2008 Mississippi Eight

[HOFam'r]

Well if Jensen stays for his sr. year, 2 of the 4 top D will still be here. and there are a couple sophs that are doing OK.

Fwds they only lose Waddick and Lehn, that at this point account for 22 of the teams 174 pts so far

Its great to have that balance in scoring. But if you lose Jenson, it will hurt ALOT. A good D, makes alot happen before the puck ever goes in. But all in all, good luck to Rogers the rest of the year.

IMO I don't think it will hurt as much as some people think.
I've said this before, sometimes teams play better as a team, when they lose one very good player.
Jensen plays an offensive game, and he likes to take it end to end, this kind of leaves your fwds standing on the blueline.
But when the game becomes a passing game, more things can happen with 5 players involved rather then one. No knock to his skills he's got those! But eventually the game gets to good, and to fast for most players to pull that off.
One of the best games he played was with a bum ankle, because he moved the puck very well.

CNT, will disagree on this one. Jensen makes Rogers better no doubt about it. He is the type of player who makes others look better. I know Royals have other kids but they will need to transition into bigger roles because jensen takes a lot of heat off them now...

[Can't Never Tried]

Its great to have that balance in scoring. But if you lose Jenson, it will hurt ALOT. A good D, makes alot happen before the puck ever goes in. But all in all, good luck to Rogers the rest of the year.

IMO I don't think it will hurt as much as some people think.
I've said this before, sometimes teams play better as a team, when they lose one very good player.
Jensen plays an offensive game, and he likes to take it end to end, this kind of leaves your fwds standing on the blueline.
But when the game becomes a passing game, more things can happen with 5 players involved rather then one. No knock to his skills he's got those! But eventually the game gets to good, and to fast for most players to pull that off.
One of the best games he played was with a bum ankle, because he moved the puck very well.

CNT, will disagree on this one. Jensen makes Rogers better no doubt about it. He is the type of player who makes others look better. I know Royals have other kids but they will need to transition into bigger roles because jensen takes a lot of heat off them now...

Your right! I disagree on at least on one point, I don't see how not utilizing your teammates makes them look better?
Other wise yes his skills are and would be an asset to any team.

[Neutron 14]

IMO I don't think it will hurt as much as some people think.
I've said this before, sometimes teams play better as a team, when they lose one very good player.
Jensen plays an offensive game, and he likes to take it end to end, this kind of leaves your fwds standing on the blueline.
But when the game becomes a passing game, more things can happen with 5 players involved rather then one. No knock to his skills he's got those! But eventually the game gets to good, and to fast for most players to pull that off.
One of the best games he played was with a bum ankle, because he moved the puck very well.

CNT, will disagree on this one. Jensen makes Rogers better no doubt about it. He is the type of player who makes others look better. I know Royals have other kids but they will need to transition into bigger roles because jensen takes a lot of heat off them now...

Your right! I disagree on at least on one point, I don't see how not utilizing your teammates makes them look better?
Other wise yes his skills are and would be an asset to any team.

How many quote boxy thingys can be used? Does it matter if you use pictures of BIAFP?


I gotta know!

[Can't Never Tried]

10 is the limit......... but nice picture

[Neutron 14]

10 is the limit......... but nice picture

I guess you guys will have to change subjects! Probably not a bad thing. Fam'r can get a little windy....

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

10 is the limit......... but nice picture

I guess you guys will have to change subjects! Probably not a bad thing. Fam'r can get a little windy....

[Can't Never Tried]

In the Rogers-Monty game #20 on Rogers was taken by ambulance to the hospital after getting up ended while trying to break into the Monty zone in the 3rd period.
I don't know what the injury is, but by the way they were treating it, it could be some type of neck injury?
I will update as info becomes available.
Best wishes that it was nothing serious,and that it was just a precautionary measure.

[HOFam'r]

In the Rogers-Monty game #20 on Rogers was taken by ambulance to the hospital after getting up ended while trying to break into the Monty zone in the 3rd period.
I don't know what the injury is, but by the way they were treating it, it could be some type of neck injury?
I will update as info becomes available.
Best wishes that it was nothing serious,and that it was just a precautionary measure.

Every hockey parents nightmare...let's all hope he is ok...

