Edina Squirt A's

[boardmember]

waylon arent you from burnsville? mm brain washed you good...

the cup heck im depressed my kid thats a first year squirt has no chance for any scholarships they will all be gone to the mm/edina kids

Watchdog, your getting a bit to cynical! I think this long winter in Roseau is wearing on you.

Remember, last year you were part of a very talented, very good Sq A team! Search your posts... Last winter you were all over this board about Squirt hockey and Roseau Sq A. You got on Indian because he posted something like "its only squirts"

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: indian head
indian give it a rest. i am so sick of hearing crap like its only squirt hockey. let me clue you in its only youth hockey period so retire already with the my kids a bantam one step from the nhl additude. its a youth hockey board YOUTH in which lies the squirts not just bantams. if you dont want to discuess squirts goto another thread thats your choice but dont come on here telling people what to talk about. go talk about your bantam b1 player or something.

This year you have posted the names of some those Sq A kids on this board as top Pee Wee A's including your own son!

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: best peewee a
Okenson,Gust,Leverington,Codey olson,Corey olson,Braun,Severson,Maxwell,Castle,Hogenson,Halstensgaurd,Helgeson, Yon,Broten,Strand,Phalen,Anderson and Sandland all from roseau good mornining good afternoon and good nite!!!!!!

Bottom line you are passionate about hockey and care about the level your son is playing at. Its no different for those folks involved with the Edina Program.

I believe you enjoy watching good hockey, and appreciate skilled players at any age. The Edina Sq A team happens to be one of those special teams that happens once in a while( At any level). If you have the time when your in Fargo next month you may want to watch a game or 2 of theirs. I know you will appreciate the skill, passing and the speed at which those 10/11 year olds play.

I have no ties to this team I have only seen them practice and play a few games

Peace!

[spin-o-rama]

More internal competition then external huh? Well we'd better just call on the Edina program to go to the next Olympics for us then.

Edina B squirts
1-1-4 in association games

54-6-2 against everyone else

Interesting, maybe you really think we should count on them for the Olympics.

You can do better. Try this one: Kill the Olympic tv contract and just televise Edina inter-association play!

The original theory was that there is more competition for the teams internally than externally. You took a shot at comedy with the far fetched Olympic comment. I merely presented evidence to support the original theory. If you feel that it was an attempt to justify your sarcastic comment then maybe you need to be reminded that they are just squirts.

To be fair, technically I responded to your comment. I should have just quoted the original.

I have stated my opinion before that Edina should have had 2 A teams. Sometimes I wonder if 3 would have been more appropriate.

You ref a lot of games. I would be interested in your serious opinion on the subject.

[O-townClown]

Spinner, you're trying but I don't know that you'll get through. Ref and others are the people talking about these Squirts when they get older. You, the original poster, Blonde Girl's Dad, and me are talking about them in the present - as Squirts.

The argument seems to go like this:

A- Sky's blue!
B- The grass is green!
A- I don't know how you can't see that the sky is blue.
B- I'm looking at the grass and it is definitely green.
A- The discussion was about the sky and what color it is and I'm quite convinced it is blue.
B- The grass is green.

Obviously B needs to start a thread on the topic (or not) of what color the grass is.

Feel free, Jancze, ref, and others, to start a thread projecting how good the Edina Bantam team will be in four years or HS team in 6 or 7. If you do so, be sure to cover two issues - 1) how will that team do, and 2) will the team be comprised of some, most, or all of the present Squirt team. That would address the matter fully.

For now, Spinner, BGD, me, and others see no need in having a thread like that because that's a long way off.

Having people introduce the concepts of future success on a thread on about this year's team is confusing at best.

FWIW, the kids from the best Squirt team I played against went on to win two state HS championships. Their best forward was Metro POY and their best defensman played in the NHL.

[jancze5]

I said it before and I'll say it again since OTOWN in FLorida doesn't read my whole posts..

