Mr Hockey - Nick Leddy

boardguy1998 · Post by **boardguy1998** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:13 pm

Nick Leddy was just named Mr Hockey 2009.

Congrats Nick and good luck in the future

wbmd · Post by **wbmd** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:14 pm

boardguy1998 wrote:Nick Leddy was just named Mr Hockey 2009.

Congrats Nick and good luck in the future

Congratulations. Good choice.

winter15 · Post by **winter15** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:17 pm

Congrats to Leddy!!

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:23 pm

Congratulations Nick!

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 · Post by **SCSUHOCKEYFAN15** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:27 pm

What a surprise they choose the kid going to the rodents.

rinkrat90 · Post by **rinkrat90** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:30 pm

Didn't see him in the regular season. But, he was by far the best player in the State Tourney.

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:31 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:What a surprise they choose the kid going to the rodents.

Do you even realize that the Gophers have no more votes in the process than SCSU has?

Congrats to Nick... he certainly proved himself over the year and especially in leading his team to a title this weekend.

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 · Post by **SCSUHOCKEYFAN15** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:42 pm

Let's not joke ourselves here, it has been and will continue to be a gopher recruit award.

Did Pohl play tougher comp then Hanowski? I don't think so.

Hano broke his record.

Spehar won the award after breaking the goals record

Hano broke Spehar's goals record as well.

But of course it goes to the kid from the big town that plays AA hockey.

Mr.swampdonky · Post by **Mr.swampdonky** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:44 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:Let's not joke ourselves here, it has been and will continue to be a gopher recruit award.

Did Pohl play tougher comp then Hanowski? I don't think so.

Hano broke his record.

Spehar won the award after breaking the goals record

Hano broke Spehar's goals record as well.

But of course it goes to the kid from the big town that plays AA hockey.

Maybe then Hano should have gone to the gophers if that IS the reason leddy won, Or Leddy was just a better player?

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:46 pm

I think it should go to a AA player. In AA there just aren't that many soft spots in the schedule while in A you can rack up huge numbers that would be impossible to match in AA because of the quality of play.

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:49 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:Let's not joke ourselves here, it has been and will continue to be a gopher recruit award.

If that was the case, then how do you explain that four out of the last six winners prior to this went to schools other than the U? Doesn't seem like reality backs up your comments.

Post by **karl(east)** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:58 pm

Congrats to Mr. Leddy. I was on the fence a bit before the tourney, but he won me over completely with his performance. We had a great field...Lee and Everson complemented each other wonderfully, Mattson was great in the few games I saw him in, Tardy put his team on his back down the stretch, and it's very difficult to deny Hanowski the award with the year and career he had. But I definitely think they got the right guy.

LakeEffect · Post by **LakeEffect** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:10 pm

rinkrat90 wrote:Didn't see him in the regular season. But, he was by far the best player in the State Tourney.

Agreed. #3 was a true standout in the tourney. When he decided to take the puck up, it didn't even look like he was trying to blow past the opposing defense, but he did without even faking a move to the inside. Along with his speed, hands, and shot he surprised me with how strong he was on his skates, some guys would try and hit him, but they were the ones who took the punishment. Reminds me of an Aaron Ness, but stronger. Those two will be fun to watch next year!

Congrats on the great accomplishment #3!

hshckfan08 · Post by **hshckfan08** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:19 pm

Congratulations to Nick Leddy! The award went to the right kid. I'm with you karl, i hadn't really seen him play before the tournament, but he definitely won me over as well. He has the ability to take over the game no matter who he is playing at this level, which is evident in his ability to get points in all three games in the class AA tournament as a defense man. Hanowski is certainly a great player but I think he lost his chance in the Breck game. Once he played a team with speed, he couldn't do anything, and Leddy just kept ticking away. Once again congratulations Nick Leddy!

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 · Post by **SCSUHOCKEYFAN15** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:24 pm

Go to the list of past winners and you tell me, how many out of how many winners went to the Gophers and then get back to me with your stats.

More then anything what they did today, was they basically told any young person from central Minnesota that you have no shot of winning Mr. Hockey no matter how good you are. Because you are not from the Iron Range or the cities, and you do not play AA hockey.

That is a horrible message to send.

The only exception to this is Pohl but they could give it to him because he was going to be a Gopher.

Now I do agree the Leddy is VERY GOOD and deserving, but after seeing Hanowski's body of work over the last 4 years, I feel he was more deserving.

Jbone · Post by **Jbone** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:36 pm

Yeah I believe that it should be more of a Mr Hockey award which would include all the years of high school.

Not a Mr. Tournament award.

