Section 8A Seedings

Wild4hockey · Post by **Wild4hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:55 pm

schwang17 wrote:
Flin Flon wrote:Park= weakest #2 seed in section 8a history. EGF will handle them in the semi- finals. It will take Park all they got to get past LOW.
Final Park 5 Low 4.
Warroad and EGF in the Finals and we all know who wins that one
I believe every year PR is the #2 seed its the weakest in history of 8A. If you skirt wearers opted up to where you should be you'd have nothing to complain about. Quit the rock throwing and look at yourselves, Warroad.

We only need to worry about PR being relevant every 10 years or so. It will be interesting to see how they handle the giant bullseye on their backs. LOW, is always a tough team to beat. This should be a great quarterfinal game as well as TRF V Bemidji.

Warrior18 · Post by **Warrior18** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:56 pm

EGF has an easy road to the finals. park will have to play a great game to beat the wave. EGF playing there best hockey of the year. Right at the perfect time

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:09 pm

Wild4hockey wrote:We only need to worry about PR being relevant every 10 years or so.

So, with the exception of 1 year, TRF has been irrelevant for 30 years?

Stiff-Shaft · Post by **Stiff-Shaft** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:11 pm

[quote="egf hockey1"]1 - Warroad
2 - Park
3 - EGF
4 - TRF
5 - Bemidji
6 - Kittson
7 - LOW
8 - Crookston
9 - RLF
10 - Bagley
11 - Walker[/quote]

We have a Winner..... EGFhockey1 nailed it! Way to go, you win! I had the top 5 right myself. Sorry SB, you were off.

Wild4hockey · Post by **Wild4hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:11 pm

schwang17 wrote:
Wild4hockey wrote:We only need to worry about PR being relevant every 10 years or so.
So, with the exception of 1 year, TRF has been irrelevant for 30 years?

If you consider a top four seed and a threat every year irrelevant, then you are correct.

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:12 pm

Stiff-Shaft wrote: Sorry SB, you were off.

Shocking, isn't it?

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:12 pm

Wild4hockey wrote:
schwang17 wrote:
Wild4hockey wrote:We only need to worry about PR being relevant every 10 years or so.
So, with the exception of 1 year, TRF has been irrelevant for 30 years?
If you consider a top four seed and a threat every year irrelevant, then you are correct.

If they were a threat every year they would have certainly won more than 1 title. PR has been top 4 many times since they joined this Section. Certainly you can't use the same criteria for both schools?

Wild4hockey · Post by **Wild4hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:16 pm

Quick, name all the teams that have won the section title in the past 10 years that aren't named Warroad, EGF, or TRF. I am done arguing semantics with you and Sioux. It is like trying to sell a pair of shoes to a man with one leg.

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:18 pm

Wild4hockey wrote:Quick, name all the teams that have won the section title in the past 10 years that aren't named Warroad, EGF, or TRF. I am done arguing semantics with you and Sioux. It is like trying to sell a pair of shoes to a man with one leg.

So 1 out of 60 makes them relevant...You are brilliant.

A blind squirrel could come out of this Section 1 out of 60 times..

Wild4hockey · Post by **Wild4hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:21 pm

A lot more relevant than 0!

Wild4hockey · Post by **Wild4hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:24 pm

9 State Tourney Appearences 2 Championships.

That puts them 14th overall in the state for Tourney appearences. I would call that a solid hockey program. I looked for all of PR appearences but found none.

SiouxRecruit · Post by **SiouxRecruit** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:28 pm

Warrior18 wrote:EGF has an easy road to the finals. park will have to play a great game to beat the wave. EGF playing there best hockey of the year. Right at the perfect time

They had a 1 goal game vs DL a few days ago...and let in 5 against crookston.....who was in net?....hopefully not christianson

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:31 pm

SiouxRecruit wrote:
Warrior18 wrote:EGF has an easy road to the finals. park will have to play a great game to beat the wave. EGF playing there best hockey of the year. Right at the perfect time

They had a 1 goal game vs DL a few days ago...and let in 5 against crookston.....who was in net?....hopefully not christianson

I'm sure they have valid excuses...

I'm sure 1 of the Pirates slipped a bottle of whiskey into Christianson's waterbottle...either that or 10 of their best players didn't play...

SiouxRecruit · Post by **SiouxRecruit** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:35 pm

schwang17 wrote:
SiouxRecruit wrote:
Warrior18 wrote:EGF has an easy road to the finals. park will have to play a great game to beat the wave. EGF playing there best hockey of the year. Right at the perfect time

They had a 1 goal game vs DL a few days ago...and let in 5 against crookston.....who was in net?....hopefully not christianson
I'm sure they have valid excuses...

I'm sure 1 of the Pirates slipped a bottle of whiskey into Christianson's waterbottle...either that or 10 of their best players didn't play...

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:39 pm

PR lost to Prairie Centre. Hurry, let's think of some excuses...

MN Pond Hockey · Post by **MN Pond Hockey** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:52 pm

schwang17 wrote:PR lost to Prairie Centre. Hurry, let's think of some excuses...