"This Edina Squirt A team is arguably one of the best Squirt teams ever assembled in Minnesota Squirt history, maybe arguably"

"They will be a favorite to win Fargo"

"pound for pound, up and down the roster, they are a very skilled team with excellent skaters (thanks to Bernie and MM, no plug intended)"

"their coaches are dedicated and the Edina organization is blessed with depth, talent, and kids willing to work hard"

"OTOWN has no idea why WE the ones who have traveled this road a few times respond with the don't get too excited"

"someday, we will all bowdown on this board to OTOWN when the Edina group wins states as PW's, Bantams, and 3 consecutive state HS titles in about 7 years or so..."

"OTOWNs kid will play AAA hockey for the South FLorida Golden Wolves"

"We all love hockey"

quote, unquote...

[watchdog]

well than ok i mentioned my kids name as a top peewee I MENTIONED THE WHOLE TEAM IT WAS SARCASIM!!!!!!!!!! never once in any post have i mentioned that their just squirts i dont cop that attitude. waylon was all over this board blowing burnsvilles horn last year and now its all edina. i dont think i was on here last year saying ARE THE ROSEAU SQUIRT A'S EVER GONA LOSE? or HOW MANY PEEWEE TEAMS CAN ROSEAU BEAT. in my memory i cant recall ever starting a thread that says ROSEAU ANYTHING..... i would never and i mean never mention my kids on this board in any serious way that they are the best at anything! i just wouldnt its not right in my book. so if you come on here talking the kind of smack waylon is you should expect alittle smack back..

[sorno82]

lets get the foil out boys and go old school hockey on each other.

[spin-o-rama]

well than ok i mentioned my kids name as a top peewee I MENTIONED THE WHOLE TEAM IT WAS SARCASIM!!!!!!!!!! never once in any post have i mentioned that their just squirts i dont cop that attitude. waylon was all over this board blowing burnsvilles horn last year and now its all edina. i dont think i was on here last year saying ARE THE ROSEAU SQUIRT A'S EVER GONA LOSE? or HOW MANY PEEWEE TEAMS CAN ROSEAU BEAT. in my memory i cant recall ever starting a thread that says ROSEAU ANYTHING..... i would never and i mean never mention my kids on this board in any serious way that they are the best at anything! i just wouldnt its not right in my book. so if you come on here talking the kind of smack waylon is you should expect alittle smack back..

Waylon is just trying to get a rise out of people. He is succeeding!

His son's team has been crushed hard twice by Edina. Rather than be resentful or jealous he admires the talent level. I think that's a good attitude.

Perhaps it is inappropriate to speculate how they would fare against peewee teams. It may be stroking their egos too much. Maybe we should put together a team of ushsho posters and lay the smackdown on them. That will teach them a lesson!

Waylon is predicting that they will go undefeated this year, including winning Fargo. Anyone want to predict a loss and give some valid reasoning? Remember, Waylon's is the only team to score more than 1 goal against them. They still lost heavy - 12-3 and 11-2.

[watchdog]

im not mad i just put in a couple of little jabs thats fun stuff. if edina is beating teams like burnsville that bad i doubt they will lose a game all year. have they played the 96 fire team?

[zboni99]

Love the posts watchdog. I had an epiphany.
SPB = I need a nap.
Yeah baby.

[boardmember]

well than ok i mentioned my kids name as a top peewee I MENTIONED THE WHOLE TEAM IT WAS SARCASIM!!!!!!!!!! never once in any post have i mentioned that their just squirts i dont cop that attitude. waylon was all over this board blowing burnsvilles horn last year and now its all edina. i dont think i was on here last year saying ARE THE ROSEAU SQUIRT A'S EVER GONA LOSE? or HOW MANY PEEWEE TEAMS CAN ROSEAU BEAT. in my memory i cant recall ever starting a thread that says ROSEAU ANYTHING..... i would never and i mean never mention my kids on this board in any serious way that they are the best at anything! i just wouldnt its not right in my book. so if you come on here talking the kind of smack waylon is you should expect alittle smack back..

