Duluth East at Andover, Section 7AA Final

[east hockey]

Lee

[hockey59]

Sounds like one of the Lyle goals shouldn't have counted and the penalty that led to the OT goal was a bad call. More home cooking up in Duluth?

More precisely Lyle took a swan dive & the refs must have wanted to get to the restaurant . Can’t imagine a more bitter ending for Andover. But that’s hockey...Congrats to the Hounds Well, and now I owe Danny $1 and will gladly pay it!

[HockeyFan_11]

Refs once again ruin a great game. You put the whistles away in a big game like this, unless it’s a blatant penalty. Look at the Hermantown/Greenway game last night. One penalty called and it was in the first. Refs let those two teams battle it out 5x5. Just because you score on the PP necessarily don’t make you the better team.

[kpryan88]

Sounds like one of the Lyle goals shouldn't have counted and the penalty that led to the OT goal was a bad call. More home cooking up in Duluth?

More precisely Lyle took a swan dive & the refs must have wanted to get to the restaurant . Can’t imagine a more bitter ending for Andover. But that’s hockey...Congrats to tjenHounds. Well, I now owe Danny $1 and will pay it!

Swan dive, Ciccerelli dive, same thing. oh wait, most of you guys don’t know Dino...

[The Next One]

Do I feel bad for Andover. A great game shouldn't end like that. Both teams battling. You call nothing all game long and then pull the trigger on that garbage in OT. Come on man!!!! Andover and the game itself deserved a better finish than that.

[hky17]

Any chance east will be seeded?

[duluth dave]

I seem to recall andover tying game late in 3rd on powerplay. There was only 2 powerplays in game. It was a trip and he owed east a call.

[O-townClown]

You put the whistles away in a big game like this, unless it’s a blatant penalty.

Why? I'm all for "letting the kids decide" the outcome, which means you call infractions. The tone could be tight or loose, but it isn't a good thing to allow things you wouldn't call in another game.

[hockey59]

I seem to recall andover tying game late in 3rd on powerplay. There was only 2 powerplays in game. It was a trip and he owed east a call.

Baloney..the Andover PP was with 6 minutes left in the 3rd, and another Andover PP in the 3rd was nullified when after the ref raised his arm to make a call against DE, he then called an Abdover player for a coincidental cross-check. DE was not “owed a call” In Freaking OT But DE won...that’s all the counts, right? If STA wins, DE won’t be seeded. Hopefully they will draw Edina in the prime time 6pm game...after losing to Moorhead & tying EP

[O-townClown]

Any chance east will be seeded?

Check the seeding thread. I believe they'll be in the 4/5 game with EP.

[Doc Holliday]

Any chance east will be seeded?

From FollowThePuck:

Class AA

vs. Tourney Field
*Including HM & WBL

Edina 9-1 (loss to HM, beat HM)
Eden Prairie 3-3-2 (beat LS, BLN, MHD)
Moorhead 2-2-0 (beat DE, HM)
Blaine 1-1-1 (beat HM)
Dul East 1-1-2 (beat WBL)
STA 1-2-1 (beat HM)
WBL 1-3-0 (beat HM)
HM 2-5-0 (loss to WBL)
L'ville South 0-2

The Moorhead win over Duluth East is the big factor. Of course, one could argue that East is a different team right now & get a boost for taking down one of the top teams in Andover.

[pekyman]

East, they are always good and always get favored by the stripes up here in the north. It is just the way it is from peewees up through high school. Probably the biggest reason I dislike that program.

[northwoods oldtimer]

Where was Randvoers vaunted offense tonight?

[duluth dave]

The hockey gods are smiling they know its a northern section.

[east hockey]

Where was Randvoers vaunted offense tonight?

Hey, they scored more against Andover tonight than they did in last year's section final. You remember, that team with Worth and Mageau on it.

Lee

[mnmouth]

East won the game on an awesome play finished by its best player. Do you think the refs live in the basement of Amsoil? Is Randolph secretly providing booze & hookers to the dudes? It's insulting to think the refs are in the pockets of East personnel. I'm saying if you're an Andover player you don't impede the progress of an East player about to get free crossing your blue line. He didn't have to embellish the play because it likely gets called anyway.

