The Argy Bargy 3A Thread 2018-2019

[Corn Cobb]

A couple of finals....

Minnesota River 11 Fairmont 0
Redwood Valley 6 Worthington 3

[Teak]

Marshall 5-2 Luverne, near end of game

Powerplay goal.

[Teak]

Marshall 6-2 Luverne, empty net goal

[Teak]

1- LDC
2- Marshall
3- Hutchinson
4 - New Ulm
5- Luverne
6- Willmar
7- Redwood Valley
8- Windom
9- Fairmont
10- Worthington

This ranking looks reasonable at this stage of the season. I had to wait and see if Marshall could actually beat Luverne for once. There will be only one game between Marshall and Hutchinson this season, as usual. The home-and-away with New Ulm will be telling also.

[Teak]

Game ends with a 5-on-3 for Luverne.

Marshall took too many penalties, but still won 6-2.

[formersection3Afan]

It's going to be a semi exciting year in MN 3A Enjoy the season

[Teak]

Marshall beat New Ulm 5-2 last night in Marshall. Although the return game (in New Ulm) could go the other way, it shows that Marshall has the goods against New Ulm if they want it. Mason Plante had another brace.

Tomorrow, Marshall travels up to Hutchinson for the only meeting this season between the two sets of Tigers.

[hawkeyguy2]

1- Marshall - convincing wins; beat Breck?
2- Hutchinson - big game against Marshall tonight for the #1 spot
3- LDC - seems barely getting by?
4 - New Ulm - will improve
5- Luverne - will improve
6- Willmar -
7- Redwood Valley
8- Windom
9- Fairmont
10- Worthington

[Teak]

Marshall 6-3 Hutchinson, in Hutchinson.

Until and unless Marshall beats Litchfield-Dassel-Cokato, I would still put LDC at the #1 seed.

[hawkeyguy2]

Another convincing win for Marshall.. on the road too! Shots 52 - 18.. I should have put Hutch in the 3rd or 4th spot.

[Corn Cobb]

Another convincing win for Marshall.. on the road too! Shots 52 - 18.. I should have put Hutch in the 3rd or 4th spot.

I'm not sure Hockey Hub is correct. According to a screen shot of the scoreboard at the end of the game (shown on Twitter), shots were 37-24 in favor of Marshall.

[Corn Cobb]

This is what I'd go with after this weekends games:

1- LDC
2- Marshall
3- New Ulm
4 - Hutchinson
5- Luverne
6- Willmar
7- Redwood Valley
8- Windom
9- Worthington
10- Fairmont

[elliott70]

Should be a great semi come February.

[Corn Cobb]

Final from 12/10

Waseca 6 Redwood Valley 0

[Corn Cobb]

Finals from 12/13

Minnesota River 7 Hutchinson 1
New Ulm 8 Fairmont 0
Marshall 9 Redwood Valley 0
Willmar 7 Worthington 0
Windom 2 Waseca 1

[elliott70]

Got to think its Marshall and got to think they will be a decent rep at the X.

[Corn Cobb]

Finals from 12/15

Morris/Benson Area 3 Fairmont 0
Litchfield/DC 3 Hutchinson 1
Rochester Lourdes 5 Luverne 2
Marshall 3 Waseca 0
Northfield 5 New Ulm 2
Willmar 1 Windom 1
Minnesota River 9 Worthington 1

[Corn Cobb]

Corn Cobb's 3A Rankings -- Week of 12/16

1 - Marshall
2 - Litchfield/DC
3 - New Ulm
4 - Hutchinson
5 - Luverne
6 - Willmar
7 - Windom
8 - Redwood Valley
9 - Worthington
10 - Fairmont

[elliott70]

Looks good Corn.

But perhaps it should be Marshall at 1

and then the next team at 3 or 4

[Corn Cobb]

Looks good Corn.

But perhaps it should be Marshall at 1

and then the next team at 3 or 4

????? I have Marshall at #1. The next team has already beat teams #3 & #4.

[elliott70]

Looks good Corn.

But perhaps it should be Marshall at 1

and then the next team at 3 or 4

????? I have Marshall at #1. The next team has already beat teams #3 & #4.

What I meant was they are not that close to Marshall

[hawkeyguy2]

Looks good Corn.

But perhaps it should be Marshall at 1

and then the next team at 3 or 4

????? I have Marshall at #1. The next team has already beat teams #3 & #4.

What I meant was they are not that close to Marshall

Marshall may be the favorite but I don't think by much. It will be close between Litch and Marshall

[goldy313]

After Marshall it is a mess.

[observations]

I would not say it is a ‘mess’, but unclear to this point. My feel so far is relative parity will have that remain the case.

Marshall has likely indicated some slight separation at this stage, but the Litch Marshall game in January will be telling, as will the re-matches with Luverne and New Ulm. LDC and Hutch have great testing schedules, and if it doesn’t improve them it seems to harden them, LDC especially in recent years seems to have been capable of benefiting from those tough games.

I think we’re seeing the averages shake out as one might feel they could predict with possibly 2 thru 5, 3 thru 5 likely being interchangeable so far, but I also think come February you will have the usual 4 or 5 suspects all capable of beating each other in a 1 game elimination when it’s tunnel vision all on the line.

[Corn Cobb]

Finals from 12/18

Worthington 6 Fairmont 3
New Prague 2 Hutchinson 1 OT
Mound-Westonka 4 Litchfield/DC 1
River Lakes 2 Willmar 0
New Ulm 4 Waseca 1
Luverne 8 Windom 2
Minnesota River 3 Redwood Valley 1