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Agreed.alcloseshaver wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:56 pm Not the same feel tonight for the GR v ER game. Playing for the 3 seed doesn't quite feel right for these 2 programs. Pre QRF days an ER win would have guaranteed a higher seed for the Indians. Tongue in cheek...
Good cal out alcloseshaver. It has been a barn burner pivotal game for so many years I can't recall it not being edge of your seat intense. Feels like a consolation round gamealcloseshaver wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:56 pm Not the same feel tonight for the GR v ER game. Playing for the 3 seed doesn't quite feel right for these 2 programs. Pre QRF days an ER win would have guaranteed a higher seed for the Indians. Tongue in cheek...
northwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:31 pmGood call alcloseshaver. It has been a barn burner pivotal game for so many years I can't recall it not being edge of your seat intense. Feels like a consolation round gamealcloseshaver wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:56 pm Not the same feel tonight for the GR v ER game. Playing for the 3 seed doesn't quite feel right for these 2 programs. Pre QRF days an ER win would have guaranteed a higher seed for the Indians. Tongue in cheek...
Wow, would that be a great day of hockey. Especially for Eveleth who hasn't been to a semi- Saturday in a long long time.TheHockeyDJ wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:52 am Hoping for this schedule for Semi-Final Saturday
Noon Grand Rapids vs Andover
2:00 Cloquet vs Duluth East
6:00 Eveleth vs Hermantown
8:00 Denfeld vs Greenway
I attended the ER vs Andover game & while the score ended up tight, Andover controlled all but the last 4 minutes of the game, in fact I’ve rarely seen an ER team having so little puck control the past 5 years, the only kid for ER who stood out during periods 1&2 was #18, a junior D & I don’t know his name, but the ER first line was totally shutdown until the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period. #4 Wolfe & #5 Kaiser play in separate tandems, but skill wise they are right up there with Luedtke & Docter (in terms of controlling the puck & play). And not sure why, but Charlie Schoun didn’t play last 10 minutes of 3rd period & wasn’t in the handshake line, so he might have got nicked up during the game. Andover got a little sloppy at the end, but minus some strong goaltending by ER, it could have been a 6-2 gamenorthwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:35 am Don't book those St. Paul hotels just yet.
With Kozol standing on his head, Randover had to squeek past the Elks with a 3-2 win.
Perhaps semi Saturday can offer more intrigue than earlier anticipated in 2019.
Are the Elkoholics, CEC or Rapidly Declining pesky enough to
spoil the party?
Will Randover cupcake schedule hurt them in a winner takes all playoff?
Will Hounds lack of scoring knock em out early?
Stay tuned..............................
Tiebreaker margin is determined towards the end of the season and fluctuates, if within the tiebreaker head to head is used 1st.TheHockeyDJ wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:19 am At what point in the QRF does a tie-breaker come into play? What is the point gap where that matters?
Accurate synopsis 59, anything can happen though and is why they play the games.hockey59 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:58 amI attended the ER vs Andover game & while the score ended up tight, Andover controlled all but the last 4 minutes of the game, in fact I’ve rarely seen an ER team having so little puck control the past 5 years, the only kid for ER who stood out during periods 1&2 was #18, a junior D & I don’t know his name, but the ER first line was totally shutdown until the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period. #4 Wolfe & #5 Kaiser play in separate tandems, but skill wise they are right up there with Luedtke & Docter (in terms of controlling the puck & play). And not sure why, but Charlie Schoun didn’t play last 10 minutes of 3rd period & wasn’t in the handshake line, so he might have got nicked up during the game. Andover got a little sloppy at the end, but minus some strong goaltending by ER, it could have been a 6-2 gamenorthwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:35 am Don't book those St. Paul hotels just yet.
With Kozol standing on his head, Randover had to squeek past the Elks with a 3-2 win.
Perhaps semi Saturday can offer more intrigue than earlier anticipated in 2019.
Are the Elkoholics, CEC or Rapidly Declining pesky enough to
spoil the party?
Will Randover cupcake schedule hurt them in a winner takes all playoff?
Will Hounds lack of scoring knock em out early?
Stay tuned..............................
All the reason in a one game "do or die" the higher seed could be shelving the hockey gear on semi Saturday.hockey59 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:58 amI attended the ER vs Andover game & while the score ended up tight, Andover controlled all but the last 4 minutes of the game, in fact I’ve rarely seen an ER team having so little puck control the past 5 years, the only kid for ER who stood out during periods 1&2 was #18, a junior D & I don’t know his name, but the ER first line was totally shutdown until the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period. #4 Wolfe & #5 Kaiser play in separate tandems, but skill wise they are right up there with Luedtke & Docter (in terms of controlling the puck & play). And not sure why, but Charlie Schoun didn’t play last 10 minutes of 3rd period & wasn’t in the handshake line, so he might have got nicked up during the game. Andover got a little sloppy at the end, but minus some strong goaltending by ER, it could have been a 6-2 gamenorthwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:35 am Don't book those St. Paul hotels just yet.
