Section 1A

hawkhockey · Post by **hawkhockey** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:04 am

Howie wrote:Good hockey game tonight between New Prague and Lourdes in Rochester. New Prague was leading 3-2 in the 3rd period and then came the penalty calls. 3 powerplay goals later and well, Lourdes wins. I just wish the Referees would let the kids decide the game one time down there. It looked just like the finals last year in Rochester, oh and the referee was the same guy also. Go figure. Final score was 5-3.

Are you trying to say the refs controlled the section final last year? I was at that game and there were 3 penalties called all game. the delay of game call that preceded the powerplay goal was from a player picking the puck up off the ice. In no way did the refs decide the game. the two teams that played a great game did.

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:38 am

Good hockey game in Mankato last night with Albert Lea getting the win 4-3 over West. Both teams played very hard and it was a fun battle to watch. I felt like West outplayed the Tigers but did not capitalize on their chances. Albert Lea’s goalie played tough and the Scarlet’s Fox did not look as sharp in the net last night. Shots were 33-26 in favor of the Scarlets. The Scarlet’s are going to need to have some kids step up and start scoring some goals, they seem to lack the finishing touch for the most part. Albert Lea played a hard physical game and I give them credit for putting the puck in the net when they got their chances. I did talk with some of the AL fans and they told me that against Northfield they had 3 of their top skaters suspended for using chewing tobacco. I am sure this contributed to Northfield spanking them. I look forward to heading down to AL later this season and catching round 2.

The X · Post by **The X** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:55 am

hawkhockey wrote:
Howie wrote:Good hockey game tonight between New Prague and Lourdes in Rochester. New Prague was leading 3-2 in the 3rd period and then came the penalty calls. 3 powerplay goals later and well, Lourdes wins. I just wish the Referees would let the kids decide the game one time down there. It looked just like the finals last year in Rochester, oh and the referee was the same guy also. Go figure. Final score was 5-3.
Are you trying to say the refs controlled the section final last year? I was at that game and there were 3 penalties called all game. the delay of game call that preceded the powerplay goal was from a player picking the puck up off the ice. In no way did the refs decide the game. the two teams that played a great game did.

No, I stand corrected Hawkhockey, I meant two years ago in semis not finals last year. NP had a couple goals disallowed and it was a steady parade to penalty box in third period on soft calls. Taking nothing away from Lourdes team or players, it just happens down there more than anywhere else I've seen. The players and team for Lourdes have nothing to do with what I'm talking about here.

MavHockey14 · Post by **MavHockey14** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:12 am

Dog_Log17 wrote:Good hockey game in Mankato last night with Albert Lea getting the win 4-3 over West. Both teams played very hard and it was a fun battle to watch. I felt like West outplayed the Tigers but did not capitalize on their chances. Albert Lea’s goalie played tough and the Scarlet’s Fox did not look as sharp in the net last night. Shots were 33-26 in favor of the Scarlets. The Scarlet’s are going to need to have some kids step up and start scoring some goals, they seem to lack the finishing touch for the most part. Albert Lea played a hard physical game and I give them credit for putting the puck in the net when they got their chances. I did talk with some of the AL fans and they told me that against Northfield they had 3 of their top skaters suspended for using chewing tobacco. I am sure this contributed to Northfield spanking them. I look forward to heading down to AL later this season and catching round 2.

I felt like a lot of the young Scarlets didn't really understand what that rivalry meant, and they just weren't ready for it. Outside the last ten minutes of the game, I thought West looked slow, sluggish, and unprepared.

It'll be interesting to see how they fare the rest of this week with Mayo and then Century on Saturday.

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:29 pm

MavHockey14 wrote:
I felt like a lot of the young Scarlets didn't really understand what that rivalry meant, and they just weren't ready for it. Outside the last ten minutes of the game, I thought West looked slow, sluggish, and unprepared.

It'll be interesting to see how they fare the rest of this week with Mayo and then Century on Saturday.

Really wasn't the chippy and gritty game that it has been the past couple of years, which is what made the Albert Lea/West games so fun to watch. West looked for a lot of "finesse" plays, I think a more physical game would benefit them more as a team. West has untapped potential in it's youth, but they're gonna need to outwork opponents in those tough games. Against good teams they don't have enough skill to win on skill alone.

I will say that junior and captain Billy Bigham looked like the best player on that ice by far Tuesday night, if you could add some of an offensive side to his play his play style would remind me alot of other small defensemen like a Ryan Ellis or a Brian Rafalski

MavHockey14 · Post by **MavHockey14** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:51 am

scarlethockey33 wrote:
MavHockey14 wrote:
I felt like a lot of the young Scarlets didn't really understand what that rivalry meant, and they just weren't ready for it. Outside the last ten minutes of the game, I thought West looked slow, sluggish, and unprepared.

