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grandmeadowhockeyfan
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What is making Lakeville strong this year?
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Bluelightspecial
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I'll try to elaborate a little. For what it's worth, I've seen them play 9 times this season and am not tied to the team, just an avid high school hockey fan.
The quick version is they have 2 excellent lines, 2 outstanding sets of defensemen and a high end goalie. That combination is tough to beat.
Some details...
The Poehling Brothers - They are the first line and on the first power play unit. They have 40 goals and 48 assists so far between them. They create space easily and pass cross ice more than anybody I can remember. They can snipe, but goals are usually great passing plays to the back door or trailer in the slot. Knowing the defense is rock solid behind them they will make risky passes.
The 2nd Line (Johnson, Enebak, and Schneider) - 27 goals and 37 assists between them. It's a hard working line with scoring pop. They are reliable and are one of the best (with Edina) 2nd lines in the state. Max Johnson is the do everything guy on the line.
Defense - McNeely and Altavilla form the 1st d-pair. Solid on the offensive end and outstanding in the defensive end. Not much gets past these guys. Sadek and Seper are the 2nd d-pair. Seper is huge and uses his size well. Sadek is the offensive defensemen of the group. He rushes the puck well and isn't afraid to jump up into the breakout.
Goalie - Edquist seems very calm in net. His positioning is excellent and doesn't let in many soft goals. I'm not a goalie expert but he passes the eye test.
Power Play - This is where things get out of hand. They draw a lot of penalties and score on 30% of their power plays. The 1st power play unit puts Nick Poehling at the point with Sadek. Ryan, Jack, and McGlade are the forwards. Again, this unit creates space with ease and score from high percentage areas consistently. The 2nd unit is the 2nd line with the 1st d-pair from above. They seem to be slightly easier to stop, but still move the puck well. Don't put them on the power play.
How to Beat Them - Physical play is the starting point. There's definitely an emotional response from them when teams play physical. They start to focus on hitting the opposition rather than scoring. Sadek isn't afraid to throw in a cheap shot, so I'd start with him. The Poehling brothers also respond when one of them gets hit. Physical play can result in LVN taking stupid penalties and power plays for the opposition. Due to the aggressiveness on the offensive end they are somewhat prone to giving up odd man rushes. If a team can afford to float a forward or two higher in the defensive zone (particularly against Sadek because he pinches more than the others) and get them the puck it would provide chances. This is a high risk scenario, but may be required to beat these guys.
Overall, they are an impressive team with few weaknesses. I'd expect we'll see them at the X with a 0 in the loss column.
The quick version is they have 2 excellent lines, 2 outstanding sets of defensemen and a high end goalie. That combination is tough to beat.
Some details...
The Poehling Brothers - They are the first line and on the first power play unit. They have 40 goals and 48 assists so far between them. They create space easily and pass cross ice more than anybody I can remember. They can snipe, but goals are usually great passing plays to the back door or trailer in the slot. Knowing the defense is rock solid behind them they will make risky passes.
The 2nd Line (Johnson, Enebak, and Schneider) - 27 goals and 37 assists between them. It's a hard working line with scoring pop. They are reliable and are one of the best (with Edina) 2nd lines in the state. Max Johnson is the do everything guy on the line.
Defense - McNeely and Altavilla form the 1st d-pair. Solid on the offensive end and outstanding in the defensive end. Not much gets past these guys. Sadek and Seper are the 2nd d-pair. Seper is huge and uses his size well. Sadek is the offensive defensemen of the group. He rushes the puck well and isn't afraid to jump up into the breakout.
Goalie - Edquist seems very calm in net. His positioning is excellent and doesn't let in many soft goals. I'm not a goalie expert but he passes the eye test.
Power Play - This is where things get out of hand. They draw a lot of penalties and score on 30% of their power plays. The 1st power play unit puts Nick Poehling at the point with Sadek. Ryan, Jack, and McGlade are the forwards. Again, this unit creates space with ease and score from high percentage areas consistently. The 2nd unit is the 2nd line with the 1st d-pair from above. They seem to be slightly easier to stop, but still move the puck well. Don't put them on the power play.
