#6 Blaine at #3 Centennial 1/17

King of the Pond · Post by **King of the Pond** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:54 pm

This game is becoming one of the better rivalries in the state. Their last regular season contest ended in a brawl during the handshakes. Predictions??

minnesotaice · Post by **minnesotaice** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:57 pm

Blaine has the depth.
I like blaine winning this one in a high scoring game 5-4

MnPride2 · Post by **MnPride2** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:44 pm

Bengals by 2.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:59 pm

Centennial in OT

carpenterguy · Post by **carpenterguy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:18 pm

Will Pitlick be back?

King of the Pond · Post by **King of the Pond** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:41 pm

carpenterguy wrote:Will Pitlick be back?

nope, last game of suspension

Indians forever · Post by **Indians forever** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:32 pm

If it was at Blaine I would give them the nod, but since not Cent. wins this by 2 goals. should be a good one though!!!

trum3boarder · Post by **trum3boarder** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:36 pm

dont need pitlick to win this game cent wins 4-2

DoubleDeuce · Post by **DoubleDeuce** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:39 pm

How many games is Pitlick out? He missed the Elk River and Maple Grove games. There is a game with Andover on Thursday and the Blaine game is Saturday.

eagle4life9 · Post by **eagle4life9** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:26 am

Alright Ive been out of the loop over my winter break for school so first off, why is Pitlik out again?

As far as the game is concerned I have only seen each team play once and I was not impressed at all with Blaine (granted it was against Edina). Now I know that they didnt technically get blown away but I think that anyone who saw the game definitely knows that Edina (at least their first line) had complete control of the game the entire time. And dont get me wrong I know Edina is VERY good but I guess I expected more out of Blaine. So until I see Blaine play well enough to beat a top team Im going with the Cougars...for now.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:01 am

Blaine has had some good wins lately so I suspect they will give Centennial a good game. But I'm still picking the Cougars to win this one by 2 goals.

trum3boarder · Post by **trum3boarder** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:26 pm

pitlick will be back for tha blaine game

northhockey23 · Post by **northhockey23** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:59 pm

This one will be close, but Centennial will win, along with the section title

King of the Pond · Post by **King of the Pond** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:46 pm

Nevermind, Pitlick will be back, i got the Andover game and Blaine game mixed up.

RamWarrior · Post by **RamWarrior** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:03 pm

Blaine needs this win they don't play anyone the rest of the year!!

King of the Pond · Post by **King of the Pond** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:08 pm

RamWarrior wrote:Blaine needs this win they don't play anyone the rest of the year!!

They play Centennial again, Maple Grove twice, and Elk River twice. Id consider those teams all legit top 20 teams

minnesotaice · Post by **minnesotaice** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:11 pm

eagle4life9 wrote:Alright Ive been out of the loop over my winter break for school so first off, why is Pitlik out again?

As far as the game is concerned I have only seen each team play once and I was not impressed at all with Blaine (granted it was against Edina). Now I know that they didnt technically get blown away but I think that anyone who saw the game definitely knows that Edina (at least their first line) had complete control of the game the entire time. And dont get me wrong I know Edina is VERY good but I guess I expected more out of Blaine. So until I see Blaine play well enough to beat a top team Im going with the Cougars...for now.

Blaine scored more goals on Edina than any other team (besides Edina's first game of the season against buffalo which im sure was Edina's backups since the score was 11-4)

Watch the blaine game vs Duluth East highlights on myfoxhockey.com if youre not convinced. This team is legit, even if they were outplayed by the best team in the state, on EDINA's home ice!!

Post by **karl(east)** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:23 pm

minnesotaice wrote:Blaine scored more goals on Edina than any other team (besides Edina's first game of the season against buffalo which im sure was Edina's backups since the score was 11-4)

That's a bit misleading. Blaine also allowed more goals to Edina than anyone but Cloquet or Buffalo, and the same number as Burnsville (three teams that are decidedly worse than these two). I think they're an excellent hockey team, but other teams have played Edina better than Blaine. Blaine's strength is also supposed to be its defense, so that doesn't reflect well here either.

That said, this game looks about dead-even to me. I'll say Pitlick makes the difference, and Centennial wins by a goal.

mnsportsnetwork · Post by **mnsportsnetwork** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:27 pm

Fans will be able to listen to this game via the Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network on Saturday, January 17 by heading to their website at www.mnsportsnetwork.com .

Fans will also be able to listen to the Blaine-Centennial Girls game earlier in the day (3:00 pm) by going to the same website.

greyhoundsnation27 · Post by **greyhoundsnation27** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:51 am

I think a very underrated Blaine team wins this game by a goal in what could be the best regular season I've seen in a while.

Blaine 3, Centennial 2

PrivatePunisher13 · Post by **PrivatePunisher13** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:17 am

I say Cougars by 2 atleast if Pitlick is back

MoveYourFeet · Post by **MoveYourFeet** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:24 am

The talk of Pitlick being back is a good topic for debate but what if Blaine's Coach Aus is out? I heard he had a 2 week "vacation" earlier in the year. Anyone know how this has effected his squad and future of Bjugstad for the two coming years?

northhockey23 · Post by **northhockey23** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:32 pm

i would think Bjugstad would decide on his own, not what has happend to his coach

DoubleDeuce · Post by **DoubleDeuce** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:13 pm

Centennial 17
Blaine 0

Oh wait, that was the score back in December of 2003. I don't think we will ever see a score like that between these two programs against each other again!

Even though I can't lose here, I'd like to see Centennial win this! But I'm starting to think Blaine might be the better team. On paper, Centennial should win, but Blaine just seems to have more heart and drive!

I'm predicting a 5-3 Bengal win! Shhh!

northhockey23 · Post by **northhockey23** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:18 am

Ya it looks like the conference will be between these two teams now that blaine beat MG

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#6 Blaine at #3 Centennial 1/17

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#6 Blaine at #3 Centennial 1/17

Pitlick Back .... What about Coach Aus?