It's great that the semis for this section are on Tuesday this year instead of the usual Wednesday night. I now can catch the section final games at Mariucci the following night.
I'm not so concerned about whether the semis are on Tuesday or Wednesday, but as I'm getting a little long in the tooth, I like to see the start time has been moved up to 8:30 from 9:00. If it only goes to one OT we can still get out before midnight.
Only real upset options are NSP & Roseville. I'm sure lightning won't strike twice for the Bears and they will take care of the Polars. Wouldn't surpise me to see Roseville advance as I think them & Tartan mave have similiar talent. MV & Stillwater have both struggled down the stretch & tied late in the year. Coin toss there. I'm predicting the winner of MV/Still gives HM a scare in the semis!
SW being ahead of MV is a big surprise, but since 4 plays 5, it doesn't really matter.
So who is going to be the first round upset? Hopefully the Bears learned their lesson with last years choke against Johnson.
I agree, it doesn’t really matter whether you’re seeded 4 or 5, but SW receiving a higher seed than MV just doesn’t compute. In SEC play MV was 9-6-3, compared to SW at 6-10-2. SW beat MV early in the season and they tied in their second meeting. Just don’t see how that could be enough to leap frog a team that finished 7 points ahead of you in conference play. I’d love to hear some of these coaches rationalize their seeding selections…
Tartan was 20-4-1 on the season and bounced in the first round of sections? Whoever does their non-conference scheduling should have to sleep on a bed of wet smelly hockey gloves.
Rochester Century
Thief River Falls
Crookston
Red Wing
Princeton
Rochester Lourdes
There are a whole bunch of teams in between Richfield and STA/Duluth East.
barry_mcconnell wrote:Tartan was 20-4-1 on the season and bounced in the first round of sections? Whoever does their non-conference scheduling should have to sleep on a bed of wet smelly hockey gloves.
Rochester Century
Thief River Falls
Crookston
Red Wing
Princeton
Rochester Lourdes
There are a whole bunch of teams in between Richfield and STA/Duluth East.
Did Tartan and Luverne use the same scheduler? Two 20 win team already knocked out.