Defending State Champ Skippers Face Rosemount in Hockey

MINNETONKA PATCH GAME OF THE WEEK

Girl’s Hockey
Minnetonka (0-1, 0-0 Lake Conference) vs. Rosemount (0-0, 0-0 South Suburban Conference)

CHEAT SHEET
SITE: Rosemount Community Center
TIME: 7 p.m. Thursday
LAST MEETING: Minnetonka defeated Rosemount 7-0 in 2005.

ON THE LINE
The Skippers, who won the 2011 state title with a 29-1-1 mark, faces fellow tournament team Rosemount, who was 22-7-1 last year and lost to Lakeville South in consolation play. Minnetonka lost to Anoka 3-1 in their season opener. The Skippers were ranked preseason #1 by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. They must replace graduated seniors Julie Friend, a goalie who is at St. Cloud State and defenseman Rachel Ramsey, who signed with Minnesota. Rosemount also lost two seniors who are playing college hockey. Rachael Kelly, who made the Class AA All-Tournament team, is at Bemidji State and Allison Micheletti landed at Providence.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Amy Peterson - Minnetonka forward
The junior made the Class All-Tournament team last season after scoring seven goals in three games.

Caitlin Dantzscher – Rosemount goalie
The senior was the Irish’s goalkeeper in both of their state tournament games last year.

SKIPPERS WIN IF...
They can get shots on goal. They averaged 4.4 goals per game last season and were not shutout all season. 

IRISH WIN IF...
They can continue to get strong defensive play. The Irish return an experienced goalkeeper vand had seven shutouts last season.