Section 6A Preseason Prediction
| Team | Regular Season Wins in '10-'11 | More or Less Wins in '11-'12 | Section Rank |
| Little Falls | 20 | More | 1st |
| Fergus Falls | 10 | More | 2nd |
| Alexandria | 9 | More | 3rd |
| Morris/Benson Area | 16 | More | 4th |
| Prairie Centre Area | 8 | More | 5th |
| Sartell-St. Stephen | 16 | Less | 6th |
| Willmar | 14 | Less | 7th |
| St. Cloud Apollo | 5 | More | 8th |
| Breckenridge/Wahpeton | 4 | More | 9th |
| Wadena-Deer Creek | 4 | More | 10th |
1. Little Falls
G Michael Stumpf (11) - 17 wins, 1.50 GAA, .935 save percentage F Joey Hanowski (12) - 47 pts (30g, 17a)
F Ben Newman (11) - 38 pts (15g, 23a)
- The Flyers won 20 regular season games during the 2010-2011 season.
- Expectations were high for a deep playoff run. First up in the quarterfinals was St. Cloud Apollo, a team that had won only five times in the regular season. Little Falls defeated the Eagles twice during the regular season, 8-1 and 5-3. Unfortunately for the Flyers, they ran into a hot goaltender in Charlie Pentz and lost 3-1.
- Little Falls is coming back loaded and very deep this season (and most likely 2012-2013), returning 105 goals from a 124-goal season.
- Of those returning, nine were sophomores, six were juniors, and they had one freshman, forward Mark Anez who scored four goals for the Flyers.
- Hanowski, Newman, Austin Bjorge (10), and Luke Majerle (10) are all back having scored double-figures in goals. Last season's team averaged almost five goals per game.
- Junior Michael Stumpf had the third best save percentage (.935) in Class A last season with a 1.50 goals against average. The Flyers were stingy at giving up goals.
- Little Falls should be even better this year at both ends of the rink.
- The only thing standing in the Flyers way of making a March visit to the Xcel Energy Center will be another Pentz-like performance.
2. Fergus Falls
F Blake Brazil (11) - 35 pts (20g, 15a)F Jake Ahlgren (11) - 31 pts (10g, 21a)
D Peter Gaustad (12) - 17 pts (4g, 13a)
- The Otters will return two good goal scorers on the top end and depth at defense (Gaustad, Wahlgren, Nathe, Colling, Okerstrom).
- Little Falls matched the Flyers to a 4-4 tie in their first meeting early last season but then lost 3-0 in the rematch later on.
- The Otters may have something for Little Falls if the new goaltender is solid.
3. Alexandria
F Jordan Domine (12) - 25 pts (13g, 12a)G Ben Allen (11) - 4 wins, 3.31 GAA, .894 save percentage
F Tom Schmidt (11) - 20 pts (10g, 10a)
- The Cardinals return as the Section 6A defending champions.
- Most of the offense and a very good goaltending tandem in Allen and senior Erich Murphy will be back.
- The Alexandria defense, though, will need to rebuild. Senior Garrett Skinner is the only d-man returning.
4. Morris/Benson Area
F Kelly Engquist (12) - 38 pts (14g, 24a)F Tanner Picht (11) - 36 pts (15g, 21a)
F Luke Schwarz (12) -34 pts (19g, 15a)
- The Storm are my sleeper of the Section.
- Morris/Benson Area return a lot of scoring (80+ goals) from a 16-win season and most of the defense should be back.
- I see the Storm doing more than roll over the weaker 3A and 6A teams this season.
- I am assuming senior Paden Stratz will be the starter in goal and he will need to be tough.
- The Storm's first three games of the season against Willmar, Spring Lake Park, and Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato should tell us right away whether or not this team has enough strength to be a legitimate Section contender.
5. Prairie Centre Area
F Cody Bartkowicz (12) - 38 pts (19g, 19a)F Nate Mettenberg (11) - 37 pts (22g, 15a)
F Tyler Schultz (12) - 24 pts (14g, 10a)
- The North Stars are prime to make a historic move up in Section 6A.
- Prairie Centre Area have ALL of their goal scoring, 80 goals, back from last year.
- The North Stars defense and goaltending should be better with everyone back.
- Prairie Centre Area is actually a little deeper than a Morris/Benson Area team. This team has the potential to be one of their best teams so far in their history.
6. Sartell-St. Stephen
F Blake Guggenburger (12) 21 pts (5g, 16a)F Michael Whitson (12) 17 pts (7g, 10a)
D Christian Murray (12) 15 pts (4g, 11a)
7. Willmar
G Christian Yrttimaa (12) 13 wins, 2.40 GAA, .916 save percentage F Hunter Schneider (11) - 13 pts (8g ,5a)
F Zech Streed (11) - 13 pts (6g, 7a)
8. St. Cloud Apollo
F Jared Christen (11) - 26 pts (13g, 13a)F Bryan Benson (12) - 26 pts (13g, 13a)
F Paul Kenny (10) - 17 pts (8g, 9a)
9. Breckenridge/Wahpeton
F Cody Bronson (12) - 30 pts (24g, 6a)G Wyatt Hedrick (12) - 3 wins, 4.98 GAA, .871 save percentage
F Tyler Gripentrog (11) - 11 pts (4g, 7a)
10. Wadena-Deer Creek
F Bridger Pettit (11) - 31 pts (19g, 12a)D Mitchell Swanson (11) - 17 pts (11g, 6a)
F David Najjar (12) - 17 pts (7g, 10a)
