Granite City Classic (Dec 28th-Dec 30th)

Love4Hockey · Post by **Love4Hockey** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:16 pm

Granite City Classic
At Municipal Athletic Complex

Games Monday
Keller (Texas) vs. North Branch, 2 p.m.
Sauk Rapids vs. St. Cloud Tech, 4:30 p.m.
Little Falls vs. St. Cloud Apollo, 7 p.m.

Games Tuesday
Little Falls vs. Sauk Rapids, 2 p.m.
North Branch vs. St. Cloud Tech, 4:30 p.m.
Keller (Texas) vs. St. Cloud Apollo, 7 p.m.

Games Wednesday
Keller (Texas) vs. Sauk Rapids, 2 p.m.
North Branch vs. Little Falls, 4:30 p.m.
St. Cloud Tech vs. St. Cloud Apollo, 7 p.m.

--Any thoughts, comments, predctions or results can and should be posted here.

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:35 pm

Should be an interesting three games for North Branch. They're an improving program but have never played against this caliber of competition. Great to see they are striving to become better and it gives us hope that our sons will have a good program to play for in 7-10 years. Hope they have a good showing.

brandy38 · Post by **brandy38** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:37 pm

neat to see a texas team in there too

Love4Hockey · Post by **Love4Hockey** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:47 pm

Yeah it is, should be interesting to see how their able to match up to some good Minnesota high school teams.

Roseauverrated · Post by **Roseauverrated** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:56 pm

Love4Hockey wrote:Yeah it is, should be interesting to see how their able to match up to some good Minnesota high school teams.

I seriously laughed out loud when I read that.

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:17 am

There may not be 8 teams in it but should be a good weekend of hockey. Not the same teams as past years but still looks competitive.

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:03 am

Love4Hockey wrote:Granite City Classic
At Municipal Athletic Complex

Games Monday
Keller (Texas) vs. North Branch, 2 p.m.

Is Keller (Texas) a high school team, or one of those traveling AAA Bantam squads? I can't imagine Texas having too extensive of a high school league.

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:27 am

Teak wrote:
Love4Hockey wrote:Granite City Classic
At Municipal Athletic Complex

Games Monday
Keller (Texas) vs. North Branch, 2 p.m.
Is Keller (Texas) a high school team, or one of those traveling AAA Bantam squads? I can't imagine Texas having too extensive of a high school league.

I have decided to answer my own question! Teak answering Teak.

It looks like this Keller is a club team from the Keller Independent School District. They are called Keller ISD and they play in the Silver Division of the Texas league.

Here is a link to their latest game report:
http://www.kellercitizen.com/103/story/14741.html

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

Loss forces team to focus more on game ahead
Keller Hockey
By JOHN ENGLISH

The Keller Varsity Silver hockey team lost to Richardson on Thursday night, 6-5, after leading 5-4 heading into the final period of play.

Even worse, Richardson only had six shots on goal in the contest, and is the only other loss on the Silver team’s schedule this season, who moved to 10-2 with the defeat.

What? They lost 6-5 and the team that beat them had only six shots on goal? That means the Keller goalie made 0 saves??

The Varsity Silver team received a great honor recently, when it was invited to play in the prestigious Granite City Classic, the oldest hockey tournament in the state of Minnesota, on Dec. 27-29.

Let's hope their goalie gets some practice time in before the puck drops. I suspect that the author of the report made a mistake in the shots-on-goal statistic. But I love the title! Since we lost, we have to focus on the next game. If they had won, no need to focus on the next game??

greenway1969 · Post by **greenway1969** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:01 am

Keller played in the Thief River Falls tournament last year and were not even close to being competitive.

Mite-dad · Post by **Mite-dad** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:34 am

Roseauverrated wrote:
Love4Hockey wrote:Yeah it is, should be interesting to see how their able to match up to some good Minnesota high school teams.
I seriously laughed out loud when I read that.

I didn't want to, but I did too. Seems like all these teams are struggling this year.

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:50 am

Mite-dad wrote:
Roseauverrated wrote:
Love4Hockey wrote:Yeah it is, should be interesting to see how their able to match up to some good Minnesota high school teams.
I seriously laughed out loud when I read that.
I didn't want to, but I did too. Seems like all these teams are struggling this year.

I'ts not like he said great teams... You guys must be easily amused

Mite-dad · Post by **Mite-dad** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:08 pm

MrBoDangles wrote:
Mite-dad wrote:
Roseauverrated wrote: I seriously laughed out loud when I read that.
I didn't want to, but I did too. Seems like all these teams are struggling this year.
I'ts not like he said great teams... You guys must be easily amused

My beloved LF along w/ St. Cloud Apollo and SRR are a combined 3-20-1. Tech is 3-3 w/ no quality wins. NB is 4-2-1, but is hardly considered a powerhouse and probably not favored in this tournament. I understand "good" means different things to different people, but to call these teams "good" is a stretch. Maybe the jury is still out on Tech.

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:07 am

First day scores

Keller (TX) vs North Branch-- 6-6 tie

Sauk Rapids vs St Cloud Tech-- 4-1 Tech win

Little Falls vs St Cloud Apollo-- 4-0 Little Falls win

wblhockeyfan8 · Post by **wblhockeyfan8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:55 pm

GordonBombay99 wrote:First day scores

Keller (TX) vs North Branch-- 6-6 tie

Sauk Rapids vs St Cloud Tech-- 4-1 Tech win

Little Falls vs St Cloud Apollo-- 4-0 Little Falls win

You can tie?

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:59 pm

same with the Hibbing Invite? Tourneys or not?

GopherPuckPlayer · Post by **GopherPuckPlayer** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:10 pm

Is there a Radio station that is broadcasting these games?

RLStars · Post by **RLStars** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:27 pm

wblhockeyfan8 wrote:
GordonBombay99 wrote:First day scores

Keller (TX) vs North Branch-- 6-6 tie

Sauk Rapids vs St Cloud Tech-- 4-1 Tech win

Little Falls vs St Cloud Apollo-- 4-0 Little Falls win
You can tie?

Its still a high school game with MSHSL rules

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:59 pm

Yes you can tie, there isnt even overtime.

Do not believe there is a radio station doing the games.

USHLTender · Post by **USHLTender** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:45 pm

That Texas team got smoked by Apollo, I guess that pretty much sums up the quality of that team...

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:16 pm

That game was pretty much all Apollo from the start it seems like, nice to see the boys from Apollo step up and get a win, a good 7-2 win.

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:02 am

Second day scores

Little Falls vs Sauk Rapids-- 5-1 Sauk Rapids win

North Branch vs St Cloud Tech-- 9-0 St Cloud Tech win

Keller (TX) vs St Cloud Apollo-- 7-2 St Cloud Apollo win

MrBoDangles · Post by **MrBoDangles** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:14 pm

North Branch 2
Little Falls 2

GordonBombay99 · Post by **GordonBombay99** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:37 am

St Cloud Tech vs St Cloud Apollo-- 6-3 Tech win

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