Section 1AA final- Lakeville South vs. Lakeville North

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:09 am

So now we've digressed to the point where we need to disrespect a team from 1aa that won 2 out of 3 at state last year? I've watched both Lakeville teams this year and although south is the better team their chances at state are pretty slim. Can't we just lay off the teams that have been placed in this section and accept the fact that the system produced this and ridiculing the teams is pointless. Cloquet is in with a similar record, should we start bashing them? After 40+ years of watching this tourney with very few exceptions there has always been at least one team that was overmatched. Sure its every high school players dream to make it to the show, we even came up with class A to allow more kids to participate. Ripping on teams for qualiying through a flawed process helps no one. IT IS WHAT IT IS.....MOVE ON.

rbk28 · Post by **rbk28** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:13 am

etune21 wrote:hey mr hockey, for your information i do not go to burnsville, and im guessing that you go to lakeville?? dont even act like you dont. have fun watchin which ever school you go to get spanked by someone good....

idk just a guess but y would mrhockey have Warroad for his location if he was from Lakeville? I'm with most of your statements bcuz i do believe that both teams are garbage, but im pretty sure mrhockey is just stating a good point by saying everyone controls their own destiny

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:33 am

Garbage? The hard working kids that chose to stay in their hometown program are garbage? thats just wrong! Give them enough repect to at least be considered average. Kennedy was 0-25 but does that give anybody the right to call them garbage? As unlikely as it is, comments like this make me hope that one of the two teams shocks someone at state. Neither team has been on this forum touting their success or good fortune, I agree that by any other method of qualifying neither of these clubs would even be considered, but garbage? Good lord have a little class!!!!!

fan2007 · Post by **fan2007** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:43 am

Well said KYHU. Too many KIDS on here think they will feel better about themselves if they find a dog to kick (1AA or 3A). I hope for the sake of the hockey world these kids do not grow up to become coaches and influence the next generation in any way.

tjkhavgam · Post by **tjkhavgam** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:53 am

its just truly pathetic that one of these teams will go to state and whoever does has NO CHANCE at winning in the state tourney!!

minnesotahockeyfan · Post by **minnesotahockeyfan** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:56 am

[quote="tjkhavgam"]its just truly pathetic that one of these teams will go to state and whoever does has NO CHANCE at winning in the state tourney!![/quote]

bitter Burnsville fan

gotta love them

tjkhavgam · Post by **tjkhavgam** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:10 am

Poor Imitation wrote:
tjkhavgam wrote:its just truly pathetic that one of these teams will go to state and whoever does has NO CHANCE at winning in the state tourney!!
bitter Burnsville fan gotta love them

even with burnsville not going to state they still had a better season then south and north combined..burnsville has mor wins then south and north do combined thats a joke and im sure lakeville is happy that they got kicked around in the lake all year long and now get to walk into state while playing against section opponents that some jv teams could beat

minnesotahockeyfan · Post by **minnesotahockeyfan** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:12 am

[quote="tjkhavgam"][quote="Poor Imitation"][quote="tjkhavgam"]its just truly pathetic that one of these teams will go to state and whoever does has NO CHANCE at winning in the state tourney!![/quote]

bitter Burnsville fan

gotta love them[/quote]
even with burnsville not going to state they still had a better season then south and north combined..burnsville has mor wins then south and north do combined thats a joke and im sure lakeville is happy that they got kicked around in the lake all year long and now get to walk into state while playing against section opponents that some jv teams could beat[/quote]

give it up man, South finished right in the middle of the conference, was beating your beloved Blaze after 2 periods, and beat themsevles with penalties...South is no pushover..

If anything, you should be a fan of a team that starts slow, and comes out of nowhere to make some noise, exactly like Burnsville did last year.

tjkhavgam · Post by **tjkhavgam** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:16 am

Poor Imitation wrote:
tjkhavgam wrote:
Poor Imitation wrote: bitter Burnsville fan gotta love them
even with burnsville not going to state they still had a better season then south and north combined..burnsville has mor wins then south and north do combined thats a joke and im sure lakeville is happy that they got kicked around in the lake all year long and now get to walk into state while playing against section opponents that some jv teams could beat
give it up man, South finished right in the middle of the conference, was beating your beloved Blaze after 2 periods, and beat themsevles with penalties...South is no pushover..

