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Forwards Cole Baumgartner, Brock Cheslock and Avenir Belous will provide Rogers with a majority of its offense.
Key departures: Forward Mason Jenson led the Royals in both goals and points in 2024-25 with 44 goals and 88 points. Forward Keaton Weis had 29 goals and 61 points. Forward Parker Deschene led the Royals with 55 assists. Defenseman Jackson Smithknecht provided size on Rogers blue line. Goalie Wyatt Knott was 21-5-2 with a goals-against average of 2.15 and posted four shutouts.
Important games: Saturday, Nov. 22 vs. STMA; Tuesday, Nov. 25 vs. White Bear Lake; Saturday, Nov. 29 vs. Rosemount( neutral-site game at Minnetonka; Saturday, Dec. 6
vs. Hill-Murray; Thursday, Dec. 11 vs. Maple Grove; Thursday, Dec. 18 vs. Champlin Park; Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, @ Rosemount; Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, @ Elk River; Saturday, Jan. 17 vs. Wayzata( outdoor game at Hastings in celebration of Hockey Day Minnesota 2026); Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, vs. Andover; Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, vs. Moorhead; Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 vs. Minnetonka; Section 6-2A championship is Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis; Class 2A state tournament March 4-7, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena and 3M Arena at Mariucci
Coach Brown’ s goals for 2025-26:“ This group has been special for a couple years. They play the right way. They play for the guy next to them. They play for the‘ R’ and they find ways to win. We lost a lot of talent. We lost a lot of experience. We lost
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Rogers head coach Dave Brown enters his seventh season in 2025-26. Brown guided the Royals to the NWSC championship and the program’ s first state tournament appearance since the program began 22 years ago. The Royals’ 2025- 26 season began on Thursday, Nov. 20, with a game at Andover.
a lot of big-game players, but we’ re reloading. If you look up and down our roster, there’ s talent on every line. There’ s experience on every line. There’ s leadership on every line. THere’ s winners up and down the lineup. There’ s not a lot of experience from a scoring standpoint, but the leadership group has proven it at every level. This team is hard to play against. This team is consistent and hates to lose.”
Elk River girls hockey look to better 2025-26 season after bowing out in section semis
ERIK NELSON Sports Reporter
2024-25 record: 9-17-1( lost to Grand
Rapids-Greenway in the Section 7-2A semifinal)
Head coach: Brian Ballenger( eighth season)
Key returning players: Junior forward Jayden Petersen led the Elks in scoring with 16 goals and
22 points.
Key departures: Goalie Abby Huselid, defender Kassie Balabon and
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Elks sophomore forward Jayden Petersen looks to shoot during Elk River’ s 4-1 loss to Blaine on Nov. 14, 2024, at Cornerstone Automotive Arena.
forward Abby Hansberger Important games: Tuesday, Dec. 2 vs. Centennial-Spring Lake Park; Saturday, Dec. 6, vs. Moorhead; Tuesday, Dec. 9 @ Rogers; Tuesday, Dec. 16 vs. Andover; Saturday, Dec. 20 vs. Anoka; Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, vs. Rogers; Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 vs. Blaine