Milwaukee-area hockey ranking, player and team of the week

AREA RANKINGS

(Records through Wednesday)

1. Waukesha (8-4-3) 2

2. University School (12-3) 1

3. Arrowhead (11-6-1) 3

4. Marquette (12-4-2) 4

5. KMMO (9-4) 5

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Joey Greilich, KMMO: The junior goaltender who attends Mukwonago led the team to the title at the Hayward Invitational Friday and Saturday. Greilich stopped 60 of 62 shots, a .967 save percentage, as the team scored a 2-1 victory over Rice Lake Friday and a 2-1 victory over Hayward Saturday. The performance dropped his goals-against average to 1.72 and raised his save percentage to .923. He has two shutouts this season.

HONORABLE MENTION

Graham Lemke, Greendale: The junior, who attends Waterford, helped the Ice Force get its first victory of 2018 by recording three goals and an assist in a 6-0 victory over Green Bay United Saturday.

Cade Knoeppel, Cedarburg: The Bulldogs senior forward scored twice in a 4-1 victory over Sheboygan on Jan. 10 before getting goals in losses to La Crosse Aquinas/Holmen Friday and Onalaska Saturday.

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Waukesha: The Wings defeated two teams ranked in the wisconsinprephockey.net top 10 last week, getting the best of third-ranked University School, 3-1, Jan. 9 and defeating seventh-ranked Green Bay Notre Dame, 3-2, last Friday. The victory over University School gave Waukesha control of the Classic 8 race and is the reason we have a new area No. 1 this week. The Wings dominated the meeting, scoring the contest’s first three goals and not allowing a score until the 10-minute 10-second mark of the final period. Junior forward Chad Larsen (one goal, one assist) and junior defenseman Douglas Kirkhofer (two assists) scored two points in the matchup. Larsen assisted junior forward Trenton Tucker on the game’s first goal at the 1:56 mark of the first period and Kirkhofer assisted Thomas Knoke, a junior forward, at 9:40 of the second to make it a 2-0 game. Junior goalkeeper Garrett Larsen made 37 saves.

COMING UP

KMMO at West Bend at Kettle Moraine Ice Center, 7 p.m. Friday: KMMO takes a break from its pursuit of the Classic 8 title to face the Ice Bears, the North Shore’s second-place team.

Homestead at KMMO at Naga-Waukee Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Saturday: North Shore champion Homestead gets a crack at KMMO in a matchup that could have a bearing on the area rankings.

Fox Cities at Arrowhead, 7 p.m. Saturday: Fox Cities had a six-game winning streak before dropping back-to-back games against Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha and D.C. Everest. Arrowhead, meanwhile, has won five straight games.