If anything, you should be a fan of a team that starts slow, and comes out of nowhere to make some noise, exactly like Burnsville did last year.

burnsville made noise by proving themselves my being the underdog vs eagan and aha and by going to state they beat the best team of the year in the regular season which was aha..they deserved and proved that they belonged in state last year!! has north or south proved that they deserve to go to state..ABSOLUTELY NOT

minnesotahockeyfan · Post by **minnesotahockeyfan** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:19 am

[quote="tjkhavgam"][quote="Poor Imitation"][quote="tjkhavgam"][quote="Poor Imitation"][quote="tjkhavgam"]its just truly pathetic that one of these teams will go to state and whoever does has NO CHANCE at winning in the state tourney!![/quote]

bitter Burnsville fan

gotta love them[/quote]
even with burnsville not going to state they still had a better season then south and north combined..burnsville has mor wins then south and north do combined thats a joke and im sure lakeville is happy that they got kicked around in the lake all year long and now get to walk into state while playing against section opponents that some jv teams could beat[/quote]

give it up man, South finished right in the middle of the conference, was beating your beloved Blaze after 2 periods, and beat themsevles with penalties...South is no pushover..

If anything, you should be a fan of a team that starts slow, and comes out of nowhere to make some noise, exactly like Burnsville did last year.[/quote]
burnsville made noise by proving themselves my being the underdog vs eagan and aha and by going to state they beat the best team of the year in the regular season which was aha..they deserved and proved that they belonged in state last year!! has north or south proved that they deserve to go to state..ABSOLUTELY NOT[/quote]

so by your rational a team that wins their section doesnt deserve to go to state? WHat do you want these Lakevilel teams to do? have a play in game against Roseau before making state??? If they beat the teams put in front of them in section play..they deserve to be there...just like Burnsville did last year. now quit being so bitter about it, and enjoy the tourney.

tjkhavgam · Post by **tjkhavgam** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:22 am

Poor Imitation wrote:
tjkhavgam wrote:
Poor Imitation wrote: give it up man, South finished right in the middle of the conference, was beating your beloved Blaze after 2 periods, and beat themsevles with penalties...South is no pushover..

If anything, you should be a fan of a team that starts slow, and comes out of nowhere to make some noise, exactly like Burnsville did last year.
burnsville made noise by proving themselves my being the underdog vs eagan and aha and by going to state they beat the best team of the year in the regular season which was aha..they deserved and proved that they belonged in state last year!! has north or south proved that they deserve to go to state..ABSOLUTELY NOT
so by your rational a team that wins their section doesnt deserve to go to state? WHat do you want these Lakevilel teams to do? have a play in game against Roseau before making state??? If they beat the teams put in front of them in section play..they deserve to be there...just like Burnsville did last year. now quit being so bitter about it, and enjoy the tourney.

its not lakevilles fault that they were givin a state apearence its whoever comes up with the sections and its a joke how there made but like i said in an earlier post..good luck to the sisters of the poor vs the sisters of the poor

minnesotahockeyfan · Post by **minnesotahockeyfan** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:24 am

lol, a team above .500 in the Lake Conference referred to as "sisters of the poor" ....lol

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:28 am

Hey, Maybe we'll see transfers to lakeville now that it seems like a road map to state. Pathetic? Pathetic is getting on this forum and endlessly whining about a lesser team qualifying for state. Like I stated in an earlier post, essentially every year somebody makes it that likely shouldn't..is it the close proximity to some of the teams that have fallen in sections that is causing all this acrimony about lakeville? I can see it now, whoever goes does the two and out and then you guys spend the next month ripping them all over again...for what? Will it make you feel any better? I say you organize a pac and lobby the MSHSL to rectify this travesty so future generations of hockey followers won't be sujected to such terrible miscarriages of justice. Maybe you could carry signs at the ex protesting the fact that a lakeville team is being allowed to play. You could spend some of the money to buy air time on channel 29 so you could make even more hockey fans aware of the brutal inequities being carried out in our very own state of hockey. I'd suggest that you take any remaining funds and file a class action suit on behalf of all teams that have been unduely wronged by the current system. Perhaps that will take up so much of your time you'll be too busy to spend time ripping a bunch of innocent high school kids that just happen to be part of an aveage hockey team.