Dog,

I have no problem with sarcasm, I write a bit myself. Hell, Waylon makes a living off sarcasm and baiting posters. I believe MM pays him by the word for all the times he includes MM in his posts or how great MM training is.....Its advertising for them!

As for my comment about Fargo. Make the time to go to a game or 2.

[spin-o-rama]

im not mad i just put in a couple of little jabs thats fun stuff. if edina is beating teams like burnsville that bad i doubt they will lose a game all year. have they played the 96 fire team?

A little is all good.

I don't think squirt A will be playing the 96 Fire. They did lose a second year player to that team.

Peewees have played the 95 Fire twice. Lost both times in a scrimmage and tournament.

[WatchDog'sRight]

As for my comment about Fargo. Make the time to go to a game or 2.

Yeah Dog - it's only a seven hour round trip to Fargo. Swing by for a few periods.

[HockeyDadMN]

"This Edina Squirt A team is arguably one of the best Squirt teams ever assembled in Minnesota Squirt history, maybe arguably"

Is it the team or the association?

There are maybe 4 or 5 kids on the team that really stand out, but there are probably 30 B squirts in the association that could fill the other spots and get the same results. With Edina politics the way they are, I'm sure they could field a better team around the 4-5 standouts, if you took the parents out of the equation.

I would guess the parents that are drawing attention to this team are not the parents of the 4-5 standouts. They are the politically astute parents within the association and promoting their kids in any way possible.

[waylon]

"This Edina Squirt A team is arguably one of the best Squirt teams ever assembled in Minnesota Squirt history, maybe arguably"

Is it the team or the association?

There are maybe 4 or 5 kids on the team that really stand out, but there are probably 30 B squirts in the association that could fill the other spots and get the same results. With Edina politics the way they are, I'm sure they could field a better team around the 4-5 standouts, if you took the parents out of the equation.

I would guess the parents that are drawing attention to this team are not the parents of the 4-5 standouts. They are the politically astute parents within the association and promoting their kids in any way possible.

Edina squirt A's parents,
I know alot of you know who I am. I appoligize,for some of these ridiculous posts like this one. When I started this thread it was all in fun. Your team and staff are second to none. I have the utmost respect for your program and I know all of these kids have worked much harder than most to be in this position! With that said try an take it easy on our team this weekend,it's tough to find anything good to say about a game when the score is 12-3 or 11-2

Waylon
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Bmw V7

[waylon]

well than ok i mentioned my kids name as a top peewee I MENTIONED THE WHOLE TEAM IT WAS SARCASIM!!!!!!!!!! never once in any post have i mentioned that their just squirts i dont cop that attitude. waylon was all over this board blowing burnsvilles horn last year and now its all edina. i dont think i was on here last year saying ARE THE ROSEAU SQUIRT A'S EVER GONA LOSE? or HOW MANY PEEWEE TEAMS CAN ROSEAU BEAT. in my memory i cant recall ever starting a thread that says ROSEAU ANYTHING..... i would never and i mean never mention my kids on this board in any serious way that they are the best at anything! i just wouldnt its not right in my book. so if you come on here talking the kind of smack waylon is you should expect alittle smack back..

Waylon is just trying to get a rise out of people. He is succeeding!

His son's team has been crushed hard twice by Edina. Rather than be resentful or jealous he admires the talent level. I think that's a good attitude.

Perhaps it is inappropriate to speculate how they would fare against peewee teams. It may be stroking their egos too much. Maybe we should put together a team of ushsho posters and lay the smackdown on them. That will teach them a lesson!

Waylon is predicting that they will go undefeated this year, including winning Fargo. Anyone want to predict a loss and give some valid reasoning? Remember, Waylon's is the only team to score more than 1 goal against them. They still lost heavy - 12-3 and 11-2.

Thank's Spinner,
Where do I send the check
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Family 1 engine

[selloutcrowd99]

I've seen a lot of talented teams come through Edina but no team this dominant...
14 games
132 goals for
12 goals against

They could really be something if they stay together throughout their hockey careers.

