EP SCORE /lakeville south

[hock9476]

Does anyone know if ep won tonight against lakeville south

[hockeyfan43]

2- 1 EP OT WINNER GAME WINNING GOAL BY JORDIE HOFFMAN

[greatgame2]

ep

[JGACoach]

wasn't able to go to the game. let me guess, dave meyer had the other goal and the assist on the gw for a 2 point night??... and on his first goal threw a sick cele right by all the lakeville fans??.... and it was probably a dangle-snipe routine like always by dave...

Nope. Jason Clark #28 scored a PP goal in the first. It was a bout a 20 footer snipe from the right circle. Very nice shot for the 10th grader.

[CrossbarandIn99]

wasnt there, but from what I was told, it was a completely lopsided game in favor of EP., but Yumusaklar, the goaltender from SOuth completely stole the show..stopping 46 of 48 shots in the loss.

Cass scored for SOuth

[hockeylover]

Lakeville South has proved themselves a team you don't take for granted. They took Jefferson to a tie, beat North by three and now the EP game. It is not the goalie keeping them in the games either, though he is obviously a big part of their success.

[parrish4president]

Lakeville South has proved themselves a team you don't take for granted. They took Jefferson to a tie, beat North by three and now the EP game. It is not the goalie keeping them in the games either, though he is obviously a big part of their success.

hit it on the head!

Great goaltending for sure, probably was what kept them in against the Jags. However, its never just the goaltending. Lakeville South is hot right now and shows they have more capability than most have given them credit for.

I am impressed with what they have done recently, congrats to the cougs.

[hockiepuck]

Lakeville South has proved themselves a team you don't take for granted. They took Jefferson to a tie, beat North by three and now the EP game. It is not the goalie keeping them in the games either, though he is obviously a big part of their success.

hit it on the head!

Great goaltending for sure, probably was what kept them in against the Jags. However, its never just the goaltending. Lakeville South is hot right now and shows they have more capability than most have given them credit for.

I am impressed with what they have done recently, congrats to the cougs.

I agree. South is coming together as a team. Great goal tending and a lot of determinaton by all the rest of the team. They are building momentum.

[sideways]

With a couple of kids back from suspension and the move up of the freshman kid...the team is playing like a team that might just represent the section in march.

[eagle4life9]

South has 3 things going for them right now.
1-They have this kid who plays goalie named Hakan Yumusaklar. Hes good.
2-They are a good sized team that likes to be physical and wear teams down. With the knew rink in Lakeville that they play at not being an olympic size it helps them.
3-They got some kids back from suspension and brought Drew Brevig up the freshman. Drew is playing with what I think is there best line although I dont think they usually start.

Also Kurt Weber has done a really nice job getting those kids to work hard because its obvious they are moving all game.

[Bash Brother]

That goalie is the real deal.

[greenbandit]

That goalie is the real deal.

Well only if he could be consistant....Elite he did not do so well compared to the field....I would say he not the real deal.

[Bash Brother]

I would say this is the high school season and i could care less what happened at elite. Right now is what matters, and right now this kid can flat out play.

[hiptzech]

Who was at the game last night that is spouting off about Lakeville? Listen to yourselves. It wasn't all the goalie? The team is playing so well? Let's break down a couple of key things here, or wait maybe just one. 46 of 48 shots stopped. Tell me that the Lakeville squad was playing well in front of the goalie. You have got to be kidding. I would have to say one of the biggest turning points was when Lakeville had a power play and Leddy was limping around the ice with an obvious hip pointer from a rush into the offensive zone. A great hit was put on him, and he couldn't even stand up at the ensuing face off, mind you this was a defenseman rushing the puck shorthanded. Leddy stayed out the entire penalty kill and at no point did Lakeville capitalize on the selfish behavior of Leddy. He should have come off the ice (at the very least Smith should have pulled him), however he elected to stay on the ice and barely move around. Lakeville shoulda, woulda, and coulda scored on the power play if they were playing as well as other posted in this thread indicate. The only time Leddy was challenged was due to a rush, at no point throughout the entire penalty kill did Lakeville establish the offensive zone and control the puck. No my friends, Lakeville was not that impressive last night, but the goalie was. Forget about the amount of shots that were fired, some of the saves he made where unbelievable. And for those in the stands after the game accusing the refs. to be homers should be ashamed of yourselves. You want to blame the refs for letting a questionable call go after watching all of the interferences take place in the slot throughout the entire over-time? It was an exciting game, with an exciting finish. Lakeville played with their hearts and you are going to discredit their efforts by blaming an official?

