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Post by northwoods oldtimer » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:10 pm

edgeless2 wrote:
east hockey wrote:
edgeless2 wrote:
east hockey wrote:
elliott70 wrote:Dave Spehar #9.
But still the #1 penalty shot goal celebration. :mrgreen:

Lee
Link?
From the 1995 championship game against Moorhead. If you saw the game, then you remember the celebration Dave did after his penalty shot goal.

Lee
I'll have to ask him about it. Im surprised there is no YouTube. Have they run it in highlight videos during the state tourney?
How about number 8? Enough talk about East hockey already :P

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Post by The Exiled One » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:28 pm


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Post by The Exiled One » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:35 pm

Mike Antonovich
Henry Boucha
Neal Broten
Phil Housley
Willard Ikola
John Mayasich
Tim Sheehy

So here are your top seven. Anybody want to take another stab at the order?

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Post by Benito Juarez » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:48 pm

3.Mike Antonovich
4.Henry Boucha
2. Neal Broten
5.Phil Housley
1. John Mayasich
6.Tim Sheehy
7. Ralph Engelstad


:wink:

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Post by east hockey » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:58 pm

Ike should be #7.

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Post by Snap Happy » Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:43 pm

The Exiled One wrote:Mike Crowley is #8
Man was Crowley fun to watch. And even more fun to play. A great competitor.

Eden Prairie seems to be landing a few of the Jags from this era. Should be fun in a few years as their kids grow up.... assuming they'll play hockey :wink:

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Post by elliott70 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:24 pm

east hockey wrote:Ike should be #7.

Lee
Yup!

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Post by elliott70 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:31 pm

1. John Mayasich
2. Neal Broten
3. Tim Sheehy
4. Henry Boucha
5. Phil Housley
6. Mike Antonovich
:D

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Post by mulefarm » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:40 pm

Housley
Boucha
Antonovich
Sheehy
Mayasich
Broten

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Post by MNHockeyFan » Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:03 pm

1. John Mayasich
2. Neal Broten
3. Henry Boucha
4. Phil Housley
5. Tim Sheehy
6. Mike Antonovich

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Post by TTpuckster » Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:19 pm

1. Henry Boucha
2. John Mayasich
3. Neal Broten
4. Phil Housley
5. Mike Antonovich
6. Tim Sheehy

I could not decide #1 between Henry and John.
Went with Henry.

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Post by northern_guy » Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:09 pm

Anton #6.

Great guy and a very fun coach to play for.

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Post by Puckguy19 » Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:33 pm

The Exiled One wrote:Mike Antonovich
Henry Boucha
Neal Broten
Phil Housley
Willard Ikola
John Mayasich
Tim Sheehy

So here are your top seven. Anybody want to take another stab at the order?
Mayasich
Boucha
Broten
Housley
Sheehy

8)

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Post by The Exiled One » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:18 pm


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Post by The Exiled One » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:25 pm

According to their scoring system, Boucha got 187 points. Broten and Housley can do no better than 190.

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Post by Puckguy19 » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:37 pm

The Exiled One wrote:Boucha #5
That's just wrong! Plain and simple, wrong! :shock:

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Post by MNHockeyFan » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:20 pm


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Ron Beck's Absence on the Hockey Hub List

Post by politicalpuck » Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:04 am

One player not on the Hockey Hub list that deserves at least honorable mention is Ron Beck, who tended net for the International Falls Broncos during their first power trip in the mid-1960s. Beck played goalie during a three year stint and never lost a game for the Broncos dynasty. All-state and All-tournament honors. Beck also was an all-state baseball player. After high school, he played goalie for UMD and semi-pro hockey for the Green Bay Bobcats.

There are four players left to name, and any kind of list like this is going to be debated. My guess is that John Mayasich will be No. 1. He should be, but we'l see.

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Post by The Exiled One » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:42 pm

Housley is #3

According to their scoring system, Housley earned 184 of 185 HS points and 5 of 5 post HS points. Neal Broten will either have 184 or 185 HS points and 5 post HS points too, so he'll either tie or be ahead of Housley by one point. Mayasich will be #1.

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Post by UpNorthMom » Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:40 pm

Neal Broten #2

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Post by northern_guy » Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:00 pm

i cannot believe mayasich is put above broten or housley....oh well..it made me feel all warm and fuzzy anyways...i enjoyed reading the bios on each player but putting mayasich and ikola in the top 10 is something i just dont agree with as i have said before. they didnt play 1/10 of the competition those other guys did.

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Post by Shinbone_News » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:59 am

Ach. Mayasich is like The Beatles of minnesota hockey. He is, by definition and into perpetuity, the Best Ever just because. More than anything, it shows that hockey reveres its own history, and I'm cool with that. Comparing Mayasich to Broten or Housley is apples to oranges, and the apples ~always~ come first. What Mayasich did in his time is simply not possible in this time because of changes in equipment, competition, AAA summer hockey, 9/11, and the price of tea in China.

Now if you wanted to start a list of the best 100 Minnesota hockey players ever, post-high school -- that would, I think, be a much different list.

Well, maybe not that different. But in a different order :idea: :idea: :wink:

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top 100

Post by stpaul » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:40 am

My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.

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Re: top 100

Post by elliott70 » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:59 am

stpaul wrote:My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.
What was Spehar HS state tournemant record?
More than Mayasich, Sheehy, Antonovich, some of the great Jefferson or Hill guys?

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Re: top 100

Post by karl(east) » Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:29 pm

elliott70 wrote:
stpaul wrote:My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.
What was Spehar HS state tournemant record?
More than Mayasich, Sheehy, Antonovich, some of the great Jefferson or Hill guys?
From the write-up on Spehar:
wrote:Spehar was named to the all-tournament team for a third consecutive year and finished his career with 20 goals and nine assists in nine state tournament games. Only Eveleth’s John Mayasich, with 46 points in 12 games from 1948-51, has more state tournament points.
Also, his 13 points in the 96 tourney are tied with Sergei Petrov and Jamie Langenbrunner for the most by anyone in a single tournament since Mayasich. Petrov and Langenbrunner both put up 13 in 1993.

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