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Post by BSUBeaver » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:27 am

Tuesday, February 13

Holy Family 6, Cathedral 3
Sartell 2, Monticello 1
Princeton 3, Little Falls 2
Fergus Falls 8, Willmar 2
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 7, Morris/Benson 1

Season Complete
Alexandria
River Lakes
Wadena-Deer Creek
Prairie Centre
Sartell
Fergus Falls
Breckenridge/Wahpeton

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Post by Mite-dad » Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:59 pm

Seeding is out:
1. SCC
2. Sartell
3. Alex
4. LF
5. RL
6. FF
7. Prairie Center
8. Wadena
9. Br/W
10. M/B

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Post by BSUBeaver » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:29 pm

Mite-dad wrote:Seeding is out:
1. SCC
2. Sartell
3. Alex
4. LF
5. RL
6. FF
7. Prairie Center
8. Wadena
9. Br/W
10. M/B
No real surprises. When Alex beat Sartell in OT last week and the different mathematical rankings that are out there didn't move either one much, I didn't think there would be much of a chance of flipping any of the seeds.

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Post by Mite-dad » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:23 am

River Lakes has a legit gripe over LF for the 4 seed. They will come to LF with a definite axe to grind and a chip on their shoulder. Flyers better be ready!

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:01 am

Various Ranking systems as of 02/14/18.

PAGESTAT
1 ST CLOUD CATHEDRAL 18.66
2 SARTELL 17.28
3 ALEXANDRIA 16.59
4 LITTLE FALLS 14.78
5 FERGUS FALLS 14.64
6 RIVER LAKES 14.28
7 PRAIRIE CENTRE 11.54
8 WADENA 11.06
9 BRECKENRIDGE 10.00
10 MORRIS/BENSON 7.66

QRF
1 St. Cloud Cathedral 91.4
2 Sartell-St. Stephen 89.2
3 Alexandria 70.9
4 Little Falls 64.3
5 Fergus Falls 56.3
6 River Lakes 55.4
7 Wadena-Deer Creek 46.1
8 Prairie Centre Area 43.0
9 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 38.0
10 Morris/Benson Area 28.7

RPI
1 St. Cloud Cathedral 0.592
2 Sartell-St. Stephen 0.581
3 Alexandria 0.535
4 Little Falls 0.513
5 Fergus Falls 0.505
6 River Lakes 0.501
7 Wadena-Deer Creek 0.457
8 Prairie Centre 0.448
9 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 0.397
10 Morris/Benson Area 0.352

AVERAGE OF THE THREE
1 St Cloud Cathedral
2 Sartell-St. Stephen
3 Alexandria
4 Little Falls
5 Fergus Falls
6 River Lakes
7 Wadena-Deer Creek
8 Prairie Centre
9 Breckenridge/Wahpeton
10 Morris/Benson

SEEDING
1. St Cloud Cathedral
2. Sartell-St Stephen
3. Alexandria
4. Little Falls
5. River Lakes
6. Fergus Falls
7. Prairie Center
8. Wadena-Deer Creek
9. Breckenridge/Wahpeton
10. Morris/Benson

If you take a look at the various rankings, which take the whole season into account rather than head to head and "what have you done lately", Fergus Falls and Wadena-Deer Creek were the "losers" in the coaches' seeding and River Lakes and Prairie Centre were the "winners" in the coaches' seeding.

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Post by BSUBeaver » Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:34 am

Thursday, February 15

Cathedral 7, Monticello 2
Little Falls 4, Detroit Lakes 2
Marshall 5, Morris/Benson 1

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Post by Where is F3? » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:11 am

Semi-Finals @ MAC on Saturday

River Lakes vs Cathedral @4:00pm

Alex vs Sartell @7:00pm

Is there a chance of anyone besides Cathedral coming out of 6A? I would say very slim. Hoping RL can give Cathedral a game, and Alex vs. Sartell should be a great matchup.