[O-townClown]

"This Edina Squirt A team is arguably one of the best Squirt teams ever assembled in Minnesota Squirt history, maybe arguably"

Is it the team or the association?

There are maybe 4 or 5 kids on the team that really stand out, but there are probably 30 B squirts in the association that could fill the other spots and get the same results. With Edina politics the way they are, I'm sure they could field a better team around the 4-5 standouts, if you took the parents out of the equation.

I would guess the parents that are drawing attention to this team are not the parents of the 4-5 standouts. They are the politically astute parents within the association and promoting their kids in any way possible.

Actually, I haven't heard rumblings that the players chosen for the A team don't belong. Quite the opposite in fact. I've heard the best B players are good enough to deserve to play A-level, but not at the expense of any kids presently playing A.

You are correct, though, that you could take off the 2nd and 3rd line and replace them with other players and not see much dropoff. That age group is pretty deep. 12 teams at Squirt level this season.

[O-townClown]

I said it before and I'll say it again since OTOWN in FLorida doesn't read my whole posts..

Jancze, I do read your whole posts. A frequent refrain is that you don't want people talking about them because "they're only Squirts".

This most recent post was real good and kept things in the present but deviated at the end with two points - one about my son being a Golden Wolf in the future and the other about Edina winning at the Bantam or HS level as these kids matriculate. I'll leave the crystal ball stuff to you.

Big development in our household yesterday. My son asked that his birthday cake order be changed from a hockey cake to a soccer cake. This is great news... for a long time he has said he didn't like soccer. He played two seasons and I knew he had fun. Turns out playing every day at recess sparked a passion and now he wants to play again this Spring.

Ah to be 5 again.

[theref]

Edina B squirts
1-1-4 in association games

54-6-2 against everyone else

Interesting, maybe you really think we should count on them for the Olympics.

You can do better. Try this one: Kill the Olympic tv contract and just televise Edina inter-association play!

The original theory was that there is more competition for the teams internally than externally. You took a shot at comedy with the far fetched Olympic comment. I merely presented evidence to support the original theory. If you feel that it was an attempt to justify your sarcastic comment then maybe you need to be reminded that they are just squirts.

To be fair, technically I responded to your comment. I should have just quoted the original.

I have stated my opinion before that Edina should have had 2 A teams. Sometimes I wonder if 3 would have been more appropriate.

You ref a lot of games. I would be interested in your serious opinion on the subject.

You want my serious opinion on this and I'm happy to give it to you. Not only is it only squirts, it's also "just youth hockey". I think it's funny as to how we have all these polls and rankings and how everyone comes on here talking about how great their team is like all of the players are the next coming of a state championship team. Sports is about competeing, but I think some parents, players, and coaches are taking it to a whole different level. I mean for godsake, it's a game, have fun, and who cares about who's the best and whether or not squirts could beat peewees and whatever else. Yes I do ref a lot of hockey games and I will tell you what I see, more kids and parents trying to get somewhere than trying to have fun on the rink.

[spin-o-rama]

Interesting, maybe you really think we should count on them for the Olympics.

You can do better. Try this one: Kill the Olympic tv contract and just televise Edina inter-association play!

The original theory was that there is more competition for the teams internally than externally. You took a shot at comedy with the far fetched Olympic comment. I merely presented evidence to support the original theory. If you feel that it was an attempt to justify your sarcastic comment then maybe you need to be reminded that they are just squirts.

To be fair, technically I responded to your comment. I should have just quoted the original.

I have stated my opinion before that Edina should have had 2 A teams. Sometimes I wonder if 3 would have been more appropriate.

You ref a lot of games. I would be interested in your serious opinion on the subject.

