Good Luck Lady Canes!

HAYWARD-ASHLAND HURRICANES

Coaches: Tom Duffy, second season, and Emily Stark, first season 2018-2019 record: 12-10-4 Conference: Lake Superior Section: Wisconsin Sectional 1

Schedule

Nov. 29-30 — at Gobbler Cup Tournament, Mosinee, Wis., TBA

Dec. 5 — at Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m.

Dec. 6 — at St. Croix, 7 p.m.

Dec. 17 — at Chippewa Falls/Menomonie, 6 p.m.

Dec. 19 — at Superior Spartans, 7 p.m.

Dec. 27-28 — at Black River Falls (Wis.)

Tournament, TBA

Jan. 9 — at North Shore, 7 p.m.

Jan. 11 — at Northland Pines, noon

Jan. 16 — at Duluth, 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at Wisconsin Valley Union, 1 p.m.

Jan. 21 — at Black River Falls, 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 — North Shore, 3 p.m.

Jan. 25 — Onalaska, 2 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at Western Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 — at Eau Claire Area, 6 p.m.

Feb. 1 — vs. Hudson (in Rice Lake, Wis.), 2 p.m.

Feb. 4 — at Northern Edge, 6 p.m.

Feb. 6 — Central Wisconsin, 6 p.m.

Feb. 8 — Black River Falls, 2 p.m.

Feb. 11 — Superior, 7 p.m.

Roster

Key Departures: D Rikki Saletri, D Lauren Donnellan, E Reone Martin, F Makenzie Johnson

Key Returners: Sr. G Emma Quimby (1.36 GAA, .933 save percentage, 11 shutouts); Jr. Kennedy Springer (1010-20); Sr. Lily Pergolski (6-9-15); Jr. Alex Pieterek (7-2-9); Soile Doyle (0-808); Sr. Taylor Eytcheson (2-5-7);

Jerzy Petit (3-3-6)

Outlook: The Hurricanes lose two top defensemen and a sophomore to a season-ending knee surgery but return all-state goalie Emma Quimby. Quimby was first-team Lake Superior Conference, first team All-Area, first team and unanimous MVP of the independent schools of Wisconsin and was awarded the Jesse Vetter trophy as the best goalie in Wisconsin. The Hurricanes have many girls who got a lot of playing time last year who will be expected to step into leadership roles. If they make that transition, this team could be dangerous. They better get used to the road as a product of their schedule is not having many home games until well after New Years.

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International Falls Broncos

Head coach: Michele McDonald, second season

2018-2019 Record:

9-13-1

Conference: Independent

Section: 7A

Key departures: F Morgan Rasmussen (7-11—18), D Taylor Sears (11-7—18), F Grace Bragg (9-6—15)

Key returners: Sr. G Macey Marcotte (2.00 GAA, .908 save percentage), jr. D Emma Erickson (9-3—12), sr. Maria Vollom (6-5—11)

Outlook: The Broncos recently entered into a coop with Rainy River High School. They graduated a solid senior class and will be much younger this season, with only three seniors and three juniors listed on the roster. They will rely heavily on freshmen and even have an eight-grader on the roster in forward Kaylee Scholler. International Falls wasn’t a high-scoring team last year. Rasmussen, who graduated, was the top scorer with only 18 points, but goals could be even harder to come by this year as Erickson, with 12 points, is the leading returning point getter. That will continue to put defense and goaltending at a premium, but the Broncos have a good one between the pipes in Marcotte.

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Junior Alex Pieterek is one of Hayward-Ashland's top point producers from a year ago.

Jake Brown / Ashland Daily Press

Schedule

Nov. 30 — at Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 3 p.m.

Dec. 3 — at Hibbing-Chisholm, 7 p.m.

Dec. 7 — Superior, 2 p.m.

Dec. 10 — North Shore, 7 p.m.

Dec. 13 — Duluth Northern Stars

Dec. 17 — at Eveleth-Gilbert, 7 p.m.

Dec. 19 — Proctor-Hermantown, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 21 — at Crookston, 2 p.m.

Dec. 30-Jan. 1 — at Blaine tournament

Jan. 4 — Duluth Marshall, 2 p.m.

Jan. 7 — at Bemidji, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 11 — Wadena-Deer Creek

Jan. 17 — at North Shore, 7 p.m.

Jan. 20 — at Fort Frances, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25 — Moose Lake Area, 2 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Eveleth-Gilbert, 7 p.m.

Feb. 1 — Crookston, 3 p.m.