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Post by Mite-dad » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:31 pm

It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.

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Post by BobSaget » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:17 pm

Mite-dad wrote:It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.
I gotta call BS on the home ice advantage thing for SCC. This is the fastest team in the section, and the slower ice sheet will play a bigger advantage to the slower teams. Honestly, I think from a location standpoint, SCC would be more advantaged to playing this thing in some of the colder barns with faster ice, such as Prairie Center, Sauk Rapids, or Little Falls. SCC doesn't even have their own locker room at the MAC, so there isn't an advantage in that. Travel is minimal for all the teams.

To your other point about other advantages. I'm guessing that is a private school argument. I concede your point there, there are obvious advantages there. But home ice advantage? Again, I don't buy it. Until St. John's builds their own barn with a capacity in the 1300-2000 range, the MAC is where this section tourney should be...that said, I don't necessarily think SCC should belongs in this section.

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Post by zooomx » Sun Feb 25, 2018 10:13 am

BobSaget wrote:
Mite-dad wrote:It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.
I gotta call BS on the home ice advantage thing for SCC. This is the fastest team in the section, and the slower ice sheet will play a bigger advantage to the slower teams. Honestly, I think from a location standpoint, SCC would be more advantaged to playing this thing in some of the colder barns with faster ice, such as Prairie Center, Sauk Rapids, or Little Falls. SCC doesn't even have their own locker room at the MAC, so there isn't an advantage in that. Travel is minimal for all the teams.

To your other point about other advantages. I'm guessing that is a private school argument. I concede your point there, there are obvious advantages there. But home ice advantage? Again, I don't buy it. Until St. John's builds their own barn with a capacity in the 1300-2000 range, the MAC is where this section tourney should be...that said, I don't necessarily think SCC should belongs in this section.
Cathedral had like 200 fans at the game last night, so it's not like a fan advantage. It could be played in Alex. Semi-finals a few years back in Alex had a much better hockey atmosphere than it does at the sterile MAC. One of my least favorite rinks in the state.

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Post by greenwayraider » Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:41 pm

Would really like to see Alex make the trip to St. Paul. They would bring a huge fan base. That would add a lot to the atmosphere.

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Post by zooomx » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:20 pm

Would love to see both Greenway and Alex make it.

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Post by Mite-dad » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:41 am

BobSaget wrote:
Mite-dad wrote:It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.
I gotta call BS on the home ice advantage thing for SCC. This is the fastest team in the section, and the slower ice sheet will play a bigger advantage to the slower teams. Honestly, I think from a location standpoint, SCC would be more advantaged to playing this thing in some of the colder barns with faster ice, such as Prairie Center, Sauk Rapids, or Little Falls. SCC doesn't even have their own locker room at the MAC, so there isn't an advantage in that. Travel is minimal for all the teams.

To your other point about other advantages. I'm guessing that is a private school argument. I concede your point there, there are obvious advantages there. But home ice advantage? Again, I don't buy it. Until St. John's builds their own barn with a capacity in the 1300-2000 range, the MAC is where this section tourney should be...that said, I don't necessarily think SCC should belongs in this section.
SCC will be faster on slow ice also, plus, yes, they will be more comfortable on the ice they use all year. Agree to disagree on this one. That said, I don't think this SCC team is as fast as the last couple years. Alex should hang with them I think. Should be a good game.

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Post by BobSaget » Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:55 am

Mite-dad wrote:
BobSaget wrote:
Mite-dad wrote:It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.
I gotta call BS on the home ice advantage thing for SCC. This is the fastest team in the section, and the slower ice sheet will play a bigger advantage to the slower teams. Honestly, I think from a location standpoint, SCC would be more advantaged to playing this thing in some of the colder barns with faster ice, such as Prairie Center, Sauk Rapids, or Little Falls. SCC doesn't even have their own locker room at the MAC, so there isn't an advantage in that. Travel is minimal for all the teams.