With Kozol standing on his head, Randover had to squeek past the Elks with a 3-2 win.
Perhaps semi Saturday can offer more intrigue than earlier anticipated in 2019.
Are the Elkoholics, CEC or Rapidly Declining pesky enough to
spoil the party?
Will Randover cupcake schedule hurt them in a winner takes all playoff?
Will Hounds lack of scoring knock em out early?
Stay tuned..............................
While I agree with your take on the game some other observations. Agreed Andover controlled play, however they really didn't have many quality scoring chances from inside the house. Not minimizing the awesome game JK had in net, he played great and kept ER in the game. ER was clearly content to clog the middle and just get the puck out. Dover was the faster team and as such won the races to loose pucks which resulted in puck control and zone time. FWIW first line center was in the box for 12 minutes as a result of a misconduct. Hard to get first line going without your center. #18 is Jack Ferry, excellent skater and plays a physical game especially since he is far from the biggest D man on the ice. Admittedly I have only seen Andover in that game, but the separation between #2 Hornets and #3 Andover seems to be a sizeable gap.hockey59 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:58 amI attended the ER vs Andover game & while the score ended up tight, Andover controlled all but the last 4 minutes of the game, in fact I’ve rarely seen an ER team having so little puck control the past 5 years, the only kid for ER who stood out during periods 1&2 was #18, a junior D & I don’t know his name, but the ER first line was totally shutdown until the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period. #4 Wolfe & #5 Kaiser play in separate tandems, but skill wise they are right up there with Luedtke & Docter (in terms of controlling the puck & play). And not sure why, but Charlie Schoun didn’t play last 10 minutes of 3rd period & wasn’t in the handshake line, so he might have got nicked up during the game. Andover got a little sloppy at the end, but minus some strong goaltending by ER, it could have been a 6-2 gamenorthwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:35 am Don't book those St. Paul hotels just yet.
With Kozol standing on his head, Randover had to squeek past the Elks with a 3-2 win.
Perhaps semi Saturday can offer more intrigue than earlier anticipated in 2019.
Are the Elkoholics, CEC or Rapidly Declining pesky enough to
spoil the party?
Will Randover cupcake schedule hurt them in a winner takes all playoff?
Will Hounds lack of scoring knock em out early?
Stay tuned..............................
He should get an emmy for that performance. Always perplexing to me when a ref 20 feet away doesn't make a call, but the ref at the red line 100 ft away does...It could have just as easily been a 3-3 game (pipe) as a 8-2 game, which as others have said is why you play the game. After the game was played it wasn't either, it was 3-2!
Not saying ER couldn’t of tied it in last 2 minutes, they almost did. Aside from that, this is far & away the best team Andover has ever had. And while I’ve only seen Tonka once & haven’t yet seen Edina, if you’re saying the gap between 1&2 is a sizable gap, then the same applies to DE (compared to Tonka & Edina). ER on the other hand, had a phenomenal team in 2015, a great team in 2016 & a really great team in 2017. This ER team (by contrast) is solid, but nothing close to resembling those 3 teams in my opinionMWS coach wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:33 pmWhile I agree with your take on the game some other observations. Agreed Andover controlled play, however they really didn't have many quality scoring chances from inside the house. Not minimizing the awesome game JK had in net, he played great and kept ER in the game. ER was clearly content to clog the middle and just get the puck out. Dover was the faster team and as such won the races to loose pucks which resulted in puck control and zone time. FWIW first line center was in the box for 12 minutes as a result of a misconduct. Hard to get first line going without your center. #18 is Jack Ferry, excellent skater and plays a physical game especially since he is far from the biggest D man on the ice. Admittedly I have only seen Andover in that game, but the separation between #2 Hornets and #3 Andover seems to be a sizeable gap.hockey59 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:58 amI attended the ER vs Andover game & while the score ended up tight, Andover controlled all but the last 4 minutes of the game, in fact I’ve rarely seen an ER team having so little puck control the past 5 years, the only kid for ER who stood out during periods 1&2 was #18, a junior D & I don’t know his name, but the ER first line was totally shutdown until the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period. #4 Wolfe & #5 Kaiser play in separate tandems, but skill wise they are right up there with Luedtke & Docter (in terms of controlling the puck & play). And not sure why, but Charlie Schoun didn’t play last 10 minutes of 3rd period & wasn’t in the handshake line, so he might have got nicked up during the game. Andover got a little sloppy at the end, but minus some strong goaltending by ER, it could have been a 6-2 gamenorthwoods oldtimer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:35 am Don't book those St. Paul hotels just yet.
With Kozol standing on his head, Randover had to squeek past the Elks with a 3-2 win.
Perhaps semi Saturday can offer more intrigue than earlier anticipated in 2019.
Are the Elkoholics, CEC or Rapidly Declining pesky enough to
spoil the party?
Will Randover cupcake schedule hurt them in a winner takes all playoff?
Will Hounds lack of scoring knock em out early?
Stay tuned..............................
The phantom call for goaltender interference must have been the karma return from the stripes for getting the benefit of the call against GR OT goal!