Roster

Coach: Chris Gamst, second season

2018-2019 record: 2-21-1

Conference: Independent

Section: 7A

Key departures: D Abby Painovich (10-8— 18)

Key returners: Sr. G Jo Wekseth, sr. W Jamie Benzie, sr. C/D Savanna Gamst (5-6—11), sr. W Lexi Bonneville (6-4— 10), so. C/D Rachel Painovich (4-6—10), so. W Gabby Gamst (134—17)

Lake Area Rebels

Outlook: While the Rebels have a core of seniors back, blending a talented group of youth players into the varsity will be their primary challenge this season, according to Gamst. Take a quick look at the roster, and in spots it resembles a JV squad. The Rebels will get an influx of talent by bringing in seven seventh- and eighth-grade players who won a U12 B state championship last season, and they will see ice time immediate-

Schedule

At 7:30 p.m., unless noted

Nov. 26 — Eveleth-Gilbert

Dec. 6 — at Dodge County, 7 p.m.

Dec. 12 — Hibbing-Chisholm, 7 p.m.

Dec. 14 — at Superior, 2 p.m.

Dec. 17 — North Shore

Dec. 20 — Cloquet-Esko-Carlton

Dec. 30 — vs. Luverne (Herb Brooks Holiday Classic, Blaine, Minn.)

Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Herb Brooks Holiday Classic, Blaine, Minn., TBA

Jan. 3 — at Cambridge-Isanti Area, 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Proctor-Hermantown

Jan. 10 — Rochester John Marshall, 5:45 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Superior, 7 p.m.

Jan. 16 — at Duluth Marshall

Jan 21 — at Eveleth-Gilbert, 7 p.m.

Jan 23 — Henry Sibley

Jan. 25 — at International Falls, 2 p.m.

Jan. 28 — at Hibbing-Chisholm, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 — at Duluth

North Shore Storm

ly. That depth will help after a 2018-19 season in which the Rebels scrambled to piece together lines due to injuries and low class sizes. Gamst hopes those additions, along with the returning upperclassmen, keep the Rebels in games this year. “The biggest challenge for us will be goal scoring,” Gamst said. “We are going to have to find a way to put pucks in the net. I’m guessing we are going to have to score more ugly goals.”

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Roster

Coach: Zach Vieau, first season

2018-19 record: 9-132

Conference: Independent

Section: 7A

Key departures: F Jessie Ketola (18-19—37); F Gracie Komarek (9-16— 25), who is now playing at Grand Canyon University along with Proctor-Hermantown’s Kaitlyn Fawcett

Key returners: Sr. D Megan Maxey (7-4—11); so. D Livia Hoff (1-4—

5); sr. F Rheo Johnson (13-6—19); sr. F Sydney Haugan (2-2—4); jr. F Emily Siepke (3-2—5)

Outlook: Vieau, an assistant last year, takes over the program after a little coaching swap, with Neva Maxwell, who was head coach of the team the past two seasons, serving as an assistant along with Steve Graden. Vieau ran track at Minnesota Duluth, where he graduated last year. The 23-year-old is originally from Becker, Minn.,

Schedule

Nov. 26 — at Hibbing, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 3 — at Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 — Superior, 7 p.m.

Dec. 7 — St. Francis-North Branch, 2 p.m.

Dec. 10 — at International Falls, 7 p.m.

Dec. 17 — at Moose Lake Area, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Washburn, 7 p.m.

Dec. 30-Jan 1 — Blaine tournament

Jan. 4 — Pequot Lakes, 2 p.m.

Jan. 9 — Hayward-Ashland, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 — at Eveleth-Gilbert, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 17 — International Falls, 7 p.m.

Jan. 23 — at Hayward-Ashland, 7 p.m.

Jan 25 — Kasson-Mantorville, 3 p.m.

Jan. 28 — Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4 — at Superior, 7 p.m.

North Shore's Megan Maxey plays the puck away from Moose Lake Area's Jamie Benzie during a game last season.

News Tribune file photo where he played hockey. Vieau inherits a young team that lost scoring punch. The Storm can build around an experienced defensive core but lost their top two goaltenders. There will be sophomores, freshmen and even eighth graders skating on the varsity this season. Hope Ernst, Lilly Benvie, Katie Carpenter, Brooke Velcheff, Jenna Marxhausen will be among the new players to watch.

