RIDGE
10.STEVENSON

Still no respect for Benet? Two of the former AAA freshman showed up to tryouts, a forward and the goalie. Both should have immediate impact on the team.

Ok... Put Benet in at 10

High School kid fly...yawn

BEFORE I ALLOW YOU TO ENTER TOP 10,PLEASE TELL ME WHICH TEAMS THESE 2 AAA PLAYERS CAME FROM . ALSO PLAYING AAA AT SQUIRT OR PEEWEE DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A AAA PLAYER . I NEED MORE DETAIL TO TO ADD BENET TO TOP 10

1. GBN
2. NTG
3. LAG
4. Sandburg
5. Providence
6. Rockford
7. Fenwick
8. Stevenson
9. Naperville North
10. Prairie Ridge

NTG has 80 to 90 skates to choose from. Statistically their top 20 combined will be the best. I can't believe if team such as GBN can have that much talent.

....you would think....but gbn's tryout numbers never compare to nt...but a couple of years it hasnt mattered...and stevenson usually has double the numbers gbn has at tryouts....but quantity doesnt always translate into the final results....new league should put all of this to the test....there will be some frustration for the former metro north teams early, but may result in better teams late in season...

Numbers mean shit when your talking about "top" team. Rita won state last year because they had best goalie in state, 2 best forwards in State and a top D. They had 35 kids tryout fir 2 teams. Let me repeat part of that. They had best goalie in state.
When GBN won their back to back ships they had best goalie in state in Will Dodge. Team was good but they don't win state with an average goalie.
What's interesting this year is GBN, NTG, LAG all have avg-good goalies. The best 3 in state are Rita (they will blow), Sandburg (Dingan) and Fenwick (Danna?)

How many returning players does LAG have?

with out saulters for sandburg, who else will score for them? its gonna be tough to win a majority of your games by just one or two goals

Providence has Dillman he is the best at hockey he is going to bring providende to victory...... Whats a Dillman?????

Rockford has some good players coming back as well

NTG, GBN, and Loyola are top 3

Fenwick

solid goaltending and some solid returnees . did they get any aaa players to make the switch?

Did they get the 97 kid from Fury or either of the 97 kids from the Blues?

All three would be good additions.

GBN lost Sanipass and will not be very good

gbn didnt lose sanipass, they know exactly where he went.....besides i prefer to say gbn moved sanipass to the next level...and yes i know i am the only one in the zip code who thinks that way....gbn without sanipass will be somewhere between jeff's dire prediction and gbn's own lofty self image...gbn can at least influence the outcome...jeff cant

Lets be honest. GBN took a huge hit losing Sanipass. He was one of the only kids in state who you feared to go against because he was just so big, so strong, so fast, and so good with the puck. Without him GBN loses their size advantage and they lose depth because they have to move a second liner up. Not to mention their 4 year varisty starter and now senior captain. GBN was top 3 with Sanipass. Without him they will most likely be sitting in the 4, 5, 6 area. Not to mention their atrocious goaltending.

where did sanipass go

what teams are playing in the prarie ridge showcase

You couldn't be more wrong. Sanipass is a nice player but never dominant. Great kid, great teammate and will be missed. As far as GBN as a team there is very limited effect. So big, yes. So fast, no. So good with the puck,no. Leadership, yes. Very popular teammate but limited as an impact player in the biggest games. GBN has plenty left to be a top team

Sanipass...the most over-rated hs hockey player last year.....big,yes...soft,yes....good hands,no....fast,no....a nice hs player.....disappears in the big games,check the stats...

Obviously someone saw something in him. The kid just made the jump to a level of hockey only few can play. Good kid, good player.

... makes no sense...you cant describe one departed player as that influential and the goaltending as atrocious and peg gbn as high as top 5 or 6...they will miss sanipass at the top of the roster....but their depth and goaltending will be fine....is fine good enough? the smart ones out there know that answer comes in march.....c'mon, you dont really want a frank answer to why gbn will be better than last year...they certainly cant finish worse...

Fenwick didn't get the 97 from the blues or the fury but neither of them were very good so not a big hit

A post above mentioned that Sanipass was not an impact player in big games. Really?
Who might GBN's big impact players be? Day? Gauger? LOL

who is the new coach for Fenwick?

We must not be thinking about the same players. There is no question that all 3 would be impact players during a HS career at Fenwick, and Fenwick actively recruited at least one of them.

I see a lot of ppl ripping on gbn goalie, please explain how he's "atrocious"? any goalie who makes what should've been a top 5 varsity team as a sophomore can't be atrocious.

I love how everyone rips on a kid on this site! Sanipass must not have been that bad if he was able to make the Illinois Showcase team as a junior and made the Little Caesars AAA team. Good luck to him up there, but no need to rip on a kid on this site

Kurt Kabot is the new Fenwick coach. He coached at the Mission with Anders.

