Section 2A

MKMB · Post by **MKMB** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:53 pm

Who are some of the best players in 2a?

Thehockeyplaya · Post by **Thehockeyplaya** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:56 pm

switch Suak and Sartell that was an mistake

ptown tigers · Post by **ptown tigers** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:08 pm

I tell you right now I am leaving out teams and Players I personally have never seen, this includes DC, and DM for the most part. FORWARDS Peckskemp-Sauk Rapids Corbett-Mora Grabowski-Mora Schneider-Princeton Ross-Princeton Osmundson-Princeton Gross-PC Brandt-PC Dahl-SCC Koopmeiners-scc Hengel-SCC DEFENSE Brown-Princeton Horbacz-Mora Crandell-SCC GOALTENDERS Bliss-Mora Culver-Princeton Samuelson-PC Randeleub-SCC

MKMB · Post by **MKMB** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:39 pm

I know that you have not seen DM or DC. I have been to every home game for DM. Here are players from DM that are really good. FORWARDS: Paul Sederberg Connolly Kozlak DEFENSE: Johnson Moline Johnson and Paul are very strong players. Any one who has seen DM play, what do you think of these players? Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub33.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUser ... mb>MKMB</A> at: 1/18/04 2:41 pm

DB33Three · Post by **DB33Three** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:05 pm

Umm well I have seen ever team except 2 i have not seen Moose Lake or DM (But I waqm heading up to watch them Tuesday night vs Superior Should be a good one). I am from Princeton it is not to hard figure out who i really am i am not trying to hide it so my poll is not totally correct so dont ghet mad just what I think. 1. Duluth Marshall (8-6-1)- Well this is a real good club. I am excitied to see them play a real good Superior club on Tuesday. Um soem big games for seedas Princeton has tied Lourdes 3-3. DM has to get on a bus and go all the way down there on saturday if they lose that could really hurt them. DM and Princeton have both play hermantown even results 1 goal loss for DM 2 goal loss for Princeton (empty netter). Same results with SCC both beat them like 5-2 or 5-3. So saturday is a big day next week as Dm plays RL (who Princeton tied). And Princeton plays Sauk Rapids (Who DM beat). But other then that i think DM is a real good team and come playoff time the only thing i can see stoppign them is their goalies whats goign on there have they firgured out a #1 yet?? 2. Princeton (13-4-1)- Well have played real good hockey since the Rochester Tournament going (6-1-0). tough loss to Hermantown yesterday hermantown had 2 goals that counted that were nto goals that made it 4-0 Hermantown. The Princeton made it 5-3 and scored a goal and had it called off it was a goal that would have made it 5-4 with about 9 minutes left. But yeah you cant complain they are a good club if you throw out the first period we beat them. But big game on Saturday vs Sauk as written above thats a common oppennet of DM. 3. SCC (11-4-0)- umm they are a good team seems liek they have firgured out that there best shot to win is with rindelaub in the nets. Umm the competion has been lackign as of late but SCC will be ready to go when it counts. Big game left for them is with Sartell and Denfeld (The Hunters can beat anyone) and then Duluth Central in late feb. But the Crusaders always play well in Playoffs but those games are huge to keep there # spot. 4. Mora (10-3-0)- well the Mustangs are a very dangerous club and have lots of big gmaes remaining. Look at this they still have another shot at Princeton, Sartell, Pine City, Duluth Denfeld and Duluth Central. I mean those are huge games for the Mustangs so yes they are sitting good right now but they coul move up or with soem loses move way down so this team is hard to judge right now they have a good frotn 5 and a very good goaltender in Bliss. But lots of huge games left. 5. Duluth Central (7-7-1)- Well this team has hgit rough times gettign blown in thier last 5 games. Well this team will go as far as their first line and goalie takes them. lots a goo games to move up from them lieft though they still have Denfled, Proctor, Moose Lake, SCC and Mora so they can still have alot of room to mnove around yet. 6. Duluth Denfeld (4-8-1)- Here is the most dangerous team in the secion and hese guys if they went undeafted could move up all the way number 3 this is a darn good hard working bunch. idf teams tak3e these guys lightly thewy will get beat. games remaining LOOK AT THIS Duluth Central, Mora, SCC, Pine City, Dultuh Marshall and Moose Lake. So they have alot of room to move around so far they are (1-1-1) in the Section. 7. Sauk Rapids (1-10-1)- Umm well they are #7 beacaue their only win is against Sartell. So yeah thsi team is dangerous they just play a ton of good teams so dont let their record fool you . And they have one of the area's top players in Ryan Peckskamp. they have games left with Princeton, Sartell and Proctor. they dont play alot of Section oppnents. 8. Sartell (6-7-1) - Playing alot better hockey as of late (6-2-1) over their last 9 games. Includes a (2-1-1) record in the Section. This team has played better as of late and will continue to pick it up they can still move up and are palyign better hockey. games left SCC, Mora and Sauk Rapids. 9. Pine City (7-7-1)- Well the Dragons are dangerous because of their 3 Senior co-captians Samuelson, Gross and Brandt. They can carry a team throguh a good 3 or 4 game strech I mean thats all it takes to go all the way. they will get a great simulation of the playoffs as they play Denfeld, Mora, Princeton, Moose Lake and SCC all in arow shoudl give them a good idea what it will be liek for playoffs. 10 or 11. Proctor or Moose Lake- Toss up bvetween these 2 teams who ever wins the game between these 2 next tuesday will decide which one moxes up and which one moves down. It is a huge game fro Moose they still dont have a section win 2 ties but no wins. and Proctor has won 2 straight they UPSET RED WING LAST NIGHT. Players umm lost of good one agree with both lists so far and I ahve played with Johnson in selects a great player really strogn on his skates just an all-around great d-man. the other marshall players mentioned all greta too whats up with Kolzak this year hE is on FIRE!!!

