Warroad @ Roseau January 14th

[slapshot99]

Which of these northern powers will come out on top?

[ACTUALFORMERPLAYER]

Warroad should win in running time. The top line for Warroad is just too strong. It's like having three TJ Oshies on the same line.

[warriors41]

If the game was all about offense I would take Warroad. However, theur goalie and defense still makes me uneasy. That being said, I can't choose Roseau against my hometown so I'll say Warroad 4-2 with an empty netter.

[starmvp]

Warroad 4-1

[schwang17]

Class AA - 3
Too scared to play AA - 2

[elliott70]

Roso by 3

[D16Dad]

Roseau 3 - Warroad 2 OT

[nhl_combine]

Class AA - 3
Too scared to play AA - 2

I agree.

[gophers101]

Warroad should win in running time. The top line for Warroad is just too strong. It's like having three TJ Oshies on the same line.

If you were playing in Warroad no doubt it would be in running time because the players parents would be reffing but its in Roseau so I'll take the Rams 5-2.

[stillwildinIL]

Class AA - 3
Too scared to play AA - 2

[stillwildinIL]

Warroad should win in running time. The top line for Warroad is just too strong. It's like having three TJ Oshies on the same line.

If you were playing in Warroad no doubt it would be in running time because the players parents would be reffing but its in Roseau so I'll take the Rams 5-2.

[northwoods oldtimer]

Rams will get the Warriors at home 3-2. The rematch will be a different story, literally.

[elliott70]

Rams will get the Warriors at home 3-2. The rematch will be a different story, literally.

[schwang17]

Rams will get the Warriors at home 3-2. The rematch will be a different story, literally.

[iwatchalotofhockey]

For those of you wondering how this may turn out well why dont you tune in and watch it for yourselves on MSBN.

My boys back home have been working with me to get video going up in the lovely confides of Memorial Ice Arena. If all goes as planned there should be live video for this game. And it not there will always be live audio to listen to Bobcat and Z-man calling the game,

Boys Hockey: Warroad vs. Roseau
Date: January 14, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Roseau Memorial Arena, Roseau, MN
Live on MSBN!


www.MnSportsNetwork.com


Minnesota high school hockey's best rivalry renews itself for the first of two times during the 2009-2010 season, as the Warroad Warriors head to Roseau to take on the Roseau Rams. Drop of the puck is set for 7:30 pm. Brad "Z-Man" Zoeller, Tracy "Bobcat" Ostby and Jon Michael will have the call of the action.

[dueling21]

Lead story on the Hub...the Week Ahead begins with the Warroad-Roseau game...

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/page/show/32760-home

[25 sheet power]

In Warroad
Warroad 4.77 PP per game
Away team 4.44 PP per game

A .33 Advantage for Warroad @ home

Warroad Away
Warroad 5.00 PP per game
Home team 4.50 PP per game

A .50 Advantage for Warroad Away

In Roso
Roso 5.87 PP per game
Away team 4.50 PP per game

A 1.37 Advantage for Roso @ home

Roso Away
Roso 2.80 PP per game
Home team 2.50 PP per game

A .30 Advantage for Roso Away

Looks like you may have it backwards.

[mn miracle man]

Warroad should win in running time. The top line for Warroad is just too strong. It's like having three TJ Oshies on the same line.

I wouldn't go that far, but it is a pretty dynamic combination. The one comparison you could make with Oshie would obviously be Nelson, but despite the fact that Hebel and Stoskopf are very good players, they don't quite compare to those two. As for the AA vs A debate, it is getting a little sickening having to hear this comparison in every thread on here, check the enrollment, Warroad is where they belong, not to mention their youth system is pretty sparse by the looks of some scores around District 16 lately.

[MrBoDangles]

Warroad should win in running time. The top line for Warroad is just too strong. It's like having three TJ Oshies on the same line.

I wouldn't go that far, but it is a pretty dynamic combination. The one comparison you could make with Oshie would obviously be Nelson, but despite the fact that Hebel and Stoskopf are very good players, they don't quite compare to those two. As for the AA vs A debate, it is getting a little sickening having to hear this comparison in every thread on here, check the enrollment, Warroad is where they belong, not to mention their youth system is pretty sparse by the looks of some scores around District 16 lately.

If those two tiny little schools combined they would probably win the class AA title every year...... And the 94 circle people would still find something to whine about.

[northwoods oldtimer]

And the 94 circle people would still find something to whine about.

Amen to that brother.

[Throwback]

I do think Roseau is good this year, and it is in Roseau, still not good enough to beat Warroad. Not this year.

[schwang17]

As for the AA vs A debate, it is getting a little sickening having to hear this comparison in every thread on here, check the enrollment, Warroad is where they belong, not to mention their youth system is pretty sparse by the looks of some scores around District 16 lately.

Funny, Roseau doesn't seem to have many problems playing AA.

The youth hockey #'s have never mattered up there with regards to HS hockey success.

[RoseauHockeyFan]

I think Roseau and Warroad both have powerful and high scoring first lines. Roseau's first line has combined to score 44 goals and Warroad's has combined to score 40 goals. These two lines will probably wage a pretty equal battle.

The game will probably be won on the fight between the other forward lines and defensemen. Roseau has gotten a total of 39 goals from players other than the three starting forwards. Warroad has gotten only 17 goals from players outside of their star first line. Roseau demonstrates a lot more depth for sure.

In other words, the first lines will cancel each other out, and Roseau's 2nd and 3rd lines will outscore Warroad by 2 goals leading to a Roseau 4-2 victory.

[mn miracle man]

As for the AA vs A debate, it is getting a little sickening having to hear this comparison in every thread on here, check the enrollment, Warroad is where they belong, not to mention their youth system is pretty sparse by the looks of some scores around District 16 lately.

Funny, Roseau doesn't seem to have many problems playing AA.

The youth hockey #'s have never mattered up there with regards to HS hockey success.

Yes, Yes we have heard it all, props to them for jumping and having success, but not all schools are going to follow suit. Warroad's enrollment is 386 and Roseau is 410, but if you want to get into the whole A vs AA thing we can throw numerous teams out there that should be ridiculed before Warroad. St Thomas (1086), Mahtomedi (1109), Totino-Grace (1009), and South St. Paul (905) to name a few are all over double the size of these schools yet continually see success in single A yet no criticism. I actually don't mind seeing Roseau win at the AA level and I would love to see the day where the northern rivalry took home both crowns in a single season. As far as the youth hockey goes, if you are referring to Warroad's "recruiting", you might as well stop right there because I am sure I am not the only one that doesn't want to see this thread closed. Back on topic, it should be a well fought game between two tough squads, I like the perspective about the top lines cancelling each other out, but I am going to go with my instinct and say Warroad will steal one on the road, 4-3 in a barn burning overtime session.

[defense]

I would love to go with Warroad for sake of this thread. I am however going with the good old Rams in their good old Arena, in front of the good ol boys.

Roseau 6
Warroad 2