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Who will win the tournament?

Poll ended at Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:23 pm

Edina
32
74%
Eden Prairie
3
7%
Elk River
3
7%
GRAND RAPIDS
5
12%
 
Total votes: 43

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Post by tonkafan77 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:07 pm

EP has had many very good scoring chances. Could easily be 5-6 to 1 right now.

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Post by karl(east) » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:20 pm

tonkafan77 wrote:EP has had many very good scoring chances. Could easily be 5-6 to 1 right now.
Yeah, that was easily the best period I've seen EP play. They finally looked like the top 5 team we all thought they were at the start of the year. Fantastic puck movement from that first unit, with Snuggerud ringing a few pipes, and the lower lines got in on the act some, too.

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Post by starmvp » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:29 pm

karl(east) wrote:
tonkafan77 wrote:EP has had many very good scoring chances. Could easily be 5-6 to 1 right now.
Yeah, that was easily the best period I've seen EP play. They finally looked like the top 5 team we all thought they were at the start of the year. Fantastic puck movement from that first unit, with Snuggerud ringing a few pipes, and the lower lines got in on the act some, too.
finally some life out of the eagles!!!

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Post by green4 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:56 pm

Spinner is really standing out to me of the EP players, he is fast and is making a lot of chances out there

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Post by starmvp » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:10 pm

green4 wrote:Spinner is really standing out to me of the EP players, he is fast and is making a lot of chances out there
Definitely their biggest playmaker. Looks like EP was trying different guys out at D...

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Post by hockey4ever » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:29 pm

IMO key tonight was getting scoring from other than the top line, plus defensively EP did a great job in minimizing odd man rushes.

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Post by newtendy29fan » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:32 pm

hockey4ever wrote:IMO key tonight was getting scoring from other than the top line, plus defensively EP did a great job in minimizing odd man rushes.
#1 Goalie had some nice saves for EP too.

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Post by starmvp » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:39 pm

newtendy29fan wrote:
hockey4ever wrote:IMO key tonight was getting scoring from other than the top line, plus defensively EP did a great job in minimizing odd man rushes.
#1 Goalie had some nice saves for EP too.
EP is going to need him to play solid all year. When he is on his game, it's very tough for teams to get pucks by him.

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Post by scorekeeper » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:44 pm

no question Edina is the best team in the State right now. It's men vs boys against Grand Rapids. These teams aren't in the same world

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Post by karl(east) » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:03 pm

scorekeeper wrote:no question Edina is the best team in the State right now. It's men vs boys against Grand Rapids. These teams aren't in the same world
Exactly. Edina is #1, and it's not even close. They're one of the deepest high school teams I've ever seen.

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Post by green4 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:11 pm

That first period was absolutely dominated by edina 4-0 after one shots 23 to 6 according to the edina board but the 2nd was a lot more even

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Post by Sats81 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:18 pm

There was no way GR was gonna keep uP with Edina. They simPly don't have the depth. Few teams do. A lot of the metro teams are so deep. Edina looks like early favorite of teams to beat.

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Post by salol44 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:21 pm

Yes Edina is good but their rink is full of empty seats.

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Post by green4 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:25 pm

salol44 wrote:Yes Edina is good but their rink is full of empty seats.
you would be looking at the grand rapids side. Home side was quite full till the end of the 2nd then the high school kids all left, assuming the later game tonight conflicted with there homework

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Post by dangle_snipe » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:31 pm

Rapids D looked terrible. They were beat to every loose puck and could barely make a break out pass. Not to mention the D zone coverage....

Forwards were ok in transition but there was no forecheck. Is Edina really that good or is rapids below average this year?

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Post by Survey » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:31 pm

No question Edina is #1. Gotta give props to GR goalie though as he has to have faced almost 50+ shots

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Post by Carl Racki » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:20 am

I saw all the games in the Tourney and the best players I thought were..
Hurley, Bergh, Malmquist, Peterson, Reno.

Edina is going to be tough to beat this year, they truly are a complete team from up front to Reno/Nelson to Benjamin.

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Post by Sunsetcliffs98 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:36 am

salol44 wrote:Yes Edina is good but their rink is full of empty seats.
You have to remeber their rink seats 2-3x the average HS venue. Close to 3000 capacity.

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Post by Whopper2 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:52 am

Edina is by far the best team .To bad wayazta isn't in it,now it would be intersting

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:55 am

Sunsetcliffs98 wrote:
salol44 wrote:Yes Edina is good but their rink is full of empty seats.
You have to remeber their rink seats 2-3x the average HS venue. Close to 3000 capacity.
Rapids seats 2500 and they've had sellouts already. Edina being #1 and having a half empty arena on FSN is an embarrassment to the State of Hockey.
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Post by tonkafan77 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:40 am

TheHockeyDJ wrote: Rapids seats 2500 and they've had sellouts already. Edina being #1 and having a half empty arena on FSN is an embarrassment to the State of Hockey.
There wasn't a seat to be found during the Edina/EP game. Their student section was great all 3 games. What more can you ask from them?

I'd say the score of that Rapids game is more of an embarrassment :shock:

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Post by green4 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:43 am

TheHockeyDJ wrote:
Sunsetcliffs98 wrote:
salol44 wrote:Yes Edina is good but their rink is full of empty seats.
You have to remeber their rink seats 2-3x the average HS venue. Close to 3000 capacity.
Rapids seats 2500 and they've had sellouts already. Edina being #1 and having a half empty arena on FSN is an embarrassment to the State of Hockey.
there side was almost full... grand rapids side though however was quite empty yes. so if thats the edina fans fault for not filling in the opponents side then i apologize for all edina fans. if the camera was on the other side though im sure you woudn't be complaining as much or maybe if they put the edina EP game on fsn but neither of those happened so maybe Rapids should travel better to fill out that side... yeah that seems about as fair as blaming the edina fans for a empty opponents section :roll:

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:58 am

Edina gives an entire side to the opponent? GR fills both sides and one end of the arena and only gives one or two sections to the away fans.
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Post by JGA SuperStar » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:36 pm

TheHockeyDJ wrote:Edina gives an entire side to the opponent? GR fills both sides and one end of the arena and only gives one or two sections to the away fans.
Maybe attendance was sub-par because their opponent was sub-par.

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Post by celly93 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:42 pm

Rapids fans are impossible to please. I remember them complaining about Pagel at hockey day last year, calling it a practice rink. The Rapids rink is one of the best, and they usually get a good turnout, but that doesn't mean everything else is bad.

One thing that might have led to decreased attendance was the fact that Rapids isn't really a big draw this year. There are much better teams in the metro than Rapids. Casual fans don't want to spend $7 to watch a blow out, especially when it's on TV for free. When you add to the fact that its a late start (8:30) on a week day, I think most would rather watch on TV.

Last thing: the design of Braemar lends itself to looking more empty on TV than it really is. The home seating is on the same side as the cameras, and the concourses are at the top, which leads fans to sit towards the top. The rows that the cameras catch most are the last to be filled.

And as was previously stated, the place was probably 95% full on Saturday, most likely over 2500.

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