lwo3 · Post by **lwo3** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:19 pm

I agree with you guys that DM is a very good team. From what I have seen the team is under achieving this year. Their seniors are very good and playing well for the most part, but their Sophs, who are also good--Ritts, Letourneau, Jones, Labounty, J. Paul (goalie)--have made some mistakes at key times that have cost them games against good teams. Coaching has played a part in this. They need to do a better job with line match-ups in key situations and put teams away early. Sometimes their defensive zone faceoff coverage and breakout is terrible and teams have capitalized on this. Coaching can make all the difference down the stretch--we'll see if coach Flaherty makes the proper adjustments.

MKMB · Post by **MKMB** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:28 pm

Everyone knows that DM has had a problem with goalie this year. They have been using Geissler and Paul. Geissler is a senior and Paul is a sophomore, hes the younger brother of Scott Paul. Which one do you think DM should use come playoffs? This is one thing that could hold them back. I think Paul has more ability, but Geissler has more experience. Who should they go with? Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub33.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUser ... mb>MKMB</A> at: 1/18/04 4:30 pm

bodycheck · Post by **bodycheck** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:41 pm

I think the goalies are getting a bad rap by you experts, especially MKMB. Did you ever notice that marshall's forwards hardly ever backcheck? They give up more odd man rushes than any team I've seen this year. Geissler is noted for starting the season out slow due to football season running into november this year. Last year was the same thing, it took till the holiday tournamentto get in a groove After that he was solid as hell. There is no doubt that J. Paul will be good in the future, but right now he's got the mental toughness of a daisy. I heard from a person at the LOW game he was really shook when he gave up 3 goals on the first 3 shots he faced. Experience means everything as the playoffs approach and teams need more than sophs as leaders.

