AA Quarterfinal: Roseau vs. #2 Lakeville North

[RoseauHockeyFan]

I'm proud of how these Roseau kids played today. Very well fought from start to finish. This team won state championships as PeeWees and Bantams, and I was hoping for a championship at the high school level as well, but I guess it's not to be. Hopefully they can regroup after a tough loss and go for the consolation championship.

[UpNorthMom]

Amen. Go ROSEAU!!! So proud of our team. Hold your heads high, boys.

[WestMetro]

Aside from the small school/big school and outstate/metro story line.....My takeaway from this game was both goalies stopping so many quality opportunities from the low slot, frankly more than either D should have allowed. Congrats to Anderson on a great Roseau career. Congrats to Oettinger for showing remarkable composure as a freshman. Obviously a game that could have gone either way.

[Sats81]

Well, that sucked. 2-1 North in OT.

Lee

Agreed. Nice goal by the Lakeville South recruit.

Took your boys spot apparently. Good life lesson for him. Sometimes "puck" doesn't always bounce your way!

[east hockey]

Well, that sucked. 2-1 North in OT.

Lee

Agreed. Nice goal by the Lakeville South recruit.

Took your boys spot apparently. Good life lesson for him. Sometimes "puck" doesn't always bounce your way!

I'm going to have to make you two play in different rooms.

Lee

[bemused]

Well, that sucked. 2-1 North in OT.

Lee

Agreed. Nice goal by the Lakeville South recruit.

Took your boys spot apparently. Good life lesson for him. Sometimes "puck" doesn't always bounce your way!

Sats,
let me say again, not even close. None of my kids played youth hockey within 25 miles of Lakeville. And yes i think it sucks that a bunch of people from Lakeville South and Farmington took a lot of spots from North players. And yes I said in post, it was a nice goal.. and yes I hope they lose their next game. Are we done now or would you like to continue?
And oh by the way did you play a lot of hockey?

[east hockey]

Agreed. Nice goal by the Lakeville South recruit.

Took your boys spot apparently. Good life lesson for him. Sometimes "puck" doesn't always bounce your way!

Sats,
let me say again, not even close. None of my kids played youth hockey within 25 miles of Lakeville. And yes i think it sucks that a bunch of people from Lakeville South and Farmington took a lot of spots from North players. And yes I said in post, it was a nice goal.. and yes I hope they lose their next game. Are we done now or would you like to continue?
And oh by the way did you play a lot of hockey?

You're done now.

Lee

[northwoods oldtimer]

Took your boys spot apparently. Good life lesson for him. Sometimes "puck" doesn't always bounce your way!

Sats,
let me say again, not even close. None of my kids played youth hockey within 25 miles of Lakeville. And yes i think it sucks that a bunch of people from Lakeville South and Farmington took a lot of spots from North players. And yes I said in post, it was a nice goal.. and yes I hope they lose their next game. Are we done now or would you like to continue?
And oh by the way did you play a lot of hockey?

You're done now.

Lee

I love the fact that tiny little Roseau MN came down and put Lakeville North (1,772 enrollment) into overtime. To be honest if Roseau star players buried one of the high percentage shots it was game over. You know that great goal scorers like that knows it was opportunity missed. Especially when getting great goal tending to boot. They will be back to compete with the big boys that is what makes high school hockey great. To me Luverne and Roseau are the highlight of this tournament.

[danglingnsnipen15]

Not sure why everyone is so caught up about the transfers to LN. Look at it this way. If Lakeville had not split into two schools, they would have roughly the same enrollment as EP, Wayzata, etc. If you're truly concerned about kids in Lakeville losing an opportunity to play because of transfers, then why are you not concerned with the fact that these large communities still have one school? I'm sure there are plenty of players missing out on an opportunity as a result of this. So unless you're a player/parent who lost a spot on the LN team, quit complaining about it. In regards to the transfer from Farmington, it's a wash in my eyes. One goalie in from Farmington, another out to Eagan. No opportunity lost there, as the freshman goalie does indeed have the talent to be playing.

[Skatesharpener]

There's some recent history with North that isn't all that pleasant. The way the whole thing ended for their former coach and how the new coach came rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. It is what it is though. In 1AA they brought maybe 50 students to the championship game, pretty sad, Farmington brought 500+, so something is wrong with the support there too.

I don't know who or what runs the SSC but after what transpired with Apple Valley wrestling the past few years with this year being the worst yet and what is happening at North clearly there are issues and while probably technically legal it does bring ethics into the conversation and should bring some changes into eligibility rules, AV wrestling has already brought a few changes by themselves the past couple of years.

There's no way there were 500+ Farmington "fans" at the game and only 50 for LN...get your facts staright before you chirp. I was there. Looked to me that North had the same amount of fans.

[Skatesharpener]

Not sure why everyone is so caught up about the transfers to LN. Look at it this way. If Lakeville had not split into two schools, they would have roughly the same enrollment as EP, Wayzata, etc. If you're truly concerned about kids in Lakeville losing an opportunity to play because of transfers, then why are you not concerned with the fact that these large communities still have one school? I'm sure there are plenty of players missing out on an opportunity as a result of this. So unless you're a player/parent who lost a spot on the LN team, quit complaining about it. In regards to the transfer from Farmington, it's a wash in my eyes. One goalie in from Farmington, another out to Eagan. No opportunity lost there, as the freshman goalie does indeed have the talent to be playing.