Jon Nowacki, News Tribune

Roster

19 Bree Torgerson

19 Bruna Genovese

19 Hayley Larson

19 Natalie Reinccius

20 Jenna Marxhausen

35 Harper Powell G

Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com

Coach: Emma Stauber, first season

2018-2019 Record: 20-8-3

Conference: Lake Superior Section: 7A

Key departures: G Ryan Gray, F Kaitlyn Fawcett (Grand Canyon University), F Ashley Hanson, F Briahna Bryant (Marian University), F Dehli Heikes (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), F Hannah Tanski, G Sam Lewis

Key returners: Jr. F Alyssa Watkins (2310—33); jr. F Michaela Phinney (18-9—27); sr. F Sydney Skorich (13-7—20); sr. D Braelyn Sathers (5-13— 18); jr. D Ella Anick (6-15—21); jr. F Aurora

Opsahl (9-5—14); sr. F Megan Madill (5-7—12); jr. G Vivi Helquist

Outlook: The Mirage have been anticipating the start of the season since a 5-3 win over Mound-Westonka in the Class A state third-place game last season, the highest the program has ever finished. Mirage alum Emma Stauber steps in for Glen Gilderman, the only head coach the program had ever known, who stepped down from coaching after 21 seasons. The Mirage are led by five seniors who were an integral part of the their state-tournament team. Offensively, the team returns two juniors and a senior

Schedule

At 7:30 p.m., unless noted

Nov. 29 — at Blake, 7 p.m.

Dec. 3 — Duluth, 7 p.m.

Dec. 10 — Eveleth-Gilbert

Dec. 13 — Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m.

Dec. 17 — at Superior, 7 p.m.

Dec. 19 — at International Falls

Dec. 21 — Benilde-St. Margaret’s, 2 p.m.

Dec. 30 — vs. Hill-Murray (Herb Brooks Holiday Classic, Blaine, Minn.), 6 p.m.

Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Herb Brooks Holiday Classic, Blaine, Minn., TBA

Jan. 6 — North Shore, 7 p.m.

Jan. 7 — at Moose Lake Area who tallied more than 20 points, and also has several players back who contributed more than 10 points. Defensively, the Mirage graduated two senior goaltenders but return all of their defensemen, including junior Ella Anick, who committed to Bemidji State this fall. A steady, experienced blue line should help relieve pressure on the goaltenders, freshman Abby Pajari and junior Vivi Helquist. If the Mirage can get decent play in net and continue their scoring by committee, they could be eyeing a fourth section title in the past five years.

Jan. 14 — at Cambridge-Isanti Area, 6 p.m.

Jan. 16 — Hibbing-Chisholm, 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 — Blaine, 1 pm.

Jan. 21 — Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7 p.m.

Jan. 24 — Dodge County, 7 p.m.

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Roster

27 Ella Anick

Coach: Marc Franta, third season

2018-2019 record: 2-19-2

Conference: Lake

Superior

Section: Wisconsin

Sectional 1

Key departures: G

Autumn Siers, D/F Paige

Lach, D Rose Ion

Key returners: Jr. D Lucy Drougas (18-5— 23); Jr. F Arika Trentor (6-8—14); Jr. F Isabelle Franta (2-5—7); Jr. F Brooklyn Burger (10-

9—19); Jr. F/D Jillian Reuille (0-3—3); Jr. G

Katrina Casper and Jr. G

Presley Beron.

Outlook: The Spartans feel like they have an up-and-coming team that could surprise some opponents this year if they can stay healthy. The record wasn’t indicative of how well the team played at times, with lots of one goal and overtime losses, but with no seniors, it could be hard getting over that

Schedule

Dec. 9 — at Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m.

Dec. 14 — Moose Lake Area, 2 p.m.

Dec. 17 — Proctor-Hermantown, 7 p.m.

Dec. 19 — Hayward-Ashland, 7 p.m.

Dec. 27-29 — at Culver’s Cup, Madison hump. Superior had a productive summer on and off the ice and features an exciting and athletic junior class, who along with the returning sophomores gives them good balance. The Spartans also have a small but talented freshman class. Newcomers to watch include freshmen Emma Welch and Madelyn Franta.

Jan. 4 — at St. Croix Valley, 2 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 7 p.m.

Jan. 14 — at Moose Lake Area, 7 p.m.

Jan. 16 — at Western Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

Jan. 18 — at Northland Pines, 2 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Duluth, 5:15 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Western Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

Feb. 1 — Chippewa Falls/Menomonie, 2 p.m.

Feb. 4 — North Shore, 7 p.m.

Feb. 7 — at Hudson, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 — at Hayward-Ashland, 7 p.m.

Jon Nowacki, News Tribune