MNHS teams vs. other states

TheHockeyDJ · Post by **TheHockeyDJ** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:02 pm

A couple questions. Would you like to see Minnesota HS teams invite HS teams from other states to play before or during the regular season more often? What states have teams that could be competitive?

rochcentury908 · Post by **rochcentury908** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:36 pm

Yeah, it'd be kinda cool to see a few of these interstate matchups. For instance, both Century and Mayo host Grafton, ND this year. However, it means almost nothing one the season is over, so they probably shouldn't schedule more than one or two a year.

wisconsinprephockey · Post by **wisconsinprephockey** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:01 pm

I'd love to see some match-ups iviting top tier teams from around the nation not just out of state. High school football and basketball have big matchups where a lot of travel is required, so why not hockey? Bring over some teams from out east or a top tier Colorado team and send a few teams out to those places. I'd like to see some of those matchups

suntzu · Post by **suntzu** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:10 pm

wisconsinprephockey wrote:I'd love to see some match-ups iviting top tier teams from around the nation not just out of state. High school football and basketball have big matchups where a lot of travel is required, so why not hockey? Bring over some teams from out east or a top tier Colorado team and send a few teams out to those places. I'd like to see some of those matchups

Realistically, only Mass. and Rhode Island have high school teams that could compete. States like Colorado as well as Michigan and others have their top players playing Midget AAA. Many of the top prep schools out east have "overage" kids (postgraduate or 5th year seniors) in their lineups.

Sure it would be fun to see MN teams play Boston Catholic or Mount St. Charles, but with the expense that would need to be picked up by the school or parents it is hard to justify.

You have to remember that many of the basketball matchups you see where teams travel a great distance are funded by Nike, etc. There is simply no demand among corporate sponsors for hockey games of this type.

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:33 pm

Century has had some good games with New Richmond WI in the Kiwannis tournament. I don't know if they put out top teams year in and year out so maybe that isn't the way to go.

All 3 Rochester public schools seem to make a northern Minnesota double header trip so for those kids it is really a chance to play against a different style of game.

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:09 pm

Rocket78 wrote: All 3 Rochester public schools seem to make a northern Minnesota double header trip so for those kids it is really a chance to play against a different style of game.

What does that have to do with Minnesota High School teams playing teams from other states?

Zamman · Post by **Zamman** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:09 pm

AHA has played in Mass. and RI a couple of times and the team from RI has played here twice. It also seems to me that we have one of the top prep teams in the country in Faribault and I would guess they would play more high school teams if someone would set them up.

kickinwing · Post by **kickinwing** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:25 pm

maybe aha can make it to the mass or ri state tourney see' in how they can't make it to thier own

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:21 pm

What is that supposed to mean?

RockIN76 · Post by **RockIN76** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:41 pm

I know that Bismark, ND comes to the granite city classic in Saint Cloud the past years and they do not match up to the other teams there.

Orange and Black · Post by **Orange and Black** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:53 pm

Nearly all of the North Dakota schools plays in Christmas tournaments in Minnesota.

Bismarck Century 0-3 vs Sartell, St Cloud Apollo, Litchfield
Dickinson 2-1 vs Cooper Silver Bay Minneapolis West
Fargo North 0-2 vs Warroad Osseo
Fargo Shanley 1-2 vs Wadena, Holy Family Catholic, Red Lake Falls
Fargo South 1-2 vs Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Century, Stillwater
(They also played WBL Moorhead and Crookston during season)
Grafton 2-0 vs Osseo, Warroad
Grand Forks Central 0-3 vs Farmington, Roseau, Lake of the Woods
Hazen-Beulah 0-2 vs Little Falls, Kittson Central
Wahpeton 0-2 vs Faribault, St Michael-Albertville
West Fargo 2-1 vs Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Mankato West

deacon · Post by **deacon** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:12 am

someone touched on it already but i'm not sure the structure in the schools is the same. i have also heard that a lot of those schools are something kind of like all star teams.

also, isn't there a tournament every year that we send the best teams to in chicago or something like that that attracts some of the best teams in the nation?

wisconsinprephockey · Post by **wisconsinprephockey** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:04 am

suntzu wrote: You have to remember that many of the basketball matchups you see where teams travel a great distance are funded by Nike, etc. There is simply no demand among corporate sponsors for hockey games of this type.

