98 Fire

just the facts · Post by **just the facts** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:24 pm

I would like to personally congratulate the 98 Fire for winning the 32 team Reebok Little Caesars tournament in Detroit this past weekend. I think this is a huge win for 17 squirts from Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is one of the top 5 AAA squirt tournaments in the United States. They won 6 games that were 1 or 2 goal games for the trophy.

thinkb4engaging · Post by **thinkb4engaging** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:51 am

Congratulations to the boys and coaching staff!

hockey talkie · Post by **hockey talkie** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:28 pm

Impressive! Congrats on the huge win!

mr.mouth · Post by **mr.mouth** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:08 pm

very impressive indeed!!!

just the facts · Post by **just the facts** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:20 pm

Congratulations for the 2nd time this year, to the "98" Fire for winning the Nike Bauer tournament in Chicago going 7 & 0 and beating Little Caesars for the championship. Way to go players and coaches.

Tenoverpar · Post by **Tenoverpar** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:35 pm

Is this the group of kids that are from Lakeville and caused the Lakeville we hate the Fire rule?

just the facts · Post by **just the facts** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:38 pm

That rule was rescinded 2 weeks ago by the Lakeville board.

Hockey!LoveIt! · Post by **Hockey!LoveIt!** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:36 pm

just the facts wrote:Congratulations for the 2nd time this year, to the "98" Fire for winning the Nike Bauer tournament in Chicago going 7 & 0 and beating Little Caesars for the championship. Way to go players and coaches.

Congratulations to a great group of kids and great coaches !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judgeandjury · Post by **Judgeandjury** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:47 pm

Great win for a great program. No doubt the boys are having fun on the fire.

goinbardown · Post by **goinbardown** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:50 pm

its not nearly as impressive as an association team went and won the tournament.

mr.mouth · Post by **mr.mouth** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:59 am

Yes, the same group of Lakeville Kids....

Obviously it is not the same as an association going to the tourney and winning it? How likely will that be? Differant structure in association vs. AAA.

GoldenBear · Post by **GoldenBear** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:06 am

Lets not get critical of who is on the team and make comments that this isn't association hockey. It's minnesota kids (majority of) who played very well in a big Tier 1 tourney. Great job Fire! The fact that some local kids competed against the best Tier 1 teams in the country is a compliment to many coaches and associations in the state.

buttend · Post by **buttend** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:14 am

goinbardown wrote:its not nearly as impressive as an association team went and won the tournament.

Goingdown,

There had to be someone to try throw ants on this thread! Stick to talking about Squirt game limits and what Edina is doing with their 2 "A" squirt teams. You have nothing to add to this thread!

From the Nike Bauer AAA website

97 Fire 4-1-1 lost in Quarter Finals
95 Fire 2-2 lost 1st playoff game to eventual winner, Russian Red Army

Mn Blades U16's 3-1 Did not make playoff round
MN Hockey Elite II 1-2-1 Did not make playoff round

I'm sure the players on all rosters will say the event had great competition and they all had a great time.

MN Blades Roster http://www.pointstreak.com/players/play ... sonid=3369

MN Hockey Elite Roster http://www.pointstreak.com/players/play ... sonid=3369

Bash Brother · Post by **Bash Brother** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:20 am

goinbardown wrote:its not nearly as impressive as an association team went and won the tournament.

What? Why are you so bitter? Just give a talented group of kids some credit.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:49 am

I agree!! Nice job 98 Fire!

Hockey!LoveIt! · Post by **Hockey!LoveIt!** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:59 pm

Bash Brother wrote:
goinbardown wrote:its not nearly as impressive as an association team went and won the tournament.
What? Why are you so bitter? Just give a talented group of kids some credit.

Ditto!!!!!

goinbardown · Post by **goinbardown** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:08 pm

what I meant to say was congrats to the dads on the team for spending there money on a nice trophy that no one cares about.

muckandgrind · Post by **muckandgrind** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:11 pm

goinbardown wrote:what I meant to say was congrats to the dads on the team for spending there money on a nice trophy that no one cares about.

You may not, but I'm sure the players on that team care about it.

Congrats!!!

Hockey!LoveIt! · Post by **Hockey!LoveIt!** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:11 pm

goinbardown wrote:what I meant to say was congrats to the dads on the team for spending there money on a nice trophy that no one cares about.

Just let it go!!!!

goinbardown · Post by **goinbardown** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:06 pm

I'll let go as soon as I get 10 things the WI Fire are doing to help Minnesota Hockey.

All the MN kids come back to play for HS if not earlier so this is a valid question.

Tenoverpar · Post by **Tenoverpar** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:43 pm

why do they need to help Minnesota Hockey, aren't there enough people helping Minnesota hockey?

I'd be more focused on the fact that they are just an option that exists and end your pathetic hatred for a hockey program. It's utterly ridiculous to campaign against a place for kids to play.

Don't like it, produce a better product yourself and you'll retain your players.

tomASS · Post by **tomASS** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:47 pm

goinbardown wrote:what I meant to say was congrats to the dads on the team for spending there money on a nice trophy that no one cares about.

whether you care for his honest opinion or not- that was just plain funny how he stated it.

sorno82 · Post by **sorno82** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:04 pm

These will be great memories for these kids, so who cares if this benefits Minn Hockey or if mom and dad dropped a grand over the weekend. The problem with kids is they grow into adults. So a parent puffs up the accomplishment on an anonymous message board, and others rip it. There may be the next Eric Johnson on that team, but more likely than that will be future beer leaguer's who can tell the crazy stories about their fun times they had as kids at these tourneys.

Congrats to the Fire.

kidd · Post by **kidd** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:32 pm

muckandgrind wrote:
goinbardown wrote:what I meant to say was congrats to the dads on the team for spending there money on a nice trophy that no one cares about.
Tell that to the dads of the 48 other teams who spent the money and did not win the trophy

Bash Brother · Post by **Bash Brother** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:03 pm

goinbardown wrote:I'll let go as soon as I get 10 things the WI Fire are doing to help Minnesota Hockey.

All the MN kids come back to play for HS if not earlier so this is a valid question.

since when is there a help mn hockey requirement to winnin a tourney?

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