Schwan's Gold Tournament

[thestickler07]

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

[HShockeywatcher]

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East 25
STA 30

Just checking...this means that St Thomas dominated East, right?

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

[east hockey]

Minnetonka up 3-0 on Edina after one period.

TRF 1-0 over Hermantown in the 2nd

Lee

[mnmouth]

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

STA gave a good effort, especially at the end of each period, against an East team that was clearly not on their game.

[StreetStix]

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

Didn't see anyone bash STA.

All I said was that East had a horrible game and yes, I do believe that the speed of STA had a lot to do with that. But East is the team I follow and therefore the only one whose performance I can legitimately comment on. Sorry for not throwing STA more compliments...can I please not be called a hater if I say #5 is a solid player?

BTW Lee, Repensky has swelling in the wrist and has to drain it daily. No time declared for his return yet.

[Gov78]

Tonka 5 Edina 0 after 2 periods

[Zamman]

I am sure a lot of people have been waiting to see what I will say. This is the second A$$-kicking of the year and my A$$ hurts also....
Today was a let down on all accounts. Whether or not AHA should be in the Gold is not the point. They were put there prior to losing all their players from last year. To say they are young is not a fare statement.. Edina started 1 senior in the game tonight.
But, tomorrow is another day and I bet, there will be another game. Please take note that when AHA was beating teams this bad the opposing teams got chippy and took a lot of penalties and AHA is not doing that.
Oh #15 was not in the line-up today. He was not well. Hopefully he will be back tomorrow.

[karl(east)]

Has anyone used the pay feed and is it worth it? I watched one game on OTSN when it was free and the feed cut out 50% of the time.

The feed is good, at the very least. The commentary yesterday was brutal, though. I probably would have been better off muting the guy. They mentioned they had another broadcaster for the late games--hopefully he is better, and is doing the next few games. (I'm not watching tonight, just checking in. If East holds on, I will watch tomorrow's game.)

I would put the value of the broadcast at less than $8.95, but if you're as interested in these games as I am, it's not too much to swallow.

Watching an internet feed of an East game while watching palm trees? Tough job.

Lee

Yeah, very tough life I have here.

Missing Repensky can explain some of the defensive struggles in this one, but with or without him, they will need to play better tomorrow, especially with the way Tonka is dominating their side of the bracket. They're going to have their hands full.

[east hockey]

Assuming Minnetonka hangs on to beat Edina (pretty safe assumption, I'd say), East will have to work their butts off tomorrow, Repensky or no Repensky. You'd have to consider the Skippers the favorite in this one.

Lee

[mnhockfan99]

I think it will be an awesome game. Say what you want about Randolph, I know he has his detractors - but the man has helped make that program an elite program, and kept it there - and that is not easy to do. I think in HS hockey goaltending is such an unknown variable...not many just 'stud' goalies out there, that will be a factor tomorrow with two very talented cluys IMO...

[thestickler07]

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

Didn't see anyone bash STA.

All I said was that East had a horrible game and yes, I do believe that the speed of STA had a lot to do with that. But East is the team I follow and therefore the only one whose performance I can legitimately comment on. Sorry for not throwing STA more compliments...can I please not be called a hater if I say #5 is a solid player?

BTW Lee, Repensky has swelling in the wrist and has to drain it daily. No time declared for his return yet.

Do you read this forum?

And we've had at least 1 "STA should opt up" pot shot so far in this thread alone so it is what it is. Usually the #1 team in class A playing a highly ranked AA team would give you the impression that it WOULD be a competitive game.

But lo and behold DE gets outshot, has their smallest mov so far, and their defense looked lost at times against STA's speedy forwards and its because DE had "the worst effort this season"?!? Well maybe its the "worst effort" because they were playing the best team they've faced thus far. Novel idea huh?


That being said, East will be back in the X come March, and you better believe they will be fighting for the AA title. STA should do the same in A assuming they don't have another Mahtomedi hiccup in sections. Point is give credit where its due, STA exposed East's blue line speed tonight. At this point in the season East is the better team in my mind, but saying that this game was close because a team being talked about as the "best East team" ever had a garbage effort is selling short the other side.

DE didn't play against DE tonight. They played against a school who has fielded squads that would make noise in the AA tourney on a consistent basis over the last 5 years. STA is gonna get disregarded and minimized regardless of what they do so I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different.

And ya, #5 for STA is nasty.

[StreetStix]

Any other team outshoots DE and loses by 1 I'm sure it would be called a good effort. Give credit to STA? Nah we gotta bash hockeywatcher's squad right? Let's just say East had a shoddy performance and call it a day. Ever thought that maybe STA's skill/speed had something to do with it? Haters gonna hate I guess...

Good luck to the Hounds in the finals and the rest of the season. STA proved they can hang with one of the top squads in the state today and hopefully this makes them better come section time.

Didn't see anyone bash STA.

All I said was that East had a horrible game and yes, I do believe that the speed of STA had a lot to do with that. But East is the team I follow and therefore the only one whose performance I can legitimately comment on. Sorry for not throwing STA more compliments...can I please not be called a hater if I say #5 is a solid player?

BTW Lee, Repensky has swelling in the wrist and has to drain it daily. No time declared for his return yet.

Do you read this forum?

And we've had at least 1 "STA should opt up" pot shot so far in this thread alone so it is what it is. Usually the #1 team in class A playing a highly ranked AA team would give you the impression that it WOULD be a competitive game.

