Eden Prairie Sophomores

welikehockey231 · Post by **welikehockey231** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:41 pm

The upcoming sophomores at EP have a good group just havent been great in the last couple years. Do you think they will have any effect on the Varsity and JV teams this year?

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:48 pm

Bar was set pretty high by the Soph's last year, wasn't it??

welikehockey231 · Post by **welikehockey231** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:53 pm

youngblood08 wrote:Bar was set pretty high by the Soph's last year, wasn't it??

Dont you mean 2 years ago or no?

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:12 pm

No I mean these guys that won the State Tourney last year.

5 - Mark Rath - W - 10
7 - Kyle Rau | New Impact Player - C -10
10 - Curt Rau - D - 10
12 - Des Shavlik - C - 10
17 - Dan Molenaar | New Impact Player - D - 10
18 - Corey Willey | New Impact Player - C - 10
21 - Jack McCartan | New Impact Player - W - 10
25 - David Rath - C - 10
28 - Luc Gerdes - W - 10
29 - Andrew Ford - G - 10

mn man · Post by **mn man** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:52 pm

youngblood08 wrote:No I mean these guys that won the State Tourney last year.

5 - Mark Rath - W - 10
7 - Kyle Rau | New Impact Player - C -10
10 - Curt Rau - D - 10
12 - Des Shavlik - C - 10
17 - Dan Molenaar | New Impact Player - D - 10
18 - Corey Willey | New Impact Player - C - 10
21 - Jack McCartan | New Impact Player - W - 10
25 - David Rath - C - 10
28 - Luc Gerdes - W - 10
29 - Andrew Ford - G - 10

Willey was a senior last year. The rest you are right about and this is a very strong group.

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:23 pm

mn man wrote:
youngblood08 wrote:No I mean these guys that won the State Tourney last year.

5 - Mark Rath - W - 10
7 - Kyle Rau | New Impact Player - C -10
10 - Curt Rau - D - 10
12 - Des Shavlik - C - 10
17 - Dan Molenaar | New Impact Player - D - 10
18 - Corey Willey | New Impact Player - C - 10
21 - Jack McCartan | New Impact Player - W - 10
25 - David Rath - C - 10
28 - Luc Gerdes - W - 10
29 - Andrew Ford - G - 10
Willey was a senior last year. The rest you are right about and this is a very strong group.

Is this a younger brother?

welikehockey231 · Post by **welikehockey231** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:24 pm

So is the group below that group strong? Who are the kids to look for?

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:31 pm

These are the sophmores that were on the team last season, they won State. That would make them Juniors this year.

welikehockey231 · Post by **welikehockey231** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:44 pm

Kids that are sophomores this year.....Bantam A last year??

observer · Post by **observer** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:47 pm

No to the initial question.

Add Nick Seeler to the list of the strong junior class.

toomanystitches · Post by **toomanystitches** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:30 am

Welikehockey - I like were you are going with this. No doubt last years sophs were great...I don't recall another class having such a impact. Will any of EP's last year bantams be able to break into the varsity line up? I have the sense that EP is just going to keep reloading with strong talent for the next few years.

welikehockey231 · Post by **welikehockey231** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:49 am

toomanystitches wrote:Welikehockey - I like were you are going with this. No doubt last years sophs were great...I don't recall another class having such a impact. Will any of EP's last year bantams be able to break into the varsity line up? I have the sense that EP is just going to keep reloading with strong talent for the next few years.

Thats the exact question i am wondering also......Curious to see which last year bantams(IF ANY) can get a spot on 4th line or anything like that???

FREDFLINTSTONE · Post by **FREDFLINTSTONE** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:33 pm

D-Joe Kerker saw plenty of varsity action last year as a soph. Also look for a couple of sophs on last years JV team to be in the mix now as juniors.

mn man · Post by **mn man** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:47 pm

observer wrote:No to the initial question.

To clarify the initial question: will any present sophs (not the super team juniors) have any impact at JV or Varsity levels?