MKMB · Post by **MKMB** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:54 pm

I am not trying to be an expert, thats why i asked what other people thought. I don't know too much on the goalies, thats why i am trying to find out. I don't follow football, so i had no idea. I do hope that DM sticks with Geissler. I agree that experience is what matters more. Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub33.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUser ... mb>MKMB</A> at: 2/28/04 12:43 am

2radical · Post by **2radical** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:14 pm

We all forgot about Duluth Central's 2 sport phenom Benny Broze<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D">

oldhocktimer · Post by **oldhocktimer** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:56 pm

I saw the Princeton, Hermantown game. The 2 goals you claim weren't goals, were goals but they were very soft goals that the goalie should have stopped! As far as Princeton getting a goal called off, Hermantown earlier in the game also had a goal the refs missed!I will grant you, if Princeton would have scored in the last 2 or 2 1/2 minutes when they pulled their goalie, it would have made the score 5-4 and made the last 2 minutes very interesting. Princeton had some good chances,but couldn't get it in the net! Take away the last 6 minutes of the first period and it was a good game, although Princeton was out shot by about 15 shots i think. Princeton has a very young team this year and so far i think they are doing much better then the people that follow hockey thought they would do, especially after losing alot of talented kids last year!

findthetwine · Post by **findthetwine** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:17 am

no ones mentioned any central forwards as standouts, their whole first line carries the team... Seth Anderson, Danny Cannon, and Ben Brose have all ben regulars since they were sophomores. Ben Brose is the team captain, motivator and leader and has been their best player this season, the last 5 games hes been out with a seperated shoulder, and what has happend 5 losses, and yes.. with a team with such weak depth as this, one player makes a huge difference.. Also anybody else notice ever since Himmelspach was on the front page of the sports hes been Shi**in the bed, the media curse!

findthetwine · Post by **findthetwine** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:21 am

no ones even mentioned any of the Central top scorers, their entire first line of Benny Brose, Seth Anderson and Danny cannon are all top players in the section and are as good a line as any, the problem with Central is no depth!! Ben Brose is the captain, motivator, and all around leader of that team, he has been out the last 5 games with a shoulder injury and what has happened, 5 losses, and yes, with a team that lackes this much depth one player does make that big of a difference. And also, has anyone else noticed, ever since Himmelspach was on the cover of the Sports, hes been off his game. the media curse!

Disinterested 3rd Party · Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:14 am

Good to see us all back to hockey! Here's my poll.... 1. Duluth Marshall (8-6-1) - three section wins. SCC/Sauk/DC. Three easy wins. Tough schedule. Hard to go against this 2. Princeton (13-4-1) - (6-0-0) in the section. Had trouble against Falls and Hermantown. Leads me to believe they are a step behind DM in strength. Solid #2 in section. Great chance to upset DM. 3. St. Cloud Cathedral (11-4-0). (2-2-0) in section. Two losses against DM/Princeton. Beat Mora handily, though early in the season, but solid #3 at this point. Have Denfeld/Central/and Pine City left to play. A couple of wins would lock them at #3. 4. Mora-Hinckley-Finlayson (10-3-1) (3-2-0) in section. Losses to Princeton/SCC. The top four teams kind of take care of their own seeding. #3 loses to #2 and #1 and #4 loses to #3 and #2. Have been playing extremely well as of late. Several section games left incuding one against Princeton that could shake up the poll. 5. Duluth Central (7-7-1) (0-1-1) in the section. Shows what a newspaper article and some injuries can do to a team. These guys were poised to be right up there with the top 3. Then 5 losses in a row... yikes! They seem to be hanging on for dear life. Big game vs. Denfeld on Thursday. If they don't win, move 'em down another notch. 6 Duluth Denfeld (4-8-1) (1-1-1) in section. Tough team. Just can't get over the hump. A few breaks this season and they have a winning record! 1/22 game vs DC may well decide #5 in section. At this point of the season they are playing better than the Trojans. 7. Sauk Rapids (1-10-1) (1-1-0) in section. Only win vs. Sartell. Tough schedule. One man team. Not enough to make a difference this year. With a strong finish, my move up a notch or two. 8. Sartell - St. Stephen (6-7-1) (2-2-1) in section. Loss to Sauk hurts. Sneaked by ML with win and a tie. Seem to be playing better as the year goes. Rematch with Sauk will be their chance to move up a notch. 9. Moose Lake Area (8-5-2) (0-3-2) in section. Can't figure these guys out. Ties against Sartell and PC but losing against Proctor. If they beat Proctor on Tuesday, they will definitely be #9. A loss will bring them back to dead last. They seem to be able to give everyone they play a game. Seems to be one of the better teams they've had in awhile. 10 Pine City/Rush City (7-7-1) - (1-3-1) in section. I'm trying to figure out why everyone feels they have a shot? I know they have a great line that everyone say "can take them all the way", but they said that all last year and they ended up seeded #8 out of 9 teams and just didn't get that far. Will it be different this year?? A tie against ML and a win against Proctor doesn't get you far during the seeding meeting. 11. Proctor (3-10-1) (1-5-0) in the section. Showing signs of life at long last. Just beat Red Wing! A solid win vs. ML on Tuesday gets these guys up to #9.

