Greatest State Championship Game Ever

[Joe2015]

Youth Hockey Hub is doing a March Madness style bracket to determine the Greatest State Championship Game ever

Vote on Twitter starting tomorrow.

[grindiangrad-80]

Edina over GR in double OT 5-4 in 1978. Long time ago but it was a great game.

GR over Hill Murray 2-1 in 1980 was another one.

Lots of great games since. As an old timer I had to throw those two out there.

[jdh]

ANDOVER over MAPLE GROVE in double OT in 2022
ST PAUL JOHNSON over INT FALL in OT in 1963

[Joe2015]

Edina over GR in double OT 5-4 in 1978. Long time ago but it was a great game.

GR over Hill Murray 2-1 in 1980 was another one.

Lots of great games since. As an old timer I had to throw those two out there.

Go vote! The 1978 game is part of today's poll: its taking on the Peter Colby winner for Edina from 2019

[Joe2015]

ANDOVER over MAPLE GROVE in double OT in 2022
ST PAUL JOHNSON over INT FALL in OT in 1963

These are both in there:
1963 will be up Sunday morning taking on 1977
2022 will be the last quarterfinal and goes against 1945

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

ANDOVER over MAPLE GROVE in double OT in 2022
ST PAUL JOHNSON over INT FALL in OT in 1963

These are both in there:
1963 will be up Sunday morning taking on 1977
2022 will be the last quarterfinal and goes against 1945

And who among us can ever forget that 1945 classic?

[elliott70]

ANDOVER over MAPLE GROVE in double OT in 2022
ST PAUL JOHNSON over INT FALL in OT in 1963

These are both in there:
1963 will be up Sunday morning taking on 1977
2022 will be the last quarterfinal and goes against 1945

And who among us can ever forget that 1945 classic?

SOME WERE THERE.

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

These are both in there:
1963 will be up Sunday morning taking on 1977
2022 will be the last quarterfinal and goes against 1945

And who among us can ever forget that 1945 classic?

SOME WERE THERE.

Statistically, it is likely that no one at that game is still alive. The factors at play are that total tournament attendance was not even 9K, so maybe 2K for the final. Most attendees in 1945 would have been male, and men have shorter life expectancy. Few MN males survive to age 90, and if a boy of 10 were there, he'd be 91 by now. The odds of a survivor among us is in the 3-4% range; very unlikely but of course possible. Then would be some good genes.

[elliott70]

And who among us can ever forget that 1945 classic?

SOME WERE THERE.

Statistically, it is likely that no one at that game is still alive. The factors at play are that total tournament attendance was not even 9K, so maybe 2K for the final. Most attendees in 1945 would have been male, and men have shorter life expectancy. Few MN males survive to age 90, and if a boy of 10 were there, he'd be 91 by now. The odds of a survivor among us is in the 3-4% range; very unlikely but of course possible. Then would be some good genes.

92

[Sparlimb]

SOME WERE THERE.

Statistically, it is likely that no one at that game is still alive. The factors at play are that total tournament attendance was not even 9K, so maybe 2K for the final. Most attendees in 1945 would have been male, and men have shorter life expectancy. Few MN males survive to age 90, and if a boy of 10 were there, he'd be 91 by now. The odds of a survivor among us is in the 3-4% range; very unlikely but of course possible. Then would be some good genes.

92

Please Elliot. We went to a Catholic school. We don't let math or facts get in the way!

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

I had to be off to work, because I am less than 92, but I wanted to add that if such a robust individual, who had attended the first final, were still vertical, it would be highly likely that such an individual would participate in this forum.

And that guy should be interviewed on that experience. (Lookin' at your Karl.)

[elliott70]

Statistically, it is likely that no one at that game is still alive. The factors at play are that total tournament attendance was not even 9K, so maybe 2K for the final. Most attendees in 1945 would have been male, and men have shorter life expectancy. Few MN males survive to age 90, and if a boy of 10 were there, he'd be 91 by now. The odds of a survivor among us is in the 3-4% range; very unlikely but of course possible. Then would be some good genes.

92

Please Elliot. We went to a Catholic school. We don't let math or facts get in the way!

The fact is
I am old, very.

[TTpuckster]

True fact indeed!!

[Joe2015]

Quarterfinals:

2011 vs 1978
1977 vs 1995
2026 vs 1989
1969 vs 2022

[Sparlimb]

Quarterfinals:

2011 vs 1978
1977 vs 1995
2026 vs 1989
1969 vs 2022

There is a recency bias in the voting, which is too bad...

We're any of the choices Class A? There haven been some good Class A finals...

[Joe2015]

Quarterfinals:

2011 vs 1978
1977 vs 1995
2026 vs 1989
1969 vs 2022

There is a recency bias in the voting, which is too bad...

We're any of the choices Class A? There haven been some good Class A finals...

Yes, there are A LOT of good Class A Finals: so many that we decided to do a separate bracket for those another time. So this bracket was Class AA/Single Class ONLY.

[Sparlimb]

What if we limited the voting to folks who attended everyone of the games. Or we could just ask Elliot straight up...

[elliott70]

What if we limited the voting to folks who attended everyone of the games. Or we could just ask Elliot straight up...

I HAVE NOT ATTENDED ALL OF THEM BUT SINCE 1962(?)
I HAVE WATCHED THEM ALL ON THE TV THING.

(I used caps for the old people that need cheaters.)

[Joe2015]

Semifinals

2011 vs 1995
2026 vs 2022

As someone pointed out, the voting does seem to have a recency bias. However, these are still four outstanding championship games.

[TTpuckster]

What if we limited the voting to folks who attended everyone of the games. Or we could just ask Elliot straight up...

I HAVE NOT ATTENDED ALL OF THEM BUT SINCE 1962(?)
I HAVE WATCHED THEM ALL ON THE TV THING.

(I used caps for the old people that need cheaters.)

Thanks,

I needed that.