Kyle Rau: Mr. Hockey

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:26 pm

Hoops wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Both Bjugstad and Ness started school late. Age wise they were the same as the other freshman.
You'll never get people to figure this out.

Bjugstad and Rau are both 92's. I believe Bjugstad is only a couple months older than Rau.

DubCHAGuy · Post by **DubCHAGuy** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:45 pm

215 points in 3 years against one of the toughest schedules any HS team has played. Double OT game winner to send his team to state. Triple OT game winner to get the state championship.

Congrats on a great HS career to Mr. Rau!

Really?? · Post by **Really??** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:04 pm

Never gave up!!

really? · Post by **really?** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:51 pm

[quote="Really??"]Never gave up!![/quote]

Really? Really??

Really?

This could really be problematic!

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:02 pm

DubCHAGuy wrote:215 points in 3 years against one of the toughest schedules any HS team has played. Double OT game winner to send his team to state. Triple OT game winner to get the state championship.

Congrats on a great HS career to Mr. Rau!

No doubt!

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:34 am

Played for Soiux Falls last night. Game DQ, 15 min in penalties. Like his spunk!

supertacks · Post by **supertacks** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:51 am

mulefarm wrote:Played for Soiux Falls last night. Game DQ, 15 min in penalties. Like his spunk!

Mule, if you were at game, were they taking runs at him all night? If so,I would love to have been there to see the damage Kyle left in his wake. Word of warning to you USHL boys, if you're going to take a run at him, keep your head on a swivel, because Kyle will be coming back (again and again and again)

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:36 am

Per my earlier post, he's as tough a kid for his size as you'll meet up with on a hockey rink.

AlterEagle · Post by **AlterEagle** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:51 pm

He was ejected from the game in the first period for throwing an elbow. I'm pretty sure he received a talkin' to after that one as he's supposed to score goals not goon around.

narpsauce · Post by **narpsauce** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:44 pm

supertacks wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Played for Soiux Falls last night. Game DQ, 15 min in penalties. Like his spunk!
Mule, if you were at game, were they taking runs at him all night? If so,I would love to have been there to see the damage Kyle left in his wake. Word of warning to you USHL boys, if you're going to take a run at him, keep your head on a swivel, because Kyle will be coming back (again and again and again)

Unless there is a certain Duluth East sophomore defenseman to put him on his butt (again and again and again).

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:02 pm

narpsauce wrote:
supertacks wrote:
mulefarm wrote:Played for Soiux Falls last night. Game DQ, 15 min in penalties. Like his spunk!
Mule, if you were at game, were they taking runs at him all night? If so,I would love to have been there to see the damage Kyle left in his wake. Word of warning to you USHL boys, if you're going to take a run at him, keep your head on a swivel, because Kyle will be coming back (again and again and again)
Unless there is a certain Duluth East sophomore defenseman to put him on his butt (again and again and again).

And he did come back again and again... and we saw how that game turned out.

keepyourheadup · Post by **keepyourheadup** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:53 am

The kid put up three points for Sioux Falls tonight, he's the real deal.

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:29 am

Nice!!!

standout4thlinejver · Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:38 am

Curious as to what type of point totals he will put up next year as a freshman in the WCHA. Any predictions out there? Would 8 goals and 10 assists be considered realistict / disapointing / average?

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:17 am

standout4thlinejver wrote:Would 8 goals and 10 assists be considered realistict / disapointing / average?

8 goals and 10 assists just might lead the team!

Seriously, I think those numbers are realistic, although I certainly hope he does better. It's such a huge jump for anyone coming straight out of high school. Very few make a huge impact especially the first half of the season.

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:28 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:
standout4thlinejver wrote:Would 8 goals and 10 assists be considered realistict / disapointing / average?
8 goals and 10 assists just might lead the team!

Seriously, I think those numbers are realistic, although I certainly hope he does better. It's such a huge jump for anyone coming straight out of high school. Very few make a huge impact especially the first half of the season.

Here are a few "straight from HS" WCHA forwards' stats from their freshmen seasons...

Player Gm/G/A/Pts
Bjugstad 29/8/12/20
Pitlick 38/11/8/19
Hanowski 43/9/10/19
Budish 39/7/10/17
Jokinen 24/3/2/5
Gardiner 17/1/2/3

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:42 pm

It will be interesting to see where he lands. I would think Bugstad and Haula will center the top two lines. Will Rau be the third line center, and will he get any PP time? Usually, freshman that score a lot of points, also get a lot of PP time!

AlterEagle · Post by **AlterEagle** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:14 pm

AlterEagle wrote:He was ejected from the game in the first period for throwing an elbow. I'm pretty sure he received a talkin' to after that one as he's supposed to score goals not goon around.

keepyourheadup wrote:The kid put up three points for Sioux Falls tonight, he's the real deal.

Looks like that talkin' to worked!

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:10 am

MNHockeyFan wrote:
standout4thlinejver wrote:Would 8 goals and 10 assists be considered realistict / disapointing / average?
8 goals and 10 assists just might lead the team!

Seriously, I think those numbers are realistic, although I certainly hope he does better. It's such a huge jump for anyone coming straight out of high school. Very few make a huge impact especially the first half of the season.

18 pts may lead the team in deed...

But I do agree; around 20 pts is realistic for Rau's first year.

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:31 pm

7 games in SF under his belt and he has 3 goals and 4 assists, +4 +/- rating. Donny is licking his chops.

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:00 pm

HockeyMN1 wrote:7 games in SF under his belt and he has 3 goals and 4 assists, +4 +/- rating. Donny is licking his chops.

So are a lot of D in the WCHA!

FREDFLINTSTONE · Post by **FREDFLINTSTONE** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:25 am

mulefarm wrote:
HockeyMN1 wrote:7 games in SF under his belt and he has 3 goals and 4 assists, +4 +/- rating. Donny is licking his chops.
So are a lot of D in the WCHA!

Why would the D in the WCHA be licking their lips after they just got walked?

observer · Post by **observer** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:43 pm

Leading the USHL in playoff scoring.

http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/scori ... sonid=6932

High Flyer · Post by **High Flyer** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:42 pm

observer wrote:Leading the USHL in playoff scoring.

http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/scori ... sonid=6932

Which of the three players do you think has had the greatest impact?

Rau 7 pts, 5 pts off PP, 1EN, 2 GWG & +3

Isackson 6 pts, 3 pts off PP, +6

Jacobson 6 pts, 1 pts off PP, 1 EN, 1 GWG & +3

observer · Post by **observer** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:58 am

Don't know.

http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/scori ... sonid=6932