It'll be interesting to see how they fare the rest of this week with Mayo and then Century on Saturday.
Really wasn't the chippy and gritty game that it has been the past couple of years, which is what made the Albert Lea/West games so fun to watch. West looked for a lot of "finesse" plays, I think a more physical game would benefit them more as a team. West has untapped potential in it's youth, but they're gonna need to outwork opponents in those tough games. Against good teams they don't have enough skill to win on skill alone.

I will say that junior and captain Billy Bigham looked like the best player on that ice by far Tuesday night, if you could add some of an offensive side to his play his play style would remind me alot of other small defensemen like a Ryan Ellis or a Brian Rafalski

He's very, very good. His balance is unbelievable, I don't think I saw him get knocked down once. When he joins the rush he does a great job protecting the puck with his frame. Good player.

West gets beat at Mayo 4-2 tonight, sound like Fox kept them in it. Shots were 30-13 according to hockeyhub.

Century 5-4 over Faribault.
Albert Lea 12-3 over Austin.

Century 5-4

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:48 am

I agree with the praise of Billy Bigham. Your spot on with his balance, it's absolutely incredible! He is so strong on his skates that his lack of size is a non issue. I did not make it to the Mayo game but I got a few text saying they looked terrible. I hope they can get back on track Saturday against Century. If they don't come ready to play, I am afraid Century will blow the Scarlets out of their own barn.

MavHockey14 wrote:
scarlethockey33 wrote:
MavHockey14 wrote:
I felt like a lot of the young Scarlets didn't really understand what that rivalry meant, and they just weren't ready for it. Outside the last ten minutes of the game, I thought West looked slow, sluggish, and unprepared.

It'll be interesting to see how they fare the rest of this week with Mayo and then Century on Saturday.
Really wasn't the chippy and gritty game that it has been the past couple of years, which is what made the Albert Lea/West games so fun to watch. West looked for a lot of "finesse" plays, I think a more physical game would benefit them more as a team. West has untapped potential in it's youth, but they're gonna need to outwork opponents in those tough games. Against good teams they don't have enough skill to win on skill alone.

I will say that junior and captain Billy Bigham looked like the best player on that ice by far Tuesday night, if you could add some of an offensive side to his play his play style would remind me alot of other small defensemen like a Ryan Ellis or a Brian Rafalski
He's very, very good. His balance is unbelievable, I don't think I saw him get knocked down once. When he joins the rush he does a great job protecting the puck with his frame. Good player.

West gets beat at Mayo 4-2 tonight, sound like Fox kept them in it. Shots were 30-13 according to hockeyhub.

Century 5-4 over Faribault.
Albert Lea 12-3 over Austin.

Century 5-4

notenoughhockey · Post by **notenoughhockey** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:47 pm

Lourdes loses to Little Falls 5-2. Lourdes did not look good and the Flyers out worked them.

bstarr15 · Post by **bstarr15** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:42 am

You are very correct Little Falls out worked them all game with exception of about 10 min in the first when Lourdes bounced back after giving up a goal in the first 10 sec. to take 2-1 lead. After that the wheels kept falling off. Lourdes did look much stronger the night before against SSC,controlled the game with D.
May be the back to back and first road trip of the year had some effect on the saturday game???

MavHockey14 · Post by **MavHockey14** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:29 pm

Must win for the Scarlets tonight, no exceptions.

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:35 pm

Absolutely, there is no point in sugar coating it. This team has not played well the last 3 games. They will have their hands full tonight with Marshall. My gut says that the Scarlets come out flying tonight and get things turned around.

West 4-2 Marshall (with a EN)

MavHockey14 wrote:Must win for the Scarlets tonight, no exceptions.

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:56 pm

Pretty quiet night for 1A, games for Tuesday Dec. 13

Marshall at Mankato West
New Prague at Albert Lea
St. Paul Como Park at LS-H/SP
La Crescent at Sparta

Wednesday Dec. 14
St. Thomas Academy at Rochester Lourdes

I'm picking the winners in bold. I like Mankato West over Marshall, but if West plays like they did against Century there's no doubt Marshall can win this one. New Prague has been playing some tough competition with Lourdes and AHA, I think they'll record their first win vs. an Albert Lea squad that hasn't been equally as challenged thus far this season. STA can definitely outmuscle Lourdes, win or loss big statement game for the Eagle's ranking on the season.

notenoughhockey · Post by **notenoughhockey** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:15 pm

Anymore thoughts on this one? If Lourdes is at the top of their game can they pull off a win?

