Select 16 Teams

oldguy39 · Post by **oldguy39** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:28 pm

Now that the teams are picked and we are two days from the start,who wins. If sect. 2 plays unselfish hockey, I cant see anyone beating that line-up.

itstime · Post by **itstime** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:16 pm

oldguy39 wrote:Now that the teams are picked and we are two days from the start,who wins. If sect. 2 plays unselfish hockey, I cant see anyone beating that line-up.

Really, what does the line-up look like?

northhockey13 · Post by **northhockey13** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:53 pm

Merritt was the only one of those names that tried out. Rumor has it they only accepted kids that played minimum of JV. No Bantams. Another unconfirmed rumor in GR is that the baseball coach "suggested" the others didn't try out so they could focus on baseball. The tryouts were competitve, but it's a little disappointing when most or all from Virginia and Hibbing were rubber stamped. You would have had to have seen the tryouts to get the full picture. There was definitely some obvious cuts, and some obvious shoe-ins, but it once again appears that it's who you know. The last thing you want to hear heading into a tryout is an evaluator telling another evaluator they were to "head upstairs and pretend like we're actually evaluating". Makes you sort of wonder when you see the results. Not the end of the world for any of the deserving kids who were let go. Just another life lesson about honesty(and where not to spend your money). Ever forward.

whoever said this is obviously a parent whos son didnt make it or a player who didnt make it...there was no shoe ins they took the best kids there and thats that.

oldguy39 · Post by **oldguy39** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:39 pm

Sorry,I meant to say sect. 4. Theyre line-up is on page 2.

MnPride2 · Post by **MnPride2** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:24 pm

RBKhockey77 wrote:That is a joke that eckman didn't make it and portner did. Portner isn't nearly as good as Eckman

Eckman...big...slow...no hands...still kinda wobbly on skates

Portner...average size...very quick...great skater...decent hands

Play with/against both

Puckguy19 · Post by **Puckguy19** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:14 pm

melbs wrote:anything on section 8 ... havnt heard a thing

Marks - Moorhead
Mimmack - Brainerd

Bittner - Crookston
Crosson - Roseau
Melquist - Moorhead
Audette - Thief River Falls
Kunkel - Moorhead
Tryggeseth - Buffalo

McLeod - Moorhead
Ogdahl - Buffalo
Knochenmus - Roseau
Buckellew - Moorhead
Doda - Moorhead
Phillips - Bemidji
Baumgartner - Roseau
Omdahl - Roseau
Norman - Roseau
Hedlund - Roseau
Westerlund - Lake of the Woods
Hebel - Warroad

northfan · Post by **northfan** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:23 pm

Puckguy19 wrote:
melbs wrote:anything on section 8 ... havnt heard a thing
Marks - Moorhead
Mimmack - Brainerd

Bittner - Crookston
Crosson - Roseau
Melquist - Moorhead
Audette - Thief River Falls
Kunkel - Moorhead
Tryggeseth - Buffalo

McLeod - Moorhead
Ogdahl - Buffalo
Knochenmus - Roseau
Buckellew - Moorhead
Doda - Moorhead
Phillips - Bemidji
Baumgartner - Roseau
Omdahl - Roseau
Norman - Roseau
Hedlund - Roseau
Westerlund - Lake of the Woods
Hebel - Warroad

Wheres the coach from? Roseau or Moorhead

hockeymadman20 · Post by **hockeymadman20** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:10 pm

Tryouts in Moorhead and coach is from Roseau???

Puckguy19 · Post by **Puckguy19** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:15 pm

hockeymadman20 wrote:Tryouts in Moorhead and coach is from Roseau???

Yep!

edinalover1 · Post by **edinalover1** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:42 pm

Puckguy19 wrote:
melbs wrote:anything on section 8 ... havnt heard a thing
Marks - Moorhead
Mimmack - Brainerd

Bittner - Crookston
Crosson - Roseau
Melquist - Moorhead
Audette - Thief River Falls
Kunkel - Moorhead
Tryggeseth - Buffalo

McLeod - Moorhead
Ogdahl - Buffalo
Knochenmus - Roseau
Buckellew - Moorhead
Doda - Moorhead
Phillips - Bemidji
Baumgartner - Roseau
Omdahl - Roseau
Norman - Roseau
Hedlund - Roseau
Westerlund - Lake of the Woods
Hebel - Warroad

Wow thats I got to say, 1 Warroad kid and 1 Bemidji kid. and 6 Roseau kids and 6 Moorhead kids. I thought section 8 had better players then this.

hipcheck · Post by **hipcheck** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:02 am

3 of the Roseau players are deserving to be on the team. The other 3 are just fill-ins and Mom/Dad have $$$$ in the checkbook.

