Roseau or Edina? Whos the best?

[Amos]

These must be only State Tournament games. Ocasionally they meet in regular season and the one I'll never forget is when Edina ended up in Roseau and was leading going into the third period by 8-0 or 8-1. The final was Roseau 9 and Edina 8. Ikola was still coach. Does anyone else remember it?

I don't remember anything like that happening in the 80s. 70s or 90s maybe. Down 7 goals and they came back to win? You sure?

I was thinking it was in the 80s but someone else will remember it.....the rink was full. shoulder to shoulder. I'll do some research.

[BERG RENOLZ]

These must be only State Tournament games. Ocasionally they meet in regular season and the one I'll never forget is when Edina ended up in Roseau and was leading going into the third period by 8-0 or 8-1. The final was Roseau 9 and Edina 8. Ikola was still coach. Does anyone else remember it?

I don't remember anything like that happening in the 80s. 70s or 90s maybe. Down 7 goals and they came back to win? You sure?

I was thinking it was in the 80s but someone else will remember it.....the rink was full. shoulder to shoulder. I'll do some research.

I'm too young to have been there, but i've heard the story from my dad. I think it was late 70's or early 80's, not sure of the year.

[Neutron 14]

I vaguely remember it. I remember laughing my arse off too...

When Edina loses, everybody wins! Its always been that way, and it always will....

[Fargo]

I don't remember anything like that happening in the 80s. 70s or 90s maybe. Down 7 goals and they came back to win? You sure?

I was thinking it was in the 80s but someone else will remember it.....the rink was full. shoulder to shoulder. I'll do some research.

I'm too young to have been there, but i've heard the story from my dad. I think it was late 70's or early 80's, not sure of the year.

Early 80's but I think it was only a 6 goal lead. I think the game was against Edina West so Ikola was not the coach.

[Amos]

I was thinking it was in the 80s but someone else will remember it.....the rink was full. shoulder to shoulder. I'll do some research.

I'm too young to have been there, but i've heard the story from my dad. I think it was late 70's or early 80's, not sure of the year.

Early 80's but I think it was only a 6 goal lead. I think the game was against Edina West so Ikola was not the coach.

My source tonight said that it was the 79-80 season. He remembers it distinctly because they were listening to it on the way back from the airport in Winnipeg. It's possible that I have the wrong coach.

[ACTUALFORMERPLAYER]

I'm too young to have been there, but i've heard the story from my dad. I think it was late 70's or early 80's, not sure of the year.

Early 80's but I think it was only a 6 goal lead. I think the game was against Edina West so Ikola was not the coach.

My source tonight said that it was the 79-80 season. He remembers it distinctly because they were listening to it on the way back from the airport in Winnipeg. It's possible that I have the wrong coach.

It was Ikola as coach and it was East. West beat Roseau 2-1 a few days later. I was there but also too young to remeber the exact details. It was 6-1 going into the third. Rumor or legend (I was not in the locker room) has it that Ikola asked a Roseau kid if he should bring back the JV for the third. That probably didn't happen but that was the between period speech. Roseau comes out and scores six unanswered for the win. I believe the kid Ikola "made" the JV comment to later went on to the Gophers and NHL. There are at least three guys posting here that were on that Ram team that can correct my mistakes.

[O-townClown]

So far we have the 7 or 8 goal lead down to 5, MUCH more believable.

Fish tale. More clarity on year, teams, coaches, margin, and final score would be nice.

Edina West 1981 was awesome and got upset by South St. Paul in the first round of the state tournament. They were #1 going into the Civic Center. The game ended after the Cougars netted a tying shot in the final minute but were ruled offside.

I don't know how good East was that year. It is possible they were a little down.

There were enough underclassmen on East and West that the 1982 team was set when school started. The merged school beat Mariner 6-0 in the very one-sided final.

I'll believe East 1980-81 season.

[Amos]

So far we have the 7 or 8 goal lead down to 5, MUCH more believable.

Fish tale. More clarity on year, teams, coaches, margin, and final score would be nice.


I'll believe East 1980-81 season.

My source is sticking to his year.....79-80 season.....the year before his oldest son was born. Sorry about the 7 or 8 goal lead. Against Edina, even 5 was impressive.

[Green and White Fan]

I can not remember the year, but it was late 70's but I do remember the game. Roseau had a nice rivalry then with Edina. Many people had left Memorial in disgust after the Rams trailed 6-1 after two periods. The game was on KRWB 1410 and people who left were listening. As the Rams closed the gap, people began to filter back into the arena. The final was 7-6 Roseau. Either the weather was warm outside or the amount of people at the game, cause the ceiling of the old barn to drip. I can still remember the bumps that were forming on the ice in places from the dripping ceiling. The new arenas and the repairs to the old ones are nice, but something has to said for the excitement of the game and the rinks 30 years ago!

[watchdog]

to many errors

[yasoguy]

One more factoid:

That was at a time when the periods were not only shorter, but much shorter!

12:00 each!

[O-townClown]

the brotens were playing for roseau when it happend edina was up 5-1 going into the third roseau came back and won 6-5

Okay, Watchdog has whittled this down to a four goal lead. Much more believable.