I did not think Donovan played a great game. But he did do something we've all wanted him to do in the end. He finished

[Dog]

East, they are always good and always get favored by the stripes up here in the north. It is just the way it is from peewees up through high school. Probably the biggest reason I dislike that program.

There was a questionable "late call" against East that tied the game, it goes both ways. I'm sure there's a lot of people who feel for the HT guy who thinks that it was "unfair".... Tough nuts, East goes to state.
Btw, Biondi should have had a hand raised for the blatant slash against Troumbly in OT, but luckily Troumbly recovered quickly and Greenway scored. It doesn't always go your way.... and you don't always get a medal.

Congrats East!
Looking forward to seeing these two 218 teams at state.

[northwoods oldtimer]

Hey, they scored more against Andover tonight than they did in last year's section final. You remember, that team with Worth and Mageau on it.

I do recall the crew that lost twice to G-Rock

None the less nice win by the Hounds.

Randini rundover Randover that's a wrap on 7AA final.

[WarmUpTheBus]

I didn't see the game or follow it online but what I do know is if there was no penalty called on Andover in overtime no one commenting here knows how the game would have ended. DE may have won anyway.

[Jeffy95]

East won the game on an awesome play finished by its best player. Do you think the refs live in the basement of Amsoil? Is Randolph secretly providing booze & hookers to the dudes? It's insulting to think the refs are in the pockets of East personnel. I'm saying if you're an Andover player you don't impede the progress of an East player about to get free crossing your blue line. He didn't have to embellish the play because it likely gets called anyway.

I did not think Donovan played a great game. But he did do something we've all wanted him to do in the end. He finished

Bingo. I've watched many games up here for many years and I've never seen those refs so I don't believe they are from the area.

It was a BLATANT hold or interference. There is no way in hell the refs would call it in OT if it wasn't. Yes, he embellished it after the fact but that's completely irrelevant. The play was already over. The penalty that allowed Andover to tie it was way more questionable in my opinion.

I ended up sitting by who I think was Ryder's family and extended family. One of the guys told me he's been sick with a flu/virus and it showed. He didn't have that fifth gear at all tonight. But he was in perfect position and didn't miss when it counted.

I don't see as many games anymore but when is the last time Randolph shortened the bench like that? I thought it might catch up to them but they were up to the task. Great Hockey Game.

[hockey59]

I didn't see the game or follow it online but what I do know is if there was no penalty called on Andover in overtime no one commenting here knows how the game would have ended. DE may have won anyway.

If you had been at or watched the game on TV & witnessed the blatant calls they left alone the entire game, you’d of been as shocked as anybody when they called a penalty the 1st shift of OT (on a embellished flop)..I’ll just leave it at that. Now from Andover’s perspective, they did a AWFUL job penalty killing on the winning goal...ANYBODY who has watched DE the past 13-14 years KNOWS to cover the weak side for a backdoor pass, they’ve literally been running a version of the same play...since Kolar & Licari, probably even longer

[The Next One]

I would sure hope a program as solid as Duluth East would have a knowledgeable enough fan base to realize that was not a penalty. I have no idea who would have won that game. But, the way it was played deserved a better ending than that. I don't believe in any east favoritism or Randolph having them in his pocket. Just a terrible call, at a terrible time, that impacted a great hockey game.

Look up rule 6-42-2 if you don't think the dive is relevant.

[duluth dave]

If you want to blame the officials in a game with 1 powerplay for each team. Ita a pretty weak argument.

[hockey59]

If you want to blame the officials in a game with 1 powerplay for each team. Ita a pretty weak argument.

You sound a little bit like a buddy of mine who quasi blamed the loss to Minnetonka in the Finals last year...on the refs calling too many penalties on the Hounds, calling the game too tight I guess these situations come down to who’s ox is being gored...Duluth Dave

[duluth dave]

I'm not the one whining you are.