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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:14 pm
by RLStars
Stealth wrote:
STC18 wrote:I believe we're forgetting three teams in this poll.
Is this an Apollo tournament?

This would also explain why the other three lower bracket teams don’t have a chance in the POLL. Let alone in possible Apollo eye’s.

Talk about unbalanced upper/lower brackets.
Looks like a set-up here for a cake walk for Apollo to say they made the championship. Reminds of YOUTH tournaments set-up.
Sauk Rapids, bring game and you could have fun Holiday weekend.

If it’s TECH or Cathedrals tournament, you guys have the balls to at least be daring enough by giving yourself some competition. Way to go!
Not sure what you got your undies in a bundle for! If you look at last years parings, you'll see that Rogers, Tech, Bismarck Century and Apollo have the same times. The other four teams (slots) are rotated. LDC and SR moved to the bottom bracket while Cathedral and Sartell moved to the top.

In 2006, Apollo played Cathedral in the first round and Tech played Sauk Rapids. As far back as I can find, Apollo has played either Cathedral or Sauk Rapids in the first round. Same holds true for Tech. You could argue that the two other teams on the bottom bracket (Bismark and Litchfield) are not the same caliber as Rogers, but there's not much you can do about that.

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:41 pm
by George Blanda
My only beef is that Cathedral won't be playing Apollo or Tech in the first round since the beginning of time. In recent years, with Cathedral's talent level, they have been given opportunities to play in some more competitive tournaments. This year, they play Rogers. Nothing against Rogers, but if Cathedral badly wanted them on their schedule, they'd call up Rogers AD and schedule a game.

This has nothing to do with Rogers being bad...as they are probably in the top three of this tourney. I'm not that upset with how it is...as Cathedral will be forced to beat the two best teams in the tourney to get to the Championship...

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:20 pm
by Donkey9
Blanda do you get excited about anything... besides the vap :-D




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Pluggin'

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:41 pm
by Can't Never Tried
George Blanda wrote:My only beef is that Cathedral won't be playing Apollo or Tech in the first round since the beginning of time. In recent years, with Cathedral's talent level, they have been given opportunities to play in some more competitive tournaments. This year, they play Rogers. Nothing against Rogers, but if Cathedral badly wanted them on their schedule, they'd call up Rogers AD and schedule a game.

This has nothing to do with Rogers being bad...as they are probably in the top three of this tourney. I'm not that upset with how it is...as Cathedral will be forced to beat the two best teams in the tourney to get to the Championship...
I'd say that's probably true, and I think Rogers is looking fwd. to playing SCC as another quality opponent, in what is a much better schedule then they have ever had.
They should be be tuned all up after playing Minnetonka this Sat. and ready for the Crusaders :wink:

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:39 pm
by Bo Dangles
Rogers/Cathedral = Cathedral 5-2

Sartell/Tech = Sartell 3-2

Bismarck/Litchfield = Bismarck 4-2

Sauk Rapids/Apollo = Sauk Rapids 3-1

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:39 pm
by darkdemon
Sartell doesn't have a prayer vs tech that isn't an upset pick its a terrible pick.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:40 pm
by George Blanda
darkdemon wrote:Sartell doesn't have a prayer vs tech that isn't an upset pick its a terrible pick.
Haha, although I hope he's not, I believe darkdemon is correct.

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:55 pm
by ya-man
buffalobob wrote:
ya-man wrote:If any of you guys are from the St Cloud area, do you know John Tap? He's a former Apollo coach.
Known him for years, was my neighbor until he moved out of state..Why?
He was the 1st ever Apollo coach. He's a great guy - just wondering if he still coachs somewhere.

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:48 pm
by 319
Bo Dangles wrote:Rogers/Cathedral = Cathedral 5-2

Sartell/Tech = Sartell 3-2

Bismarck/Litchfield = Bismarck 4-2

Sauk Rapids/Apollo = Sauk Rapids 3-1
Cathedral 6-2
.......................Cathedral 4-1
Tech 5-2
.................................................Apollo 2-1
Bismarck 2-1
........................Apollo 6-1
Apollo 4-2

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:18 pm
by Stealth
I hope you like coal?
:roll:

Now take it all??????

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:56 am
by George Blanda
I suppose it'll be time for me to make a pick or two for this tourney...

