Granite City Classic (St. Cloud Dec. 27 - 29)

[Goldy Gopher]

Here is the Rink Writer link for the games score sheets.



http://www.rinkwriter.com/GCC/2007gcclassic.html

I feel that the official scorer really did an outstanding job in this one.

[Goldy Gopher]

Predictions for session two

Litchfield 5
Bismark Century 4

Sauk Rapids 4
Saint Cloud Apollo 1

[Ben Dover]

Here is the Rink Writer link for the games score sheets.



http://www.rinkwriter.com/GCC/2007gcclassic.html

I feel that the official scorer really did an outstanding job in this one.

yeah, he was pretty cute.

If Tech plays like they did today, they will not beat Cathedral.

I'm predicting Sauk Rapids over Apollo tonight.. 4-2

Tech over Cathedral in a close 3-2

[Bo Dangles]

crusaders did not play very well today.
Schmidt did not do much.

[Ben Dover]

crusaders did not play very well today.
Schmidt did not do much.

Compared to??

FYI, this poll was created by a Tech player.

Sweet, dude!

[Goldy Gopher]

crusaders did not play very well today.
Schmidt did not do much.

He didn't have any points but there were times he took it the length of the ice and stick handled through two or three players before putting a shot on net. I was pretty impressed.

[Goldy Gopher]

Bismark Century 0
Litchfield 1

Shots after the first
Century 11
Litchfield 8

[Ben Dover]

Whats the Apollo game going to look like tonight boys?

[Goldy Gopher]

Whats the Apollo game going to look like tonight boys?

Ugly as far as Apollo is concerned. They have looked very weak as of late and Sauk Rapids has looked very strong. I hope I end up eating my words.

[Ben Dover]

Well lets hope not. I'd love to see all of the STC teams come out with a win today.

[buffalobob]

crusaders did not play very well today.
Schmidt did not do much.

He didn't have any points but there were times he took it the length of the ice and stick handled through two or three players before putting a shot on net. I was pretty impressed.

Schmidt, from what I saw, has great skills but becomes frustrated too easily. When Rogers began to take the body in the second period he became irritated with them and looked more to hit someone to hurt than to make the right play. Overall I was not impressed with the Crusaders, had some good player but I hope this was not a good game for them.

[Ben Dover]

crusaders did not play very well today.
Schmidt did not do much.

He didn't have any points but there were times he took it the length of the ice and stick handled through two or three players before putting a shot on net. I was pretty impressed.

Schmidt, from what I saw, has great skills but becomes frustrated too easily. When Rogers began to take the body in the second period he became irritated with them and looked more to hit someone to hurt than to make the right play. Overall I was not impressed with the Crusaders, had some good player but I hope this was not a good game for them.

Alot of us agree with that I think. We'll have to see how Tech & SCC do tomorrow, both of them played pretty weak today.

[George Blanda]

Apollo 5
Sauk Rapids 3 (en)

The FLYING Apollo Eagles got production from all of their lines, not just the top guns. Hampton played a good game in his return.

Gotta love the work done by Goldy Gopher in the first couple games as the official scorer. But what really impressed me was how fast the MAC staff replaced the glass when it shattered.

[Undercover Hockey Lover]

Apollo 5
Sauk Rapids 3 (en)

The FLYING Apollo Eagles got production from all of their lines, not just the top guns. Hampton played a good game in his return.

Gotta love the work done by Goldy Gopher in the first couple games as the official scorer. But what really impressed me was how fast the MAC staff replaced the glass when it shattered.

Thought the "Flying" Eagles played rope-a-dope most of the third period and snuck away with a win with at least 2 very soft goals. Thought they also were outworked most of this one just got the bounces when it counted. Hampton got help from the goalies best friend in this one twice got to give him credit...here's a tip...he has a huge five hole. Key to this game was The Storms inability to set up on the PP during the major tried to force things also thought they probably should have went to a low corner and isolated a D instead of working the points on the PP as Apollo played a high box and didn't give Sauk's D much space. And yes the glass was fix pretty quickly under 10 minutes.