MavHockey14 · Post by **MavHockey14** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:32 am

notenoughhockey wrote:Anymore thoughts on this one? If Lourdes is at the top of their game can they pull off a win?

I think it's a very interesting matchup. Lourdes doesn't have to travel, which is nice. I think STA is a safe pick, but last year these two played in an OT thriller up in Mendota Heights.

I'm impressed with the Albert Lea win tonight. Albert Lea is quietly putting together a solid start, outside of that Northfield game. It just shows how great of a coaching job Nystrom and his staff do. He has a below average team that is definitely much better than that.

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:46 am

Nice bounce back win for West last night against Marshall. The Scarlet’s played better and finally starting clicking with the man advantage and scored a few PP goals. The PP has been miserable thus far and that was very nice to see. Fox played much better in the net as well. Even though they won 7-0, they can still play much better. I still believe this team can be dangerous if they can start putting it all together on a night to night basis. Looks like they will have their hands full again Saturday versus JM who has now defeated Mayo and Century.

I am not all surprised by AL beating NP. AL had 2 of its top skaters out against Northfield so if you are looking at the 7-2 score early on, they are much better than that. They skate hard, move the puck well, and obviously are very well disciplined and coached.
I was expecting a much better Marshall team than what I saw last night judging by some scores I had seen with Marshall beating New Ulm, and New Ulm beating Northfield. Marshall did not look very good at all.

Lourdes will not stand a chance versus STA tonight, let’s say 5-1 STA

notenoughhockey · Post by **notenoughhockey** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:17 pm

Lourdes losing 8-1 after 2. The Junior goalie was pulled after he let in 3 within 8 minutes of the 1st. Neumann came in and shut them down for awhile but could not handle the onslaught. Thought he did well coming in not expecting to play. STA is the real deal.

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:04 am

Not too surprised with the STA-Lourdes result, Lourdes lost a lot in graduation with almost an entire senior led defensive core not to mention Heimer saw almost all if not all the games in the net last season. Compared to a St. Thomas squad that never seems to have a down year.

Definitely the biggest advantage for Lourdes is that no one else in the section can currently match their firepower or are defensively able to stop them. I think there's potential for New Prague and Mankato West to contend with Lourdes, but both those teams are really going through some growing pains as we've seen so far this season. I also think Northfield was starting to look like a contender, but that lost to New Ulm is concerning. We'll learned a lot more about Northfield though tonight as they go to Red Wing and Saturday when they host Lourdes. As for other Thursday games:

New Prague v. Chaska
Albert Lea v. Owatonna
Austin v. Rochester Mayo
Mankato East v. Rochester JM
Faribault v. Orono
La Crescent v. La Crosse Aquinas (WISC)
LS-H/SP v. Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato
Wascea v. New Ulm
Northfield v. Red Wing

predictions in bold

Some ending thoughts:

New Prague should hopefully get the monkey off their back and grab their first win on the season. The Northfield v. Red Wing game is huge to show where both teams are in the season. It's Red Wing's second section game since their 8-0 debacle to open the season v. Lourdes. I expect a lot better game vs. a Northfield team that has gotten some real good goaltending with Tjaden and scoring from Andrew Scofield with a team high 6 goals. West's 7-0 win over Marshall was essential, but their game v. Rochester JM on Saturday might prove the difference between an average team and a good team. Albert Lea's Stadheim (11), Svendsea (10) and Malimanek (11) are emerging to be some good young players (each with one year of varsity) for the Tigers with goalie Wangen much improved compared to last season they're starting to look pretty good.

notenoughhockey · Post by **notenoughhockey** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:52 am

Let's see if Lourdes can get over the 2 losses and get back with a win today.

sniper20 · Post by **sniper20** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:46 am

I'm going with Lourdes in this one

Eagles - 4
Raiders - 2

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:21 am

Mankato West bounced back this week and played some good hockey.

Last night they knocked off a red hot Rochester JM team 2-1 in Mankato. The power play still looks pretty sad at times; I think if they can start clicking on the PP we have a legitimate 1A contender here. They are solid defensively and have good goaltending. This is a young hockey team that is loaded with talented sophomores. They are definitely going through some growing pains early in the season as we saw against Mayo and Century. But they have also beat Jm and skated right with AL and NP. The Scarlet’s can skate with anyone in the section when they play their game.

