by HockeyHigh » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:05 pm
Based soley on their performance against Minnesota teams I'd rank them like this...
Fargo South as 5 through 10. Moorhead has been dropping down lately though, which would likely hurt their ranking. White Bear hasn't been performing very well either after beating Centennial. South also swept their holiday tournament which included Apple Valley [#19] in a convincing 5-1 game.
Central would probably be placed between 40 and 50 because they got beat up pretty bad in the Stadstad. Although their win against East Grand Forks would prove they deserve a top 50 spot at least.
Red River would likely be ranked between 30 and 40 due to their strong (comparatively, games were closer) showing in the Stadstad and after beating out #33 Roseau. Losing to East Grand Forks would have likely put their ranking up near the upper 60s at the start of the year, but the Roseau game would help that a lot.
Grafton, although they've slipped a bit lately, have beaten Roseau as well, but lost to Osseo [#40] and Warroad, which would push them back. I'd put them in the lower 50s at this point.
So...
South [#6-10]
Red River [#30-40]
Central [#40-50]
Grafton [#50-55]
Of course, this is not including the competition they've played against in North Dakota, or they'd obviously change. (Fargo South would drop, Red River would drop, Central would go up and Grafton would drop)