Now that is my rant about last night’s game. Sorry for the dose of reality but I had to throw that out there. Good Luck to Lakeville, just hope their goalie doesn’t get injured…

[eagle4life9]

When people say that South is playing well right now they arent all saying that they are better than EP. EP is one of the best teams in the conference and can compete all over the state. All people are saying is that LS is playing alot better than they did at the beginning of the year. No matter how much better LS gets they just arent going to be better than a team like EP. South played like they wanted play against them. Let Hawk take the game away because he is so level headed and then try and get a lucky one by for a tie or a win. They arent playing SO good that anyone thinks they will be top 5 in the Lake, just better than they were playing. They are still just another team fighting for 6th place.

[ColdasIce]

When people say that South is playing well right now they arent all saying that they are better than EP. EP is one of the best teams in the conference and can compete all over the state. All people are saying is that LS is playing alot better than they did at the beginning of the year. No matter how much better LS gets they just arent going to be better than a team like EP. South played like they wanted play against them. Let Hawk take the game away because he is so level headed and then try and get a lucky one by for a tie or a win. They arent playing SO good that anyone thinks they will be top 5 in the Lake, just better than they were playing. They are still just another team fighting for 6th place.

heard some EP kids got in alot of trouble, athletes, captains, drinking all on facebook. made the news up north, and truth to it? facebook...bad idea for high schoolers

[CrossbarandIn99]

Lakeville South has proved themselves a team you don't take for granted. They took Jefferson to a tie, beat North by three and now the EP game. It is not the goalie keeping them in the games either, though he is obviously a big part of their success.

I wasnt there, but being out shot like that? I would say the Goalie was teh reason they were in OT

[breakout]

Who was at the game last night that is spouting off about Lakeville? Listen to yourselves. It wasn't all the goalie? The team is playing so well? Let's break down a couple of key things here, or wait maybe just one. 46 of 48 shots stopped. Tell me that the Lakeville squad was playing well in front of the goalie. You have got to be kidding. I would have to say one of the biggest turning points was when Lakeville had a power play and Leddy was limping around the ice with an obvious hip pointer from a rush into the offensive zone. A great hit was put on him, and he couldn't even stand up at the ensuing face off, mind you this was a defenseman rushing the puck shorthanded. Leddy stayed out the entire penalty kill and at no point did Lakeville capitalize on the selfish behavior of Leddy. He should have come off the ice (at the very least Smith should have pulled him), however he elected to stay on the ice and barely move around. Lakeville shoulda, woulda, and coulda scored on the power play if they were playing as well as other posted in this thread indicate. The only time Leddy was challenged was due to a rush, at no point throughout the entire penalty kill did Lakeville establish the offensive zone and control the puck. No my friends, Lakeville was not that impressive last night, but the goalie was. Forget about the amount of shots that were fired, some of the saves he made where unbelievable. And for those in the stands after the game accusing the refs. to be homers should be ashamed of yourselves. You want to blame the refs for letting a questionable call go after watching all of the interferences take place in the slot throughout the entire over-time? It was an exciting game, with an exciting finish. Lakeville played with their hearts and you are going to discredit their efforts by blaming an official?

Now that is my rant about last night’s game. Sorry for the dose of reality but I had to throw that out there. Good Luck to Lakeville, just hope their goalie doesn’t get injured…

Slamming on a kid that is hurt and probably trying to help his team win? Is he the coach? If he was that hurt, the coach should have pulled him. He probably tried to gut it out in order to help his team. Why couldn't Lakeville establish the zone ........... good D? Selfless or selfish? Didn't see the game ........ couldn't tell you.

Ever watch Edina play? Often they turn PK into offensive opportunities. As a matter of fact, that team excels at that.

Read your posts .............. your an EP fan/coach? I am glad you are not coaching my kid. Your kid not playing as much as you would like so you rip a future D1 player? That's uncommon

[mrright]

I highly doubt that is an EP fan breakout. No EP fan would rip on Leddy.

[breakout]

I highly doubt that is an EP fan breakout. No EP fan would rip on Leddy.

Read his posts and you determine

[whatitdobaby]

Well only if he could be consistant....Elite he did not do so well compared to the field....I would say he not the real deal.

If you were at any of the Elite 1 games in the fall you would know the whole story behind the poor stats. Yumusaklar and his partner in Elite 1 were seeing 40-50 shots a game. Fatigue starts to take a toll on a kid when he's seeing that many shots from the best kids in the state/region. Team Southeast was brutal throughout the entire fall. The goalies on the other teams were only seeing 20-30 shots in a game and sometimes even fewer. Maybe next time you call a kid inconsistant, you should formulate something to back up what you're saying rather than looking at stats from the Elite 1 website and making assumptions, when you obviously never went up to New Hope this fall to watch a game.

