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Honestly I think the HS coach would rather the kids stay at bantams unless they are exceptional kids. None of these kids are (IMO) exceptional at this point in their careers, and I doubt the coach thinks so either. And we're not talking about just 9th graders and 10th graders. There are a couple 8th...

My association is dealing with this. IMVHO, it is a huge negative. All but one second year bantam moved up. With what is left, we have to play Bantam B. We have a handful of first year bantams that should be playing Bantam A hockey that will now not develop as they should. None of the players that m...

Top 32 teams Wayzata High School 3276 Minnetonka High School 3198 Eden Prairie High School 2732 Blaine High School 2652 Prior Lake High School 2648 Stillwater Area High School 2636 Edina High School 2628 Champlin Park High School 2474 Shakopee High School 2281 Rosemount High School 2271 Maple Grove...

Would you rather play for SCSU, UMD, UND and play way more close to home, or play for the gophers and be a long ways away a lot? I still think that might have some influence on some kids and their parents.

Honestly I think it is dumb that you have to play multiple years of juniors to play D3 hockey. NCAA D3 should make a freshman age limit of 19. You've just taken away the incentive for a kid not Div. I committed upon completion of HS to even try to get there. I fail to see what is so evil about a ki...

Honestly I think it is dumb that you have to play multiple years of juniors to play D3 hockey. NCAA D3 should make a freshman age limit of 19.

From what I hear, UW-River Falls pretty much cut all there Tier III Junior players this spring. Apparently Tier III Juniors isn't enough anymore either even for DIII hockey.

Lastly, the Tartan situation is somewhat disconcerting in that they are a team with only two seasons below .500 since their back-to-back state appearances in 2004 and 2005. They had 18 wins in 2016-17 and 17 the next season, making the 4AA semifinals both years. That is not a team struggling to com...

Enrollment is irrelevant. It seems if you want to opt down you can. Do they ever refuse an opt down?

BSUBeaver wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:21 pm

Mite-dad wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:13 pm

Any news??

According to the agenda on MSHSL website, the executive council meets at 5:00 PM today (Wednesday) to discuss competitive section appeals, and then tomorrow, April 4, it goes in front of the whole board with that meeting starting at 9:30 AM.

Thanks!

Any news??

That’s certainly another way to skin the cat (no offense to any cat lovers, ha ha) and so crazy it just might work. I’m not ambitious enough to determine what the new cutoff line would be, but it would likely push Northfield, Mahtomedi, Sartell, and Alexandria up to AA, among others. As with any su...

Stang..... I wonder what would happen if we changed the A tournament to the smallest 64 schools in stead of AA to the biggest 64 schools. Hill Murray and Roseau would clearly be among the smallest 64 but they could opt up anyway. Given the F/R lunch exemption we already give Minneapolis, my hunch i...

The Single A Quarterfinals could be made much better with very little imagination in the section reassignment process. It might water down the section final games though in some sections.

Here's a potential solution. Take the top two teams from each section for the AA tournament, start it on Tuesday. Leave the A tournament the same. This would get more new teams into the AA tournament. It might also lure some of the bigger A schools into AA. I could see an Alexandria, EGF, Hermantow...

Here's a potential solution. Take the top two teams from each section for the AA tournament, start it on Tuesday. Leave the A tournament the same. This would get more new teams into the AA tournament. It might also lure some of the bigger A schools into AA. I could see an Alexandria, EGF, Hermantown...

northwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:19 am

Mite-dad wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:46 am

The one class tournament would suck and it would have the same 8 teams every year. It would improve nothing.

But your just a Mite-dad what do you know.

LOL, I haven't been a mite dad in a long time.

The one class tournament would suck and it would have the same 8 teams every year. It would improve nothing.

6A 1. Cathedral - return a lot, and barring injuries or defections it is their section 2. Alex - graduates a great senior class, but will still be #2 3. Sartell - losing a lot of good seniors too. 4. Little Falls - Had some strong younger players who should only get better 5. River Lakes - will cha...

Hermantown, East Grand Forks, St. Cloud Cathedral, Alexandria. Move these teams up to AA. Then make a few moves to the sections in the metro and it’ll help. Also not sure why teams (like Mounds View, Hopkins, St Louis Park, Anoka, Burnsville, Jefferson, etc...) don’t recruit like Edina, Tonka or EP...

Mite-dad wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:15 am

Minnetonka repeats and St Cloud Cathedral wins its first title.

Well hey! I got the A tournament right!

EGF will have to play very physical and take advantage of their scoring opportunities in this one. If SCC has a weakness it might be a goalie that hasn't been challenged very much during the year. Not saying he isn't good, but when your team is in the offensive zone most of the time most games you m...

Agree with the New Ulm goalie. He was amazing and obviously a kid who can steal a game for you. I was sitting right behind him and you could see his intensity and compete level were high.

In Duluth East I saw a team that was fast, physical and sharp but couldn't score. From reading past DE threads, it seems this was an issue during the regular season as well.

Who are some of the less hyped players that are impressing at the tournament this year? I was impressed with the #14 defenseman for Minnesota River.