meltdown invite

[mclovinu]

CB00, was there a 94 lightning team last year? & who are some of the playrs.Also do you know anything about the jr blackhawks?guessing they are out of IA.But heard the team consits mostly of minny. players any feedback would be great thanks

[clickclick]

Blackhawks team is mostly based out of Minnesota. Couple kids from Iowa, chicago, Milwaukee. Good team though

[CB00]

Blades 4 Pembina Hawks 2
BlackHawks 3 Team Synergy 1

Seeding
#1 Blades (3-0)
#2 BlackHawks (3-0)
#3 Canadian Thunder (2-1)
#4 Pembina Hawks (2-1)

#1 vs #4
#2 vs #3

should be a exciting final round

[54fighting]

According to the showcase website the 94 seedings are:

#1- Blades
#2- Blackhawks
#3- Canadian Thunder
#4 - Team Midwest

[trippedovertheblueline]

Blades entered four teams into Meltdown, each won their tournament.

99' MN Blades
98' MN Blades
95' MN Blades
94' MN Blades

not sure whom won the 93, 96, 97.

[puckfan]

In case your shoulder popped out while patting yourself on the back, here are the steps to perform a manual relocation (dislocated shoulder!)

Performed by individual, without medical attention...

1)Make sure the upper arm is in its resting position, perpendicular to the ground if standing or seated. The patient may have the elbow bent and possibly drawn into the chest, which is also acceptable. Relocation performed by the injured individual is often the most bearable if laying down.

2)Bend the elbow at a 90 degree angle.

3)Rotate arm and shoulder inward, towards the chest, to make an "L" shape. Use the other arm to help pull, as muscles in the arm with the injured shoulder will be weak and not necessarily function correctly.
Slowly, but steadily rotate arm and shoulder outward, being sure to keep upper arm stationary. Make a fist in the arm of the injured side. Hold on to this wrist with the other arm and push slowly. When the lower arm is just past 90 degrees to the chest, the shoulder should be coaxed back into the shoulder joint. This will not be a comfortable experience, but do not give in to the pain.

4)Repeat this process until the shoulder is relocated. Depending upon the tightness of the shoulder, this process may take a few tries. For repeat dislocations, this will be easier because the shoulder is already loose. If this fails to reset the dislocation, seek medical attention.

5)When the shoulder pops back into its joint, relief will come immediately. At this point, gently rotate the arm in the other direction, back towards the chest, then rest.

[watchdog]

let me give some insight to the blades sucess in this tourney. my son played for the hawks we were up 2-1 with 4 minutes left. at 3 something left in the game our goalie covers a loose puck the refs than allow play to go on for another 5 seconds until finally one of the blades players jam it home. 2-2. now if thats not bad enough than the refs call the 1st penalty of the game on a joke tripping call at center ice with alittle over two minutes left. (1st and only penalty of a very physicaly played game) so the gift penalty with the added bonus of the kick in goal put them up 3-2 and than the empty netter for your final 4-2. so befor we get to high on the blades lets remember this is their tourney and their gona get all the calls possible.

[DMom]

puck fan, great post

[zyzxx]

let me give some insight to the blades sucess in this tourney. my son played for the hawks we were up 2-1 with 4 minutes left. at 3 something left in the game our goalie covers a loose puck the refs than allow play to go on for another 5 seconds until finally one of the blades players jam it home. 2-2. now if thats not bad enough than the refs call the 1st penalty of the game on a joke tripping call at center ice with alittle over two minutes left. (1st and only penalty of a very physicaly played game) so the gift penalty with the added bonus of the kick in goal put them up 3-2 and than the empty netter for your final 4-2. so befor we get to high on the blades lets remember this is their tourney and their gona get all the calls possible.

How is this the Blade's tourney? I was under the impression the invite/open Meltdown was run by Showcase.

[goep]

let me give some insight to the blades sucess in this tourney. my son played for the hawks we were up 2-1 with 4 minutes left. at 3 something left in the game our goalie covers a loose puck the refs than allow play to go on for another 5 seconds until finally one of the blades players jam it home. 2-2. now if thats not bad enough than the refs call the 1st penalty of the game on a joke tripping call at center ice with alittle over two minutes left. (1st and only penalty of a very physicaly played game) so the gift penalty with the added bonus of the kick in goal put them up 3-2 and than the empty netter for your final 4-2. so befor we get to high on the blades lets remember this is their tourney and their gona get all the calls possible.

Easy big boy. This is not the Blades tournament. Get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself again.

[Lowstickside]

The Blades organization puts on the Super Series each spring. I think Showcase puts on the Meltdown.

[Tenoverpar]

Watchdog..

-This tournament is hosted by SHOWCASE hockey. SHOWCASE has 2 teams playing AAA in this tournament, both with Easton jerseys on, not the Blades.

