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Ogie wrote:Eastview played their section final at the Coliseum.

Dunno what that means? Which rinks are olympic, and which are standard?

Looked to me like the size of the ice at the Coliseum is more on the order of a rink like Apple Valley and Eagan...Though I don't know the difference in percentage or square feet, the rinks at Maiucci and The Ex are definitely bigger.

[quote="Nostalgic Nerd]Dunno what that means? Which rinks are olympic, and which are standard?[/quote]

Mariucci is Olympic size - 197' X 98' (60 meters X 30 meters)
NHL rinks are 200' X 85'
For example - All Ramsey County rinks, including Aldrich, are NHL size.
I assume almost all high school rinks and the Coliseum are NHL size.
Wayzata however has the bigger Olympic size.

stpaul wrote:[quote="Nostalgic Nerd}Dunno what that means? Which rinks are olympic, and which are standard?

Mariucci is Olympic size - 197' X 98' (60 meters X 30 meters)
NHL rinks are 200' X 85'
For example - All Ramsey County rinks, including Aldrich, are NHL size.
I assume almost all high school rinks and the Coliseum are NHL size.
Wayzata however has the bigger Olympic size.[/quote]

Thank you. So width is what benefits a skating team?

The Coliseum and the X are 200" X 85", per Rinkfinder. It's interesting how the building the sheet is in can influence how large or small the sheet appears to be.

I think rink 3 at BIG is Olympic.

Nostalgic Nerd wrote:[Thank you. So width is what benefits a skating team?

In theory. I think the Olympic size is too big for high school teams. The tendecy is to go up ice and swing out wide, whick makes passes back to the middle that much longer and uglier. The d-men set up on the point are also too far away.

I will be curious to see how HM moves the puck tonight against Wayzata on a standard size rink. They were a mess on the Olympic size when they played ay Wayzata on Jan. 12th.

stpaul wrote:

Nostalgic Nerd wrote:[Thank you. So width is what benefits a skating team?

In theory. I think the Olympic size is too big for high school teams. The tendecy is to go up ice and swing out wide, whick makes passes back to the middle that much longer and uglier. The d-men set up on the point are also too far away.

I will be curious to see how HM moves the puck tonight against Wayzata on a standard size rink. They were a mess on the Olympic size when they played ay Wayzata on Jan. 12th.

Sick, too.

Nostalgic Nerd wrote:

stpaul wrote:[quote="Nostalgic Nerd}Dunno what that means? Which rinks are olympic, and which are standard?

Mariucci is Olympic size - 197' X 98' (60 meters X 30 meters)
NHL rinks are 200' X 85'
For example - All Ramsey County rinks, including Aldrich, are NHL size.
I assume almost all high school rinks and the Coliseum are NHL size.
Wayzata however has the bigger Olympic size.

Thank you. So width is what benefits a skating team?[/quote]
Thanks...I didn't know any of that....Guess the building size of places like Burnsville and others gave me the perception that those rinks were smaller.

Learn something new every day...

I think it was in '06 Holy Angels was #1 in the state and lost to someone (Apple Valley?) in the semis on an NHL rink. I recall the winning coach saying that they knew they had to get AHA before Mariucci to beat them. The larger sheet gives a skating team more real estate; it's hard to hit bodies when they more room to roam.

Do Jefferson and Wayzata have an advantage in finals at Mariucci? It doesn't seem like it, but it's not the only factor so it could be an advantage.