I am calling for a total overhaul on the PP. I do not like what they are doing or some of the players they are using on the PP. They need to stop trying to be so cute. I would like to see them start using the points and have their big forwards (#21, #17) crash the net.

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:30 am

Dog_Log17 wrote:Mankato West bounced back this week and played some good hockey.

Last night they knocked off a red hot Rochester JM team 2-1 in Mankato. The power play still looks pretty sad at times; I think if they can start clicking on the PP we have a legitimate 1A contender here. They are solid defensively and have good goaltending. This is a young hockey team that is loaded with talented sophomores. They are definitely going through some growing pains early in the season as we saw against Mayo and Century. But they have also beat Jm and skated right with AL and NP. The Scarlet’s can skate with anyone in the section when they play their game.

I am calling for a total overhaul on the PP. I do not like what they are doing or some of the players they are using on the PP. They need to stop trying to be so cute. I would like to see them start using the points and have their big forwards (#21, #17) crash the net.

I agree Mankato West's power play has been lackluster this season, and I believe you mean #27 Landon Brown. His big frame in the front of the net I think it could be really effective, not to mention Brown has had success for scoring those "garbage" goals in that area of the ice. Actually if I'm remembering clearly I believe for his first hat trick as a Scarlet in the 2009-2010 season, all of his goals were from that in front of the net area of the ice (against Mankato East I believe). He continued to finish that season with a team leading 11 goals.

Dog_Log17 · Post by **Dog_Log17** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:23 am

I agree using Brown and Mata's size in front of the net and letting Mettler and Bigham fire away from the point is their best PP option. I like those two blue liners because they both have nice shots and keep them down, and they make good quick decisions with the puck. I do not like McKissick running the umbrella like they have being trying to do all season long with ZERO success. He is too nervous with the puck and does not make good smooth decisions. He does not recognize the play very well and is just plain not a good fit for the top of the umbrella. Don't get me wrong, he is a good kid and has a lot of potential, but the PP is just not working with him running the show.

scarlethockey33 wrote:
Dog_Log17 wrote:Mankato West bounced back this week and played some good hockey.

Last night they knocked off a red hot Rochester JM team 2-1 in Mankato. The power play still looks pretty sad at times; I think if they can start clicking on the PP we have a legitimate 1A contender here. They are solid defensively and have good goaltending. This is a young hockey team that is loaded with talented sophomores. They are definitely going through some growing pains early in the season as we saw against Mayo and Century. But they have also beat Jm and skated right with AL and NP. The Scarlet’s can skate with anyone in the section when they play their game.

I am calling for a total overhaul on the PP. I do not like what they are doing or some of the players they are using on the PP. They need to stop trying to be so cute. I would like to see them start using the points and have their big forwards (#21, #17) crash the net.
I agree Mankato West's power play has been lackluster this season. I really haven't analyzed what West is running for a powerplay, but most teams (if I'm not mistaken) run the Umbrella or some variation of the Umbrella. Personally I would really be interested in seeing something like an Overload on the West PP because it fits their personnel well. West really has some decent shooters on the blueline, it's a simple concept to learn fast, and with #27 Landon Brown's big frame in the front of the net I think it could be really effective, not to mention Brown has had success for scoring those "garbage" goals in that area of the ice. Actually if I'm remembering clearly I believe for his first hat trick as a Scarlet in the 2009-2010 season, all of his goals were from that in front of the net area of the ice (against Mankato East I believe). He continued to finish that season with a team leading 11 goals.

politicalpuck · Post by **politicalpuck** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:37 pm

Scarlet Ice now Available at Scheels All Sports in Mankato. Scheels located in the River Hills Mall.

Online, Scarlet Ice is available is available at: Scarletice.com.

Ships this week.

politicalpuck · Post by **politicalpuck** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:39 pm

Good to see Mankato East get a W last week vs. Austin 6-5.

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:45 pm

Score Updates from this Weekend:

FRIDAY DECEMBER 16TH:

Orono 5 Faribault 1
Litchfield 5 L-H/SP 3

SATURDAY DECEMBER 17TH:

Austin 5 Mankato East 6
Lourdes 5 Northfield 2
Wascea 0 Worthington 2
Mankato West 2 Rochester JM 1
Red Wing 5 Hudson 2 (WISC)
Faribault 6 Winona 5

By the way I found the newspaper article!

http://mankatofreepress.com/sports/x123 ... ast-Loyola

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Section 1A

Lourdes

Lourdes vs STA

Re: Lourdes vs STA

Lourdes

Lourdes vs. Northfield

Scarlet Ice now Available at Scheels All Sports in Mankato