BSM vs. Mounds View

[Ogie]

So, are the mighty Mustangs for real, or just a beneficiary of MSHSL's answer to the always humorous Norris Division?

I'll find out first hand tonight.

[celly93]

BSM up 7-2 in the 3rd

3 goals 2 assists for Besse

Labosky, Moore, Fleming, and Jungles 1 goal apiece

[Ogie]

Ugh...What a disappointment of a game, from a team that had something to try and prove.

[MNHockeyFan]

Ugh...What a disappointment of a game, from a team that had something to try and prove.

The MV girls team is doing great, if you want to become a fan. Eight in a row, and ranked No. 3 in AA!

[Ogie]

MV played it pretty fast and tight for the first half of the game, after which they inexplicably went into coast/glide mode....They were incapable of getting anything at all on the cross-rink feed pass in front of their net, which accounted for no less than 1/2 of the BSM goals...The thoroughly peppered MV goalie kept BSM from running up a football score.

Though they didn't affect the outcome, MV was called for two reeeeeeeeaaallly cheap tripping calls, while BSM did the Hanson brothers to a player splitting the defensemen on a breakaway and no call.

All played in the coldest and dreariest arena I've yet been to.

[old goalie85]

Was the game @ Shoreveiw ??? That place does suck !!

[Ogie]

Yes it was...The place has all the charm of a military installation....The signage for the boosters was even done in stenciled letters, in the day and age of cheap computer printed vinyl banners.

Then I remember that this is the same 621 that dumped millions into that goiter of an addition onto the front of the school and they still have to hold their swim meets at Chippewa.

[bsmguy]

Moundsview is a good team. The first half of the game was very even, with BSM helped by strong goalie play and MV helped by a major to BSM on an open ice hit. Then the Moore-Besse-Lobosky line scored on three straigth shifts and the route was on. MV lost NO. 6 to injury in second period. Also, the MV goalie played very well until he tired deep into the third.

IMHO, MV could be a dark horse to get to state. They have fast forwards and big D, but not enough of each. If their goalie can get all-Reggie-Miracle, they might push past the Pioneers with a bit of luck. HM is clearly the better team, but its only one game.

[Ogie]

Pretty much the game I saw....I still like Mounds View as the section's main dark horse to possibly make it to the tournament....But you can have Patrick Roy in the net and he'd' still get beat like a drum, if the passing lanes around the cage are as open as they were in the 2nd half of the game last night.