Prodigy · Post by **Prodigy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:10 am

blaze kid, yes I did move to lakeville 4 years ago and no I am about 10 years too old to play for any high school team. I realize you are angry that your burnsville team isn't going to state, they desevered to, and I never have made south to be like a god...I have simply been defending them from people that say they are no good...by your immature comments im guessing your probably in high school, probably just lost the section final to edina as a matter of fact...so I'm not going to argue with you, I'll just leave you with a simple fact...only one team from the lake conference is going to make it to state...and I'll give you a hint, its not Burnsville...

rbk28 · Post by **rbk28** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:22 am

keepyourheadup wrote:Garbage? The hard working kids that chose to stay in their hometown program are garbage? thats just wrong! Give them enough repect to at least be considered average. Kennedy was 0-25 but does that give anybody the right to call them garbage? As unlikely as it is, comments like this make me hope that one of the two teams shocks someone at state. Neither team has been on this forum touting their success or good fortune, I agree that by any other method of qualifying neither of these clubs would even be considered, but garbage? Good lord have a little class!!!!!

Yea I can say they are garbage....that's the problem nowadays...everyone has to be a winner...nobody can lose. "You can't hurt someone's feelings" So, this forum is for OPINIONS and I think that both lakeville teams are garbage...sorry if i'm not classy enough for you.

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:44 am

What does losing and garbage have to do with one another, by that measure all but 2 teams will end up garbage. Only the champs go out as winners? I guess all the kids competing across the state that didn't have much success should just give up, quit playing and accept their lot in life as garbage losers, but your entitled to your opinion albeit a classless one.

HockeyHotHead · Post by **HockeyHotHead** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:22 am

Okay..Has anyone even gone to WATCH a Lakeville South game lately? They have really come together. They were down a few seniors in the beginning of the season, and the juniors really did step up. I have gone to every Lakeville South home game and have watched them progress as a team. I have every confidence in the world that they will not let their school down in the section game tonight. As for state, they have nothing to lose. They just want to play. No one can deny them that. Let their seniors have a great last year and let them play. Enough with the banter about how they don't deserve it. They beat their competition fair and square to get to section finals. Let's not praise teams with "big names" who get to play the TV games simply by their name, and let's allow some other kids in there to prove themselves.

Lucia4President · Post by **Lucia4President** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:28 am

Should be an interesting game. Rivals always play each other tough, and I'm sure they will have a little extra ambition because this is a section final. Should be a good, close game.

How many people from Lakeville are going to make the trip down to Rochester? Maybe section 1AA should do the same thing that 8AA did and have an agreement arranged before the year to move the final if 2 teams from the cities (Lakeville North, South, or Farmington) are playing for the trip to State.

I can imagine that Ames or the new rink in Lakeville would be more fitting than the Rec Center and an hour drive.

Prodigy · Post by **Prodigy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:52 am

luica, that would seem like a good idea and I totally agree with it but they would probably have to agree to play at like mariucci or some place that can hold more people. I don't think Ames or Hasse arena has quite the capacity to hold a section final between two cross town rivals.

STEV16 · Post by **STEV16** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:53 am

North wins by 1

Lucia4President · Post by **Lucia4President** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:10 pm

Prodigy wrote:luica, that would seem like a good idea and I totally agree with it but they would probably have to agree to play at like mariucci or some place that can hold more people. I don't think Ames or Hasse arena has quite the capacity to hold a section final between two cross town rivals.

I would agree about the capacity of the arenas. I think Mariucci might be too big, though. If there are empty seats it eliminates the atmosphere. What about somewhere like the Coliseum or Ridder?

Prodigy · Post by **Prodigy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:24 pm

those would be two good alternatives I think

mvhockey12 · Post by **mvhockey12** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:29 pm

Go North.

Prodigy · Post by **Prodigy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:49 pm

Final:
South-3
North-0

In what actually was a pretty even game. Both teams look a little nervous for the first two periods. South scored about 20 seconds into the 3rd period, added another a couple mins. later on a pretty passing play and then got the empty netter at the end. Not the prettiest of games but a win is a win and South will be headed to the show.

a side note- Yumusaklar shut out the entire section playoffs, hes hot at the right time

eagle4life9 · Post by **eagle4life9** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:12 am

It was a relatively close game but with the scoring chances North was getting did you really think they were going to score? The only way that was going to happen was on a tip/screen when Johnson would shoot. Other than that alot of there shots werent really quality shots.

South didnt play great today but it might have been that they were nervous and North played pretty well. Hawk seems to be seeing the puck great right now and could definately steal a game.

Go 1AA!