[319]

Maybe you guys should listen to me. I picked all four in the first round!

[Dirty Dangler]

Apollo 5
Sauk Rapids 3 (en)

The FLYING Apollo Eagles got production from all of their lines, not just the top guns. Hampton played a good game in his return.

Gotta love the work done by Goldy Gopher in the first couple games as the official scorer. But what really impressed me was how fast the MAC staff replaced the glass when it shattered.

Thought the "Flying" Eagles played rope-a-dope most of the third period and snuck away with a win with at least 2 very soft goals. Thought they also were outworked most of this one just got the bounces when it counted. Hampton got help from the goalies best friend in this one twice got to give him credit...here's a tip...he has a huge five hole. Key to this game was The Storms inability to set up on the PP during the major tried to force things also thought they probably should have went to a low corner and isolated a D instead of working the points on the PP as Apollo played a high box and didn't give Sauk's D much space. And yes the glass was fix pretty quickly under 10 minutes.

Probably the best game ive seen apollo play this year so far. I wouldn't say they were outworked, both team had there flurries. But Apollo greatly benefitted with hampton back in the net. He made alot of good saves tonight, and there defensive play also look alot better than it has as of late.

[Ben Dover]

Ah yes the shattering glass! I was sitting almost directly in front of it and I almost had a heart-attack!

[Goldy Gopher]

Apollo 5
Sauk Rapids 3 (en)

The FLYING Apollo Eagles got production from all of their lines, not just the top guns. Hampton played a good game in his return.

Gotta love the work done by Goldy Gopher in the first couple games as the official scorer. But what really impressed me was how fast the MAC staff replaced the glass when it shattered.

I really appreciated the "fine art of standing around"

[Goldy Gopher]

Apollo 5
Sauk Rapids 3 (en)

The FLYING Apollo Eagles got production from all of their lines, not just the top guns. Hampton played a good game in his return.

Gotta love the work done by Goldy Gopher in the first couple games as the official scorer. But what really impressed me was how fast the MAC staff replaced the glass when it shattered.

here's a tip...he has a huge five hole.

That my friend is an observation, not a tip

[George Blanda]

Goldy is correct as usual. A tip would be...close your five hole.

But, as big as that five hole seemed to you, I don't think Sauk Rapids snuck anything through there.

[Undercover Hockey Lover]

The tip was for future opponents and I didn't Mr. Blanda disagree. The thing that DID impress me the most about Apollo was they were willing to sacrifice the body getting in front of shots they must have blocked at least 15 shots throughout the game. Definitely are a "blue-collar" bunch in that regards; don't see as much of that as you should anymore.

[Goldy Gopher]

Day 2 predictions

Session One

Rogers 3
Sartell 4

Both teams looked rough yesterday but if Sartell can get another big performance out of their goalie I think they might be able to take this one.

Litchfield-Dassel Cokato 1
Sauk Rapids 7

Litchfield is not good...at all. Sauk Rapids has the ability to be very good and I have a feeling they are going to come out playing hard after their loss to Apollo last night.




Session Two

Saint Cloud Cathedral 4
Saint Cloud Tech 3

Both teams are coming off solid performances yesterday. I think Cathedral comes out and plays much better than yesterday and wins a close one.

Saint Cloud Apollo 6
Bismark Century 0

Apollo feeds off their win over a very good Sauk Rapids team last night and puts on a display of Minnesota hockey for our neighbors to the west.

[givememoorehead]

what about that grant spanier kid hes quick

[STC18]

what about that grant spanier kid hes quick

Okeeey Grant.

[Donkey9]

givememoorehead


what about that grant spanier kid hes quick

Come on man thats like asking...
Whats jamie lynn spears going to name her kid?
Hate to tell you bud but no body cares!


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