Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:05 pm
Quote: Every time they have met it's the David/Goliath thing. Like watching the movie "Hoosiers". Edina has the advantage of numbers, Roseau kids the advantage of ice time (and a pee wee coach by the name of Dick Johnson).
I agree with the Dick Johnson comment. He made those kids into hockey players (or they died trying to become hockey players...
). I disagree somewhat with the ice time advantage, though. Roseau can't afford to have year-round ice. Yes, there is lots of ice in the winter, but in early April the ice disappears. There typically is ice for 2 or 3 weeks in the summer for a hockey camp, but other than that, the boys have to shoot pucks on the cement slab until late October (or drive long distances). Edina and most city schools have ice available--albeit expensive--year-round. The Rams don't have much of an ice-time advantage as some would think.
I agree with the Dick Johnson comment. He made those kids into hockey players (or they died trying to become hockey players...
). I disagree somewhat with the ice time advantage, though. Roseau can't afford to have year-round ice. Yes, there is lots of ice in the winter, but in early April the ice disappears. There typically is ice for 2 or 3 weeks in the summer for a hockey camp, but other than that, the boys have to shoot pucks on the cement slab until late October (or drive long distances). Edina and most city schools have ice available--albeit expensive--year-round. The Rams don't have much of an ice-time advantage as some would think.