Section 3A

hockey333 · Post by **hockey333** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:01 am

Nice job tonight New Ulm!!! FINALLLYYY!! They've deserved this for many years now!!

Coolice · Post by **Coolice** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:21 am

Good luck at State Eagles!!!!!!

Litch has a class team a played like it tonight.

BuffaloRidgeHockey · Post by **BuffaloRidgeHockey** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:12 am

Garry Bettman wrote:No one from Luverne can sit down to go on the computer because they got their fannies spanked too hard by new ulm..

ha if i was from luverne i probably wouldnt wanna show my face on here either! ha they got flat out embarassed and to make things worse they embarassed themselves and their town with their bad sportsmanship... hahahahahaha FOOLS! Id be embarassed if i was from luverne, or associated with luverne hockey.........

Mr. Bettman no one from Luverne is embarassed. Boys really came along way this year. Now its off-season time...

More importantly Good Luck New Ulm Eagles!! Congrats on your Section 3A Title will be cheering for you to represent us well up in St. Paul next week. Congrats to the whole New Ulm Hockey community have fun with this week it is a time you will never forget!!

golfer5 · Post by **golfer5** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:33 am

Sorry I had to work what did I miss?

HockeyFan033 · Post by **HockeyFan033** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:09 pm

Where is Hockeydude333?? Since he seems to be our resident goalie expert I would like to hear his evaluation of last nights goalie performance.

Looks like New Ulm got a tough draw. They play #1 Breck @ 6:00pm on Wed. Looks like they will than get either Warroad or Rochester.

Goos_nu_eagles · Post by **Goos_nu_eagles** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:05 pm

It's kinda hard to get a good draw playing in this section not going to lie

letsgowild · Post by **letsgowild** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:47 pm

Congrats to New Ulm and have fun at state.Thanks to Litch's players and coaches for there great sportsmanship, some fans not so much.

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:26 pm

hockey333 wrote:Nice job tonight New Ulm!!! FINALLLYYY!! They've deserved this for many years now!!

Small point. They deserve it this year because they won. They didn't deserve it in past years because they lost. Congratulations to a very supportive hockey community.

Garry Bettman · Post by **Garry Bettman** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:24 am

I thought both goalies played well last night... Johnson made some big saves as did burgau... Johnson did however leave a few too many rebounds that allowed NU to capitalize on 2 goals, im not sure maybe 3... 2 for sure... sick snipe by banal. nice move on a penalty shot by peterson....

Burgau made some nice saves but wasnt really tested a whole lot..22 shots but NU had far more scoring chances.. Litch gave up way too many odd man rushes..

moose27 · Post by **moose27** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:52 am

[quote="Goos_nu_eagles"]It's kinda hard to get a good draw playing in this section not going to lie[/quote]

AGREED... Congrats to the eagles!! Great for the town and program!! Good luck against Breck.. Breck is one of the best teams in the state AA or A!! The reality of how far 3A is from is state caliber team will come out but it is only good for the section!!

HockeyFan033 · Post by **HockeyFan033** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:09 pm

Goos_nu_eagles wrote:It's kinda hard to get a good draw playing in this section not going to lie

Goos_nu_eagles,
I realize the top 4 teams are all good but Breck was the worst draw of
all. That's all I meant.

rratldc · Post by **rratldc** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:09 am

Good luck New Ulm down at state. We'll be rooting for ya. It wasn't to be the other night for the Dragons! I agree with Bettman - we gave up too many odd man rushes. And to give up two shorties is not good! Changes momentum big time. What did you guys think of the penalty shot call? Legit or marginal?

Garry Bettman · Post by **Garry Bettman** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:26 pm

I thought the penalty shot call was legit...... I mean it wasnt completely obvious but i thought the right call was made.

extra_attacker · Post by **extra_attacker** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:29 pm

I agree with garry that the call was legit. Peterson beat the D and he tried to make up for it and tripped him up.

hero12 · Post by **hero12** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:19 pm

HockeyFan033 wrote:
Goos_nu_eagles wrote:It's kinda hard to get a good draw playing in this section not going to lie
Goos_nu_eagles,
I realize the top 4 teams are all good but Breck was the worst draw of
all. That's all I meant.

