Great Players in this Great Tournament

[gopher10]

What players were the most exciting to watch?<br><br>I personally really liked the play of #12 on Moorhead. Cory Johnson, although little, is a great player to watch at the high school level. He has such great speed and quickness. <br><br>Mattson and Barribal were also fun to watch, as was Lee on Morrhead. <br><br>The most underrated player I thought, was Godlewski on Elk River. That kid has some amazing upside and will do well in juniors I think and move onto a D1 school. Cade Fairchild also looked great on DE. He will definatly be a great force for them in the coming years.<br><br>Overall this tournament had some great players and many I did not mention, but congratulations to the players on a job well done this year. The entertainment was excellent, and I am already missing high school hockey, and it's only been 2 hours. <p></p><i></i>

[imagenous]

Chris Vandevelde, the moves he put on this weekend were INCREDIBLE <p></p><i></i>

[BlueDevilHockey]

Kangas best goalie in the state. <p></p><i></i>

[GRACEhockey7]

Norling, could arguably be the best goalie in state. Sorry, Bluedevilhockey. <p></p><i></i>

[Warroad11]

Kangas has back to back games where he is all against 2 of the best teams in the state and gives up only 5 goals? He was way better then Norling, Thiele and Norling were good but Kangus was the man in state <p></p><i></i>

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

I'd say Kangas, then Sall, then Norling <p>Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls</p><i></i>

[GRACEhockey7]

THIELE ISN'T THAT GOOD.. that goalie is overrated for sure! Did you see the goal by Hoody in the TG/ Warroad game? You can't let in a shot like that, it wasn't even a good one!! It went right under his leg! People just think he's awesome because he's on Warroad and Warroad is awesome. Yeah, Kangas is definitely good but it'd be different if Norling had played all the games throughout the year. He was sharing games with the backup goalie (who played in the first Breck game.. that could have something to do with the score). You can't deny it though, did you see some of Norling's saves? What a quality goalie. <p></p><i></i>

[BabyBlueFan4Life]

I'm glad somebody else noticed Godlewski, he looked amazing. A lot of players impressed me:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>T.J Oshie</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-I knew about his skill, but I was impressed by how physical he played. Arguably the play of the tourney for the game winner against Totino.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Dave Norling</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-Made some amazing saves all tourney. Definitely one the better goalies in the state.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Taylor Mattson, Jay Barribal</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-Put these two together because they always seemed to making things happen. Both will be fun to watch next year.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Cory Johnson</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-A lot of speed. Just looked like a playmaker.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Chris VandeVelde</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-Carried the Moorhead offense. Made plays around the net.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Brian Connelly</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-Most only saw him for one game, but he made plays throughout. Goal in consolation championship was unreal.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Jordan Schroeder</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->-Played well beyond his years. Warroad put the clamps on a bit but he still impressed.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[TpsHockeyman17]

Cade Fairchild #28 on Duluth East great player <p></p><i></i>

[jaguars0405]

Brian Connelly's shot in the consolation championship was AMAZING. Shot from the red line...<br><br>I also agree with Barribal and Matson, whenever they are out on the ice something seems to happen<br><br>However, every player that played in the state tournament has a great amount of talent no matter who they are. Congratulations to everyone who made it that far. <p></p><i></i>

[mnhky]

yea I agree about oshie we all know his skill and stuff but he wasnt as flashy as he has been in the past he played very physical which is good and I think he will do great at the college level <p></p><i></i>

[MNPuckster27]

Keaton Smith from AHA impressed me, mostly because the talk before the tournament was goaltending being a soft spot for the stars. He was great in the semi's against Tartan, without him the Stars wouldnt have been in the championship game, then holding the Spuds to 4 was a pretty good accomplishment. <p></p><i></i>

[ccm22]

cade fair child wathcin thatkid and havin to play against him in AAA seems like the kid has 4 eyes he finds the open man everytime <p></p><i></i>

[kazmo3]

i really don't for one second believe that he held moorhead to 4 goals. id say that his defense held mhd to 4 goals. <p></p><i></i>

[mnhockey77]

I heard that two Albert Lea players tied each other for the most points in the State tournament, including A and AA, thats commendable! <p></p><i></i>

[Ibleedgreen]

vandevelde! <p></p><i></i>

[starsalum]

Jay Barribal played simply amazing in the final. He showed up in front of 18,000 and showed why there was so much hype around him. Mr Hockey 2006. <p></p><i></i>

[Ibleedgreen]

starsalum<br><br>agree!<br><br>let's not hype and select him for mr. hockey just yet though. let's make him earn it in the 2005-2006 season. <p></p><i></i>

[lear]

you have a serious problem gracehockey.......let it go dude.....warroad won......thiele is the reason warroad is wearing the blue ribbons...undefeated, great stats, great state performance, state champ, all tourny team......<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>stop bashing the kid</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->....he stood tall for his team...he earned respect....great year warroad!! <p></p><i></i>

[inthefairway]

Thiele made THE play of the Tourny when he stopped McDonald from point blank in the 2nd OT. I don't know how he saved that! <p></p><i></i>

[starsalum]

Youre right, a little too far with Jay, but he is definetly the front runner in my mind. <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:yellow;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Go Buffs</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[Nostalgic Nerd]

Great read, gopher10. #12 Cory Johnson is short, but even better, he's strong and never gives up. Barribal has to have the scouts drooling with his speed. Aside from the one or two mentioned, overall the goaltending wasn't fantastic. <p></p><i></i>

[KangasRulez]

you r right about one thing, Kangas is the best goalie at the state tournament. you might ask y do i think this, well because i know him i go to the same school and we r friends.and he is the best goalie that century has ever had. <p></p><i></i>

[RocketHock]

lol man i agree Kangas is good but u might be a lil obsessed with him! Ur reasoning for y u think he is good should be based of his performances through out the year and at state not cuz u kno him and ur good friends. I kno him but I don't think he's the best goalie cuz of that I think he is good because of his performances and his ability to carry ur team to state! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[old time hockey]

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>AA</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> - Kangas, Sall, Fairchild, R.W. Johnson, Barribal, Hummel, Hurley, Hawkins, Matson, Cooper, C. Johnson, Vandevelde, Fisher, Ammerman, Lee, Godlewski, Ostroot, Connely, Hansen<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>A</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> - Niskanen, Schroeder, Oshie, Hardwick, Olimb, Brodeen, Letourneau, C. Connolly, Kozlak, Malone, Miller, Bredesen <p></p><i></i>