[hiptzech]

Slamming on a kid that is hurt and probably trying to help his team win? Is he the coach? If he was that hurt, the coach should have pulled him. He probably tried to gut it out in order to help his team. Why couldn't Lakeville establish the zone ........... good D? Selfless or selfish? Didn't see the game ........ couldn't tell you.

Ever watch Edina play? Often they turn PK into offensive opportunities. As a matter of fact, that team excels at that.

Read your posts .............. your an EP fan/coach? I am glad you are not coaching my kid. Your kid not playing as much as you would like so you rip a future D1 player? That's uncommon

Breakout,

As you are the proofreader, go back and read my post. I read your posts and I enjoy reading them, but you need to stop yourself short of falsely accusing people of skewing their vision for the benefit of their kids or favorite teams. To set the record straight, I have 3 kids (girl 13, girl 10, and boy 7), I am from Minneapolis and live in Eden Prairie. I am the father of a 7-year-old mite player, am I pissed that he isn’t on the varsity team, you bet. I am assistant coach for a mite team, I am a D-6 ref. I wear a size 9.75 skate, and I am a Libra.
Let me clarify my statements to clear up any confusion. Is Leddy a good player, Yes. I appreciate his ability to run the defense, as well as his vision of the ice and his ability to move the puck. I saw about 3-4 solid rushes by him (2 on the PK) and I am very impressed by him. Did I slam him, yes. Read the post, I also made the comment about Smith pulling him. Let’s clarify; Lee Smith is the coach of Eden Prairie. Not only should Leddy have had the vision to realize that he was not in a good physical condition to be on the ice, he should not have been out there at the time as it was a tie game in the third period. Do I think he was staying on the ice as a selfless act, yes but also selfish. I believe that in his mind he thought he should stay out and gut out the PK. IMO, he was so caught up in the moment he felt he had now choice but to stay. Did the thought actually cross my mind that he may have decided to stay out and skate it off in an effort to void getting stiff and loosing any opportunity of getting back out. Yes. Being the hockey guy that you are, you know that sometimes you need to skate it off. IMO, this was not the right moment or right game to play through the pain. Did I actually take a moment to ponder that there was no one else on the EP D-Team that could have filled his place. Yes, I did. I could not understand why Smith didn’t pull him for Rush. Rush was having a great game and could have easily filled the role while Leddy took a break. Being the hockey guy that you are and the vast knowledge of your coaching background you know that there are times in which a coach needs to assess the game situations and be able to dis-engage from the emotion and make the tough decisions. Was Smith aware of the injury, I am confident that he was. Did Smith keep Leddy out; I believe he did because he felt it was the right thing to do. As you said, you were not at the game. Had you been at the game you would likely be asking the same questions, or at the very least you would have seen the situation.

You can call it slamming, I call it, calling it what it is. Fortunately for me, I don’t have a big loyalty to any team. So to answer your question, are you an EP Fan/Coach? I am a fan of the game, I coach the game and I officiate the game. To make my point further, as I said before, I live in Eden Prairie. EP won the game, one of their best players got hurt. If I were that true of an EP fan, why wouldn’t I have just shortened my post by calling out the shots on goal, and the final score and be happy with my team winning? At no point did I say it was a cheap shot that hurt Leddy. “Typical True Fans” would put the blame of an injury of their best player on a cheap shot. Typical True Fans would point out all of the missed calls against their team and point out endless excuses for loosing. Fortunately for me, I can watch a game and not piss and moan about missed calls and blame someone else for the outcome. And, yes I have seen Edina play. In fact I have seen Edina play more that EP. I mention this to stress my point about team loyalty. The only team I have any true loyalty to is Minneapolis Southwest and considering the current state of that team I will not have much to cheer for in a long time. I was there when Peterson was coaching; I hope with my background, and assumed years of experience it may validate my limited knowledge of hockey and the game itself.

Breakout, as you I am glad I am not coaching your kid. To immediately jump to conclusions and throw out your accusations like you have, leads me to believe you would be the first parent on the team calling me up after a game to piss and moan to me. We do agree on some things, most likely more that we both think. I agree with your assessment of Edina and their abilities.

[mrright]

Hipztech, did you ever think that maybe they were in the defensive zone and Leddy, being a smart player, realized that it would be better for him to stay in the game and try to do as much as he can, rather than get off the ice and give LS a 5 on 3 oppurtunity? You have to think through a highschoolers mind, they want to win and do whats best for their team not stay on the ice like a selfish player and risk getting hurt even worse.

[GR3343]

Slamming on a kid that is hurt and probably trying to help his team win? Is he the coach? If he was that hurt, the coach should have pulled him. He probably tried to gut it out in order to help his team. Why couldn't Lakeville establish the zone ........... good D? Selfless or selfish? Didn't see the game ........ couldn't tell you.

Ever watch Edina play? Often they turn PK into offensive opportunities. As a matter of fact, that team excels at that.

