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The problem is with the use of the word "Regionals" and N,S,E,W. At one time, that was probably correct but now, in an effort to get more of the top teams to the State tournament level, they have thrown a couple of teams in from outside the 'region'. Is this fair? Probably not but it does ...

According to the D10 Handbook to advance to a regional tournament you must participate in the District tournament with the Tournament Champion getting a guaranteed seed to regions as D10 #1, runner-up gets D10#2 winner of the game on the backside is #3. In regional play the loser of the championshi...

I'm trying to find information on the PW AA playoffs for District 6. Are there playoffs? I can't seem to find anything on their website. From what I can see, it looks like there are not AA playoffs for anyone in Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10. The AA teams from ALL of those districts are ra...

Simple solution. Go back to A only. Make a rule that if a level has X amount of kids they have to field multiple A teams. This will even everything out for all involved though the mega association will no longer have the "super team". For example, maybe the rule is one A team for every 10...

A large majority are out east. Here are all the DIII hockey programs Division III Men's Hockey Teams ECAC E Babson Babson Park, MA Castleton State Castleton, VT Mass-Boston Boston, Mass. New England College Henniker, N.H. Norwich Northfield, Vt. Skidmore Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Southern Maine Gorham...

Or we stop worrying about wins/losses and we stop worrying about every kid gets a medal... AA/A is a joke in itself. It was developed to let the smaller associations achieve some success, correct? And I am from a small association, but I am a traditionalist. Go back to the old format... A B1 B2 C C...

Congrats to these guys for getting picked for the game. 9 guys from Minny most guys from one state Good luck! Ryan Collins Shane Gersich Jack Glover Jack Dougherty Keegan Iverson Jack Ramsey Austin Poganski Tyler Sheehy Hunter Warner A little more detail about the event - Roster Unveiled for 2013 C...

I wonder when the last time there were no Gopher recruits among the finalists? Given the pace of top MN kids leaving HS hockey for USHL/BCHL/NTDP, etc., it won't be a surprise if it becomes a more common occurrence to have much less of a presence from the U recruits. If we're to be honest, the awar...

Do any local college or High school coaches attend the American Hockey Coaches Association conference that is in Naples, FL in a few weeks? www.ahcahockey.com I will be at the conference for the first time. According to their website there are a few local college coaches that are part of their admi...

I say who cares, let them celebrate! Scoring goals is fun! Scoring goals is hard! Sure Back in the day celebrations were simple but so was the game. The game now today is all about systems hockey now (as it needs to be at that level for player development), I love to see the creativity of the kids ...

It has been a few days since the emotions of Saturday. I don't have any dog in this fight either but I do think that there are a few things that make a person at least question the calls by the refs: 1) Most close games, officials go out of their way to not influence the ending of the game unless th...

mnhockfan99 wrote:Excellent hockey player OSU getting a darn good one...

Excited that we will continue to see him play as part of the new Big 10 league. He is fun to watch and will be a major player in college hockey in a couple of years. Congratulations to Sheehy and to OSU!

The NAHL is the highest level of hockey in the state other than d-1 college and the Wild people should come most ppl have never seen an nahl game I'd argue that some D3 teams are playing at a higher level too. (St. Olaf, for example) I'd go one further and argue that ALL D3 teams in Minnesota are p...

If Burnsville wants to be taken seriously as a contender to get to state, they need to improve week to week. I don't see them improving. They lose a narrow game to HM then get blown out in the rematch. If I recall they easily beat Eastview early in the season and just slipped by them in the rematch...

Seek - you could have all the kids play "in-house" or like for their elementary. Then gab 30 kids for the A/B teams. That way all the kids have to play @ the house level w/their buddys from school. I think Duluth does this and they seem to enjoy it.[the kids] Agreed! I personally would op...

Smaller the team -more puck touches. Less kids in the class during practice!!! At the squirt level embace it. I agree. You already are aware that hockey is expensive. So suck it up and make it a great year. I think your just mad because you're the one everything is falling on. Whatever the issues a...

Everyone's entitled to their opinions. The SIJHL has produced far more college players than you give them credit for. The top 3 teams in the league(Wisc, Ft. Frances, Thunder Bay)routinely field teams that are on par with many NAHL teams. The Canadien Jr Hockey system doesn't have tiers. There's Ju...

hipcheck wrote:Stupid! The seeding of the top 4 was good, but to seed only to the top 5 just doesn't make sense. Once beyond the top 4 they should seed 1-8.

In order to be politically correct, I think they should never seed all 8 teams. I would only seed teams 1 -7

I think I got all the Minnesota kids on this list - 37 is the count for 2012 3 Hurley, Connor Muskegon F Eagan, MN Sep 15/95 Edina HS 14 Sampair, Charlie Indiana C Oct 31/93 Hill-Murray HS 16 Peterson, Judd Cedar Rapids C Duluth, MN Sep 27/93 Duluth Marshall HS 25 Schurhamer, Eric Waterloo LD St. Pa...

Rosters were released showing the Mn. NIT team for seniors. These players were selected from the Great 8 tournament last weekend to represent the Mn. Seniors in the NIT tournament starting April 19th. http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/page/show/494601-minnesota-nit-2012- Jared Kolquist D Hermantown 180 5'8...

Sats81 wrote:They will announce next wk

Are they out yet? When is the tourney?

A couple points: 1) Horton ejected, rightfully and kept away from the ceremony... separate topic. 2) BSM knew the rules of the tournament. If they wanted a player to participate in the ceremony they simply could have rostered him. They had a choice to either roster a player who was proclaimed to be...

Who will win the 2AA finals at Mariucci Wednesday? No question; Burnsville should win this game 5-2. They have more offense and their goalie is hot right now. The only danger they have is if their defense tries to do too much. They must just play D or they will give Edina chances that will end up k...

Jefferson has sucked for a decade, AHA hasn't been relevant consistently and when was the last time Burnsville was in the tournament? Give me a break, no section that is strong is represented by the same team 6 straight years. The strength of a section isn't always determined by who comes out of th...

One small note also, If you look at the boxscore Matt Lembeck scored the 4th goal of the game. That was his first varsity goal (I think) in what might have been his first actual varsity playing time. It appears from just a boxscore that Weber was playing everyone the whole game. That being said hav...