It might not be a bad idea to think of some though.

SiouxRecruit · Post by **SiouxRecruit** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:12 pm

MN Pond Hockey wrote:
schwang17 wrote:PR lost to Prairie Centre. Hurry, let's think of some excuses...
It might not be a bad idea to think of some though.

Id feel like less of a person.....

sinbombyzermancurve · Post by **sinbombyzermancurve** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:40 pm

SB24 wrote:My Guess:

Warroad
EGF
TRF
Bemidji
Hallock
Park Rapids
Lake of the Woods
Crookston
RLF
Bagley
Walker

Not sure about Hallock and PR though, but after tonights loss i could see it go this way. Those of you that are still hoping for a 3 or higher seed for PR need to come to grips with the losses you had...like i said before, be very happy with a 5 seed at this point.

tough day at the office for SB 24. dont worry though, your boys Elliott and flin flon had trouble too.

nipe'n · Post by **nipe'n** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:58 pm

schwang17 wrote:
SiouxRecruit wrote:
Warrior18 wrote:EGF has an easy road to the finals. park will have to play a great game to beat the wave. EGF playing there best hockey of the year. Right at the perfect time

They had a 1 goal game vs DL a few days ago...and let in 5 against crookston.....who was in net?....hopefully not christianson
I'm sure they have valid excuses...

I'm sure 1 of the Pirates slipped a bottle of whiskey into Christianson's waterbottle...either that or 10 of their best players didn't play...

Hey im sure there wont be any excuses when egf cleans kittsons clock and tears through lerk show and his boys

nipe'n · Post by **nipe'n** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:03 pm

P.S. Christiansen could drink a liter of jack's and still be the best goalie in 8a

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:21 pm

OVERVIEW
Going into the meeting, I think you had 4 teams jockeying for the 2 and 3 holes. The way the section shook out this year, if you could have landed one of the top three seeds you were going to get a pretty winable game in the quarters. No disrespect to Hallock, Crox, and LOW, but a fact is a fact, they aren't as deep as the upper tier squads. The 6-8 seeds can only win by defending, as they can't outscore the top tier teams in a shootout. Defending to win is harder now than ever. The game is 6 minutes longer than it used to be and the Olympic size sheet is hard to patrol for 51 minutes with 8-9 players.

MY TAKE
EGF - was the big winner today, I would like their draw if I were them.

PR - was rewarded for a season and I'm solid with that, the test will come in the semis vs. EGF

Bemidji - may need to play more 8A's in the future if they have plans of sticking around. They were never in the discussions for a top three when in fact maybe they should have been. A 6-2 win over Hallock and a 4-3 win over PR would have been more beneficial than their W's over FF and Greenway this year. Also, they may want to set up a future home and home with EGF.

TRF - tough draw, they'll need to take down Bemidji, Warroad, and EGF.

WAR - must be saying, "we are the #1 and we have Crookston, you've got to be kidding me"

Seeds 6-11 - YES: It Can Happen

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:05 pm

Irishmans Shanty wrote:WAR - must be saying, "we are the #1 and we have Crookston, you've got to be kidding me"

Seeds 6-11 - YES: It Can Happen

As always, great stuff Shanty...

I think Bemidji needs a home-n-home with PR also...

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:08 pm

nipe'n wrote:P.S. Christiansen could drink a liter of jack's and still be the best goalie in 8a

I don't doubt it...

SiouxRecruit · Post by **SiouxRecruit** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:42 pm

nipe'n wrote:P.S. Christiansen could drink a liter of jack's and still be the best goalie in 8a

hahahahahahaha...check his last 3 games......pretty sad actually...

Flin Flon · Post by **Flin Flon** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:54 am

Irishmans Shanty wrote:OVERVIEW
Going into the meeting, I think you had 4 teams jockeying for the 2 and 3 holes. The way the section shook out this year, if you could have landed one of the top three seeds you were going to get a pretty winable game in the quarters. No disrespect to Hallock, Crox, and LOW, but a fact is a fact, they aren't as deep as the upper tier squads. The 6-8 seeds can only win by defending, as they can't outscore the top tier teams in a shootout. Defending to win is harder now than ever. The game is 6 minutes longer than it used to be and the Olympic size sheet is hard to patrol for 51 minutes with 8-9 players.

MY TAKE
EGF - was the big winner today, I would like their draw if I were them.

PR - was rewarded for a season and I'm solid with that, the test will come in the semis vs. EGF

Bemidji - may need to play more 8A's in the future if they have plans of sticking around. They were never in the discussions for a top three when in fact maybe they should have been. A 6-2 win over Hallock and a 4-3 win over PR would have been more beneficial than their W's over FF and Greenway this year. Also, they may want to set up a future home and home with EGF.

TRF - tough draw, they'll need to take down Bemidji, Warroad, and EGF.

WAR - must be saying, "we are the #1 and we have Crookston, you've got to be kidding me"

Seeds 6-11 - YES: It Can Happen

I would agree with you Shanty. I would very very happy if I was EGF they by far have the easiest road to the finals. Park's chances at a section 8a title is %0.00 not gonna happen.