You want my serious opinion on this and I'm happy to give it to you. Not only is it only squirts, it's also "just youth hockey". I think it's funny as to how we have all these polls and rankings and how everyone comes on here talking about how great their team is like all of the players are the next coming of a state championship team. Sports is about competeing, but I think some parents, players, and coaches are taking it to a whole different level. I mean for godsake, it's a game, have fun, and who cares about who's the best and whether or not squirts could beat peewees and whatever else. Yes I do ref a lot of hockey games and I will tell you what I see, more kids and parents trying to get somewhere than trying to have fun on the rink.

I think everyone on here would agree that it is "just squirts" and "just youth hockey" There is a lot of admiration for the talent of this squirt team. I have yet to see a post from an Edina chest-thumping parent, player, or coach. If there is a problem with people talking about youth state championships then maybe you can start a campaign to do away with them. The most anyone has said about the Edina squirts is to speculate on them winning Fargo.

The original question was if the Edina squirts had more competition internally or externally. We all know the squirt A record. I posted the squirt B record as another exhibit. I was hoping you could post from seeing them play on the ice.

My thought is that Edina and the associations it plays would benefit from Edina having more A teams to balance the field. I hardly feel that is braggart. There are certainly other ideas out there. I was hoping to hear some.

[Messier]

I have been reading most of the post on the Edina Squirt A team, and yes I would say they are the best Squirt A team to date that I have seen. There are some other good teams out there. But I will say this somebody is going to beat this team this year and that team is going to play a great game vs. Edina. They are skilled, but the right team will beat them. I have seen Edina play 4 times and I KNOW they can be beat. Don't be surprised if they DON'T win Fargo. There is a team, I feel has the goalie and the palyers to beat Edina and I promise this, it will happen. Edina is very good and maybe the best Squirt A team put together in Minnesota, but some team out there is going to beat them. Mark my words. My Top 5 Squirt Teams this year are below. Any thoughts?
1. Edina
2. Wayzata
3. Eden Prairie
4. Lakeville North
5. Burnsville

[slapper5]

lakeville n should be #2 y would they be #4
What was the score of the Wayzata Edina GAME 9-1 Edina
Lakeville N 1 Edina 2

[O-townClown]

Problem is Mess, your #2 team lost 9-1 to Edina when they played! That isn't a hot/cold goalie away or one coaching adjustment. That's a big gulf to bridge!

[Messier]

O-Town,
Your right Wayzata got beat 9-1. Don't know if Wayzata has played Lakeville North yet, but I feel LVN would lose to Wayzata, EP could play Wayzata next weekend in the Bloomington Squirt A Tourney Semi-Finals. EP has a very good Goalie that beat Edina last year back this year and a strong team and yes they have lost 2 games this year with their #2 goalie in net. Good players, and I know their coaching staff does everything they can to get information about a team they are playing to give their players the best chance to win and to be competitive. I saw that when EP played against us this year. Beat us 7-0. If you can get the players to step out of their normal game and play something different and do it well they could be the team that beats Edina. I feel Edina D are the weak point of their team and I have seen teams get good scoring chances on them, but you also can not run around in your zone vs. Edina to skilled, clog the middle. A good goalie and the right game play will beat Edina.

[boardmember]

O-Town,
Your right Wayzata got beat 9-1. Don't know if Wayzata has played Lakeville North yet, but I feel LVN would lose to Wayzata, EP could play Wayzata next weekend in the Bloomington Squirt A Tourney Semi-Finals. EP has a very good Goalie that beat Edina last year back this year and a strong team and yes they have lost 2 games this year with their #2 goalie in net. Good players, and I know their coaching staff does everything they can to get information about a team they are playing to give their players the best chance to win and to be competitive. I saw that when EP played against us this year. Beat us 7-0. If you can get the players to step out of their normal game and play something different and do it well they could be the team that beats Edina. I feel Edina D are the weak point of their team and I have seen teams get good scoring chances on them, but you also can not run around in your zone vs. Edina to skilled, clog the middle. A good goalie and the right game play will beat Edina.

Wayzata, Lakeville N, Burnsville and Rochester will play each other next week at Bloomington.


E.P will not be the #1 seed out of their pool, they play Chaska, Lakeville South and 97 Fire