Good player in Leddy who deserves it... but Hanowski also did alot with his overall career.

hshckfan08 · Post by **hshckfan08** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:40 pm

Jbone wrote:Yeah I believe that it should be more of a Mr Hockey award which would include all the years of high school.

Not a Mr. Tournament award.

Good player in Leddy who deserves it... but Hanowski also did alot with his overall career.

I agree that it should be over the course of a career, but you have to remember that the state tournament is when everyone is watching. People are going to see your skills and their decisions are heavily influenced by what they see right now.

bardown30 · Post by **bardown30** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:58 pm

hshckfan08 wrote:
Jbone wrote:Yeah I believe that it should be more of a Mr Hockey award which would include all the years of high school.

Not a Mr. Tournament award.

Good player in Leddy who deserves it... but Hanowski also did alot with his overall career.
I agree that it should be over the course of a career, but you have to remember that the state tournament is when everyone is watching. People are going to see your skills and their decisions are heavily influenced by what they see right now.

I have said this before, but voting for Mr. Hockey takes place before the State tournament. So their play this past weekend had no effect on the outcome.

biscuit in the basket · Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:10 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:What a surprise they choose the kid going to the rodents.

Would you like a little cheese with that whine?

Congrats to Mr. Leddy. Very deserving.

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:10 pm

Fact is

- Leddy would not have won the award if he played for a class A school. Equal opportunity MN HS League ? Congrats to Leddy!

biscuit in the basket · Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:13 pm

MrBoDangles wrote:Fact is - Leddy would not have won the award if he played for a class A school. Equal opportunity MN HS League ? Congrats to Leddy!

The fact is he played for a AA school.

wbmd · Post by **wbmd** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:16 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:Go to the list of past winners and you tell me, how many out of how many winners went to the Gophers and then get back to me with your stats.

Previous Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award Winners (and college choice)
2008: Aaron Ness - Roseau Rams (Minnesota)
2007: Ryan McDonagh - Cretin-Derham Hall (Wisconsin)
2006: David Fischer - Apple Valley (Minnesota)
2005: Brian Lee - Moorhead (North Dakota)
2004: Tom Gorowsky - Centennial (Wisconsin)
2003: Nate Dey - North St. Paul (St. Cloud State)
2002: Gino Guyer - Greenway (Coleraine) (Minnesota)
2001: Marty Sertich - Roseville (Colorado College)
2000: Paul Martin - Elk River (Minnesota)
1999: Jeff Taffe - Hastings (Minnesota)
1998: Johnny Pohl - Red Wing (Minnesota)
1997: Aaron Miskovich - Grand Rapids (Minnesota)
1996: Dave Spehar - Duluth East (Minnesota)
1995: Erik Rasmussen - St. Louis Park (Minnesota)
1994: Mike Crowley - Bloomington Jefferson (Minnesota)
1993: Nick Checco - Bloomington Jefferson (Minnesota)
1992: Brian Bonin - White Bear Lake (Minnesota)
1991: Darby Hendrickson - Richfield (Minnesota)
1990: Joe Dziedzic - Minneapolis Edison (Minnesota)
1989: Trent Klatt - Osseo (Minnesota)
1988: Larry Olimb - Warroad (Minnesota)
1987: Kris Miller - Greenway (Coleraine) (U.M.D.)
1986: George Pelawa - Bemidji (North Dakota)
1985: Tom Chorske - Minneapolis Southwest (Minnesota)

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:16 pm

biscuit in the basket wrote:
MrBoDangles wrote:Fact is - Leddy would not have won the award if he played for a class A school. Equal opportunity MN HS League ? Congrats to Leddy!
The fact is he played for a AA school.

biscuit in the basket · Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:19 pm

MrBoDangles wrote:
biscuit in the basket wrote:
MrBoDangles wrote:Fact is - Leddy would not have won the award if he played for a class A school. Equal opportunity MN HS League ? Congrats to Leddy!
The fact is he played for a AA school.

As long as SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 doesnt eat all the cheese you can have some with your whine too.

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:19 pm

SCSUHOCKEYFAN15 wrote:Go to the list of past winners and you tell me, how many out of how many winners went to the Gophers and then get back to me with your stats.

If we were to buy your line of thinking, then the award would never go outside of a Gopher recruit as much as it has in recent years. You made it into something that isn't backed up.

I can understand the bitterness on your part (especially after the Gophers beat your team six times this year and just ended their season) but it doesn't do your argument much good to make up comments that aren't backed up with fact.

Leddy excelled all year long against some of the state's best opponents. He is strong offensively and defensively. This isn't a one way player. He was great all over the ice.

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