-The Blades have NEVER said anything anywhere at anytime about having superior players to anyone. It's a team game and they won at each level playing team hockey with probably less actual studs and more players in the right system. If you don't think it's commendable to appreciate that one program won at 4 levels, then you're just a sore loser.

- So what you're saying is your sons team blew a 2-1 lead with less than 4 minutes on the clock and it's the REF's fault?

[Tenoverpar]

Forget the Blades-Hawks game which was actually a great hockey game, did anyone play the Canadian Thunder team?

I honestly haven't seen a cheaper, dirtier, get off the ice and go home because your an embarrassment to even have here, team. Every game they were in they had players ejected, fights, malays, it was a mess.
This program should be embarrassed to exist.

I watched 2 players take 2 handed chops at the helmets of other players in the last minute of the game, obviously in frustration they were losing, again. I feel bad for the few players on this team who actually are just hockey players and there to try and win and not there to be an idiot.

I'd hesitate to bring any team from this program to any Minnesota events in the future, this display was a disgrace.

[ponyup]

My son was on a team that played at the 1997 level. Our team was a late entry because teams were needed. While we were outclassed and did come close to winning any games I found it amazing how many good hockey players are out there at this age. We basically play on the north, east side of town and dont get to see teams like we saw this week. Our kids played hard kept their heads up and probably got better from this experience.


I got to watch 4 games plus several periods of other games.
Good players I circled in my program

Madison Capitals #3 #5 #3 one of top players in the tourney, very good team top down

Easton Stealth #5 #10 #24 Decent team, they took it to us

97 Duece #8 #16 #26 best passing team, very good skill, coaches look lost over there. They blew the Capital game

Easton Synergy #11 #21 #26 #21 was the best player I saw this weekend. Good team, better than the other Easton team.

I did not see 2 of the teams play but Madison probably was there in the end

Our kids had a fun, learned some good lessons got a chance to play with alot of good players Good experience good time.

[PMC07]

let me give some insight to the blades sucess in this tourney. my son played for the hawks we were up 2-1 with 4 minutes left. at 3 something left in the game our goalie covers a loose puck the refs than allow play to go on for another 5 seconds until finally one of the blades players jam it home. 2-2. now if thats not bad enough than the refs call the 1st penalty of the game on a joke tripping call at center ice with alittle over two minutes left. (1st and only penalty of a very physicaly played game) so the gift penalty with the added bonus of the kick in goal put them up 3-2 and than the empty netter for your final 4-2. so befor we get to high on the blades lets remember this is their tourney and their gona get all the calls possible.

You are right watchdog, what a hose job no wonder the blades win there tourney are are the so called best of the best, they where beat, the one ref blows his wistle on the second goal and starts to wave it off and the far ref say goal, they talk for 1.5 minutes and decide against the hawks, of course, if the it was the other way it doesn't count.
Then after that hose job they call a terrible trip in a tie game with two minutes left????? they let countless calls go both ways before that, then the kid kicks in a rebound, they talk for another 1.5 minutes and count that, YOU"D THINK they would have tealized they had just hosed the hawks but NO this is the BLADES. Don't pat yourself on the back to hard.
The hawks lost out on the fours because there was an open team that got beat by 10 by everyone in bracket A. To Bad there could have been a rematch. The PV hawks went 3-1 and were the best team.

[Tenoverpar]

Can I aks the both of you HAWK guys a question?

Did you feel as if your team was far more superior to the Blades team?
Do you think you dominated play?

[54fighting]

I think the 94 division went very close to how it should have. No major upsets.

1st- Blades- best team in the division. While there may be a team or two out there who has similar individual talent, the Blades play very well together and that is why they have the success they do. Congrats to them on a great week-end.

2nd- Blackhawks- A very good weekend for this group. Very skilled team that needs to keep working on team first play. They should continue to get better the more they play together

3rd- Team Midwest- Solid team that may lack a little skill overall but they make up for it in hustle. Goaltending hurt them a little this weekend.

4th- Canadian Thunder- This team needs to put away the foil and learn to play hockey. Very cheap. It would have been nice to see a better team (Pembina?) in the round of 4.


There were some solid showings by a few of the other teams ( both easton teams looked good at times) but I think the top 2 teams in the tourney made the final game on Sunday and the Blades walked away with the hardware.

[PMC07]

Can I aks the both of you HAWK guys a question?

Did you feel as if your team was far more superior to the Blades team?
Do you think you dominated play?

No play was even, the Blades outshot us, but we didn't through everything at the net, time inside the zone was equal, it was a great game by two good teams. To bad the refs couldn't have let the kids decide it and they had to hose one team. My question to you
Did the refs make the right calls?