How to Beat Them - Physical play is the starting point. There's definitely an emotional response from them when teams play physical. They start to focus on hitting the opposition rather than scoring. Sadek isn't afraid to throw in a cheap shot, so I'd start with him. The Poehling brothers also respond when one of them gets hit. Physical play can result in LVN taking stupid penalties and power plays for the opposition. Due to the aggressiveness on the offensive end they are somewhat prone to giving up odd man rushes. If a team can afford to float a forward or two higher in the defensive zone (particularly against Sadek because he pinches more than the others) and get them the puck it would provide chances. This is a high risk scenario, but may be required to beat these guys.
Overall, they are an impressive team with few weaknesses. I'd expect we'll see them at the X with a 0 in the loss column.
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Tenoverpar
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These 3 postings by grand meadow are simply a joke..look dude, if you've been here reading threads all season you don't need to post these idiotic 1 question postings. read the threads...there's literally 1,000 opinions on Edina, North and STa...you can't miss them...they speak volumes about all their top players and goalies as we'll.
To answer the question....having players that have developed into a Better team than everyone they play is making them strong this year.
To answer the question....having players that have developed into a Better team than everyone they play is making them strong this year.
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Amen!Tenoverpar wrote:These 3 postings by grand meadow are simply a joke..look dude, if you've been here reading threads all season you don't need to post these idiotic 1 question postings. read the threads...there's literally 1,000 opinions on Edina, North and STa...you can't miss them...they speak volumes about all their top players and goalies as we'll.
To answer the question....having players that have developed into a Better team than everyone they play is making them strong this year.
I would say this is a very good assessment, as well as your one on Edina.eazy98 wrote:I'll try to elaborate a little. For what it's worth, I've seen them play 9 times this season and am not tied to the team, just an avid high school hockey fan.
The quick version is they have 2 excellent lines, 2 outstanding sets of defensemen and a high end goalie. That combination is tough to beat.
Some details...
The Poehling Brothers - They are the first line and on the first power play unit. They have 40 goals and 48 assists so far between them. They create space easily and pass cross ice more than anybody I can remember. They can snipe, but goals are usually great passing plays to the back door or trailer in the slot. Knowing the defense is rock solid behind them they will make risky passes.
The 2nd Line (Johnson, Enebak, and Schneider) - 27 goals and 37 assists between them. It's a hard working line with scoring pop. They are reliable and are one of the best (with Edina) 2nd lines in the state. Max Johnson is the do everything guy on the line.
Defense - McNeely and Altavilla form the 1st d-pair. Solid on the offensive end and outstanding in the defensive end. Not much gets past these guys. Sadek and Seper are the 2nd d-pair. Seper is huge and uses his size well. Sadek is the offensive defensemen of the group. He rushes the puck well and isn't afraid to jump up into the breakout.
Goalie - Edquist seems very calm in net. His positioning is excellent and doesn't let in many soft goals. I'm not a goalie expert but he passes the eye test.
Power Play - This is where things get out of hand. They draw a lot of penalties and score on 30% of their power plays. The 1st power play unit puts Nick Poehling at the point with Sadek. Ryan, Jack, and McGlade are the forwards. Again, this unit creates space with ease and score from high percentage areas consistently. The 2nd unit is the 2nd line with the 1st d-pair from above. They seem to be slightly easier to stop, but still move the puck well. Don't put them on the power play.
How to Beat Them - Physical play is the starting point. There's definitely an emotional response from them when teams play physical. They start to focus on hitting the opposition rather than scoring. Sadek isn't afraid to throw in a cheap shot, so I'd start with him. The Poehling brothers also respond when one of them gets hit. Physical play can result in LVN taking stupid penalties and power plays for the opposition. Due to the aggressiveness on the offensive end they are somewhat prone to giving up odd man rushes. If a team can afford to float a forward or two higher in the defensive zone (particularly against Sadek because he pinches more than the others) and get them the puck it would provide chances. This is a high risk scenario, but may be required to beat these guys.
Overall, they are an impressive team with few weaknesses. I'd expect we'll see them at the X with a 0 in the loss column.