Read your posts .............. your an EP fan/coach? I am glad you are not coaching my kid. Your kid not playing as much as you would like so you rip a future D1 player? That's uncommon

Breakout,

As you are the proofreader, go back and read my post. I read your posts and I enjoy reading them, but you need to stop yourself short of falsely accusing people of skewing their vision for the benefit of their kids or favorite teams. To set the record straight, I have 3 kids (girl 13, girl 10, and boy 7), I am from Minneapolis and live in Eden Prairie. I am the father of a 7-year-old mite player, am I pissed that he isn’t on the varsity team, you bet. I am assistant coach for a mite team, I am a D-6 ref. I wear a size 9.75 skate, and I am a Libra.
Let me clarify my statements to clear up any confusion. Is Leddy a good player, Yes. I appreciate his ability to run the defense, as well as his vision of the ice and his ability to move the puck. I saw about 3-4 solid rushes by him (2 on the PK) and I am very impressed by him. Did I slam him, yes. Read the post, I also made the comment about Smith pulling him. Let’s clarify; Lee Smith is the coach of Eden Prairie. Not only should Leddy have had the vision to realize that he was not in a good physical condition to be on the ice, he should not have been out there at the time as it was a tie game in the third period. Do I think he was staying on the ice as a selfless act, yes but also selfish. I believe that in his mind he thought he should stay out and gut out the PK. IMO, he was so caught up in the moment he felt he had now choice but to stay. Did the thought actually cross my mind that he may have decided to stay out and skate it off in an effort to void getting stiff and loosing any opportunity of getting back out. Yes. Being the hockey guy that you are, you know that sometimes you need to skate it off. IMO, this was not the right moment or right game to play through the pain. Did I actually take a moment to ponder that there was no one else on the EP D-Team that could have filled his place. Yes, I did. I could not understand why Smith didn’t pull him for Rush. Rush was having a great game and could have easily filled the role while Leddy took a break. Being the hockey guy that you are and the vast knowledge of your coaching background you know that there are times in which a coach needs to assess the game situations and be able to dis-engage from the emotion and make the tough decisions. Was Smith aware of the injury, I am confident that he was. Did Smith keep Leddy out; I believe he did because he felt it was the right thing to do. As you said, you were not at the game. Had you been at the game you would likely be asking the same questions, or at the very least you would have seen the situation.

You can call it slamming, I call it, calling it what it is. Fortunately for me, I don’t have a big loyalty to any team. So to answer your question, are you an EP Fan/Coach? I am a fan of the game, I coach the game and I officiate the game. To make my point further, as I said before, I live in Eden Prairie. EP won the game, one of their best players got hurt. If I were that true of an EP fan, why wouldn’t I have just shortened my post by calling out the shots on goal, and the final score and be happy with my team winning? At no point did I say it was a cheap shot that hurt Leddy. “Typical True Fans” would put the blame of an injury of their best player on a cheap shot. Typical True Fans would point out all of the missed calls against their team and point out endless excuses for loosing. Fortunately for me, I can watch a game and not piss and moan about missed calls and blame someone else for the outcome. And, yes I have seen Edina play. In fact I have seen Edina play more that EP. I mention this to stress my point about team loyalty. The only team I have any true loyalty to is Minneapolis Southwest and considering the current state of that team I will not have much to cheer for in a long time. I was there when Peterson was coaching; I hope with my background, and assumed years of experience it may validate my limited knowledge of hockey and the game itself.

Breakout, as you I am glad I am not coaching your kid. To immediately jump to conclusions and throw out your accusations like you have, leads me to believe you would be the first parent on the team calling me up after a game to piss and moan to me. We do agree on some things, most likely more that we both think. I agree with your assessment of Edina and their abilities.

Wow, I thought I was long winded.

[hiptzech]

Hipztech, did you ever think that maybe they were in the defensive zone and Leddy, being a smart player, realized that it would be better for him to stay in the game and try to do as much as he can, rather than get off the ice and give LS a 5 on 3 oppurtunity? You have to think through a highschoolers mind, they want to win and do whats best for their team not stay on the ice like a selfish player and risk getting hurt even worse.

Getting off the ice would not have created a short-handed situation. The injury happened as he gained the offense zone, shot on goal and an immediate stoppage of play. There were 3 different stoppages of play, thus opportunities for the coach and player to take the opportunity for a change. I will say, that he had one rush during the PK where the adrenalin kicked in and he handled the defensive situation. Again, I know he is a good player, with solid leadership. My point is both the coach and the player did not have complete vision of the entire situation of the game at that point. It could have cost them the game. Don’t read into my post as a complete slam on Leddy. I made the comment more around the fact that at that point of the game the decisions that were made could have cost them the win.