Monticello @ Hopkins 1-20-07

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:44 pm

The (11-3-1) Monticello Magic travel to play the Royals of Hopkins (11-4) on Saturday to possibly gain a little respect around the AA community.

One common opponent is Rogers who Monticello tied at 5 in Monticello last night and Hopkins lost 2-5 to in Rogers. Who wins?

DENIED · Post by **DENIED** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:34 pm

Fink 5
Magic

1

Can't Never Tried · Post by **Can't Never Tried** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:44 pm

IMO if Monty plays like they did last night against Rogers...and Hopkins played they way they did against Rogers.... I would think Monty would win this game by at least the same spread which was 3 goals when Rogers beat them.
But being Hopkins is @ home I think ya give em 1 goal back for home ice so
I'll say Monty by 2

zippy · Post by **zippy** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:01 pm

Monti 6, Hopkins 4

PASTRAPIDSFAN · Post by **PASTRAPIDSFAN** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:08 pm

hopkins 4-2

hophockey · Post by **hophockey** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:12 pm

fink dangles hopkins wins no matter what

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:13 pm

I'll take Hopkins 5-2

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:25 pm

results?

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:03 pm

So I had a conundrum deciding what game to go to today, this one ended up being Plan C as both AHA-HM and the Gophers games were early.

I thought the game started at 7:30 (thanks again MSHS website) so I missed the entire first period but still got my money's worth as the game ended after a furious overtime period in a 3-3 tie.

Michael Fink ended up with a hat trick for Hopkins and was as good as advertised. I didn't see the first two goals, as he scored them in the first period, but the third one came in the 2nd on the powerplay when he made a nice play to keep the puck in the zone and then hammered home a slapshot. He's the kind of player that caused a conundrum for Monticello everytime he touched the puck and they had to make many stalwart defensive plays to keep him off the board in the 3rd and the OT.

Monticello's goalie played well, but Hopkins' goalie let in a soft goal, five hole on a bad angle shot and was a bit nonchalant with the puck right at the end of regulation that could've been serious. I did notice that both Hopkins' goalies are freshman which is very unusual especially considering there's a junior and sophomore on the JV team, so maybe there's some inexperience that came to the fore tonight.

So even though I had to go with Plan C, it was worth the trip.

Iceman33 · Post by **Iceman33** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:18 am

Does Monticello still have other schools play with them or are they just Monticello now? Used to be Annadale and Maple Lake I believe with them?

zippy · Post by **zippy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:44 am

Monticello is in a co-op for the hockey program with Annandale and Maple Lake High Schools. By virtue of the combined programs, they are a "AA" school for hockey.