2009 Section 5A Championship | #1-seed S.C. Cathedral (24-2-1) vs. #2-seed Hermantown (24-3-0)

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2009 Section 5A Championship

S.C. Cathedral Crusaders (24-2-1) vs. Hermantown Hawks (24-3-0)
Cloquet Area Recreation Center, Cloquet, MN
Wednesday, March 4th
7:00 PM

Games head-to-head in 2008-2009:

01/26/09 St. Cloud Cathedral 2, Hermantown 1
:: SCC: Alex Koopmeiners GWG, 1 assist
:: SCC: Robbie Stocker 1 goal
:: SCC: Nick Maiers 15 Saves
:: H: Grant Huttel 1 goal
:: H: Ben Tessier 31 Saves

Scoring Leaders

S.C. Cathedral

Hermantown

Jordan Palusky

30 g

21 a

51 pts

Adam Krause

25 g

33 a

58 pts

Nate Schmidt

23 g

25 a

48 pts

C Christopherson

25 g

23 a

48 pts

A Koopmeiners

17 g

27 a

44 pts

Jeff Paczynski

9 g

26 a

35 pts

Sam Lommel

14 g

20 a

34 pts

Kurt Peterson

13 g

21 a

34 pts

Joe Nessler

6 g

26 a

32 pts

Branden Perrault

20 g

11 a

31 pts

Goaltending Leaders

Regular Season
S.C. Cathedral: Nick Maiers 19-2-1 | 1.51 GAA | 393 Saves | .920 Save %
Hermantown: Ben Tessier 17-2-0 | 2.09 GAA | 365 Saves | .906 Save %

Playoffs
S.C. Cathedral: Nick Maiers 2-0-0 | 2.00 GAA | 34 Saves | .895 Save %
Hermantown: Ben Tessier 2-0-0 | 2.00 GAA | 32 Saves | .889 Save %

Game-winning Goals

St. Cloud Cathedral																			Hermantown
Jordan Palusky	6																		Branden Perrault	4
Alex Koopmeiners	4																		Grant Huttel	4
Nate Schmidt	3																		Kurt Peterson	3
Kyle Kudak	3																		Adam Krause	2
Jon Larkin	3																		Jeff Paczynski	2
Sam Lommel	2																		Willis Kantonen	2
Joe Nessler	1																		Andrew Oakes	2
Tyler McMorrow	1																		Charlie Comnick	1
Jeremy Robak	1																		Brian LeBlanc	1
																			Connor Hady	1
																			Corey Kolquist	1
																			Cody Christopherson	1

How they got here:

S. C. Cathedral: defeated #8-seed Pine City/RC 9-0, #4-seed Sauk Rapids-Rice 8-4
Hermantown: defeated #7-seed Mora/H-F 6-2, #3-seed Duluth Denfeld 4-2

Records away from home ice:

St. Cloud Cathedral: 10-2-0
Hermantown: 11-2-0

Prediction:

Offense: Even | Hermantown is averaging 5.9 goals per game, St. Cloud Cathedral 5.3.

Who is Hot:

St. Cloud Cathedral: Jordan Palusky has eight goals in his last three games; Alex Koopmeiners has nine points in his last three games (4g, 5a)

Hermantown: Branden Perrault six goals in his last three games

Defense: S. C. Cathedral | Nine shutouts | Allowing opponents 16.1 shots per game
Hermantown | Six shutouts | Allow opponents 18.3 shots per game

Goaltending: S. C. Cathedral | Nick Maiers has an edge in stats with a half of a goal goals against average and a higher save percentage over Ben Tessier. It is an edge, not a major gap between the two goalies.

St. Cloud Cathedral outshot Hermantown 33-16 in their 2-1 at St. Cloud MAC Arena. Now, the game is at a neutral site in Cloquet but may be considered basically a home game for Hermantown since Cloquet is less than a half hour's drive away. I initially said that I was picking Hermantown to win this game. I've changed my mind.

St. Cloud Cathedral 4, Hermantown 2