When Megan Wolfe saw older brother Sam skating with his friends, she wanted in. Only one year separates the two, so she got her wish. Both played a year of mite hockey together, coached by their dad.

Neither of Sam and Megan's parents really played hockey. Turns out that isn't a requirement to raise an impressive pair of players now shining in Eagan. Dad dabbled a bit as a youngster, but "he was more of a football guy," said Megan, a junior who is a scoring machine for the Wildcats.

Mom ran track back in her day. Now she's a personal trainer. Mom might not be directing the on- or off-ice workouts but makes sure her teenage athletes are ready to go.

"We eat healthy because of her. She feeds us well," said Sam, now a senior defenseman at Eagan.

After that one year of mites, Sam and Megan went their separate ways. Now they are both key pieces of Eagan's varsity clubs.

Megan made the team as an eighth-grader. Now in her fourth year, she's realizing her potential as one of the best players in the state.

"Probably top five ... and she's getting better," co-head coach Jeff Kolehmainen said.

Last season Megan posted 26 goals, 33 assists and a plus-40 rating in 26 games, including three hat tricks. During Eagan's first regular-season game on Nov. 5 -- with brother in attendance -- she scored three goals and had two assists in a 6-1 victory over Henry Sibley. She added one goal and two assists in the Wildcats' 3-2 victory at Eden Prairie on Tuesday.

"She's pretty big for a girl," Sam said of his younger sibling. "A power forward with good speed and skill."

With above-average size and silky-smooth hands, Megan already has generated interest from Division I schools, and opponents key on her every game.

"They know who she is," Kolehmainen said. "Her forearms will come out of the game a little beat up. She'll skate through that. She's hard to knock over or knock off the puck."

Brother can play, too

Sam has steadied himself on the boys' blue line, providing both shutdown ability and offensive production that helped lead the team to the Class 2A state semifinals last season. Sam scored 10 goals and 22 assists in 31 games after registering 10 points as a sophomore.

"Good, strong defenseman," Megan said. "He's gotten a lot quicker and faster over the years."

Sam and Megan aren't the only sibling duo in Eagan. Just down the street from the Wolfes are senior defenseman Eli May and freshman goaltender Emma May.

Emma, quick and athletic, saw action in a handful of games last season and will shoulder much of the load this winter. Eli and Sam have been defensive partners for five years, putting up almost identical numbers; Eli scored 11 goals and 17 assists a year ago.

The Eagan boys return a deep talent pool after last spring's third-place state finish. Leading scorers and seniors Michael Zajac, Will Merchant and Nick Kuchera all return, along with Wolfe and May on the blue line.

Senior defenseman Megan Juricko and forward Shelby Williams join Megan Wolfe in the girls' 2011-12 season, which started well, led by their leading scorer. "I'm guessing that will kind of be our M.O. for a while here," Kolehmainen said.