Who's gona win the State Chapionship
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you must really be a "blazed" brave to say that after tonights performanceBlazedBrave08 wrote:I know Burnsville got romped tonight by Eagan, but dont rule out the Blaze on this, to hold edina for a good while, they just barely got by
but who ever comes out of section 2 should have a very good chace at winning state
Roseau or whoever comes out of section 2
Roseau has amazing scoring ability in Ness and excellent goaltending in Lee...enough said
Section 2
Edina is the front runner, they proved against Burns. that if you take away there lanes and not allow them room to dangle and pass, then they adjust and beat you with brute force and jam it through the keeper. Goaltending is an issue to look at, Caschetta is a steady goalie, but can he be amazing when needed?
Burnsville has amazing individual dangle-ability in Barnes and Hendo, they have solid role players and contributors, 4 very adequate d men and depth at goaltending...but they need to find the ability to change their game as needed. They have heart...proven against Edina...they have major scoring ability if you give them room, but can they learn to be disciplined (stay out of the box...especially in retaliation) and adjust (shoot and crash..and use your D...it's early they have the right coach...we'll see
Holy Angels...very early in their season, they have the talent, depth and coaching..there big weakness might be goaltending against the high flying snipers at Edina and Burns...there goalies don't see alot of tough shots in conference play could be an issue, also they failed to adjust last year in finals against Burns...have they learned
I like either Roseau or Edina to take it all
Burns or Holy angels as my alternates
Roseau has amazing scoring ability in Ness and excellent goaltending in Lee...enough said
Section 2
Edina is the front runner, they proved against Burns. that if you take away there lanes and not allow them room to dangle and pass, then they adjust and beat you with brute force and jam it through the keeper. Goaltending is an issue to look at, Caschetta is a steady goalie, but can he be amazing when needed?
Burnsville has amazing individual dangle-ability in Barnes and Hendo, they have solid role players and contributors, 4 very adequate d men and depth at goaltending...but they need to find the ability to change their game as needed. They have heart...proven against Edina...they have major scoring ability if you give them room, but can they learn to be disciplined (stay out of the box...especially in retaliation) and adjust (shoot and crash..and use your D...it's early they have the right coach...we'll see
Holy Angels...very early in their season, they have the talent, depth and coaching..there big weakness might be goaltending against the high flying snipers at Edina and Burns...there goalies don't see alot of tough shots in conference play could be an issue, also they failed to adjust last year in finals against Burns...have they learned
I like either Roseau or Edina to take it all
Burns or Holy angels as my alternates
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I think the only team out of section 2 with a shot is Edina cuz AHA has recently developed a tradition of choking ever since they won the title.and burnsville lacks the depth to win,Edina if they are playing at there best can win but not the way they played last year.Hill Murray Until they prove they can win some big games they cant be chosen just to many times they have lost to someone they should have beaten or fell short by not scoring a clutch goal,also the same reason why Moorhead as good as they are shouldnt be picked.which leads me to Roseau The defending champs until they are knocked out they should still be the favorites
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I love the Rams and would love to see a repeat. HOWEVER, this is high school hockey with 16, 17, 18 year old kids. That is why they will not go undefeated and will have a tough time repeating......Dirty Dangler wrote:Roseau back to back state champs
A loss to Thief River or Bemidji would do them a lot of good in the long haul.
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AHA has won two titles. So apparently they don't always choke after they win the title. That said, The two state championships AHA has won in the last five years were with two of the weaker teams they had.mrhockey08 wrote:cuz AHA has recently developed a tradition of choking ever since they won the title.
In 2002, Although very talented the were heavy underdogs on even getting out of their own section. They were never supposed to beat Apple Valley (with Lundin in net) and Certainly were were not expected to beat Roseville and Hill to win it.
In 2005, Although AHA was the section 5 favorite, No one picked them to win the championship. I remember sitting by some Moorhead fans who were actually hoping to play AHA instead of Tartan.
In my opinion the 02-03, 03-04 and 05-06, 06-07 teams were all better than the teams that actually won championships.
The moral of the story is, When everyone looks past AHA, Look out.
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And we all know how good Moorhead is because even though they lost to White Bear(who got stomped by cloquet who got beat by South St. Paul), they beat Bemidjii and Buffalo.natedog228 wrote:after witnessing the thrashing of Moorhead last night, I don't see anyone beating Roseau end of story
End of story. Give them the title now.
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That's one of the worst sentences I have ever read.Hakstol Fan wrote:Roseau No question a repeat for a team of their caliber is definitely not out of the question excellent team all around.