But lo and behold DE gets outshot, has their smallest mov so far, and their defense looked lost at times against STA's speedy forwards and its because DE had "the worst effort this season"?!? Well maybe its the "worst effort" because they were playing the best team they've faced thus far. Novel idea huh?


That being said, East will be back in the X come March, and you better believe they will be fighting for the AA title. STA should do the same in A assuming they don't have another Mahtomedi hiccup in sections. Point is give credit where its due, STA exposed East's blue line speed tonight. At this point in the season East is the better team in my mind, but saying that this game was close because a team being talked about as the "best East team" ever had a garbage effort is selling short the other side.

DE didn't play against DE tonight. They played against a school who has fielded squads that would make noise in the AA tourney on a consistent basis over the last 5 years. STA is gonna get disregarded and minimized regardless of what they do so I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different.

And ya, #5 for STA is nasty.

I scan the forum, pardon if I don't read every post. But you posted in a thread with references to comments where no one had insulted STA and that's what I read. Don't try to imply context, I can't read your mind. And we see the comments about privates opting up all the time, I usually ignore it. I'm of the opinion that Burnsville is the best competition that East has played but you have every right to believe otherwise. You believe STA deserves more credit, everyone knows that. The only comments about a poor performance were related to East. Stop trying to translate that as an insult to STA. Don't walk around looking to be offended, it's too easy.

[Slap Shot]

Wow, I expectedt STA to get beat by 3 and Tonka-Edina to be close. Good thing I didn't try to bet on those games.

[thestickler07]

I'll cut ya some slack because you're new, but believe me you don't have to walk around "looking to be offended" if you're an STA fan on these boards, it will just happen.

Good luck to the Hounds the rest of the way.

[StreetStix]

Haha well thanks for the slack. Honestly though, I have nothing against STA, I actually really like the school itself. But since I only consider myself truly informed on East, I try to refrain from summarizing other teams' performances. So, for my part, don't take that as a slight against STA. Good luck to the Cadets as well.

[PuckU126]

[east hockey]

Now, now Puck, you're not waiting for something else to happen here, are you?

Lee

[PuckU126]

Now, now Puck, you're not waiting for something else to happen here, are you?

Lee

It appears they made amends; however, it was fun reading while it lasted.

[HShockeywatcher]

Playing against a good team doesn't imply "poor play." You can play well and still get beat or "exposed" imo.

They (DE) have played against all of ONE top team before today and played them very close. If their poor games are games where they end up winning that is a very good sign, especially at this time in the season. I think they will lose at least two games this season, quite possibly one tomorrow, but wouldn't be surprised if they won state.

Good luck to both teams tomorrow.

[thestickler07]

Now, now Puck, you're not waiting for something else to happen here, are you?

Lee

It appears they made amends; however, it was fun reading while it lasted.

Cute.

[PuckU126]

Now, now Puck, you're not waiting for something else to happen here, are you?

Lee

It appears they made amends; however, it was fun reading while it lasted.

Cute.

It was nice to see.

[21Swagger]

That was without question East's worst game of the year, offensively and defensively. Offensively it seemed Olson wasn't quite reintegrated into the first line following the preseason injury (and yes I know he had a hat trick Monday). Defensively they were just brutal. And their Power Play which is the most formidable in the state was out of sync last night as well. Every team can expect a hiccup once in awhile and if you still beat a good opponent on your off night that's a good sign for DE. I expect them to play better tonight and they will certainly need to play far better against Minnetonka. There is also an outside chance that Repensky plays tonight which will help bolster the DE defense.

[MNHockeyFan]

I follow STA closely and I have to say that last night was BY FAR their worst game of the season! I've NEVER seen them look so disorganized, on both ends of the ice...yeah I know they outshot a good East team and outplayed them overall, and they should have won easily, but the fact is they didn't. VERY disappointing!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to my STA team getting back on track today against what's sure to be a very motivated Edina team.

[tonkafan77]

I thought this thread was supposed to be about the Gold Division tournament, not about who has the harder schedule...

I do not know what happened last night with Edina but they looked rather slow and ineffective throughout the entire game. There were no good chances for them until the last few minutes of play. If the Skippers can play like that tonight, there is no doubt that they should be the favorite going into the game-especially after watching East the past couple games.

But who knows...anything can happen in the championship game, I'm just looking forward to watching these two teams play eachother in an actual arena because who knows what will happen on Hockey Day MN if the weather doesn't cooperate.

[flatontheice]

Is this for real?

It's for real, I just got a TXT from @hockeyhubscores. 15-3.

I am headed to the X after work, this is an awesome tournament!

Not very classy by the Burnsville coach. He keeps proving how good they are at scoring against weaker teams. I would never tell a team to quit trying but to have their best players playing regular shifts when the game is 11-2 in the 2nd and still have them going out there in the 3rd is pretty ridiculous.

He finally pulled the first line when one of them got a 10 minute penalty in the 3rd. Most coaches would sit their best players and play a 4th line regular shifts once you get a 6 goal lead and give the younger guys some chances to play. Every goal in the 2nd and 3rd period were by Seniors. I guess he thinks this is a great chance to build up team stats. Too bad he couldn't find a way to get more than 2 against Duluth East.

Do you mean show the same class that Trebil did in his drumming of Shakopee 12-2 or Prior Lake 10-0 or Farmington 13-1 or Hutchinson 12-1 where Connor Reilly (Senior 1st liner) had 11th goal? Or do you mean show a different kind of class?