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One more thing. We are talking about the Ms. Hockey award. If it is not mostly about hockey, we could call it the Ms. curfew award, or the Ms. Extra Curricular Activity Award or the Ms. Community Service Award. Are the off-ice things and character things important? Of course they are and should be c...

Gainazone, of course college coaches know something about the kids they recruit, but that wasn't the point. We are also talking about D3 coaches as voters and they most likely are not recruiting these players. This thread is not about recruiting. <br><br>Nz27 repeatedly talked about the voters verif...

Neutralzone27,<br><br>Your post was good until the last paragraph although as I read it, I had a feeling the shoe was going to drop. <br><br>I suppose if I asked you if you have intimate knowlege of this year's winner's leadership ability, academic achievements, community service, extra curricular a...

Nerd,<br><br>Maybe I used the word objective wrong and I am not a big rules guy either. <br><br>I said objective because a standard rule for everyone takes all opinions out of the equation. If you OE, you can't play sports for a year. I am not in any way a proponent of that, but am just suggesting t...

OE is obviously a controversial and hot button issue. There are many interesting comment and proposals on this thread.<br><br>OE to get noticed: I don't believe it is a large factor. IMO most D1 caliber players will get noticed, wherever they are. There's so much hockey besides HS hockey going on, a...

The Benedict Arnold post may be the best post ever. I hope everyone, pro or con OE, gets the chuckle out of it that I know XK1 intended. It's a classic. <p></p><i></i>

A few final words comments for this thread. I just praised hockeywild711 for his positive comments. <br><br>I have no expectations that this forum be a love fest, and that each response is only peaches and cream. How boring would that be. There are, however, good ways to be contrary. As I always say...

hockeywild711,<br><br>Refreshing, an objective post from an opponent. You are a fan of the sport and someone who is able to comment based solely on what your eyes saw. You obviously are capable of a fair assessment despite a tough loss. That's sportsmanship. <p></p><i></i>

77Thunderbird,<br><br>Thanks for one of the more lucid posts. I agree, OE is not inherently good or evil. It is not something that should sicken anyone. All of the people who claim to know why each family makes OE their choice, can't possibly know. <p></p><i></i>

keepitreal,<br><br>Awesome post. Those are my memories to a tee. I also think your last two paragraphs are right on. <p></p><i></i>

Ooooooo. That hurts. Not. <br><br>You write a post ripping a HS kid. Your post is systematically exposed for the crap that it is and you don't have the guts to back up what you've said. Instead you hide behind comments about being on top, thick skin, and how my kid arrived at EP. Those things are un...

P.S.<br><br>All the EP people do when talking about the Edina game is talk about how well Edina played and that we were lucky to survive. I don't know why we bother. <p></p><i></i>

ItsNEBG,<br><br>Let's talk about that goal from # 15. Mark Stephan coached teams are notorious for pinching their defense. That's cool, he's been doing it for years, and he's very successful. However, one of the cool things about sports is that strategies can be countered. <br><br>On that play, as o...

Nutz,<br><br>You could not be more correct. 100% of all coaches, who saw a hand pass before a goal, would mention it to the refs. It probably wasn't reviewable the second time, but that's the refs job to decide, not the coach's. <br><br>The refs were clearly not accustomed to using replay and it was...

hockeydad,<br><br>I have no problem with anything you said. I wasn't refering to you. Your last paragraph is right on the money. <p></p><i></i>

Green,<br><br>My skin's plenty thick enough -- I let lot's of things go. Did you read all day long yesterday? The distinction is when baseless, negative remarks are made about kids. Especially by repeat offenders.<br><br>Next time there's an unfounded, negative remark about our kids, I'll reply. And...

Surprise, surprise. Of course it was questioned whether the kids were in school. The EP bashers never cease to amaze me. <br><br>I wasn't going to write anything about the sickness factor today for fear it would look like an excuse for a close game. However, instead of giving the kids credit for suc...

Brooky, you CAN speak for me -- you hit the nail on the head. Whether or not people agree with GHS, I doubt many question the meaning of his posts or his motivation. <br><br>Reasonable people agree to disagree. GHS probably tried too many times to make that point when it was clear it was falling on ...

Last spring, before nationals, SSM was looking for a scrimmage. On Easter sunday, some metro kids went down, played them, and won 4-1.<br><br>The forwards were: M. McCarthy, A. Thunstrom, M. Feste, K. Koalska, Lauren Smith, J. Bloemers<br><br>Defense : M. Pezon, Sam Turner, K. Seeler, and one EP kid...

hubba,<br><br>I'm not aware of any more three, or more, sister acts. But you're probably right, there's more out there somewhere. <p></p><i></i>

hubba,<br><br>I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree, but that's ok. Most of the time it's reasonable to expect a more specific explanation when broad allegations are thrown out. You're probably right to not want to discuss them here. IMO you can't, however, have it both ways. <br>If this is n...

hubba,<br><br>Your silence is deafening. There are few places in society where broad allegations can be made with no requirements to back them up. Obviously, this forum is one of them. I was asking only that you account for your strong words, clearly it's your right not to and I'll respect that and ...

hockeygal,<br><br>My question was directed specifically to hubba based on his post about classless acts on and off the ice, over a period of 3-4 years that sickened him. That's pretty strong stuff that goes beyond what normally would be felt by disagreeing about running up the score. My question has...

How about the Mackley kids from B'ville. Brittany, Melissa and Ariel. Awesome kids. <p></p><i></i>

Hubba,<br><br>It would be interesting for many of us if you could provide examples of the classless EP behavior you've observed over the past 3-4 years. You can do this constructively without naming names. <p></p><i></i>