As for Sanipass; he needed to move on. He was a gentle giant on the ice and he needed to go into a league where he can use his size and be pushed to be his best. He would have been a factor for GBN but I think this is a good move for him to elevate his game. Good Luck to him.

Kurt Kabot is the new Fenwick coach. He coached at the Mission with Anders.

As for Sanipass; he needed to move on. He was a gentle giant on the ice and he needed to go into a league where he can use his size and be pushed to be his best. He would have been a factor for GBN but I think this is a good move for him to elevate his game. Good Luck to him.

Carmel 0 benet 7 benet looked very strong overall Carmel was very young and will improve with time, seemed to be missing one of their stronger players

Carmel lost Turner this year, he went to play Chargers

I was there for the second half if the game. Bennet looked very good. Two freshmen on the roster. Not sure of they are the aaa kids or not. One freshman had two goals. The other is a goalie and played the third period. He wasn't challenged, but moved well and wasn't afraid to chine out of the net and play the puck. I'm anxious to see them play against better competition. GBN next weekend. That will say a lot about these freshmen and the bennet team.

these 2 freshmen sound pretty good . where did they play last year?

Illinois high school hockey bites the dust!

Forward Sabers CS BM. Goalie TI 97.

NEED TO CONFIRM ONE LAST RUMOR . WE KNOW DECKER MOVED ON IS IT TRUE RENNER HAS MOVED ON ALSO?

Omg!!! Yes all gone. Viator will be a doormat this year!

Chargers just had their way with Deerfield.
Chargers 9 Deerfield 3

The score and the shots were lopsided, but I heard the score was tied after two periods with fairly equal shots and then the Deerfield coach put in his back-up goalie and played all three lines equally in the third which in turn led to the onslaught (which might have happened regardless). Deerfield is obviously not ready for the big time competition, but showed they have some potential. Chargers play Stevenson and NTG this weekend, so we'll how they compare.

praire Ridge Showcase 9/16

PR
Gbn
Stevenson
Barrington
St. Viator
Providence
Chargers
Phoenix
Ntg
Loyola

i thought that a team from Michigan (traverse city?) was coming dow and possibly HSE or Culver from IN.

Also locally I believe mount carmel might be in it

didnt see seebeck on roster where did he end up? he had a solid season last year and is a big loss

is PR doing another showcast this weekend and then again in november?

alex pegler all state hockey team hair

providence beats viator

Score?

LAG 1
MW PHX 1

NTG 5
NWC 2

PROV 6
ST V 4

LAG 3
GBN 2

NTG 4
Prov 1

provi fucking blows they should just go jv

GBN:5 Pr:1. LAG NTG and GBN seem to be the top 3,haven't seen Rockford yet though. Super league seems it going to be really good for teams involved. Not many off nights

viator in for a long season

You bet they are. I knew Decker would hurt their defense, but not make it swiss cheese

The freshman goalie is double rostered and how can you judge him by watching him stand in the net. He saw no shots. And obviously not making a huge difference considering the varsity team is 2-5. Just because you wear a AAA helmet sticker doesn't mean you are all that. It means mom and dad had the cash to fork over. From what I heard he didn't make the final cut at AAA this year and thats why he is playing HS hockey.

1) Maine
2) Fenwick
3) LAG
4) st. rita
5) Jacobs
6) NTG
7) Sandburg
8) St. viator
9) LFA prep
10) GBN

If people at viator pin this on the coach they'll be setting the team back years. Easily the best coach in the state considering the team he took to state last year

the team that was handed to him?

10-11 team should of won state on cruise control but did not have the coaching

combined teams don't count. And they aren't that good anyway.

Lappin easily best coach in state. Gets the most out of his players at SV. They will be better than most think just because of him, like they were last year.

Maine can beat anyone, anywhere

Maine is a fucking joke I can't believe they have a program and if you think Maine is good you obviously havent even played decent hockey then. The comment above is the biggest joke every

Can they? Waubonsie beat them...straight dust

I hear Maine is looking strong this year

Maine is quite possibly the dustiest hockey team that Illinois has ever seen

1) cary grove
2) P.R.
3) Barrington
4) CL South
5) Jacobs
6) NTG
7) Sandburg
8) St. viator
9) LFA
10) GBN

Re:latest ranking...obviously you weren't in crystal lake this weekend. PR and StV looked awful. Granted it's early but had you seen them play neither would be on that list, at least not yet. Not to mention Stevenson beat Barrington and LAG beat GBN, neither of which is on your list. Time will tell.

This list is a joke....

From what I've seen and heard about maine, they are solid defensively and potent offensively.