Northfield Boys Hockey Ranked in Class A Top 20

The Northfield Raiders and Mankato West Scarlets are ranked in the Let's Play Hockey top 20 Class A boys hockey poll.

Northfield is No. 19 and Mankato West is No. 15.

Northfield's Jacob Halvorson netted his second hat trick of the season in an 11-0 win over Winona on Saturday in Northfield.

The Raiders outshot Winona 56 to 10 and junior goalie Ryan Bielenberg achieved his first shutout of the season.

In other Big Nine Conference boys hockey Saturday: Mankato East defeated Red Wing 7-1, and in games outside the conference Austin routed Bagley/Fosston 8-1, Rochester Mayo skated past Eveleth-Gilbert 6-2, Hibbing-Chisholm beat Albert Lea 6-2, third-ranked St. Cloud Apollo downed Mankato West 6-2 in St. Cloud, St. Paul Academy edged Rochester John Marshall 3-2 and Rochester Century and Chanassen skated to a 1-1 overtime tie.

Here are the Let's Play Hockey boys rankings in Minnesota.

Class A

1. Hermantown
2. Breck
3. St. Cloud Apollo
4. Mahtomedi
5. Hibbing-Chisholm
6. Delano/Rockford
7. St. Paul Academy
8. Thief River Falls
9. St. Cloud Cathedral
10. East Grand Forks
11. Orono
12. Luverne
13. Sartell-St. Stephen
14. Duluth Denfeld
15. Mankato West
16. Greenway
17. Princeton
18. St. Paul Johnson
19. Northfield
20. North Shore

Class AA

1. Benilde-St. Margaret's
2. Eden Prairie
3. Blaine
4. Stillwater Area
5. Edina
6. Wayzata
7. Bemidji
8. Lakeville North
9. Grand Rapids
10. Holy Family Catholic
11. Hill-Murray
12. Prior Lake
13. Elk River/Zimmerman
14. Minnetonka
15. Centennial
16. Duluth East
17. Farmington
18. St. Thomas Academy
19. Brainerd
20. Burnsville