Our Annual 7AA Playoff Location Argument
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the section final has been in duluth for at least 25 years and according to duluth fans there is NO HOME ice advantage, remember this is not there home rink it is 3 miles from there home rink so that is considered away for them. there is no other place that would hold all of the duluth fans, not st.cloud or bemidji, section 8 seems to make it work.
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Rapids seemed to do just fine in Duluth in 06 and 07. There really isn't home advantage in hockey like there is in a sport like football. Besides, give us a nicer arena than Amsoil Arena to host this event. I suppose we should have it in that crap arena in Elk River that doesn't even seat 2,000 fans.
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I agree 100%slyer wrote:the section final has been in duluth for at least 25 years and according to duluth fans there is NO HOME ice advantage, remember this is not there home rink it is 3 miles from there home rink so that is considered away for them. there is no other place that would hold all of the duluth fans, not st.cloud or bemidji, section 8 seems to make it work.
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Wrong, playing in Amsoil Arena is a privilege! Real hockey fans make travel plans far in advance. If you can't get there Friday night and get a hotel or get your lazy ass out of bed early enough Saturday morning to drive then you are gutless!slyer wrote:east has been the better team the last four years, but the ONE time east played elk river in elk river they did lose, it's not right
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This has nothing to do with making plans or getting out of bed, this is home ice advantage!!!TheHockeyDJ wrote:Wrong, playing in Amsoil Arena is a privilege! Real hockey fans make travel plans far in advance. If you can't get there Friday night and get a hotel or get your lazy ass out of bed early enough Saturday morning to drive then you are gutless!slyer wrote:east has been the better team the last four years, but the ONE time east played elk river in elk river they did lose, it's not right
All section semis and finals should be played on neutral ice. East has had an advantage the last four years no if's and or buts about it.
Amsoil is not East's home arena; they play home games at the Heritage Center.ERPWA Hockey wrote:This has nothing to do with making plans or getting out of bed, this is home ice advantage!!!TheHockeyDJ wrote:Wrong, playing in Amsoil Arena is a privilege! Real hockey fans make travel plans far in advance. If you can't get there Friday night and get a hotel or get your lazy ass out of bed early enough Saturday morning to drive then you are gutless!slyer wrote:east has been the better team the last four years, but the ONE time east played elk river in elk river they did lose, it's not right
All section semis and finals should be played on neutral ice. East has had an advantage the last four years no if's and or buts about it.
Calling Amsoil East's home arena is like calling Xcel the home arena of any HS team within a 20 minute drive of there.
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Change your moniker to "Sour Grapes". Home ice is largely irrelevant. The better team usually wins - and the Elks aren't.slyer wrote:well 80 miles will get you a little over half way there from elk river and as far as complaining, rapids fans didn't have to worry about that last year. duluth is a great city, do what section 8 does so no one plays in there home town
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7AA, you could be going to the horsebarn at the state fair every year..be happy you're biggest issue is that a few teams have the horrible task of spending a few drives to Duluth with the oppurtunity to play at AMSOIL. For almost every kid in that 7AA final 4, those games on that rink are going to be the pinnacle of their high school career. I can't think of too many other places I'd rather play if I'm not one of the lucky one's that get's a game or two at the X.
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Perfectly stated jancze5. And slyer yes, Rapids lost a bad game in the quarters, but who has more state titles between Rapids and Elk River? Who has more recently been to state? Irregardless of your pathetic whining, the 7AA semis and final are remaining at Amsoil Arena for the foreseeable future. I'm looking forward to the semi-finals being held in the evening in the coming years. I also look forward to going from my hotel to the starbucks downstairs and being able to take the skyway to the arena so I don't even have to step outside when it's freezing. What other section gets to have an experience like that?
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I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that this is a great hockey experience... aaaaaaaaaaaand I doubt anyone will dispute the fact that you are way to wound up about this.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Perfectly stated jancze5. And slyer yes, Rapids lost a bad game in the quarters, but who has more state titles between Rapids and Elk River? Who has more recently been to state? Irregardless of your pathetic whining, the 7AA semis and final are remaining at Amsoil Arena for the foreseeable future. I'm looking forward to the semi-finals being held in the evening in the coming years. I also look forward to going from my hotel to the starbucks downstairs and being able to take the skyway to the arena so I don't even have to step outside when it's freezing. What other section gets to have an experience like that?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand tell me exactly how the rink in DULUTH is not home-ice advantage for DULUTH one more time for posterity's sake.
**please note the use of capslock to relate two seeming unrelated points
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Would you consider it home ice advantage for Elk River if the 7AA final was played at an arena in Otsego? I wouldn't. Home ice advantage is playing at the arena you normally play your home games at. Now pay attention: EAST DOES NOT PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT AMSOIL, THEY PLAY THEM AT THE HERITAGE CENTER.DrGaf wrote:I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that this is a great hockey experience... aaaaaaaaaaaand I doubt anyone will dispute the fact that you are way to wound up about this.TheHockeyDJ wrote:Perfectly stated jancze5. And slyer yes, Rapids lost a bad game in the quarters, but who has more state titles between Rapids and Elk River? Who has more recently been to state? Irregardless of your pathetic whining, the 7AA semis and final are remaining at Amsoil Arena for the foreseeable future. I'm looking forward to the semi-finals being held in the evening in the coming years. I also look forward to going from my hotel to the starbucks downstairs and being able to take the skyway to the arena so I don't even have to step outside when it's freezing. What other section gets to have an experience like that?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand tell me exactly how the rink in DULUTH is not home-ice advantage for DULUTH one more time for posterity's sake.
**please note the use of capslock to relate two seeming unrelated points
If you believe East has a home ice advantage by playing at Amsoil, then using the same logic, during state tournament games, whoever's school is located closer to the Xcel has home ice advantage.
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I have to agree - Amsoil is Not a home ice advantage since the Hounds do not play there on a regular basis. Lighting, livliness of the boards, wierd bounces off the glass those are the advantages a team gets used to when they play at a Home arena. Now dont think Randolph wont have a practice or two at Amsoil sometime during the season
Yes I would.rainier wrote:Would you consider it home ice advantage for Elk River if the 7AA final was played at an arena in Otsego?
rainier wrote:I wouldn't. Home ice advantage is playing at the arena you normally play your home games at.
Home advantage contitutes more than a picture of your mascot on the wall.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUHrainier wrote:Now pay attention: EAST DOES NOT PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT AMSOIL, THEY PLAY THEM AT THE HERITAGE CENTER.
Faulty reasoning. Metro area versus out state. One is not equal to the other.rainier wrote:If you believe East has a home ice advantage by playing at Amsoil, then using the same logic, during state tournament games, whoever's school is located closer to the Xcel has home ice advantage.
As an example:
I would say in Edina versus Duluth East at the State Tourney, Edina would have the "home advantage."
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So, according to your logic, it's okay for metro teams to have home ice advantage in the state tourney, but it's not okay for an outstate team to have an advantage in the 7AA playoffs? Or do you think the state tourney should be moved to a "neutral" site?DrGaf wrote:
As an example:
I would say in Edina versus Duluth East at the State Tourney, Edina would have the "home advantage."
The Xcel is the best place for the state tourney; Amsoil is the best place for the 7AA playoffs.
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