Which private school is the best?

[sticksuphigh]

The one that remains most private! Which also means the one we hear from the least.........

[Goldy23]

Well,

What about the private school to the North. The education is great, not as expensive as the southern schools. And lets mention the hockey team...in the past 10 years the team has turned for bad to a state contender each year.

Go Hilltoppers!!!

Topper,

No question they are a very good team the only problem is the drive to school would be a little long

[Goldy23]

This is rapidly breaking down into the B-squad thread!

You guys may want to check your facts on where some of the most highly recruited Minnesota players have come from in recent years. Here is a hint:

Youso, Ballard, Oshie, Forney, Fulton, Sackrison, Niskanen, Wyman, Gordon, Pohl, and many many others. Calling A hockey the "B" Squad is a little much.

.....Wheeler, Mueller, Festler etc...

[Reggie]

Duluth East should be!

[packerboy]

You can make as long a list as you like, Class A schools cant be considered the best. If Sidney Crosby had played at a Class A school, it wouldn't change a thing.

Class A schools have voluntarily disqualified themselves from consideration.

If they wanted to be considered with the best, play AA.

Its as simple as that.

[windtomyback]

Wow, interesting definition of best

[Goldy23]

You can make as long a list as you like, Class A schools cant be considered the best. If Sidney Crosby had played at a Class A school, it wouldn't change a thing.

Class A schools have voluntarily disqualified themselves from consideration.

If they wanted to be considered with the best, play AA.

Its as simple as that.

I'm pretty sure the question was best private school, not best AA private school. But what do I know, after all I have a public school edumacation!!!

[Walter Sojack]

Packerboy, lets stay away from Private vs Public, A vs AA. You should know that

[61ache]

Isn't asking what private school the best like asking what venereal disease you'd most like to catch? IMHO they got it right when they banned them from the tourneys--everything that's wrong with HS hockey.

[Walter Sojack]

Thats a ridiculous statement

[packerboy]

Packerboy, lets stay away from Private vs Public, A vs AA. You should know that

IMO, which is hardly singular, you cant have a complete and meaningfull discussion about HS Hockey without it.

But that aside, you sure can't discuss the best without reference to what competitive level the schools athletic program is involved in.

I suppose if a school was so vastly superior in every other category, it could play in a lower athletic class (like Duluth East does in football)and still be the best.

But there is no such animal out there.

Therefore, regardless of the titile of the thread, Bsquad schools need not apply.

[windtomyback]

Totino Grace seems to excel in a number of the athletic programs. Don't know how the school ranks academically.

[pistol]

Isn't asking what private school the best like asking what venereal disease you'd most like to catch? IMHO they got it right when they banned them from the tourneys--everything that's wrong with HS hockey.

Welcome to the thread, Coach Oliver!

[mrhockey08]

Im pretty sure that Private schools are Evil and the worst thing about HS sports.i often wonder how god feels about those schools

but i would say based off of tournament success The Academy Of Holy Angels Is the Cream of the Crop when it comes to private schools

[etune21]

public schools like edina and roseau that dominate private schools day after day are the only thing that allows me to sleep at night. eff Holy angels, eff CDH, and most of all eff St. thomas

[hockeyrocks]

public schools like edina and roseau that dominate private schools day after day are the only thing that allows me to sleep at night. eff Holy angels, eff CDH, and most of all eff St. thomas

We go from a somewhat intelligent thread about a legitimate question to out and out private school bashing. I love this game!!!!!

By the way, if Edina (who I unfortunately believe is the best team this year) dominates the private schools so much, why haven't they been to the State tourney as often as Hill, CDH, STA, AHA have been the past 10 years?

[hockeyrocks]

Thats a ridiculous statement

61ACHE,

I have to agree with Coffee Connoisseur on this one. What tourneys are you talking about them being banned from anyway? The "Frostbite Falls/Backbacon/Hoser Invitational" or the "Youbetcha/nine year old stained Polaris Jacket Jamboree?"

Last time I checked, they are still pretty regular attendees in St. Paul every year whether we like it or not.

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[61ache]

Thats a ridiculous statement

61ACHE,

I have to agree with Coffee Connoisseur on this one. What tourneys are you talking about them being banned from anyway? The "Frostbite Falls/Backbacon/Hoser Invitational" or the "Youbetcha/nine year old stained Polaris Jacket Jamboree?"

Last time I checked, they are still pretty regular attendees in St. Paul every year whether we like it or not.

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What tournament am I talking about? Private Schools were not allowed to play in the state tournament until 1975. Reason. Private schools recruit from around the metro area and attempt to "build" a team. What you're left with is stripping schools of the players they developed from a young age in order to build their programs. Which, is what I think is the major problem with HS hockey today. The idea that schools can manufacture a team. Agree or not, it's still what's happening today. At least there's teams like Roseau still winning--the only thing that keeps me watching HS hockey.

[flatontheice]

Thats a ridiculous statement

61ACHE,

I have to agree with Coffee Connoisseur on this one. What tourneys are you talking about them being banned from anyway? The "Frostbite Falls/Backbacon/Hoser Invitational" or the "Youbetcha/nine year old stained Polaris Jacket Jamboree?"

Last time I checked, they are still pretty regular attendees in St. Paul every year whether we like it or not.

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What tournament am I talking about? Private Schools were not allowed to play in the state tournament until 1975. Reason. Private schools recruit from around the metro area and attempt to "build" a team. What you're left with is stripping schools of the players they developed from a young age in order to build their programs. Which, is what I think is the major problem with HS hockey today. The idea that schools can manufacture a team. Agree or not, it's still what's happening today. At least there's teams like Roseau still winning--the only thing that keeps me watching HS hockey.

Holding a grudge since 1975? Bummer that all those other kids get to play on a team? Come on. Pure ignorance. Free Enterprise! That is what your town was built on. Look arround.

[Walter Sojack]

What tournament am I talking about? Private Schools were not allowed to play in the state tournament until 1975. Reason. Private schools recruit from around the metro area and attempt to "build" a team. What you're left with is stripping schools of the players they developed from a young age in order to build their programs. Which, is what I think is the major problem with HS hockey today. The idea that schools can manufacture a team. Agree or not, it's still what's happening today. At least there's teams like Roseau still winning--the only thing that keeps me watching HS hockey.

You should know better than to bring up a public vs. private debate - you're going to get this thread locked.

PS: I watch highschool hockey because I love the passion the kids put into the game. Not because good 'ol Roseau is winning. And I wouldn't stop watching if AHA and STA won state the next 5 years.

[packerboy]

You are not alone Walt. 125,000 of your closest friends agree with you every March.

[flatontheice]

You are not alone Walt. 125,000 of your closest friends agree with you every March.

AMEN! (Can I say that?)

[east hockey]

How fun would it be if kids stayed where they came from. That would be Minnesota hockey at it's finest!

If this thread turns into yet another public vs. private topic, it gets locked, and any future topics which even smell of the same will be deleted as soon as they're started.

Just so you know.

Lee

I don't know if this was a self-fulfilling prophecy or just my experience of knowing how these threads turn out. Attaway, guys.

Lee