[royals03]

You guys posted players that transferred to Rogers I would like to make a correction Kupka was not a transfer he played A bantams for Elk River his soph year and than went to Rogers. Kupka went to Zimmerman high school so he was a co-op player.

As far as the injury to the Rogers player I was ther he should be just fine he had some tingling in the legs but by the time they got him on the back board he was starting to feel better. I am sure he will be sore for a couple of days but I do not believe there will be any long term affects. The athletic trainer was very good she definetetly did the right thing by keeping his head still and not moving him.

I also agree that it would be nice to see Rogers get more games with higher quality teams. Marchand is an excellent coach and knows how to get his players ready so I do not think Rogers would get kicked around for to long playing stiffer competition.

Rogers never won a section game in 5a but already notched one in 5AA. Rogers actually would have probably mopped up section 5A last year if they were not moved to AA.

I am still curious when Sarsland is going to pull up his skirt and play Rogers. Well this year I guess it would be like another M8 game!

[puckulence]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

[HOFam'r]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

Speaking about heating up...well cooling down I guess...Buffalo looked slow and sluggish last night against Cambridge and although the game was in hand most of the time the Bison were able to give CI another reason to chirp at them...So while the Royals heat and play for fun the Bison look to have several players who have cooled considerably.

[buffalobill]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

Speaking about heating up...well cooling down I guess...Buffalo looked slow and sluggish last night against Cambridge and although the game was in hand most of the time the Bison were able to give CI another reason to chirp at them...So while the Royals heat and play for fun the Bison look to have several players who have cooled considerably.

Famer- I had to join this fray after reading your comments....Do you really think Buffalo will ever be successful? Seems they always have some success but never the depth to compete with the bigs. The lines are mismatched 'to keep them equal'...well all that creates is frustration with your better players and opportunities for favorites and certainly is not the best thing for the team.

If your refering to your top line not scoring as 'cooled' off...well how are they suppose to score when your evening out lines and the other teams best players are on their number one line...again frustratiing...

I know these are kids but seriously I have watched Buffalo play for 10 years and they never play to win...you said it yourself 'they play to stay in the game' and let's face it they will never be anything beyond .500 tell they play to win...

[steelheader]

CI has two defenseman who are lost. Directly responsible for 5 goals combined last night.

[Can't Never Tried]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

Speaking about heating up...well cooling down I guess...Buffalo looked slow and sluggish last night against Cambridge and although the game was in hand most of the time the Bison were able to give CI another reason to chirp at them...So while the Royals heat and play for fun the Bison look to have several players who have cooled considerably.

I'm sure the heat will be on next Thursday at the Civic Center.

Looking fwd to it!

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

You guys posted players that transferred to Rogers I would like to make a correction Kupka was not a transfer he played A bantams for Elk River his soph year and than went to Rogers. Kupka went to Zimmerman high school so he was a co-op player.

As far as the injury to the Rogers player I was ther he should be just fine he had some tingling in the legs but by the time they got him on the back board he was starting to feel better. I am sure he will be sore for a couple of days but I do not believe there will be any long term affects. The athletic trainer was very good she definetetly did the right thing by keeping his head still and not moving him.

I also agree that it would be nice to see Rogers get more games with higher quality teams. Marchand is an excellent coach and knows how to get his players ready so I do not think Rogers would get kicked around for to long playing stiffer competition.

Rogers never won a section game in 5a but already notched one in 5AA. Rogers actually would have probably mopped up section 5A last year if they were not moved to AA.

I am still curious when Sarsland is going to pull up his skirt and play Rogers. Well this year I guess it would be like another M8 game!

Your statement about Kupka is totally correct, I don't know how I missed that.

I agree that Marchand is a great coach and would get the players to play up the level of the competition if they did go against better teams than what they have in the M8.

As far as mopping up 5A last year, I think you are a little too enthusiastic. They might have had a chance to come out of it, but it would have been nowhere near a sure thing. And they were in 4AA last year, 5AA is a different story.

And do you know anything about the ER situation? It has zero to do with Sarsland. I doubt they have even approached ER with a game, although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8. We'll see.

[Neutron 14]

s although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8.

WHAT???? NO,NO,NO!!!!