Remember, the team needs 18 players, so if someone declines to play, they just go down the list until they have the $$$$ from the parents, and they are on the team.

Puckguy19 · Post by **Puckguy19** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:02 pm

hipcheck wrote:3 of the Roseau players are deserving to be on the team. The other 3 are just fill-ins and Mom/Dad have $$$$ in the checkbook.

Remember, the team needs 18 players, so if someone declines to play, they just go down the list until they have the $$$$ from the parents, and they are on the team.

$$$$ may be the reason some don't try out, but no fill-ins with this group. Selected from the group that participated.

jacks hockey · Post by **jacks hockey** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:15 pm

how did gothberg-trf and terpestra- crookston not make it for 8 a/aa ecspcialy gothberg he kept them in it for the entire game against warroad and according to the players at the tryouts he was one of the best goalies there?

Puckguy19 · Post by **Puckguy19** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:07 pm

jacks hockey wrote:how did gothberg-trf and terpestra- crookston not make it for 8 a/aa ecspcialy gothberg he kept them in it for the entire game against warroad and according to the players at the tryouts he was one of the best goalies there?

According to the players, or some players?

gopherfan13 · Post by **gopherfan13** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:09 pm

MnPride2 wrote:
RBKhockey77 wrote:That is a joke that eckman didn't make it and portner did. Portner isn't nearly as good as Eckman
Eckman...big...slow...no hands...still kinda wobbly on skates

Portner...average size...very quick...great skater...decent hands

Play with/against both

Portner quick? Portner does not have decent hands, and is not a great skater, he did not deserve to be on the team.

niper-hawkfan · Post by **niper-hawkfan** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:42 pm

shooter57 wrote:
niper-hawkfan wrote:
shooter57 wrote:Total Crap And Whining Like A Baby
giving the appearance of dishonesty?, yes, some of you gr people know all about it. refer to last years select 15.
there were almost 50 skaters there and 6 tenders. im happy i didnt have to make the descions. to bad there are posters that try to shed negatives about the tryout and staff because they figure there was not the right players picked. i didnt hear whining about last years 15s. i wonder why? we dont need any body casting dispuraging remarks about rumors here and rubber stamps. you got some nerve. get your info right before stating frigging crap like. "most or all from Virginia and Hibbing were rubber stamped. You would have had to have seen the tryouts to get the full picture" "what a frigging crock." and then this statement-
"again appears that it's who you know. The last thing you want to hear heading into a tryout is an evaluator telling another evaluator they were to "head upstairs and pretend like we're actually evaluating". Makes you sort of wonder when you see the results".

i challenge you to prove that last statement

every player that made that team deserved it, no ifs ands or buts about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is that why the hibbing goalie got lit up all day long and the cambirdge goalie rarly let one in? i would have taken the greenway or east kid over hibbings goalie during that tryout anyday

Listen now fellas. You do know that the proccess of Minn/USA Hockey evaluation is ongoing and a yeararound operation. OK Hear this about trhat hibbing goalie. He played Outstanding just to help Hibbing reach a 3 or 4 seed to the district tourney. Well, dont you know he (Nathan Tromp) and his teamates went and won the district (IR) tournament. Beating some very good teams to advance. Tromp played spectacular along with his teamates. There is more here to tell.
when this team went down for the region tourney they were "hellbent"

They played GR, Centenial, and Duluth East. Any i dea what happened.?

Well , Tromp had an unGodly amount of saves that weekend. 150 to 200 in them 3 games, And he/they beat GR, hung in and challengde either east or centenial. and the 3rd game was a blow out at the end but Tromp "stood on his head"as he did the previous 2 games.. you should have seen it. It was something! He gave his team a chance to win many,many games this past season, And i am sure many MinnHockey officials were aware of that .

So , maybe that will shed some light on this subject.

Remmember to work hard and play your best all year long because, ? Well YOU know Why? Dont Ya?

