Section 1A
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Section 1A
Any surprises?
Who looks to be the top dog this year?
Could there be more parity from top to bottom this year?
Who looks to be the top dog this year?
Could there be more parity from top to bottom this year?
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I have watched this section for along time. This might be the weakest this section has ever been. With Northfield and Red Wing gone it really hurts the depth.
In my opinion it is between 4 schools. (could be the year of the surprise)
Rochester Lourdes-very average, just beat New Ulm in ot and lost to Tartan 8-3!! season is still young
Albert Lea- always tough come the end of the year. See if that changes with new coach. 10 seniors on the roster.
Mankato East- Mix of young and old talent, solid goal tending, can they put the puck in the net. Are 1-2 as of now, win is 4-2 Hutchinson
Mankato WestSeems like it could be a down year for them. No high end talent but a bunch of hard workers. New goalie.
It will be interesting to see how this section plays out.
In my opinion it is between 4 schools. (could be the year of the surprise)
Rochester Lourdes-very average, just beat New Ulm in ot and lost to Tartan 8-3!! season is still young
Albert Lea- always tough come the end of the year. See if that changes with new coach. 10 seniors on the roster.
Mankato East- Mix of young and old talent, solid goal tending, can they put the puck in the net. Are 1-2 as of now, win is 4-2 Hutchinson
Mankato WestSeems like it could be a down year for them. No high end talent but a bunch of hard workers. New goalie.
It will be interesting to see how this section plays out.
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Mankato East seems to be capable of good play. However, for each impressive outing there seems to be a bad game to match it, on their list of completed games. It is comparably hard to score on them so that will keep them in a lot of games. They seem to be challenged to score goals so that will keep weaker teams in competition with them.
Lourdes is a middle-of-the-road team this season.
Section 1 is a little sloppy and the winner this year will likely have a more-than-average number of losses on their state tournament resume.
Lourdes is a middle-of-the-road team this season.
Section 1 is a little sloppy and the winner this year will likely have a more-than-average number of losses on their state tournament resume.
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Don't follow the section a ton. But I have to think with their play of late that the Minnesota River team has a decent shot at some upsets.Jim9000 wrote:My yearly question.
How do you think the seeding went?
Any upsets in the pigtail round or Quarters?
Any chance of postponing Tuesday night's games due to weather?
Not a lot of chatting on Section 1A this year.
Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration
You beat me to the MR comment. While they lost to Albert Lea and Mankato Easr earlier in the season, the Bulldogs have recently been on a roll and I would not be surprised to see them knock off either or both of the top seeds.GoldyGopher wrote:Don't follow the section a ton. But I have to think with their play of late that the Minnesota River team has a decent shot at some upsets.Jim9000 wrote:My yearly question.
How do you think the seeding went?
Any upsets in the pigtail round or Quarters?
Any chance of postponing Tuesday night's games due to weather?
Not a lot of chatting on Section 1A this year.
Otherwise this section seems like it mostly will be chalk, unless you consider Lourdes over West to be an upset.
Hopefully they get the games in as the ice just keeps building on the roads and is supposed to continue, safety for players and fans has to be a major consideration tomorrow.
If Lourdes beats West I think they will give Albert Lea a tough run, both of their previous games have been close Tiger wins.....and beating a team 3 times in row is tough. I saw East get bombed by Century last week by playing defense like it was an NHL all star game, not a game for the conference championship (and Century doesn't score a whole lot) That threw up enough of a red flag for me to give the edge to Albert Lea or possibly Lourdes. Minnesota River by beating Luverne sure caught my attention though and just maybe the Bulldogs are peaking at the right time.
It won't be the best hockey in terms of quality, but I think it should be very competitive hockey which makes for a good tournament.
If Lourdes beats West I think they will give Albert Lea a tough run, both of their previous games have been close Tiger wins.....and beating a team 3 times in row is tough. I saw East get bombed by Century last week by playing defense like it was an NHL all star game, not a game for the conference championship (and Century doesn't score a whole lot) That threw up enough of a red flag for me to give the edge to Albert Lea or possibly Lourdes. Minnesota River by beating Luverne sure caught my attention though and just maybe the Bulldogs are peaking at the right time.
It won't be the best hockey in terms of quality, but I think it should be very competitive hockey which makes for a good tournament.
Lourdes 3
Albert Lea 2 (ot)
A very close and hard fought game, in the end puck luck went Lourdes way and the Eagles tied up and won the game on deflections. AL deserved better but that is hockey.
Mankato East 3
Minnesota River 1
Again a close game, East got a couple of soft goals to go up 2-0 early but that was just about it for scoring. MR put 40 shots on net but Cousey played really well to keep East ahead. MR is young, I think I counted 4 seniors, the Bulldogs could be really good next year....they have some real nice players and can keep pressure on for extended stretches.
Albert Lea 2 (ot)
A very close and hard fought game, in the end puck luck went Lourdes way and the Eagles tied up and won the game on deflections. AL deserved better but that is hockey.
Mankato East 3
Minnesota River 1
Again a close game, East got a couple of soft goals to go up 2-0 early but that was just about it for scoring. MR put 40 shots on net but Cousey played really well to keep East ahead. MR is young, I think I counted 4 seniors, the Bulldogs could be really good next year....they have some real nice players and can keep pressure on for extended stretches.