I share my raw, unfiltered scouting notes from last weekend's North-South Showcase in Traverse City. Top-25 Rankings are also updated with plenty of teams on the move in a big way, including Forest Hills Central returning to the rankings scene. And we wrap things up talking about teams I haven't talked about yet this season with a 12-game slate of picks that you can get involved in!

Make your picks: https://peteyspicks.com/first-picks-of-the-new-year-headlined-by-first-timers/Top-25 Rankings: https://peteyspicks.com/teams/Notes from the North-South Showcase: https://peteyspicks.com/scouting-notes-from-the-north-south-showcase/

Quickly becoming my favorite event of the Michigan high school hockey calendar, the Rick Deneweth Memorial, North-South Showcase gets underway Thursday. Action includes 12 Top-25 matchups over the course of three days, all under one roof. We break down all the teams and matchups taking place at Centre Ice Arena.

Heading into holiday break, we completely tear down and rebuild the Top-25 Rankings with some volatile movement among top teams. Cranbrook hockey up 11 spots?! Houghton hockey falls out of the Top 20?? That, and much more as I go team-by-team breaking down each of their resumes and bodies of work thus far this season.Plus, we'll do a little role playing with what I believe to be the best potential playoff format for Michigan high school hockey and how that would look at present day.Petey's playoff format: https://youtu.be/BM_lZhfXsrs?si=NIKWgaZpYRlgOaDY&t=1765Top-25 Rankings: https://peteyspicks.com/teams/