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meg60 wrote:Which of the current DE players are locks to play D1 and which are candidates to play D1.
Who will be out of the Thursday line-up vs GR due to injury, illness, or double secret probation?
12/11/86; Proctor 3, East 1 at the Duluth Arena.PuckU126 wrote:Date?east hockey wrote:Imagine if Proctor had ever beat East? Oh, wait.
Lee
I agree, but at least GR and Cloquet have kuhunas to play themDuluth 4 wrote:That's a fact. If they win, good they should, if they lose, then they don't hear the end of it for a while.
Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.Hawkyfan70 wrote:I suppose Randolph is really the only one who knows the true reason this match up doesn't happen.
It is certainly not because they only schedule top tier teams. A look at their schedule shows a few soft games that are not section games. But they are AA teams and I suppose that is how it is justified.
I am not saying they should or shouldn't, but it is certainly a game that most hockey lovers in the area would like to see.
Looks easy from here wrote:Just like I said no up side.PuckU126 wrote:Me.Looks easy from here wrote: Who said they would win
I totally agree. Excited fans can be 'fanatical'rail hockey wrote:Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.Hawkyfan70 wrote:I suppose Randolph is really the only one who knows the true reason this match up doesn't happen.
It is certainly not because they only schedule top tier teams. A look at their schedule shows a few soft games that are not section games. But they are AA teams and I suppose that is how it is justified.
I am not saying they should or shouldn't, but it is certainly a game that most hockey lovers in the area would like to see.
Lee
If the Hawks continue with their winning ways, it will be difficult for East to not add them to their schedule.Hawkyfan70 wrote:I totally agree. Excited fans can be 'fanatical'rail hockey wrote:Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.Hawkyfan70 wrote:I suppose Randolph is really the only one who knows the true reason this match up doesn't happen.
It is certainly not because they only schedule top tier teams. A look at their schedule shows a few soft games that are not section games. But they are AA teams and I suppose that is how it is justified.
I am not saying they should or shouldn't, but it is certainly a game that most hockey lovers in the area would like to see.
Lee
East will not continue their winning ways for a while after this year.Hawkyfan70 wrote:If the Hawks continue with their winning ways, it will be difficult for East to not add them to their schedule.Hawkyfan70 wrote:I totally agree. Excited fans can be 'fanatical'rail hockey wrote: Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.
Lee
They're the #1 team in the state right now. This statement could be made for every game they play the rest of the season...Looks easy from here wrote:There is no up side for east if they did play
YEPHShockeywatcher wrote:They're the #1 team in the state right now. This statement could be made for every game they play the rest of the season...Looks easy from here wrote:There is no up side for east if they did play
After next year. Next years team will still be very solid. After that though, Beaulieu will be left hanging in his senior yearDuluth 4 wrote:
East will not continue their winning ways for a while after this year.
Yea if it was up to the kids I'm sure we'd have a game. But since it isn't, who knows...blacklung wrote:With the cost/time of travel and the struggling economy, it would seem like a no-brainer to play a quality team that is your neighbor. In addition, these kids have played against each other at the armature level for as many as 10 years. Many of them play during the off-season on the same AAA teams, Advanced program, etc., are good friends and support each other. I don’t think they care what hockey class they are in. At games between GR, Marshall, Coquet, Hibbing, Virginia, Herm, Superior, etc., I see many players staying on the ice to talk to each other after the game. It is unfortunate that the adults have made sure that this never happens during the regular season for the Hawks and the Hounds; 2 teams that have grown up playing hockey together and know each other on a personal level better that any 2 teams in the state.
East hasn't schedule either a private or Class A, aside from Denfeld, school in some time now, doubt that will change.Hawkyfan70 wrote:If the Hawks continue with their winning ways, it will be difficult for East to not add them to their schedule.
I don't know all the specifics of why this game doesn't happen, but the specifics aren't the issue. Like with the Marshall situation, the reasons are most likely legitimate.east hockey wrote:Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.
Lee
So where's the upside to playing Cambridge-Isanti?Looks easy from here wrote:Just like I said no up side.PuckU126 wrote:Me.Looks easy from here wrote: Who said they would win
Your two "common" cents.HShockeywatcher wrote:East hasn't schedule either a private or Class A, aside from Denfeld, school in some time now, doubt that will change.Hawkyfan70 wrote:If the Hawks continue with their winning ways, it will be difficult for East to not add them to their schedule.
I don't know all the specifics of why this game doesn't happen, but the specifics aren't the issue. Like with the Marshall situation, the reasons are most likely legitimate.east hockey wrote:Not saying it wouldn't be good to see, but the reasons some in Hawk Nation put forth are ridiculous.
Lee
That being said, why not "be the bigger man" and schedule a team that would likely be better competition, sell out most venues in the area and be a shorter drive for both teams?
Instead of driving to Hasting or Oakdale, for example, why not have two games within 10 miles of the school that would attract a much bigger crowd. For purely financial reasons, it seems silly not to.
From a competitive [hockey] perspective, the way you show people you are better than someone else is to beat them. You don't just say "playing them would prove nothing" and cite why you don't. You prove all that by playing them.
Just my two cents.
Cambridge is 7AA.stick wrote:So where's the upside to playing Cambridge-Isanti?Looks easy from here wrote:Just like I said no up side.PuckU126 wrote: Me.
east hockey wrote:Cambridge is 7AA.stick wrote:So where's the upside to playing Cambridge-Isanti?Looks easy from here wrote:Just like I said no up side.
Technically, yes, but Ashland is in the LSC and we all know how that's working out. (sorry Ashland, no disrespect intended).
Lee
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