And where is that like button when you need it?

[Bluelightspecial]

(Skatesharpener/goalie mom) This probably belongs in the other thread, but i couldn't resist. You chirp way to much, hence the lack of respect for LN. Learn to be humble...

[danglingnsnipen15]

(Skatesharpener/goalie mom) This probably belongs in the other thread, but i couldn't resist. You chirp way to much, hence the lack of respect for LN. Learn to be humble...

For clarification, are you referring to me as goalie mom?

[Bluelightspecial]

Only if your other screen name is skatesharpener.....

[TheJet]

There's some recent history with North that isn't all that pleasant. The way the whole thing ended for their former coach and how the new coach came rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. It is what it is though. In 1AA they brought maybe 50 students to the championship game, pretty sad, Farmington brought 500+, so something is wrong with the support there too.

I don't know who or what runs the SSC but after what transpired with Apple Valley wrestling the past few years with this year being the worst yet and what is happening at North clearly there are issues and while probably technically legal it does bring ethics into the conversation and should bring some changes into eligibility rules, AV wrestling has already brought a few changes by themselves the past couple of years.

There's no way there were 500+ Farmington "fans" at the game and only 50 for LN...get your facts staright before you chirp. I was there. Looked to me that North had the same amount of fans.

not sure what staright means - and I am not sure about the numbers - but north had no where near the number of fans there - your glasses are not working

[goldy313]

Math seems to be a problem for some North parents.....South enrollment of 1729 + North enrollment of 1732 equals 3461. Wayzata is the biggest school with an enrollment of 2979. Not exactly roughly the same.

North's band was bigger than the North student section, Farmington's band was bigger than both. The rink was 3/4 Farmington people.

Which will have more North fans tonight the basketball team or hockey team?

[Nuts&Bolts]

Never liked that some monster schools remain in tact where some smaller schools split. Lakeville is a good example or a better one is East Ridge and Woodbury which has suffered with athletics since the decision but continue to have the youth hockey program combined. Maybe they can take a page from Lakevilles book and get a couple of parent board members and coaches and sway families to one school that is designated for the better hockey players.

[danglingnsnipen15]

Math seems to be a problem for some North parents.....South enrollment of 1729 + North enrollment of 1732 equals 3461. Wayzata is the biggest school with an enrollment of 2979. Not exactly roughly the same.

North's band was bigger than the North student section, Farmington's band was bigger than both. The rink was 3/4 Farmington people.

Which will have more North fans tonight the basketball team or hockey team?

First of all, I am not a North parent. Second, I said roughly the same enrollment (I think most people would agree the 2 numbers you provided are comparable). I apologize for not taking any additional time out of my day to look up the exact enrollment numbers for a math purist such as yourself. The point I was trying to make is that there will always be players missing out on an opportunity to play in large communities. I am not lobbying for large communities to divide into 2 schools. I am only stating that if you are concerned about missed opportunities at LN because of transfers, then you should also concern yourself with missed opportunities elsewhere (i.e. large communities). On a side note, I would be willing to bet that Lakeville's attendance was less than 2979 when it split in 2005.

[Sats81]

Never liked that some monster schools remain in tact where some smaller schools split. Lakeville is a good example or a better one is East Ridge and Woodbury which has suffered with athletics since the decision but continue to have the youth hockey program combined. Maybe they can take a page from Lakevilles book and get a couple of parent board members and coaches and sway families to one school that is designated for the better hockey players.

How is Lakeville a good example of a monster school staying in tact? They split. Unlike EP. Unlike Wayzata. Unlike Centennial.

You want LN and LS to split? You got 3 kids on LNs varsity who played LS growing up. 17, 20, 21. 17s dad is the JV coach at LN and his 2 older brothers played at LN. Nothing wrong there. 20 is a legitimate D1 prospect and one of best junior d-men in the state. His older brother transferred to STA in HS and is now backup goalie for UMD. He didn't want to go to a private and he wanted to win a state title in HS like his older brother and wanted nothing to do with playing for coaching staff at LS. 21 is a freshman and knew his chances of playing D1 would be less likely playing for LS coaching staff as well. Until LS HS wakes up and hires a better HS coach you will continue to see this exodus of talent. Simple.

[eagle4life9]

There are already rumblings around ISD-194 (Lakeville school district) that they will be seriously considering opening a third high school around 2016 - that is, 2016 is when they would start to discuss opening a 3rd, not actually opening one in 2016. There are new developments all over the place and they're all being filled with young families.

[keepyourheadup]

If playing at the next level is the goal for 21 then he would have been better of playing 65-70 games as a bantam. The best way to develop the skills he needs is to have the puck on his stick. 65-70 games getting to play top line,pp and pk minutes goes a long way toward developing the puck skills he'll need not to mention the leadership skills as well. Nothing wrong with a freshman playing HS hockey, no doubt the kid is having a tremendous experience this weekend at the X, but strictly from a development stand point this was a year that he'll never be able to get back. IF you are good enough they will find you!