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They could use you on the southern border, but only 1 river there. Hill will be spectators this year in March. Your takes and predictions have been consistently atrocious and among the very worst since you joined the board*, so I'm pleased to see your level of confidence in Hill spectating in March...

This is true of darn near every team, so it's not unique....but Hill can't hang with Tonka, Chanhassen, Wayzata and we'll see against Edina. I'm convinced those are the 4 cream-of-the-crop teams. So whether Hill loses 3-0 or 9-0 to those teams, it doesn't really bother me at this point. I would be s...

I was surprised STA was kept to 2 goals. It looks like a dangerous offense. Deux Rivières is enjoying the catbird seat of the Tradition Rich Metro East. The very prescient schedulers of the TRME had the foresight to make the STA/ Deux Rivieres contest the last game of the season. I think one of a c...

Big win for the Pioneers tonight, 5-2 over St Thomas. This was an important game for Hill to stop the bleeding, and is their best win of the season. I was wondering how they would bounce back from the loss to Two Rivers, and at least for one game they answered the call. We'll see if they can string ...

You're talking about the what, I'm curious about the why. What they do is play every conference team twice. Why do they do that, especially when it' a large conference? It's not rocket science, play the better teams twice, or even three times, and play the lesser teams once. Even the better confere...

I'm not smart enough to know the why. I do know that if 2/3 of your schedule is against average-ish conference teams every year, it's gonna be hard to fill out a really difficult schedule overall, as you're only left with a handful of games to do something with. If I recall correctly, too - WBL doe...

I'm not smart enough to know the why. I do know that if 2/3 of your schedule is against average-ish conference teams every year, it's gonna be hard to fill out a really difficult schedule overall, as you're only left with a handful of games to do something with. If I recall correctly, too - WBL does...

I'm surprised that White Bear's schedule is as light as it is, year after year. Maybe the new coach will beef it up a bit. The bears play a Suburban East-heavy schedule. They play every other team in their conference (8 of them) twice - which is 16 of 25 possible games or 2/3 of their available sch...

Thoughts on 4AA seeding: Hill has the strongest Strength of Schedule (toughest opponents: EP, Hermantown, Wayzata, Andover, Tonka, Benilde, Edina twice, STA twice, MG). Stillwater has the 2nd strongest SOS (toughest opponents: Tonka, MG, Benilde, Wayzata, EP, STA, Rogers among others). WBL probably ...

Sheesh - when's the last time the Pioneers got put in running time :!: :?: 12/21/17. 7-1 loss to St. Thomas Academy Lee Thank you buddy! Looking back on that year, the Pioneeers actually got put in running time twice - by both STA & Edina. That was a year Hill finished the regular season below ...

Sheesh - when's the last time the Pioneers got put in running time :!: :?: As others have posted on here in other topics, it sure feels like there is a runaway 1-2 (maybe 3) teams at the top, and everyone else not all that close. I see Stillwater dumped the Bears 5-0, which gives them a season split...

bardown27 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:32 pm

HockeyTalk2020 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:09 pm

High Heat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:25 am

Are you referring to Poul Anderson & Baumgartner leaving BSM?

If true, I think one of those players will be onto his 4th program in 6 years.

can confirm both of these departures are accurate

anyone know where they are landing?

Yes which is why them winning the at both Pee Wee and Bantam Levels is huge means they have lots of good players from their 9th, 8th, 7th and 6th grades coming in. Winning at both the Bantam and Pee Wee level should mean depth this is not just one small group it is across 4 age groups winning which...

Depth will be the biggest hurdle to overcome for northern teams. Many can assemble a great top line, or have an amazing goaltender. But an ability to have 4 lines playing at the level you can find in the metro is going to make it tough. Not saying it can't happen. Look at a Roseau, for example. The...

Depth will be the biggest hurdle to overcome for northern teams. Many can assemble a great top line, or have an amazing goaltender. But an ability to have 4 lines playing at the level you can find in the metro is going to make it tough. Not saying it can't happen. Look at a Roseau, for example. They...

Sparlimb wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:13 pm Had to pick against my own team for the win. Sad to say...

You need a good walk of atonement around Aldrich

Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame.

From this tourney: "Pay your taxes" from the 200 level during the state championship game From past Tourneys: On semifinal Friday after Moorhead had upset Edina in 2009, a call-and-response "Where's Edina?" "Mariucci!" White Bear Lake telling Duluth East "Worst ch...

There's been a lot of speculation about Gentry and playing organized hockey during gym class, etc. For what it's worth, I happened to run into a Gentry family the other day and asked them about this. Here's exactly what they said: Gentry has the same courses that any high school offers children, but...

Congrats to Tonka. They are deserving champions. They were the best team all season. How about the fact that they survived the 2 OT Chanhassen game, the OT Hill game and then the knockdown, drag out slugfest that was tonight. I am so, so proud of the Edina Hornets. I don't want to get too sappy, bu...

Wow, had no idea. He has been such an important part of the Hill program for a long time. Hill’s D has been key to so many great teams over the years and he deserves a lot of the credit for that. Sad to see him go and wishing him the best.

Congrats to Hill for winning the AA consolation championship this afternoon. Along with Mahtomedi winning the A championship, not a bad day for the TRME The Zephyrs have now given me probably my two favorite single A title games. Both insanely dramatic and unexpected. Hill pushes top seed Minnetonka...

This is intense! Mahtomedi with 3-4 unbelievable chances early in OT. I always worry in these moments that you can’t punch any of these great opportunities in and then the other team gets 1 chance and wins it.

Nostalgic Nerd wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:02 am

BlueLineSpecial wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:11 am It's dangerous to bet against ESPG, apparently. Nonetheless, I've liked Edina for a while now and suppose I'll stick with them to win a close one.

ESPG?

That pesky prognosticator from Pioneer Place, East Side Pioneer Guy.

It's dangerous to bet against ESPG, apparently. Nonetheless, I've liked Edina for a while now and suppose I'll stick with them to win a close one.

Hill-Murray and Lakeville South headed to a 3rd OT tied 3-3. Hill wins in triple OT 4-3. Boys played well today. Outshot them something like 43-23. Good to see them battling and playing hard, after a heartbreaker last night. For those 5 (I think it's 5 seniors), every minute should be enjoyed wheth...