[PMC07]

Can I aks the both of you HAWK guys a question?

Did you feel as if your team was far more superior to the Blades team?
Do you think you dominated play?

No play was even, the Blades outshot us, but we didn't throw everything at the net, time inside the zone was equal, it was a great game by two good teams. To bad the refs couldn't have let the kids decide it and they had to hose one team. My question to you
Did the refs make the right calls?

[Tenoverpar]

Hard to say...it was a great up and down game though.
I'd say the goal on the punch in (2nd blades goal) was a matter of whistle versus push in. I don't think the ref's stopped play. I'd say this ones easier to question or doubt than the other. Was it covered or not? Did the offside official see the puck loose and the other ref didn't? Hard to say.
The 3rd blades goal from my vantage point appeared to bounce in off the chest of the Blades player cutting to the backdoor, after it reflected off the defenseman's stick. I never saw a question of kicking if anything, did he throw or push it in with his hand? I think this was a good goal.

I just don't think there was any purposful hosing, or that the Hawks were clearly the better team, the game was very good and what we should all expect when playing summer AAA.

Are you guys playing in the NAPS tournament? Your team should apply for entry if you haven't already, it would be a better tourney for a team like yours than pretty much any summer stuff in the Midwest. (buy a team like yours I mean a solid, well balanced, skilled group of players that should be playing top AAA teams and not average run of the mill 7-0 games)

[watchdog]

first of all i like the blades as an organization. they play to win and they put a good team together. i know this is a show case tourney but unofficialy this is a blades tourney and they expect to win it. all ive stated was my opinion on this game. i do not think the hawks carried the play all the time. it was a well played game by both teams. the blades out shot the hawks on alot of outside shot scoreing chances very even. the game over all could of gone either way. now as a blades parent can you tell me honestly that it wasnt a hose job? can you tell me that after letting calls go the whole game hell my kid almost had his face ripped off right in front of the ref with a high stick and they didnt call it. can you honestly tell me that call should have been made (questionable call) at best should have been made with 2 minutes left???? you called me out and i put it on the table honestly. its a summer tourney and i dont get to hyped up about the outcomes i go to let my kid play with a great team against great players. im not saying anything other than the way it went down. the blades were deffinatly a top 4 team but i think the hawks were too. so give me your take in your opinion.

[PMC07]

The Blades are a very good team, I was standing right next to a very nice dad from the Blades. He agreed on the second goal that he heard the whistle as I did and said to me that it shouldn't have counted. As far as the third as it was a deflection from what I seen off a rebound off the kids knee, it looked to me he made a kicking motion, but I am biased. It wasn't the goal itself it was the penalty, come on, even the same Blades parent told me they ruined the outcome of a great game and put a bad taste in peoples mouth by calling that .
they don't call it and the blades win fine, but they let much more go in that game to call that.
as far as they NAPA, it is hosted by the Jr Jets which are a inside the Preimiter Winnipeg team, the field is way down and the better teams are going to the Lightning this year, they also like to only let one Manitoba team in and try take the money from the travelers, we mostly play invites in Western Canada, i.e. Regina, Brandon, Winnipeg and Saskatoon, which by far had the overall best quality.
It is good learning for the kids when everything always doesn't go there way, ref ing is different everywhere. for instance I happened to catch the first goal the Blades scored against the Black Hawks in the championship game, now in Canada that wouldn't have counted, but in mpls it does, how did you see it, did you think it was good, momentum is everything. congrats the Blades are a top quality team and deserved to win, there are many many good players and teams out there and they are one of them.

[zyzxx]

Does anyone know how the Madison Capitols and the Madison Stars compare?

[Tenoverpar]

PMC07, not NAPA, NAPS, the North American Prospects tournament.
It's in Rocherst, NY the end of June. Slowly but surely it's becoming the next best summer tournament behind Toronto Prospects. Alot of the same teams will play both. Just a recommendation.

[PMC07]

PMC07, not NAPA, NAPS, the North American Prospects tournament.
It's in Rocherst, NY the end of June. Slowly but surely it's becoming the next best summer tournament behind Toronto Prospects. Alot of the same teams will play both. Just a recommendation.

Oh sorry, we are just a bunch of Blue Collar guys from small towns in Southern Manitoba, ND and Minnesota near the border, don't get off the farm much. Flying on a plane to play youth hockey, wow maybe I can get my kid to do that some time, we'll see.
We thought about Toronto but 12 minute periods and playoff round games that are 1 - 30 minute period, sorry there is better than that.
You can get all you can handle and you back end handed to you at allot of tourneys in Western Canada and play 5 -6 games with 20 minute stop time periods without looking to far.
all over the place, both coasts boast the biggest and best tourneys, truth be told there are lots of them. best of luck in NY