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- Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:39 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Early Departures 2018-19
- Replies: 161
- Views: 90089
A couple of other points: • Most MN youth hockey players will not play varsity HS hockey • Most MN varsity hockey players will not play juniors or NCAA college hockey In short, my opinion is that kids should be playing for the love of the game first. They can never go wrong in that regard. They cer...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:38 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Early Departures 2018-19
- Replies: 161
- Views: 90089
Nobody, except the kid and his parents, knows what his plans for the future are. Perhaps he wants to give hockey more attention the next few years and sees the WHL as his best opportunity to make it to higher levels. If it doesn’t work out maybe he wants to be an electrician or plumber or another re...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:23 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Early Departures 2018-19
- Replies: 161
- Views: 90089
Nobody, except the kid and his parents, knows what his plans for the future are. Perhaps he wants to give hockey more attention the next few years and sees the WHL as his best opportunity to make it to higher levels. If it doesn’t work out maybe he wants to be an electrician or plumber or another re...
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:38 pm
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: BULLDOGS!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20834
Congrats to the Bulldogs! They played a great 200’ game tonight. Never took their foot off the gas, and played with a ton of heart. What an amazing story, making the tournament by the slimmest margin imaginable and absolutely making the most of it. It’s great as a HS hockey fan to see so many former...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Gopher new coach
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25343
You could draw many parallels to HS hockey as well, as in most cases you’re getting at best 4 years from individual players for their programs and if they show great potential for the next level there’s a growing chance they’ll move on before those 4 years are up. If nothing else this helps create p...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:07 am
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Gopher new coach
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25343
if you look at their recruits in the pipeline it looks like they could be regular Frozen 4 entrants over the next handful of years. How can you tell? I've been looking at Heisenberg for 10 years and still haven't figured out how to predict future college success for teams. Fair point - my rationale...
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Gopher new coach
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25343
It should be a fun 3 games this weekend! As for A tie-in to this forum, there’s pretty good representation of former MN high school players on 3 of the 4 teams in the Frozen 4 this year - Michigan the obvious exception. Notre Dame leaned heavily on Gross and Malmquist in their regional. Rohlik has b...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:36 am
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Gopher new coach
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25343
I heard they're going to get Little Sisters of the Poor for badminton next year. Quite a coup. Are you comparing the University of Notre Dame to the little sisters of the poor? The team who is in their second consecutive Frozen 4 and is two wins away from a national championship? The old WCHA was t...
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:07 am
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Gopher new coach
- Replies: 51
- Views: 25343
Nobody thought the B1G hockey conference would take off like wildfire, and it certainly hasn’t. PSU starting a D1 program put the wheels in motion for the league, which is unfortunate because the WCHA was amazing. But that’s the way it worked out and some people decide to move on and some play the v...
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:06 am
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Don Lucia
- Replies: 89
- Views: 36456
Whoever said “Just win and bring back a raucous crowd” is 100% correct! Mariucci has been a morgue on game nights the last few years and that’s due in large part to tickets being harder to come by for students and the average blue collar fan. B1G Conference has sucked some life out of the arena as w...
- Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:13 am
- Forum: College Hockey Forum
- Topic: Don Lucia
- Replies: 89
- Views: 36456
LOL to anybody taking pot shots at Don Lucia from behind a keyboard. He represented the U of M with class for 19 years, has the most career victories at the U, and won 2 titles. Just as important, his players graduated (or turned pro early) and stayed out of serious trouble. As a Gophers fan it’s be...
- Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:37 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Advice on PW vs Bantams
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7737
This is a very good article that sums up much of what others have posted in this thread. I love O'Leary's statement that every season should be a battle, and whether you're on PWB2 or Bantam AA, as long as you're playing at the right level for you and working your butt off you can and will improve. ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:15 pm
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Advice on PW vs Bantams
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7737
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:24 am
- Forum: Minnesota Youth Hockey
- Topic: Advice on PW vs Bantams
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7737
Advice on PW vs Bantams
My son just turned 13 in July and is heading into 8th grade as a second year peewee. His coach this past season told me several times "he needs to play Bantams next year so he will have 3 years of HS hockey." My response to this has been we'll worry about HS hockey when he gets there and I...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:23 am
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Coaching Changes - 2017-18
- Replies: 264
- Views: 150685
Holy Angels- does anyone see Cephis or Hillen taking the reigns or is there other names that may come about? No - I heard entire staff is done and have opened up the search outside of current staff. This program has fallen very far in the last decade. I'm certainly not blaming it on the coaches, in...
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:20 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Best defenseman in the state
- Replies: 33
- Views: 24350
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 3:22 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Players in Juniors after the season - Spring 2017
- Replies: 30
- Views: 17828
Players in Juniors after the season - Spring 2017
As is usually the case, a number of MN High School players will be (and already have been) playing juniors following their HS season. Please list the players, where they're playing, and stats if you'd like.
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:36 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Mr. Hockey 2017 winner
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4743
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:57 am
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: AA Championship Game: #5 Grand Rapids vs. #3 Moorhead
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13144
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:45 am
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Casey Mittelstadt crying after loss to Grand Rapids
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9525
Neal Broten won literally everything a MN hockey player could dream of winning - except a state title, but he credits his time playing with his buddies and brothers at Roseau as his favorite times playing hockey. Casey has as bright a future as anyone we've seen in a long time as HS hockey fans and ...
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:01 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Hermantown Offically Moving Up to AA
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16784
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Tournament Classic Videos
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11824
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wr25y24yfE
1987 Championship game between Bloomington Kennedy and Burnsville. It's split up into several parts, but the entire game is on YouTube.
1987 Championship game between Bloomington Kennedy and Burnsville. It's split up into several parts, but the entire game is on YouTube.
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Tournament Classic Videos
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11824
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wr25y24yfE
1987 Championship game between Bloomington Kennedy and Burnsville. It's split up into several parts, but the entire game is on YouTube.
1987 Championship game between Bloomington Kennedy and Burnsville. It's split up into several parts, but the entire game is on YouTube.
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:55 am
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: Question on Friday Night Tickets from Xcel Box Office
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1592
Question on Friday Night Tickets from Xcel Box Office
In the past I've purchased tickets through schools that were playing in the tourney, but this year I plan to buy from the box office at Xcel for the Friday evening session. Can someone tell me when the box office starts selling tickets and, more importantly, when I should arrive to wait in line for ...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:00 pm
- Forum: Minnesota High School Hockey (Latest Topics)
- Topic: AA Tourney Picks
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5788