2AA Final: #3 Burnsville vs. #1 Edina

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Re: 2AA Final: #3 Burnsville vs. #1 Edina

Post by karl(east) »

Nostalgic Nerd wrote:
karl(east) wrote:
karl(east) wrote: Janne Kivihalme vs. Edina: 0-10 with 7 1-goal losses.
0-11 with 8 1-goal losses.

Great effort by the Blaze, but as can often be the case in playoff hockey, one key mistake can kill you. That giveaway in the first really was the difference in an otherwise even game.

Congrats to Edina. 7 in a row.
Gotta disagree. Edina was the better team all along. Mallon is who kept the game close.

Outside of Hurley, Malmquist, and maybe one or two others, Edina looks rather ordinary to me.
I thought the first two periods were fairly even--Burnsville dominated the first half of the first, Edina took over in the second half, and I thought the second period was pretty even. (Edina may have had the puck a bit more, but the Blaze were doing what they needed to do to keep them in check.) In the 3rd, Edina definitely went into defensive lockdown mode--which may also partially explain their "ordinary" effort, as it's hard to flash much individual talent when you're more focused on trapping and dumping the puck. Still, Burnsville had their opportunity at the end to get it done, and it just didn't happen.

Though on the whole, I will agree that Edina has been a bit more ordinary than expected this season.
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Post by Doc Holliday »

My opinions:

-Burnsville came out buzzing in the first 4-5 minutes. Benjamin kept it from being 2-0 or 3-0. Shots ended up 26-26 I believe, but it was 9-1 Burnsville after the first 5 minutes.
-I thought Edina slowly started controlling the play a little more, including the 1 nice goal & the 1 lucky goal.
-I do disagree with the 2nd period; I thought Edina was in control. Burnsville for the most part wasn't getting much going until Sheehy picked off the cross ice pass. I thought it changed the game. One more goal by Edina & I thought it would have been lights out.
-I thought Mallon played tremendous & the reason it was only a 1 goal game was him.
-I thought Benjamin played solid. He kept Edina in it during the first part of the game. Last years Benjamin in the section final & Burnsville wins.
-I thought Edina did go into lockdown mode and it was very effective in the 3rd period. Burnsville really didn't get many good sniffs until under the 3 minute mark, and then Burnsville was giving their final punch at Edina, which in turn led to the penalty.
-Perhaps it was a pretty vanilla game, but I think that was due to the way Edina played it, particularly in the 3rd period. That cross ice turnover seemed to really change the way they played.
-I thought Edina's 3rd line was effective every time they were on the ice.

7 straight section titles is pretty amazing, 4 out of the 7 being against B'Ville. It's not like Burnsville hasn't had good teams either. You'd figure that one of those years, a bounce of the puck here or a goalie just stealing the game would have happened in one of those (both almost happened in 2008). I don't think Edina is going to blow anybody out at state, but they're going to be a difficult out as well.

Congrats to Burnsville on a good season. Minus Mallon, a lot of guys coming back for a run next year.
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