Quarterfinals
Cathedral over Rogers (4-1)
Tech over Sartell (6-3)
Litchfield over Bismarck (4-4, OT, SO)
Sauk Rapids over The FALLING Apollo Eagles (4-3)

Semifinals
Cathedral over Tech (2-1, OT??)
Sauk Rapids over Litchfield (6-2)

Championship
Cathedral over Sauk Rapids (4-1)

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:55 am
by STC18
Quarters
Cathedral 3-2 Rogers
Tech 7-1 Sartell
Litchfield 5-4 Century
Sauk Rapids 4-2 Apollo

Consolation Semis
Rogers 5-2 Sartell
Apollo 4-1 Century

Semis
Tech 4-3 Cathedral -- my upset pick.
Sauk Rapids 7-2 Litchfield

7th-Sartell 4-3 Century

5th-Rogers 3-2 Apollo

3rd-Cathedral 6-0 Litchfield

Championship-Tech 5-4 Sauk Rapids

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:57 am
by STC18
319 wrote:
Bo Dangles wrote:Rogers/Cathedral = Cathedral 5-2

Sartell/Tech = Sartell 3-2

Bismarck/Litchfield = Bismarck 4-2

Sauk Rapids/Apollo = Sauk Rapids 3-1
Cathedral 6-2
.......................Cathedral 4-1
Tech 5-2
.................................................Apollo 2-1
Bismarck 2-1
........................Apollo 6-1
Apollo 4-2
Sauk Rapids will dump Apollo in the first round. I had respect for them at the beginning of the year, but now...I don't think they have a big chance at beating a Sauk Rapids team that is playing good hockey right now.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:47 am
by Dirty Dangler
Rogers/Cathedral- Cathedral 5-2
Semis-Sartell/Cathedral- Cathedral 6-2
Sartell/Tech- Sartell 4-2 (EN)
Championship-Cathedral/Apollo- Cathedral 4-1
Bismark/Litchfield- Bismark 5-2
Semis-Apollo/Bismark- Apollo 7-0
Sauk Rapids/Apollo- Apollo 3-1 (EN)



Cathedral to dominate as of late.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:48 am
by Dirty Dangler
Rogers/Cathedral- Cathedral 5-2
............Semis-Sartell/Cathedral- Cathedral 6-2
Sartell/Tech- Sartell 4-2 (EN)
..............................Championship-Cathedral/Apollo- Cathedral 4-1
Bismark/Litchfield- Bismark 5-2
.............Semis-Apollo/Bismark- Apollo 7-0
Sauk Rapids/Apollo- Apollo 3-1 (EN)



Cathedral to dominate as of late.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:21 am
by HOFam'r
no one seems to give Rogers much of a chance....I think they will beat Cathedral if their goalie plays decent.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:36 am
by Goldy Gopher
HOFam'r wrote:no one seems to give Rogers much of a chance....I think they will beat Cathedral if their goalie plays decent.
I think you're wrong. Cathedral's defense is too good.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:34 am
by Stealth
Rogers/Cathedral- Cathedral 5-2
............Semis-Sartell/Cathedral- Cathedral 6-0
Sartell/Tech- Sartell 4-3
..............................Championship-Cathedral/Sauk Rapids- Cathedral 7-1
Bismark/Litchfield- Bismark 5-2
.............Semis-Sauk Rapids/Bismark- Sauk Rapids 7-2
Sauk Rapids/Apollo- Sauk Rapids 5-2

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:49 am
by Can't Never Tried
Todays winning picks
Rogers :D
Sartell
Bismark
SR

I'll post tomorrows picks later.
Go Royals!!

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:21 am
by 319
STC18 wrote:
319 wrote:
Bo Dangles wrote:Rogers/Cathedral = Cathedral 5-2

Sartell/Tech = Sartell 3-2

Bismarck/Litchfield = Bismarck 4-2

Sauk Rapids/Apollo = Sauk Rapids 3-1
Cathedral 6-2
.......................Cathedral 4-1
Tech 5-2
.................................................Apollo 2-1
Bismarck 2-1
........................Apollo 6-1
Apollo 4-2
Sauk Rapids will dump Apollo in the first round. I had respect for them at the beginning of the year, but now...I don't think they have a big chance at beating a Sauk Rapids team that is playing good hockey right now.
Remember that Apollo has been playing without their #1 goaltender Nate Hampton For the past 3 games. I think he will be back today.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:37 am
by darkdemon
My picks

Cathedral 5 Rogers 4
Tech 3 Sartell 0
Bismarck 4 Litchfield 2
Sauk Rapids 6 Apollo 4

Rogers 3 Sartell 2
Apollo 5 Litchfield 3

Cathedral 4 Tech 3
Sauk Rapids 3 Bismarck 1

Sartell 4 Litchfield 1

Apollo 2 Rogers 1

Tech 5 Bismarck 1

Cathedral 6 Sauk Rapids 4

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:01 pm
by Stealth
Here is the Rink Writer link for the games score sheets. :wink:



http://www.rinkwriter.com/GCC/2007gcclassic.html

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:11 pm
by RLStars
Cathedral............4 SOG - 44
Rogers................1 SOG - 19

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:15 pm
by mikemodano09
who was in net for scc?

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:20 pm
by RLStars
mikemodano09 wrote:who was in net for scc?
You're two clicks away from an answer. Use the link, Luke!