AA Quarter: #4 Hill Murray (25-2-1) v. Duluth East (19-5-4)

[wbhockey02]

I am praying East takes this one in a blowout do to my strong dislike for Hill. However I don't see it panning out that way. I'll still take East though
Hounds-4
All-Stars-3

[Gov78]

East 4 - Hill 2 Woodshed schooling for the private boys.

Hill has the cupcake section of the state. Funny how you 'citiot' boys never whine about that.

I was born and raised on the East Side so my dislike for Hill Metro is 30+ years and running but I don't think DE has the guns as much as I'd like to see them win.

I'm hoping for a Tonka vs. Hill semi-final game so Tonka can take them to the woodshed... that would make my weekend. I'll ignore the "citiot" nonsense for now.

Hill's section is probable 2nd easiest after 1AA.

Gov's you can call me a "flannel head" anytime you like

I used to call my college roomate from Babbitt a farmer just to piss him off.

[stpaul]

I too was born and raised in the East Side. I still have a great fondness for Johnson, St. Bernard's & other formerly great St. Paul schools. Then I moved to North St. Paul, sent 3 kids to Hill-Murray, know what a great place it is & have 30+ years, well 25 anyway, of following and loving great hockey teams. The current team with Coach Bill Lechner is damn good. HM's section is weak - this year. As recently as 3 years ago it had 4 of the top teams in the state. HM beat DE 5-1 at New Year's. DE is better since then but so is HM. HM wins again 4-1.

[Gov78]

I too was born and raised in the East Side. I still have a great fondness for Johnson, St. Bernard's & other formerly great St. Paul schools. Then I moved to North St. Paul, sent 3 kids to Hill-Murray, know what a great place it is & have 30+ years, well 25 anyway, of following and loving great hockey teams. The current team with Coach Bill Lechner is damn good. HM's section is weak - this year. As recently as 3 years ago it had 4 of the top teams in the state. HM beat DE 5-1 at New Year's. DE is better since then but so is HM. HM wins again 4-1.

I'm a 3rd generation Governor from '78 so I can't let go quite as easy

[Pioneerprideguy]

East 4 - Hill 2 Woodshed schooling for the private boys.

Hill has the cupcake section of the state. Funny how you 'citiot' boys never whine about that.

I'm hoping for an all-metro semis that way the building will be pulling against the "green machines". People from the north have the attitude that the game of hockey belongs to them and that has soured some of us people who are used to seeing a moving sidewalk. So bring your wallets to the big city & I'm hoping you get to experience Marriucci.

[northwoods oldtimer]

East 4 - Hill 2 Woodshed schooling for the private boys.

Hill has the cupcake section of the state. Funny how you 'citiot' boys never whine about that.

So bring your wallets to the big city & I'm hoping you get to experience Marriucci.

ha ha , that is a good line. I will save you a seat for East - Tonka game on Saturday night

[woodley]

I have picked East (more heart than head). . . Hill has a very good team, but they haven't had the killer instinct early. Several of their past games they have let clearly inferior teams hang around. . . when you do that, the game becomes either 17 or 34 minutes long, not the 51 that is in the favor of the stronger team. If Hill doesn't wake up and skate in the first, East will win, if Hill is alive at the first whistle, East is in trouble.

State tourney time, hating on Hill (and Edina), expo coming up, spending an entire hockey weekend with my teenager (willingly on his part). . . all is right in the world!!!

[stpaul]

I too was born and raised in the East Side. I still have a great fondness for Johnson, St. Bernard's & other formerly great St. Paul schools. Then I moved to North St. Paul, sent 3 kids to Hill-Murray, know what a great place it is & have 30+ years, well 25 anyway, of following and loving great hockey teams. The current team with Coach Bill Lechner is damn good. HM's section is weak - this year. As recently as 3 years ago it had 4 of the top teams in the state. HM beat DE 5-1 at New Year's. DE is better since then but so is HM. HM wins again 4-1.

I'm a 3rd generation Governor from '78 so I can't let go quite as easy

It's not too late. Even Louie is sitting over on the HM side with us these days.

[Irish24]

Hill will win; I'm confident.

[Lucia4President]

Hill-Murray 4
East 2

I wish last year's Hounds team had another shot at Cretin...

[BodyShots]

I too was born and raised in the East Side. I still have a great fondness for Johnson, St. Bernard's & other formerly great St. Paul schools. Then I moved to North St. Paul, sent 3 kids to Hill-Murray, know what a great place it is & have 30+ years, well 25 anyway, of following and loving great hockey teams. The current team with Coach Bill Lechner is damn good. HM's section is weak - this year. As recently as 3 years ago it had 4 of the top teams in the state. HM beat DE 5-1 at New Year's. DE is better since then but so is HM. HM wins again 4-1.

Well, that explains it. If I lived in NSP, I would send my kids somewhere else also.

[karl(east)]

Could a person familiar with Hill post their lines and defensive pairings? Thanks.

[stpaul]

I may need to be corrected, but here's how I think they have looked in the sections:

1st line = Faust, Bahe & Becker
1st D = Casto & Johnson
2nd line = Walsh, Holler & French
2nd D = Schulze & Cotroneo
3rd line = LaValle, Sampair & Bruchu
3rd D = McCallum & Jonah Johnson
4th line = Bruski, Andy Faust & Phillippi

[karl(east)]

Thanks. I'll try to beat a few of those into my head over the next few days.

