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It could be much worse. You could be an "Angies" fan. <p></p><i></i>

Jordan Leopold was a good choice for the Hobey Baker Award. And, I'd be much more impressed by an undefeated season if the team actually played the best competition in the state.<br><br>I'll go with the 1989 championship. Derek Anderson robs a John Marshall player in OT, and no more than a minute la...

I think the two dumbest names are easily the Thunderhawks and the Blaze. Note that both of those two are new names given because you can't call your team the Indians or the Braves anymore. <p></p><i></i>

I think my favorite stat like that is White Bear's remarkable record of futility in first round games. I think it's 0-15 or something like that (not counting WB Mariner).<br><br>Also, I was at that EP-Edina game, and that was just awesome. Those EP fans were chanting "season's over" at Edi...

This post is WAY overdue. I meant to post something in December specifically related to Duke in an effort to convince people to apply, but I didn't get to it. Anyway...<br><br>As anyone who has been here for any length of time knows, I'm a junior at Duke. What you may or may not know is that I play ...

I assume it's the guy running the scoreboard. I know the people who do the scoreboard/penalty box at BIG both work for the school district (one's a teacher, one's the school psychologist). I think they do a pretty good job. But, I do agree that at some places they seem to just be guessing. It seems ...

Yep, the old Breck rink is the worst actual arena I've ever played in. I also played at some sort of dome in Shakopee, but I don't really think that counts.<br><br>As for the fog at the old Breck rink, I had about 5 games in my life that actually had to be cancelled because they were on the EP main ...

I've been to two nice rinks lately. One was the new one in Elk River that was completely packed and had a great atmosphere. The other was Pagel Center in Minnetonka that had only decent attendance but was still a pretty cool place. Certainly better than that barn they used to play in, anyway. <p></p...

Is there any question anymore that Jacques Lemaire is just sticking it to the league that shuns him by making Matt Johnson the captain? People like to cry and whine about the trap and all that, and about how people using the trap play boring hockey and clutch and grab and all that, but the Wild, usi...

I think one of the biggest reasons that you've seen scoring totals decline from earlier levels is the improvement in goaltending. It was like the goalies were obsessed with standing up and kicking at the puck. Nowadays goalies are much better trained and prepared, and that is part of why we haven't ...

Ask the state high school league if he's a recruiter. They went over that program with a fine toothed comb, and they didn't come up with anything. Funny how Corey's tranfer to Greenway is legit in your eyes, but not kids going to a private school in Richfield. <p></p><i></i>

Edina? I guess the last 3 years didn't happen.<br><br>Greenway? Didn't they have 2 Gophers last year? How'd they do in the playoffs with that talent?<br><br>My vote goes to Holy Angels, hands down. Trebil used to win games for Jefferson's bantams like it was going out of style, and now he's got AHA ...

Yeah, corber, your brother is on the team, and if he is who I can only assume he is, this season rests on his shoulders. If he has a good year, they'll win the whole thing. And, from watching him play as you guys grew up, I've got the utmost faith that he'll do it.<br><br>And yes, Auggie, we are rel...

We really haven't gotten many responses, guys, including from the fella who started this thread. C'mon now! We're all friends here, let's get some idea of where everyone is from and who they support. <p></p><i></i>

It's alright; this has happened a couple times. Hopefully people are more forthcoming.<br><br>I'm from Bloomington (big Jefferson fan, my brother is on the team), though I currently go to school at Duke in Durham, NC. Thus my constantly being on here: this is by far the best place to get a feel on h...

The only reason somebody should get banned is for personal threats or something of that nature. Simply having an opinion with which you disagree is no reason for banning anyone. And, for what it's worth, he can't remember his password, he wasn't banned. <p></p><i></i>

I have hacked into Petey1321's computer because my name no longer exists, "The Best Damn Poster Period". <br><br>For those who care, Cretin is entering the Classic Lake after this season, for football. I won't tarnish Petey's name any longer, peace. <p></p><i></i>

Good points, Joe. It's good to get an inside perspective. I would think that the best thing for all parties involved would be a Duluth East style no-conference-play schedule, at least for football. There is always the problem that then the kids won't get a shot at a conference title (of course, if t...

There have been some pretty good lists already, so I'll just give you my top 5. I'm looking at strength over the life of the program, which includes both past and current success:<br><br>1. Roseau<br>2. Hill-Murray<br>3. Jefferson<br>4. Edina<br>5. Int'l Falls<br><br>Don't ask me why "the Falls...

7 titles, maybe, but 7 state titles, I think not. We can all agree--at least I sure hope we can all agree--that winning the Class A "State" tournament is not nearly the same thing as winning the Class AA tourney, and I can't imagine any reason why we should start talking about I Falls havi...

I certainly won't argue with Roseau being up there on top. I might have a few years ago until they won the state tourney again, but they've shown their program can still be a powerhouse even with lower numbers than many teams that play Class A. All I was saying is that it's silly to compare how team...

Well, like I say, I don't know how to judge this properly. But, I think you have to give some sort of thought to whether a program even existed over a certain period. I mean, Jefferson wasn't even a school until 1970. I would say that, within reason (read: excluding very, very new schools like Eastv...

Judging performance based on appearances in the state tournament is not the best way to do it, in my opinion. Just look at this year, for example. Would anyone--ANYONE--have said that Lakeville's state tournament team was better than Duluth East's non-tourney team? Of course not. It all depends on y...

Pohl set all those records playing against Class A competition and in the Class A tournament. I'd have liked to have seen guys like Neal Broten and Henry Boucha play in that league in those years (when Red Wing was it, period) and seen how many goals they scored. True, his D-1 stats are great, I won...

If you go by age, just by looking at the rosters (no math done by me, just a ballpark figure), it appears that the Gophers and Michigan are roughly the same. But, yes, those players that are older on Michigan's roster are sophomores and juniors, while the Gophers old guys are seniors. To me this isn...