Articles by Class A Guy

Section 7A has been dominated by Hermantown over the past decade plus. The Hawks have won 12 of the last 13 Section 7A titles and been a consistent villain to many smaller northern hockey communities….

Section 7A has been dominated by Hermantown over the past decade plus. The Hawks have won 12 of the last 13 Section 7A titles and been a consistent villain to many smaller northern hockey communities….

Many thought there would be at least one addition to this small outstate section when the MSHSL came out with realignment this past spring. However, no such changes were made which has become a huge…

Boys Class A Hockey celebrates its 30th anniversary this winter and since the first Class A State Tournament was held back in 1994 one 5A blue blood program over the last 3 decades has been…

Handicapping Section 4A over the last decade has been pretty easy to predict: it’s the favorite Mahtomedi, who has won 7 of the last 10 Section Titles, and then a large gap and everyone else….

A decade ago, in the 2014 State Tournament the entire state was introduced to “ROLL CARDS ROLL” when Luverne, the tiny program from the Southwest Corner of the state showed up at X with an…

Most Class A Sections lack the top to bottom depth to make both Semifinal matchups competitive let alone have any good Quarterfinal matchups. That is not the case in Section 2A which has traditionally been…

The last time Northfield was the reigning Section 1A champion in 2017 the MSHSL moved them out of the section that spring into Section 4A and they were never given an opportunity to defend their…