To your other point about other advantages. I'm guessing that is a private school argument. I concede your point there, there are obvious advantages there. But home ice advantage? Again, I don't buy it. Until St. John's builds their own barn with a capacity in the 1300-2000 range, the MAC is where this section tourney should be...that said, I don't necessarily think SCC should belongs in this section.
SCC will be faster on slow ice also, plus, yes, they will be more comfortable on the ice they use all year. Agree to disagree on this one. That said, I don't think this SCC team is as fast as the last couple years. Alex should hang with them I think. Should be a good game.
Fair enough, mite-dad! Always respect your opinion, even if I disagree. To clarify, I think the existing rotation between Alexandria and the MAC makes sense.

Alexandria will give Cathedral a better game than the first go around when they were missing their top player. I think both teams are better now than they were in that game. Hoping for an entertaining game. Whoever wins will represent the section well in St. Paul.

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Post by Mite-dad » Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:21 am

Sure seems like that Smith/Perbix line is clicking for SCC. Thinking I need to attend the game! I agree, whoever wins should (and hopefully will) make some noise at the tourney.

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Post by youwish22 » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:53 pm

Bob Saget is an elite Hockey mind.

I got SCC winning 6-3 tonight

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Post by Jackn04 » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:04 pm

Mite-dad wrote:
BobSaget wrote:
Mite-dad wrote:It's a tall order. SCC gets to play on their home ice besides the other advantages they have. I think Alex has the best chance to pull an upset.
I gotta call BS on the home ice advantage thing for SCC. This is the fastest team in the section, and the slower ice sheet will play a bigger advantage to the slower teams. Honestly, I think from a location standpoint, SCC would be more advantaged to playing this thing in some of the colder barns with faster ice, such as Prairie Center, Sauk Rapids, or Little Falls. SCC doesn't even have their own locker room at the MAC, so there isn't an advantage in that. Travel is minimal for all the teams.

To your other point about other advantages. I'm guessing that is a private school argument. I concede your point there, there are obvious advantages there. But home ice advantage? Again, I don't buy it. Until St. John's builds their own barn with a capacity in the 1300-2000 range, the MAC is where this section tourney should be...that said, I don't necessarily think SCC should belongs in this section.
SCC will be faster on slow ice also, plus, yes, they will be more comfortable on the ice they use all year. Agree to disagree on this one. That said, I don't think this SCC team is as fast as the last couple years. Alex should hang with them I think. Should be a good game.
Should be at a neutral site, never have a home team for championship it's not fair. Played in the Mac while I was in highschool for two years and it had the worst atmosphere. The year of 2014-2015 it was in Alexandria and that rink was honestly too small for it, they had to put extra bleachers up in the corners. However it was a great atmosphere to play in even though we lost in double overtime to cathedral. Coming from Fergus Falls, I am cheering for Alexandria. Up 2-0 already. Down with the private schools!

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:23 pm

2-1 Alexandria, start of the third. Cards score at 58 seconds of the second and then around halfway through the second period. Cathedral scores with around 15 seconds left in the second.

Come on Cards!

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:33 pm

9:30 left, still 2-1 Alexandria....

And Cathedral scores to tie the game at 2-2.

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:45 pm

Overtime, tied at 2-2

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:01 pm

Heading to a second overtime.....

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Post by BSUBeaver » Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:20 pm

ALEXANDRIA WINS 3-2 EARLY IN THE SECOND OVERTIME! Power play goal at 1:51 into the second overtime.

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Post by Jackn04 » Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:25 pm

BSUBeaver wrote:ALEXANDRIA WINS 3-2 EARLY IN THE SECOND OVERTIME! Power play goal at 1:51 into the second overtime.
Go Public Schools! good to see Alex beat them in double overtime, cathedral ended my final highschool season in semis double ot.

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Post by Mite-dad » Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:49 am

Congrats Alex! Great win! Now go make some noise at state!

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