New Ulm is easily the weakest team going to the tournament, so their draw doesn't really matter.

p.s. congrats to New Ulm.

Goos_nu_eagles · Post by **Goos_nu_eagles** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:56 pm

Twas totally legit. Nothing stood between Peterson and the goalie and the D man tripped him up.

R1nk Rat 174 · Post by **R1nk Rat 174** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:29 pm

ohhhhhh mannn this game is getting embarassingg!
welcome to how the rest of the state plays hockey boys..

moose27 · Post by **moose27** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:35 pm

Welcome to the real world 3A!! Like feeding lambs to the wolves!! Hey Breck why don't you get some balls and play with the big boys!! I hope Hermantown takes the A title. Private school recruiting pays off!!

TourneyTime · Post by **TourneyTime** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:38 pm

MSHSL needs to take a look at things like this. This section didn't have a prayer no matter who came out of it. Not to rip on New Ulm or any team in this Section, they did not choose these Sections either, but no reason for any of the teams to make the State tournament. I understand everyone gets a chance and we look for the warm fuzzy underdog story, but this isn't fun to watch, and I'm sure neither team is enjoying this right now. Even Breck doesn't deserve this when preparing to win a title. I feel bad for everyone involved. MSHSL needs to look at this!

Goos_nu_eagles · Post by **Goos_nu_eagles** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:50 pm

You might not think this is fun to watch, but I don't think you will find a more entertaining section tournament than 3A's.

moose27 · Post by **moose27** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:14 pm

Every Section tournament is exciting!! I understand that the State HS League wants a team to represent each region of the state but at the expense of 20 odd some kids getting embarrassed.. I am guessing 3A will look a little different in the future. If it doesn't than the state HS league to needs to pull their heads out of their arses!!

R1nk Rat 174 · Post by **R1nk Rat 174** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:39 pm

Goos_nu_eagles wrote:You might not think this is fun to watch, but I don't think you will find a more entertaining section tournament than 3A's.

1A, 2AA, 6AA, 4A

many others..
except i will say 3A is competitive with eachother but with other teams in the state..

new2coachin · Post by **new2coachin** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:19 pm

This is less about how people perceive how bad 3A is and more about how great of a team/s that Breck and other private schools are able to assemble with players from out of the community (I feel Alex would have experienced a similar fate had they faced Breck the first round). I believe I saw them broadcast that 5 of the past 8 Class A State Champions have been private schools? Last year Breck defeated Warroad 7-3, and this years Mustang team looks better. The MSHSL should focus less on realigning the sections and look more at if school enrollment is the correct way to split A & AA and if some Metro Privates should actually be in Class AA. Not Private school hating, just bringing things back to earth that 3A is not that bad, just not as good as the elite privates, and well, neither are MOST of the A teams!

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:42 pm

TourneyTime wrote:MSHSL needs to take a look at things like this. This section didn't have a prayer no matter who came out of it. Not to rip on New Ulm or any team in this Section, they did not choose these Sections either, but no reason for any of the teams to make the State tournament. I understand everyone gets a chance and we look for the warm fuzzy underdog story, but this isn't fun to watch, and I'm sure neither team is enjoying this right now. Even Breck doesn't deserve this when preparing to win a title. I feel bad for everyone involved. MSHSL needs to look at this!

Didn't have a prayer? That's what most people thought last year in the Hutch vs Mahtomedi game. It shouldn't have mattered that Marshall was hurt for the game, the way everyone talked down about Section 3A and Hutch before the tournament, you'd have thought the Zephyr's JV could have beaten them. The system isn't going to change anytime soon. Sections will be drawn geographically and each section sends a team to state.

moose27 · Post by **moose27** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:24 pm

Ya if Marshall would have played it would have been a plus 3 or 4 goal difference in the game last year. Hutch wasn't competitive last year at state!! They got killed in the consolation game as well. I don't see 3A being anymore competitive in a very long time if things are not changed!! Seriously 3A is going to be even thinner next year on talent. Hutch, Litch, and Marshall will all be terrible again. Good thing for New Ulm is that they should win the section again next year. Bad thing is they could very well draw a team like Breck again in the first round.

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