New boys hockey coach Mark Strobel has St. Thomas Academy atop the Minnesota Top 25. Strobel played for Hill-Murray in high school and went on to Wisconsin, where he finished in 1995. He’s a former assistant coach for Wisconsin, Minnesota Duluth, Omaha and Colorado College. He also worked for the USHL’s Twin Cities Vulcans.

MN high school boys hockey rankings

Records through Wednesday, Dec. 11. Here’s last week’s rankings.

1. St. Thomas Academy (5-0): Blitzing a few overmatch conference foes gave the Cadets a gaudy 10.6 average goals scored. A more difficult non-conference schedule awaits.

For the complete list of teams in the this week's high school boys hockey Minnesota Top 25, click here to read this story on startribune.com.