Big 9

woodley · Post by **woodley** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:38 am

Absolutely agree HSHockey, after Lee went down, O'Reilly really came through. He moved pretty freely on the ice and was in serious sniper mode!!

BOTCH #3 · Post by **BOTCH #3** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:51 am

scarlethockey33 wrote:8 - 1 on east? who was in goal? and who's the kid scoring for mayo this season?

Lucas Weihe

GopherPuck15 · Post by **GopherPuck15** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:35 am

OU812 wrote:Based on the scores so far, I'll take Century to win the Big 9. Faribault and Winona are solid, but Century has played a tougher schedule and looked strongest. The rest are still a little hard to sort out, especially Mayo and JM, who have been up and down.
I'm hoping West can hang tough with East tomorrow night, but we'll have to see because those East forwards can sure score. Right, Black Ice?

OU812, do you see many of West's games? I'd be interested in your analysis of the team so far if so.

So it sounds like many of the people in here see East as the winner tonight?

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:10 pm

West has been pretty quiet offensively so far, and has also taken a ton of penalties (I think they have been on the PK more than any Big 9 team this year). When the Scarlets cut down on penalties against New Prague, they did much better. It has not helped to lose Weber for the season. As for the new coach, I think the players are confident in Coach Doell and his staff.

I'd say East is a 2 or 3 goal favorite tonight, based on the scores so far. Billiar, Ries, and Willaert are scoring a ton. The top 12 scorers for East are all seniors, and many are playing their fourth year of varsity hockey. For West, Campbell is still the SouperStar, and he should be fun to watch tonight. I'm also curious to see what kind forechecking West does; seems like once the puck gets broken out to the talented East forwards, that's when the trouble starts for Cougar opponents.

Of course, these East and West players played together in youth hockey coming up, so everybody knows everybody on the ice (and in the stands). With the East v West girls game right beforehand, it should be a great crowd tonight at All Seasons.

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:57 pm

GopherPuck15 wrote:
OU812 wrote:Based on the scores so far, I'll take Century to win the Big 9. Faribault and Winona are solid, but Century has played a tougher schedule and looked strongest. The rest are still a little hard to sort out, especially Mayo and JM, who have been up and down.
I'm hoping West can hang tough with East tomorrow night, but we'll have to see because those East forwards can sure score. Right, Black Ice?
OU812, do you see many of West's games? I'd be interested in your analysis of the team so far if so.

So it sounds like many of the people in here see East as the winner tonight?

Since West has blown out East in the last 6 meetings I think most East fans would settle for at least a close game. Last win for East was an '06 section game.

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:46 pm

West 4 East 3 Final

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:56 pm

Winona 7 LaX Aquinas (Wi) 1 Final

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:19 pm

Chaska 6 Owatonna 1
Austin 5 Sleepy Eye 2

LifeForHockey · Post by **LifeForHockey** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:20 pm

Not to nit pick in anyway at all but it was Winona 7 Holmen Aquinas 1

bad 2nd period by Winona ( up 3-0 after the first, 4-1 after the second) but they played a weak Wisconsin team and just took it to them overall.

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:34 pm

Farmington 2 Mayo 1

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:54 pm

New Prague 5 Albert Lea 4 Final

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:37 am

What a great game to watch. East goes up 3-0 after the first, then West comes back with four goals in the second. Both teams played well, shots were about even, and the third period was a battle. Hats off to the East players and fans. For West, it was a major pick-me-up. Hopefully now they can turn things around a bit.

SEMNHOCKEYFAN · Post by **SEMNHOCKEYFAN** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:45 pm

scarlethockey33 wrote:8 - 1 on east? who was in goal? and who's the kid scoring for mayo this season?

Mayo doesnt have one top scorer this year.....Spencer Lee was on top but has gotten hurt its a wait and see.........

itech22 · Post by **itech22** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:48 pm

Mayo doesn't have any pure scorers but this team is made up of a bunch of scrappy players that wait for the chances. Against Farmington the puck just didn't drop there way. I don't know how many times they hit the pipe but I guess that is no excuse. Mayo was the better team but it just wasn't there night. It was a good game nevertheless.

HShockey2180 · Post by **HShockey2180** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:39 pm

When Mayo's first and second lines are clicking, they can completely control a game. Against Farmington Mayo had them pinned down in their zone for 5 minute stretches at a time, and like itech said, put 3 off the crossbar. The game really could have gone either way and both teams know that.

Getemupscout · Post by **Getemupscout** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:58 pm

When Mayo's first and second lines are clicking, they can completely control a game.

Yea I wouldn't not want to face them.

SEMinnHockeyNut · Post by **SEMinnHockeyNut** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:15 pm

Yea I wouldn't not want to face them.

Does that mean you WOULD like to face them since you used a double-negative?

Mayo does bring some nice energy to the game but they don't finish very well most nights. They should have beat Farmington, but big deal, they are an average team. Mayo has a long way to go if they want to think about making some real noise, but things are looking up from the past few games. They need to stop making stupid mistakes that lead to easy goals and learn to finish their chances way better if they want to beat some of the better teams.

GopherPuck15 · Post by **GopherPuck15** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:07 pm

Good Luck to all Big 9 teams participating in holiday tournaments this week! Let's get a bunch of wins and represent the conference!

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:28 pm

Northfield 4 Winona 2 Final
I Falls 6 Albert Lea 1 Final
East 9 Waseca 4 Final

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:06 pm

Century 7 Princeton 1 Final

Bucky · Post by **Bucky** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:21 pm

Eastview 10 Mayo 2

Final

SE16RiverRat · Post by **SE16RiverRat** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:27 pm

Austin is a disgrace to high school hockey. I have seen bantam teams with more skill, and possibly at the pee wee level

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:03 pm

Late scores 12/28/09
Fergus Falls 2 West 2 (FF wins SO)
JM 2 New Richmonmd(Wi) 1 OT
Owatonna 3 Champlin Pk 2 (SO)

12/29/09
Monticello 6 Winona 5 Final
New Richmond 4 Mayo 1 Final
Albert Lea 7 Dodge Cty 0 Final
East 9 Windom 2 Final

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:06 pm

Detroit Lakes 4 West 1 Final
Brainerd 2 Century 0 Final
Orono 5 Owatonna 2 Final
Alexandria 6 Faribault 2 Final
JM 3 Eastview 1 Final

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:23 am

Eastview beats Mayo 10-2, and then JM beats Eastview? What is the story there?

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