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Grand Rapid at Forest Lake

Post by TheHockeyDJ » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:38 pm

Both teams dominated in opening night victories. Rapids was without Jake and Jonah Bischoff as well as elite league defensemen David Horsmann. Hunter Shepard lived up to the hype as an elite goalie with a shutout. Grand Rapids will go into Forest Lake with revenge on their minds. The Rangers lost their two best forwards to graduation and are unranked but might be better than most people anticipate.

I got Rapids 3-0 in this one. Peterson-Holum-Mann are too much for FL to handle upfront and Hunter gets another shutout. If Jake Bischoff plays make it 5-0.
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Re: Grand Rapid at Forest Lake

Post by DrGaf » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:57 pm

TheHockeyDJ wrote:Both teams dominated in opening night victories. Rapids was without Jake and Jonah Bischoff as well as elite league defensemen David Horsmann. Hunter Shepard lived up to the hype as an elite goalie with a shutout. Grand Rapids will go into Forest Lake with revenge on their minds. The Rangers lost their two best forwards to graduation and are unranked but might be better than most people anticipate.

I got Rapids 3-0 in this one. Peterson-Holum-Mann are too much for FL to handle upfront and Hunter gets another shutout. If Jake Bischoff plays make it 5-0.
Nope. I heard OG has a year of eligibility left.

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Post by SimplyPut » Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:05 pm

A co-workers son plays in the STMA assoc. he said FL had one line that scored their goals and controlled the play. he said defensively they had troubles, not great with the puck and they were out of position to many times. a faster skating club like Grand Rapids could expose that. Also heard FL #1 goalie last year that beat them in section game went to play JR's? I think Rapids 5 - 2.
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Re: Grand Rapid at Forest Lake

Post by imlisteningtothefnsong » Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:07 pm

(Nope. I heard OG has a year of eligibility left.)

This just in...... OG is out, violated Flakes one pack/day limit!! :lol:

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Post by old goalie85 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:02 pm

4 goals scored by Parker line. Goaltender played 1/2 the games last year as soph. Other kid would have been the 2nd tender, OG is going to "lawyer up" to get that extra year of eligibility back.

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Post by MNhockey29 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:42 pm

Forest Lake had a little trouble moving thepuck in the D zone. I think that they better on Friday. The goalie that played against GR last year in sections got kicked off the team for a drug problem amd is now playing for the Maple Grove Energy. I think this game will be a goaltending battle. It will be a close game like it was in the section game

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Post by northwoods oldtimer » Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:01 pm

Good early season test for both teams. Got to love section 7AA hockey boys. Hit the bars, hit the tilly, hit the bars! :wink: Enjoy!

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Post by Iceburg » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:47 pm

Is there an injury situation with Jake Bischoff? I believe he only played one early game with Omaha this fall and now missing Tuesday's game.

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Post by old goalie85 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:49 am

Is Jake Bischoff Playing tonight ??

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:44 pm

According to grhshockey.com preview it isn't known yet if Jake Bischoff or David Horsmann will play. I didn't see any word on Jonah Bischoff either. I was surprised at how consistent their pressure was on Bemidji with those 3 out and a lot of first time varsity players in. Hunter Shepard didn't see a lot of shots, but made a couple outstanding saves on point blank opportunities to get the shutout.
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Post by DustytheDuster » Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:49 pm

Forest Lake 2, Grand Rapids 0 Final

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Post by MNhockey29 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:38 pm

Great game, the intensity was great. Forest Lake controlled the play for about half the game. Garcia and Shepard had a great battle, but Garcia comes away with the 27 save shut out. Big section win for Forest Lake

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:17 pm

Looks like 7aa will be deeper than we thought. Nice win for FL. GR needs the Bischoff brothers back soon. Would be nice for Rapids to finally play FL with a fully healthy roster.
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Post by northwoods oldtimer » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:34 am

TheHockeyDJ wrote:Looks like 7aa will be deeper than we thought. Nice win for FL. GR needs the Bischoff brothers back soon. Would be nice for Rapids to finally play FL with a fully healthy roster.
The youngest Bischoff should be playing Bantams with his buddies where he belongs.

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Post by MrBoDangles » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:12 am

Looks like Forest Lake will crack the top 20 from this game and how they performed in pre-season scrimmages.

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Post by mulefarm » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:26 am

northwoods oldtimer wrote:
TheHockeyDJ wrote:Looks like 7aa will be deeper than we thought. Nice win for FL. GR needs the Bischoff brothers back soon. Would be nice for Rapids to finally play FL with a fully healthy roster.
The youngest Bischoff should be playing Bantams with his buddies where he belongs.
Are you saying this because of his age or ability?

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:37 am

Anyone know about foreign exchange student Petter Sahlstrom from Sweden? He's number 18 on Rapids, played his first game last night. I saw his name on eliteprospects.com but couldn't find anything else.
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Post by BodyShots » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:18 pm

MNhockey29 wrote:Great game, the intensity was great. Forest Lake controlled the play for about half the game. Garcia and Shepard had a great battle, but Garcia comes away with the 27 save shut out. Big section win for Forest Lake[/quote]

Is this loss going to knock Rapids down to the 4th or 5th seed?

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Post by BodyShots » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:21 pm

TheHockeyDJ wrote:Looks like 7aa will be deeper than we thought. Nice win for FL. GR needs the Bischoff brothers back soon. Would be nice for Rapids to finally play FL with a fully healthy roster.
Or, maybe they just aren't as good as you thought. I believe this makes three 7AA teams (Cloquet, Andover, and your Rapids) that have already lost.

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Post by MNhockey29 » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:31 pm

Elk river also lost tonight too

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Post by BodyShots » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:43 pm

MNhockey29 wrote:Elk river also lost tonight too
I see Andover lost again as well. It will be interesting to see how Karl ranks the teams from 7AA after this beginning.

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:08 am

BodyShots wrote:
TheHockeyDJ wrote:Looks like 7aa will be deeper than we thought. Nice win for FL. GR needs the Bischoff brothers back soon. Would be nice for Rapids to finally play FL with a fully healthy roster.
Or, maybe they just aren't as good as you thought. I believe this makes three 7AA teams (Cloquet, Andover, and your Rapids) that have already lost.
Kind of a big deal for a team to be without a future Gopher and NHL draft pick and his younger brother that is a skilled 2nd line forward. Take Zerban and Jaremko away from Elk River and you think that isn't going to be a huge impact on them?
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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:52 am

BodyShots wrote:
MNhockey29 wrote:Great game, the intensity was great. Forest Lake controlled the play for about half the game. Garcia and Shepard had a great battle, but Garcia comes away with the 27 save shut out. Big section win for Forest Lake[/quote]

Is this loss going to knock Rapids down to the 4th or 5th seed?
It's December 2nd. This game will mean nothing for Forest Lake if they don't remain consistent and pick up more key 7AA wins along the way. Plenty of season for Grand Rapids to make this blemish fade into the background. Especially if they get the Bischoffs back and start rattling of a bunch of big wins.
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Post by MNhockey29 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:23 am

Forest Lake plays another section game next week against St.Francis, should start out 3-0 in 7aa. Then later in the season they have Cloquet and East

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Post by TheHockeyDJ » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:56 am

Teams like St. Francis and St. Michael Albertville are bottom 3 level teams in 7AA, so wins against them don't help, but a loss would hurt far worse than the win vs. GR would help. Those two are so irrelevant I would just say FL is 1-0 in 7AA after next week.
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