Might as well give East's (some shifting is possible, but this is more or less what they were going with by the end of the year)

Lutzka-Meyer-Schendel
Johnson-Mellin-Randolph
Toninato-Brazerol-Olson
Beddow-Renier-Mass
Welinski-Paulseth
Bergerson-Repensky
Olson-Amato

[Goldfishdude]

Thanks. I'll try to beat a few of those into my head over the next few days.

Might as well give East's (some shifting is possible, but this is more or less what they were going with by the end of the year)

Lutzka-Meyer-Schendel
Johnson-Mellin-Randolph
Toninato-Brazerol-Olson
Beddow-Renier-Holappa
Welinski-Paulseth
Bergerson-Repensky
Olson-Amato

Karl..

I know it's getting late in the evening for me, and I am not as coherent (no - I didn't have any beverages), but I saw those first few words, and knowing you are close to the CIA, FBI, and two blocks away from the house where the Exorcist was filmed, I had to double check to see if Jeff Gillooly was making this post....

[karl(east)]

Thanks. I'll try to beat a few of those into my head over the next few days.

Might as well give East's (some shifting is possible, but this is more or less what they were going with by the end of the year)

Lutzka-Meyer-Schendel
Johnson-Mellin-Randolph
Toninato-Brazerol-Olson
Beddow-Renier-Holappa
Welinski-Paulseth
Bergerson-Repensky
Olson-Amato

Karl..

I know it's getting late in the evening for me, and I am not as coherent (no - I didn't have any beverages), but I saw those first few words, and knowing you are close to the CIA, FBI, and two blocks away from the house where the Exorcist was filmed, I had to double check to see if Jeff Gillooly was making this post....

Goldy, if you were ever able to turn your thought process into a stream-of-consciousness novel, you'd be an instant millionaire.

[Goldfishdude]

Thanks. I'll try to beat a few of those into my head over the next few days.

Might as well give East's (some shifting is possible, but this is more or less what they were going with by the end of the year)

Lutzka-Meyer-Schendel
Johnson-Mellin-Randolph
Toninato-Brazerol-Olson
Beddow-Renier-Holappa
Welinski-Paulseth
Bergerson-Repensky
Olson-Amato

Karl..

I know it's getting late in the evening for me, and I am not as coherent (no - I didn't have any beverages), but I saw those first few words, and knowing you are close to the CIA, FBI, and two blocks away from the house where the Exorcist was filmed, I had to double check to see if Jeff Gillooly was making this post....

Goldy, if you were ever able to turn your thought process into a stream-of-consciousness novel, you'd be an instant millionaire.

If I ever figure out what you just said meant, I'd be happy to get an Under 550 calories meal from Applebees....

Oh, crap.. I just googled it!!

stream of consciousness

Narrative technique in nondramatic fiction intended to render the flow of myriad impressions — visual, auditory, tactile, associative, and subliminal — that impinge on an individual consciousness. To represent the mind at work, a writer may incorporate snatches of thought and grammatical constructions that do not seem coherent because they are based on the free association of ideas and images. The term was first used by William James in The Principles of Psychology (1890).

Not quite sure if I qualify.. The keyword is "nondramatic".. I kinda think I act like a DIVA.. How much is it for a four-pack of White Castles?

[MNHockeyFan]

Wow, poll is very close at 34-36; I'd call that a coin flip. Based on that you would think this will be the best quarterfinal game - we'll see!

[Goldfishdude]

Wow, poll is very close at 34-36; I'd call that a coin flip. Based on that you would think this will be the best quarterfinal game - we'll see!

I agree.... it helps it's a game featuring the #4 and #5 seeded teams, and with the tremendous following for both teams, in conjunction to how many people will be there not necessarily rooting for East as much as rooting against H-M, it should be the most raucous crowd.

[northwoods oldtimer]

Wow, poll is very close at 34-36; I'd call that a coin flip. Based on that you would think this will be the best quarterfinal game - we'll see!

I agree.... it helps it's a game featuring the #4 and #5 seeded teams, and with the tremendous following for both teams, in conjunction to how many people will be there not necessarily rooting for East as much as rooting against H-M, it should be the most raucous crowd.

Too bad Edina vs. Roseau is not on the same side of the bracket than you would get a double dose of a rowdy crowd. I cannot think of two teams that a state tournament crowd gets on more than Edina and Hill Muirray. Comes with their success as we all know.

[Goldfishdude]

Good call, oldtimer... I agree..

[EHSHack]

Karl take out Steve Holappa and put Tyler Mass and it looks correct.

[PASTRAPIDSFAN]

hill by 2

[karl(east)]

Not quite sure if I qualify.. The keyword is "nondramatic".. I kinda think I act like a DIVA.. How much is it for a four-pack of White Castles?

That's exactly why you'd be so successful, you add the much-needed drama. Just think of the possibilities...



I think I had a heart attack just looking at that.

[Pioneerprideguy]

As long as the pop is a diet, you'll be ok.