So what would the point of a tryout be? if they judge you on your season? hopefully i can get a decent answer out of that.

shooter57 · Post by **shooter57** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:00 am

So what would the point of a tryout be? if they judge you on your season? hopefully i can get a decent answer out of that.

they judge on the combination of numorous factors. the point is "if you dont have the correct info and understanding, don't be shooting of your mouth because it may magnify your ignorance"

MnPride2 · Post by **MnPride2** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:21 pm

gopherfan13 wrote:
MnPride2 wrote:
RBKhockey77 wrote:That is a joke that eckman didn't make it and portner did. Portner isn't nearly as good as Eckman
Eckman...big...slow...no hands...still kinda wobbly on skates

Portner...average size...very quick...great skater...decent hands

Play with/against both

Portner quick? Portner does not have decent hands, and is not a great skater, he did not deserve to be on the team.

gopherfan13 · Post by **gopherfan13** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:56 pm

MnPride2 wrote:
gopherfan13 wrote:
MnPride2 wrote: Eckman...big...slow...no hands...still kinda wobbly on skates

Portner...average size...very quick...great skater...decent hands

Play with/against both

Portner quick? Portner does not have decent hands, and is not a great skater, he did not deserve to be on the team.

i take it i have found portner.. sorry watching him play this weekend was all i needed to confirm my theory

RBKhockey77 · Post by **RBKhockey77** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:06 pm

I second that gopherfan13

chachachachea...pet · Post by **chachachachea...pet** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:47 pm

All i have to say is Portner sucks, he is so bad, he is a little baby that should be playing for the Andover lawn bowling team. He is small, has no hands, cries(hes 16 for cripes sake) slow, and when other kids scores it looks like he did with his gay celebration. Believe me i could go on and on but im getting to worked up looking at this page, all i got to say is wow portner wow.

gopherfan13 · Post by **gopherfan13** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:57 am

chachachachea...pet wrote:All i have to say is Portner sucks, he is so bad, he is a little baby that should be playing for the Andover lawn bowling team. He is small, has no hands, cries(hes 16 for cripes sake) slow, and when other kids scores it looks like he did with his gay celebration. Believe me i could go on and on but im getting to worked up looking at this page, all i got to say is wow portner wow.

I agree 100%. This kid is willing to rely on daddy to get him onto teams and into summer programs. He clealy doesn't work for anything which is easy to tell by watching him for 10 minutes. By some odd chance he did make the 54s, but that's exactly what it was, some weird miracle.

puckman22 · Post by **puckman22** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:21 pm

MnPride2 wrote:
RBKhockey77 wrote:That is a joke that eckman didn't make it and portner did. Portner isn't nearly as good as Eckman
Eckman...big...slow...no hands...still kinda wobbly on skates

Portner...average size...very quick...great skater...decent hands

Play with/against both

Is that a joke? Portner was horrible. If you saw him in the games in Plymoth you would see he was bad. You get a penalty shot for every penalty. the first one he went up and missed the puck. the second he missed the net, and on the third he tried to go tweener and missed the net. Eckman owns portner.

Iceburg · Post by **Iceburg** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:41 pm

"2008 U.S. Under-17 Select Team Roster, Coaching Staff Announced"

Goalies
Andy Iles (Ithaca, NY) Salisbury Prep
Ryan McKay (Palatine, IL) Team Illinois midgets

Defense
Justin Faulk (South St. Paul, MN) South St. Paul H.S.
Derek Forbort (Duluth, MN) Duluth East H.S.
Aaron Harstad (Stevens Point, WI) Stevens Point Area H.S.
Ben Marshall (Grant, MN) Mahtomedi H.S.
Eric Rall (Rochester, MI) Little Caesars midgets
Zack Rall (Anchorage, AK) Alaska All-Stars midgets
Trace Strahle (Anchorage, AK) North Stars midgets

Forwards
Bill Arnold (Needham, MA) Noble and Greenough School
Nick Bjugstad (Coon Rapids, MN) Blaine H.S.
Austin Czarnik (Washington, MI) Belle Tire midgets
Brent Darnell (Canton, MI) Detroit Catholic Central H.S.
Max Edson (Hermosa Beach, CA) L.A. Selects midgets
Christian Isackson (West St.Paul, MN) St. Thomas Academy
Alex Lippincott (Akron, OH) Cleveland Barons midgets
Colin Markison (Princeton, NJ) New Jersey Devils midgets
Michael Mersch (Park Ridge, IL) Team Illinois midgets
Michael Parks (O'Fallon, MO) St. Louis Blues midgets
Bryan Rust (Bloomfield Hills, MI) Honeybaked midgets
Brendan Woods (Palmyra, PA) Hershey Bears midgets

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