MID-WINTER MELTDOWN

When, where: Monday through Wednesday, Eden Prairie Community Center

Teams: No. 1 Eden Prairie, No. 3 Roseau, No. 7 Minnetonka, No. 9 Wayzata, No. 10 ­Cretin-Derham Hall, No. 14 Chaska/Chanhassen, No. 18 Benilde-St. Margaret's and Eagan.

Players to watch: Division I-bound players include Wayzata defenseman Paige Sorenen (Merrimack), Cretin-Derham Hall forward Annie Boeckers (Merrimack) and goalie Emmy May (Gophers), Minnetonka forward Kippin Keller (Gophers), defensemen Kelsey Crow and Katie McMillan (both headed to Penn State); Chaska/Chanhassen forward Sofia Poinar (Minnesota State) and defenseman Megan Hinze (Minnesota State), and Eden Prairie forward Charly Dahlquist (North Dakota) and defenseman Lauren Boyle (Ohio State).

WALSER TOURNAMENT

When, where: Monday through Wednesday, Braemar Arena, Edina

Teams: No. 2 Maple Grove, No. 4 Edina, No. 8 Lakeville South, No. 15 Hopkins, No. 16 Stillwater, Grand Rapids/Greenway, Irondale and Class 1A, No. 2 Breck.

Players to watch: Division I-bound players include Breck forwards Cheyenne Harris (Union) and Grace Zumwinkle (Gophers) and goalies Jenna Brenneman (Clarkson) and Sidney Scobee (Vermont), Hopkins forward Corbin Boyd (Minnesota State), Stillwater defenseman Brinna Dochniak (RIT) and Edina forward Taylor Williamson (Gophers).

DOUG WOOG/KAPOSIA CLASSIC INVITATIONAL

When, where: Jan. 1-3,Wakota Arena, South St. Paul

Teams: Class 2A, No. 6 Hill-Murray, No. 12 Mounds View, Bloomington Jefferson and Roseville, and Class 1A, No. 1 Blake, No. 9 South St. Paul, No. 15 Hibbing/Chisholm and International Falls.

Players to watch: Division I-bound players include Hill-Murray forwards Jac Kassa (Bemidji State) and Jessica Bonfe (Merrimack), defenseman Brittney Anderson (St. Cloud State) and goalie Leah Patrick (Union), Blake forwards Lucy Burton and Jordan Chancellor (both are headed to Yale), Carly Bullock and Karlie Lund and defenseman Sylvie Wallin (all three are headed to Princeton) and Mounds View forward Sydney Brodt (Minnesota-Duluth).

WORTH NOTING

Seven local standouts will be missing from the holiday tournaments while playing at the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team World Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. They are Hill-Murray forward Kenzie Prater and defenseman Mekenzie Steffen, Cretin-Derham Hall forward Paige Voight, Hopkins defenseman Grace Bizal, Edina defenseman Grace Bowlby, Wayzata forward Sophia Shaver and Minnetonka forward Presley Norby.

David La Vaque