bauerman wrote:First I want to say congrats to Duluth East it was a griity effort and they executed the game they had to play in order to win.As far as all the STA bashers "welcome to AA" etcetera give me a break they lost the game they certainly didn't look out of place. Hopefully they are welcoming Bemidji, HM and Blaine to AA also.
As far as STA wanting to go A is so far off base its unbelievable "my family heard this" wow there is a great source, they would go AAA before back to A
No need to welcome the other 3 teams mentioned as they've been part of AA day one.
As for the "heard from a family member" comment, I'll agree that it's hard to give any credibility to that or the source.
What a colossal collapse! Sta was never in control of the game. Three early goals to take a 3-0 lead was deceiving. Duluth out shot them from the beginning of the game. Sta had way too many turnovers. The defense has been a bit if their arch illies's heel all year. These two teams played each other in schwans cup and DE lost . Sometimes that can be a curse with a team thinking of them lightly. Never underestimate Mike Randolph at tournament time.
What a colossal collapse! Sta was never in control of the game. Three early goals to take a 3-0 lead was deceiving. Duluth out shot them from the beginning of the game. Sta had way too many turnovers. The defense has been a bit if their arch illies's heel all year. These two teams played each other in schwans cup and DE lost . Sometimes that can be a curse with a team thinking of them lightly. Never underestimate Mike Randolph at tournament time.
karl(east) wrote:Yes, I am alive...X press box wireless has been atrocious all day and I just got on via a rogue network.
As for the game...damn. I have nothing to say. I broke every code of press box decorum during that one. I was playing it pretty coy on this thread because I did think they had a pretty good chance to win...but like that? No, no one can expect that. This playoff ride has been otherworldly.
Lots of respect for STA today...having been on the other end of this sort of game over the years, I know how it feels. But once East was feeling in the 3rd, you knew they'd do it again, especially when STA started panicking and throwing themselves all over the place in the OT.
Lots of good press conference notes forthcoming on that thread, Randolph and his players had some very good lines. As for tomorrow night, well, under normal circumstances I wouldn't give them a chance, but after these past few games...why on earth not?
With how East always is at state, I think we need to start charging money for the prediction contests so that our admins can take a cut and purchase a defibrillator.