If "the Brotens" were playing for Roseau it was not 79-80 because Neil was busy doing something else. I think Neil graduated in 1978 and Aaron in 1979. "The Brotens" makes is 77-78, no?

Yaso - I don't recall periods being less than 15 minutes. Wow, those were pretty short games!

[DCwildcats]

Better question - what are the odds these two teams actually will play each other at the X for the championship(if they both make it to state, they woulod have to be 1 and 2 seeds, right?)? Both have sections and then 2 games at state to make it possible.

I'd say 25% at best. How many years has a #1 or #2 rated team not get out of sections? Ask Holy Angels the last 2 years....

[yasoguy]

Maybe that shows my age, but I remember it. Not sure when that changed to 15 minutes, but you are just getting warmed up at the 12 minute mark.

[Sparlimb]

I'd have to say both Roseau and Edina are who we thought they were. That's why we take the d@mn ice! If you want to crown them, then crown their a$$. But they are who we thought they were!

[Can't Never Tried]

I'd have to say both Roseau and Edina are who we thought they were. That's why we take the d@mn ice! If you want to crown them, then crown their a$$. But they are who we thought they were!

[pistol]

Runners-Up and Third Place?

[Can't Never Tried]

Runners-Up and Third Place?

Why did Ness transfer?

[Green and White Fan]

The game in question took place on Dec. 27th, 1980, so no, the Brotens were not on the team. The Rams did trail 6-1 after 2 periods, with the lone Rams goal coming from Jay Otto. The 3rd period saw 2 goals coming from Steve Storo, two goals coming from, (soon to be Gopher)Billy Yon and one from Keith Beito. THe game went to overtime and Keith Beito fired a shot that hit Larry Goos and deflected into the net for the winning goal. The Rams outshot Edina East 51 to 35. It was the first win over Edina since 1968. Aaron Ness' dad, Jay was also a member of that Roseau team. Hopefully thsi will put that to rest. What that has to do with this years teams, I am not sure, but some interesting history anyway.

[east hockey]

Had this Board been active in 2000, no doubt someone would have started a topic about "Elk River or Eden Prariie? Who's the Best?". Well, guess what happened to those teams that season.

Being crowned "the best" by a group of anonymous posters during the regular season doesn't mean much. It's certainly inconsequential to the teams who step on the ice and actually play the games.

Lee

[O-townClown]

The game in question took place on Dec. 27th, 1980, so no, the Brotens were not on the team. The Rams did trail 6-1 after 2 periods, with the lone Rams goal coming from Jay Otto. The 3rd period saw 2 goals coming from Steve Storo, two goals coming from, (soon to be Gopher)Billy Yon and one from Keith Beito. THe game went to overtime and Keith Beito fired a shot that hit Larry Goos and deflected into the net for the winning goal. The Rams outshot Edina East 51 to 35. It was the first win over Edina since 1968. Aaron Ness' dad, Jay was also a member of that Roseau team. Hopefully thsi will put that to rest. What that has to do with this years teams, I am not sure, but some interesting history anyway.

G&W:

Thanks for the history lesson!

1980-81 season. Edina West went into the state tournament #1 in Minnesota and lost to South St. Paul. The underclassmen from both East and West won state in 1982 - Brian Cutshall, Wally Chapman (I think, but he might be a year older), the Devoe brothers, Dan Carroll, Bill Brauer.

Roseau went to state in 1981 and lost to Irondale (which probably had Scott Bjugstad) in the first round and Edina West in the consolation bracket. State was won by Jefferson with 8 losses during the season, mainly due to the difficult Lake South schedule.

I'm not sure how good Edina East was that year. They were down, I just don't know how much. An incredibly exciting game for sure.

[AngusYoung]

Had this Board been active in 2000, no doubt someone would have started a topic about "Elk River or Eden Prariie? Who's the Best?". Well, guess what happened to those teams that season.

Being crowned "the best" by a group of anonymous posters during the regular season doesn't mean much. It's certainly inconsequential to the teams who step on the ice and actually play the games.

Lee

That may be so, but the Hounds still won't do ship this year!

AY

[DewBWah]

Come on DogWatcher. With all your wealth of info, you should know more about when and who your relatives were playing.

[watchdog]

to late to correct errors

[DewBWah]

You may not write very well but at least I see you can read.

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The game in question took place on Dec. 27th, 1980, so no, the Brotens were not on the team. The Rams did trail 6-1 after 2 periods, with the lone Rams goal coming from Jay Otto. The 3rd period saw 2 goals coming from Steve Storo, two goals coming from, (soon to be Gopher)Billy Yon and one from Keith Beito. THe game went to overtime and Keith Beito fired a shot that hit Larry Goos and deflected into the net for the winning goal. The Rams outshot Edina East 51 to 35. It was the first win over Edina since 1968. Aaron Ness' dad, Jay was also a member of that Roseau team. Hopefully thsi will put that to rest. What that has to do with this years teams, I am not sure, but some interesting history anyway.