EP does not have any sophs that will have any impact at all on the team at any level? I would call that an amazing statistical anomaly if you consider the number of skaters in their program.

boardguy1998 · Post by **boardguy1998** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:19 pm

mn man wrote:
observer wrote:No to the initial question.

To clarify the initial question: will any present sophs (not the super team juniors) have any impact at JV or Varsity levels?

EP does not have any sophs that will have any impact at all on the team at any level? I would call that an amazing statistical anomaly if you consider the number of skaters in their program.

JV maybe, doubt Varsity. With 6 returning Letter winners on D and 8 up front, be tough for any sophmore to crack the lineup.

mn man · Post by **mn man** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:31 pm

boardguy1998 wrote:
mn man wrote:
observer wrote:No to the initial question.

To clarify the initial question: will any present sophs (not the super team juniors) have any impact at JV or Varsity levels?

EP does not have any sophs that will have any impact at all on the team at any level? I would call that an amazing statistical anomaly if you consider the number of skaters in their program.
JV maybe, doubt Varsity. With 6 returning Letter winners on D and 8 up front, be tough for any sophmore to crack the lineup.

It would be hard to argue with that

Papa Bergundy · Post by **Papa Bergundy** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:42 pm

mn man wrote:
boardguy1998 wrote:
mn man wrote: To clarify the initial question: will any present sophs (not the super team juniors) have any impact at JV or Varsity levels?

EP does not have any sophs that will have any impact at all on the team at any level? I would call that an amazing statistical anomaly if you consider the number of skaters in their program.
JV maybe, doubt Varsity. With 6 returning Letter winners on D and 8 up front, be tough for any sophmore to crack the lineup.
It would be hard to argue with that

Do 4th line guys letter at EP or something? I can think of at least three senior forwards and one D that aren't returning, so I'm curious how 6 underclassmen defenseman lettered last year. Rolling 7 D with Leddy at the point seems almost stupid. Same with the forwards, I just don't see them consistently rolling four lines, especially with the surplus of talent on the first three. I'm speculating so someone please correct me.

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:23 pm

Every school has different requirements for "Lettering" so many periods, just making Varsity a lot of different things. So yes EP could have had 6 retruning Lettermen on D.

GR3343 · Post by **GR3343** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:57 pm

Papa Bergundy wrote:
mn man wrote:
boardguy1998 wrote: JV maybe, doubt Varsity. With 6 returning Letter winners on D and 8 up front, be tough for any sophmore to crack the lineup.
EP has typically rolled 4 lines consistently. That's what makes them a perennial power-depth.

It would be hard to argue with that
Do 4th line guys letter at EP or something? I can think of at least three senior forwards and one D that aren't returning, so I'm curious how 6 underclassmen defenseman lettered last year. Rolling 7 D with Leddy at the point seems almost stupid. Same with the forwards, I just don't see them consistently rolling four lines, especially with the surplus of talent on the first three. I'm speculating so someone please correct me.

Lakeviewing · Post by **Lakeviewing** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:43 am

With the lost of three seniors leadership on forwards that played a major role in last year team and the loss of two defensive places. The new 2009-2010, less these major role players at forward and less Leddy will just simpley out score the oppositions. Look for EP to simply out score their competition for the next year. Their defense may not live up to a Leddy standard, but there is way too much scoring ability with EP's first two lines to think any in the Lake Conference to contend with them. This will last this year and may be the next year, depending who sticks around. The next couple of year will be down for EP. There is not a lot of up comming talent in the next two years.

Doglover · Post by **Doglover** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:38 am

Guess we'll find out how much talent EP has left once the season starts. Personally not as impressed with the '09-10 team but we'll find out soon enough.

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:36 pm

No EP sophmores made the regular roster this year. The only chane any of them have to see some varsity action now is if they get on a swing line. This is compared to 10-12 sophs last year contributing on a regular basis. People hype the loss of Leddy and say it will kill the team, but think how much more expierenced this team is than last year. Plus, they have a full state tournament's worth of expierence that they didn't have going into the X last year.

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