oldhocktimer · Post by **oldhocktimer** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:28 pm

Disinterested, Glad to see someone knows what's going on in 2A. I think you just about hit the nail on the head with your picks.

RinkRat10506 · Post by **RinkRat10506** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:13 am

1/ Duluth Marshall 2/ Princeton 3/ Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson 4/ St. Cloud Cathredral 5/ Duluth Denfeld After that it's a toss up

ptown tigers · Post by **ptown tigers** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:30 pm

RinkRat, I am just curious why you are so high on mora. I mean Mora has potential to be dangeroud come playoff time and what not, a lot of teams do. But i saw in another thread u had them winning the section. I was just wondering what you see besides their first line and Bliss.

RinkRat10506 · Post by **RinkRat10506** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:00 pm

I base it on the fact that they have scoring they only have lost once in since the beginning of the season. Also I believe they will play well in the playoffs. As for Princeton, as I assume you like, it's not the year for them, making state three times in a row is tough. But who knows.

ptown tigers · Post by **ptown tigers** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:05 pm

Princeton... I Concur, its not there year, they will make a run. But i think its gonna be DM. There just to good.

DB33Three · Post by **DB33Three** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:42 am

Well got my first look at DM tonight they took out the #1 team in Wisconsin in Superior. It was a pretty terrible game for the Spartans. Over heard numours fans say it was the worst game they have seen the Spartans play in 2 years. As for DM Very impressive in some aspects and not so much in others after seeing them play I will say yes they are the favorite of this section but in Playoffs is a new story and I think this Section is up for grabs. Anybody has a shot this year but I will admit DM beign the front runner. Congrates Hilltoppers way to show those people in Wisconsin what real High School hockey is all about!!!

easton hock · Post by **easton hock** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:52 pm

scc beat sartell 7-0, and i think scc played a great disciplined hockey game and if they keep playing their game of hockey they can be dangerous. I also look forward to see how they are going to do in playoffs because they have a very good chance of knocking the hilltopers or the tigers out, or anyone for that matter, but the hilltopers and tigers are also both great teams so it should be interesting

2radical · Post by **2radical** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:56 pm

The word is that Superior really didn't have that bad of a game. I heard DM just outplayed them and took control early. I really think that the Superior players and coaches need to give a little credit to where its due. Those quotes in the Duluth News Tribune were out of line.<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /happy.gif ALT=":D">

ptown tigers · Post by **ptown tigers** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:36 am

What were these quotes in the Newspaper, and who said them? Good Teams Would be Nothin without Good Water.....

gferhock1 · Post by **gferhock1** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:48 pm

Your right, Superior had a bad game. I know they are better than that. But Dm is a real good team and they took advantage of Sups mistakes. Play again and it would likely be a much different game with either team having the chance to win. A for the media, its a joke to think they ever get anything right. No matter where your from.

easton hock · Post by **easton hock** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:23 pm

scc beats marshall 7-0

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