Excellent point right there, sure would be fun to watch though

State Champ 97 · Post by **State Champ 97** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:02 am

Orange and Black wrote:Nearly all of the North Dakota schools plays in Christmas tournaments in Minnesota.

Bismarck Century 0-3 vs Sartell, St Cloud Apollo, Litchfield
Dickinson 2-1 vs Cooper Silver Bay Minneapolis West
Fargo North 0-2 vs Warroad Osseo
Fargo Shanley 1-2 vs Wadena, Holy Family Catholic, Red Lake Falls
Fargo South 1-2 vs Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Century, Stillwater
(They also played WBL Moorhead and Crookston during season)
Grafton 2-0 vs Osseo, Warroad
Grand Forks Central 0-3 vs Farmington, Roseau, Lake of the Woods
Hazen-Beulah 0-2 vs Little Falls, Kittson Central
Wahpeton 0-2 vs Faribault, St Michael-Albertville
West Fargo 2-1 vs Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Mankato West

Most Fargo and Grand Forks teams can usually match up in Minnesota pretty well. There are years when they don't but overall they fare pretty well. Just about everything west of there is really bad. Just look at their state tournament. By the second day there is usually only one team from the western 1/2 of the state still in it.

rochcentury908 · Post by **rochcentury908** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:30 pm

Hey, they should do a Bismarck Century vs. Rochester Century. That'd be pretty interesting!

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:54 pm

rochcentury908 wrote:Hey, they should do a Bismarck Century vs. Rochester Century. That'd be pretty interesting!

Not really.

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:02 pm

State Champ 97 wrote:
Orange and Black wrote:Nearly all of the North Dakota schools plays in Christmas tournaments in Minnesota.

Bismarck Century 0-3 vs Sartell, St Cloud Apollo, Litchfield
Dickinson 2-1 vs Cooper Silver Bay Minneapolis West
Fargo North 0-2 vs Warroad Osseo
Fargo Shanley 1-2 vs Wadena, Holy Family Catholic, Red Lake Falls
Fargo South 1-2 vs Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Century, Stillwater
(They also played WBL Moorhead and Crookston during season)
Grafton 2-0 vs Osseo, Warroad
Grand Forks Central 0-3 vs Farmington, Roseau, Lake of the Woods
Hazen-Beulah 0-2 vs Little Falls, Kittson Central
Wahpeton 0-2 vs Faribault, St Michael-Albertville
West Fargo 2-1 vs Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Mankato West
Most Fargo and Grand Forks teams can usually match up in Minnesota pretty well. There are years when they don't but overall they fare pretty well. Just about everything west of there is really bad. Just look at their state tournament. By the second day there is usually only one team from the western 1/2 of the state still in it.

Doesn't South Fargo usually have a team that would be top 20 in Minnesota?

HShockey2180 · Post by **HShockey2180** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:40 pm

Off topic, but has anyone else seen or heard of that Ian Powers kid on the ND team that came to Rochester for the Kiwanis tourney last year? He was very fun to watch.

FollowThePuck · Post by **FollowThePuck** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:40 pm

Delbarton School out of New Jersey is coming to Minnesota to play Breck on January 18th and then Holy Family Catholic/Waconia on January 19th.

Academy of Holy Angels is traveling out east in January to play Catholic Memorial in Massachusetts on January 19th and Mount St. Charles in Rhode Island on January 21st.

LaCrescent out of 1A always plays a majority of Wisconsin teams.

There are several North Dakota match-ups as well with a variety of Minnesota teams.

There are a few North Dakota teams participating in the holiday tournaments. Bloomington Jefferson will be playing in Grand Forks for the Grand Forks Herald/Stadstad Classic on the 21st and 22nd of December.

Bismarck Century will be at Granite City Classic in St. Cloud on the 27th, 28th, and 29th. They will play their first game against Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato at 5:15 PM on the 27th.

Most of the team schedules are up on www.followthepuck.com. Class A teams are still being worked on. The master schedule for all games played each day will be up as we get closer to November 23rd. I am confirming some locations, times, and matchups before posting them.

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