[Can't Never Tried]

s although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8.

WHAT???? NO,NO,NO!!!!

It would bolster the conference, and be good for the existing teams, but IMO it would be a bad move for ER, and I highly doubt they would want to.

[WTFmate]

although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8. We'll see.

Imo, Rogers going into NWSC would be more of a likely situation. Get rid of North Metro for Rogers. just my 2 cents.

[Neutron 14]

Imo, Rogers going into NWSC would be more of a likely situation. Get rid of North Metro for Rogers. just my 2 cents.

CAN ROGERS COME OUT AND PLAY?

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

s although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8.

WHAT???? NO,NO,NO!!!!

It would bolster the conference, and be good for the existing teams, but IMO it would be a bad move for ER, and I highly doubt they would want to.

I have heard some strong rumblings that Elk River wanted into the M8, but were rebuffed because they would obviously dominate most sports in this early part just because of their size. They fit in fine geographically. It would be cool to see Zimm/Rog/ER all in the same conference, but I just don't see it happening in the M8 because nearly all of the schools in there are up & comers in terms of growing. Rogers will not be leaving the M8 for the NWSC, I can guarantee that. They were one of the strongest pushers for the M8 and have reasons for staying in it. I like the M8 how it is and I see it as how the NWSC was a few years ago, all of those cities were growing.

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Imo, Rogers going into NWSC would be more of a likely situation. Get rid of North Metro for Rogers. just my 2 cents.

CAN ROGERS COME OUT AND PLAY?

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[HOFam'r]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

Speaking about heating up...well cooling down I guess...Buffalo looked slow and sluggish last night against Cambridge and although the game was in hand most of the time the Bison were able to give CI another reason to chirp at them...So while the Royals heat and play for fun the Bison look to have several players who have cooled considerably.

Famer- I had to join this fray after reading your comments....Do you really think Buffalo will ever be successful? Seems they always have some success but never the depth to compete with the bigs. The lines are mismatched 'to keep them equal'...well all that creates is frustration with your better players and opportunities for favorites and certainly is not the best thing for the team.

If your refering to your top line not scoring as 'cooled' off...well how are they suppose to score when your evening out lines and the other teams best players are on their number one line...again frustratiing...

I know these are kids but seriously I have watched Buffalo play for 10 years and they never play to win...you said it yourself 'they play to stay in the game' and let's face it they will never be anything beyond .500 tell they play to win...

Welcome Buffalo Bill...I think Buffalo is something and like I always say 'they are what they are' The most important thing is that the kids have fun....although i must admit that I agree to some extent with you but would rather not get into it.

Bottom line Buffalo kids are trying hard despite of it all...and you can hardly blame the kids for the style they play and the lines that are chosen...they listen to the coach and try to do their best playing his style of hockey...it is what he thinks is best and at the end of the day that is the way it's going to be..right, wrong or indifferent Buffalo is what they are...

[HOFam'r]

Rogers is riding a 7 game win streak after last nights game and in those seven games the last five have gone to run time in the third period. Last night the line of 3..27..4 were very impressive and carried the weight in the absence of some suspended players. The royals seem to be heating up and the kids look like they got back to having FUN and not worrying about the little things. Go figure having fun and winning a lot of games.

Speaking about heating up...well cooling down I guess...Buffalo looked slow and sluggish last night against Cambridge and although the game was in hand most of the time the Bison were able to give CI another reason to chirp at them...So while the Royals heat and play for fun the Bison look to have several players who have cooled considerably.

I'm sure the heat will be on next Thursday at the Civic Center.

Looking fwd to it!

I am too...I think it is turning into a great rivalry game. I am sure Buffalo will be sharp...if they are not then they never will be...always fun to see this game no matter the records.

[Can't Never Tried]

although it could happen in the future with ER maybe moving to the M8. We'll see.

Imo, Rogers going into NWSC would be more of a likely situation. Get rid of North Metro for Rogers. just my 2 cents.

That would be the best thing that ever happened to the Rogers program,
But.... it has as much of a chance of happening as the watcher making any sense in a post here on the "bored"

Cue Milhouse and the Frisbee please!

[Neutron 14]

Cue Milhouse and the Frisbee please!