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Nice to see GR actually out shoot someone this year.
But, the most interesting thing to me was Cambridge-Isanti's roster. According to the program, C-I brought 20 players of which 11 were 9th graders. What is up with that? Did they have a mass exodus with a coaching change? Are the coaches driving players out? Did Hermantown recruit the best upperclassmen to open enroll? C-I has a really promising young group of players? Does anyone have any insights?
But, the most interesting thing to me was Cambridge-Isanti's roster. According to the program, C-I brought 20 players of which 11 were 9th graders. What is up with that? Did they have a mass exodus with a coaching change? Are the coaches driving players out? Did Hermantown recruit the best upperclassmen to open enroll? C-I has a really promising young group of players? Does anyone have any insights?
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I think their coach sid numbers were down, but are looking better for their youth. If their freshmen stay the next 3 years and put in the work then they could be competitive. Would be a nice change. It is boring when Cambridge and St. Francis aren’t competitive. Been way too long for those teams in the basement.
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It would make more sense to drop a weaker Class A team than Hermantown: Warroad, Virginia, or Greenway. They should drop all of them and add St. Francis to ensure being seeded above them.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Just a note for next season, Minnetonka will return to Grand Rapids schedule next season. I assume Rapids will drop 1 of their 2 vs Hermantown to make room for that.
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I agree, I was just going with what was said on the radio. With how far away Roseau and Warroad are I would like to see Rapids drop both of them, just go to the Twin Cities instead. Drop Virginia too. With those vacancies, add Lakeville North back, St. Francis, St. Thomas, and Centennial.Traxler wrote:It would make more sense to drop a weaker Class A team than Hermantown: Warroad, Virginia, or Greenway. They should drop all of them and add St. Francis to ensure being seeded above them.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Just a note for next season, Minnetonka will return to Grand Rapids schedule next season. I assume Rapids will drop 1 of their 2 vs Hermantown to make room for that.
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Looks about right. I hope, hope not. But man...Duluth Marshall is really good and Duluth East. Elk and the Huskies can't stand each other - from what I hear up here in 218 anyway. CEC will have to do this alone.....and with me, of course. #mynervesareshot #ohboyTheHockeyDJ wrote:Tourney prediction:
Duluth East 6
Grand Rapids 1
Andover 12
St. Francis 0
Elk River 4
Forest Lake 3
Duluth Marshall 6
Cloquet 5
Semis
Duluth East 3
Duluth Marshall 4
Elk River 3
Andover 1
Championship
Elk River 4
Duluth Marshall 5 in 2OT
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It's great to hear Minnetonka is coming back on the schedule.
How ever Grand Rapids is still gonna struggle significantly next year
I see 9-12 wins if there schedule stays the same. But after
That they have good youth coming in they should have 3 good years
Of 18-22 wins on the season and have a very good chance at going
Back to the X as long as nobody leaves the program early.
How ever Grand Rapids is still gonna struggle significantly next year
I see 9-12 wins if there schedule stays the same. But after
That they have good youth coming in they should have 3 good years
Of 18-22 wins on the season and have a very good chance at going
Back to the X as long as nobody leaves the program early.
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Probably a good idea to drop Greenway next year to avoid another loss to their little brother to the. east. After Greenway’s sophomore class graduates it will make sense to drop Greenway. Their peewees and bantams are not doing well and would most likely be put in running time.TheHockeyDJ wrote:I agree, I was just going with what was said on the radio. With how far away Roseau and Warroad are I would like to see Rapids drop both of them, just go to the Twin Cities instead. Drop Virginia too. With those vacancies, add Lakeville North back, St. Francis, St. Thomas, and Centennial.Traxler wrote:It would make more sense to drop a weaker Class A team than Hermantown: Warroad, Virginia, or Greenway. They should drop all of them and add St. Francis to ensure being seeded above them.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Just a note for next season, Minnetonka will return to Grand Rapids schedule next season. I assume Rapids will drop 1 of their 2 vs Hermantown to make room for that.
most definetely back to back state appearances again winning 22-24 games every year and dominating 7AA.Edinahopkins wrote:It's great to hear Minnetonka is coming back on the schedule.
How ever Grand Rapids is still gonna struggle significantly next year
I see 9-12 wins if there schedule stays the same. But after
That they have good youth coming in they should have 3 good years
Of 18-22 wins on the season and have a very good chance at going
Back to the X as long as nobody leaves the program early.
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Has to be 6AA back when it had EP, Tonka, Wayzata, and Benilde, plus a respectable Hopkins team that was ranked for a bit. So it was sometime this decade, maybe 2011/2012ish.WestMetro wrote:Karl, when is last time one section had 5 of the top 16 ranked teams in the state??
Though I dropped Cloquet to 18 after the GR loss.
It matters where you draw the cutoff line, really. If you're looking at number of top 10 teams or top 30 teams, 7AA doesn't really stand out from the crowd. It just has a large second tier, and it has the added intrigue of a traditional power with a lot of name recognition getting a very low seed this year.
Tonka vs GR
GR is making an early December trip to play at Tonka with Tonka traveling to Rapids the following season.
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Probably about right. They can be better next year depending on how serious the entire team is on improving their strength from now until November. That is a lot of time to get stronger and improve their skills. Guys like Avery Peterson I think would shoot about 400 pucks a day in his garage. If guys commit to improving on that level, they may not become an NHL draft pick, but they will be better without a doubt.Edinahopkins wrote:It's great to hear Minnetonka is coming back on the schedule.
How ever Grand Rapids is still gonna struggle significantly next year
I see 9-12 wins if there schedule stays the same. But after
That they have good youth coming in they should have 3 good years
Of 18-22 wins on the season and have a very good chance at going
Back to the X as long as nobody leaves the program early.
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Rapids will be fortunate to win three games games next season unless they bring up most of this years bantam team. Current junior and sophomore classes were the nucleus of probably the worst peewee AA and bantam AA teams in Rapids history.Edinahopkins wrote:It's great to hear Minnetonka is coming back on the schedule.
How ever Grand Rapids is still gonna struggle significantly next year
I see 9-12 wins if there schedule stays the same. But after
That they have good youth coming in they should have 3 good years
Of 18-22 wins on the season and have a very good chance at going
Back to the X as long as nobody leaves the program early.
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kniven wrote:Another Bischoff?! Dog gone it! I thought we’d be done facing boys from that family !#%+=£!!!!norcon wrote:Bischoff, Bonner, Holcomb and Peart look to be pretty good players the next few years for the THawks.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Who are the top players to look for from the bantam team?
Different family
kniven wrote:Another Bischoff?! Dog gone it! I thought we’d be done facing boys from that family !#%+=£!!!!norcon wrote:Bischoff, Bonner, Holcomb and Peart look to be pretty good players the next few years for the THawks.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Who are the top players to look for from the bantam team?
Different family