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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:17 pm
by BIAFP
woody22 wrote:BIAFP wrote:State Championships
Roseau (7)
I. Falls (7)
The rest are wannabees
Edina 9! You can't split Edina East and Edina, and yes yes if we can combine these, we can let Bloomington have 6!
By one school............... Pinhead
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:47 pm
by DumpandChase1
You don't have to combine Edina, Edina-East and Edina-West. But, keep in mind, if they would not have split into 2 high schools and stayed as 1 like EP, they might have gone 10 years without a loss. We would be talking about Edina with 15 or 16 titles.
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:14 pm
by Doug Mackenzie
If we are spanning the entire history of high school hockey, you have to mention St. Paul Johnson.
In the early days of the tournament, the Governors were the only team in the cities that could beat the northern teams when it counted. I believe they were the only non-northern team to win the tourney for like the first 25 years of the thing.
NOt to mention it is the school that gave us Herb Brooks, Wendy Anderson and a boatload of Gophers
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:37 pm
by rbk28
hey AP your boy Janny didn't play a minute in the games of 1980 haha
U do make hill murray seem great tho ill give u that
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:28 am
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
Steve Janaszak was a four-year varsity & All-American goalie for Hill-Murray.
His freshman year was 1972, the Pioneers' first full year as Hill-Murray and another State Championship.
His senior year was another H-M milestone, the first year the MSHSL allowed Catholic schools to compete (1975), and he took advantage by winning all but one post-season game (losing only to State Champion Grand Rapids).
Though he had to settle for Third Place, he was considered the best goalie in Minnesota (at least by Herb Brooks and the Minnesota Gophers).
Although playing for
Herb Brook's 1976 through 1979 NCAA Championship Gophers
and widely considered the
best amateur goalie in America & NCAA MVP,
Steve Janaszak was the only member of the
“Miracle On Ice” 1980 gold medal U.S. hockey team
to not appear in any of the games at the Olympics, because Herb Brooks, having majored in psychology, wanted to work on personal issues of the other goalie, Jimmy Craig (Brooks had felt messing around inside Janaszak's head would be too difficult, and Steve, who had majored in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, never once complained in his new role).
Do your own research or watch "Miracle On Ice" if you do not believe Ankles Pierre!
Steve Janaszak also received the 1980-81 Ken McKenzie Trophy for Rookie of the Year and
played in the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars and Colorado Rockies.
However, Steve is best known as the brother of Louise Janaszak, who cheered Ankles Pierre on to glory for Hill-Murray!
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:37 pm
by Green and White Fan
I'm curious how Hill Murray seems to have pretty good high school hockey, yet I never see their bantams, peewees or squirts ever rated. How is that possible?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:20 pm
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
As a young boy, Steve Janaszak played his first hockey as a fifth line forward on some of the same ice rinks where Ankles Pierre later would come to fame.
Now, fast-forward to 1980 (Reprinted from the 1997 book - "USA Hockey: A Celebration Of A Great Tradition"):
Dave Ogrean, then a young public relations director for USA Hockey, remembered boarding a plane to head home, thinking how nice it would be to catch up on the sleep he lost in the gold medal revelry.
The flight attendant's eyes widened as she noticed his Team USA hockey parka. But Ogrean cut her off with a quick shake of the head. He had just closed his eyes when the flight attendant announced over the public address system: "Ladies and gentleman, in 6C, we have a member of the U.S. gold medal hockey team." The plane filled with applause and hoots of delight.
"I really didn't want to take the time to explain to everyone that I wasn't a player, and besides, they wanted me to be a player," said Ogrean, now USA Hockey's executive director. "They wanted to come by and be a part of what had occurred at Lake Placid."
He thought quickly about what player he could pass for and settled on backup goaltender Janaszak, who had been the only team member not to register a minute of playing time at the Olympics. Ogrean figured no one would know Janaszak and signed many cocktail napkins that were passed his way.
Years later, he ran into Janaszak at a luncheon and confessed to the impersonation. He told Janaszak he signed fifteen autographs using his name. "That means there are probably sixteen napkins out there with my autograph," Janaszak joked.
However, Steve is best known as the brother of Louise Janaszak, who cheered Ankles Pierre on to glory for Hill-Murray!
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:27 pm
by wbmd
Ankles Pierre, Jr. wrote:However, Steve is best known as the brother of Louise Janaszak, who cheered Ankles Pierre on to glory for Hill-Murray![/i]
Louise must not have been thinking too straight to cheer for Ankles Pierre.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:10 pm
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
Steve Janaszak's sister, the Conroys' sister-in-law, and Miss Minnesota could not all have been wrong.
It wasn't long ago that Neutron14, Slapshooter, Angus Young, and even BIAFP used to cheer for Ankles Pierre!
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:26 pm
by BIAFP
Ankles Pierre, Jr. wrote:Steve Janaszak's sister, the Conroys' sister-in-law, and Miss Minnesota could not all have been wrong.
It wasn't long ago that Neutron14, Slapshooter, Angus Young, and even BIAFP used to cheer for Ankles Pierre!
No, but I probably threw you in the box a few times
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:52 pm
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
BIAFP wrote:You got out-edited by a punk [Ankles Pierre] kid, Slappy!
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:13 pm
by Green and White Fan
Still waiting for someone to answer my earlier post???
Ankles???
Anyone???
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:25 pm
by packerboy
Ah, Green and White Fan , You named off some youth teams and high schools dont have youth programs.
Doesnt everybody already know that?
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:43 pm
by Green and White Fan
My bad. That must be a big city Catholic thing. That concept hasn't hit the northland yet!
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:27 pm
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
YOU MUST BE FOLLOWING IN THE NORDLANDER "CONEHEAD" TRADITION.
LIKE YOUR COLORS, THOUGH!
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:30 am
by woody22
Green and White are the way to go.
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:38 am
by Ankles Pierre, Jr.
Green and White
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:07 pm
by hipcheck
Top programs all seem to have the Green and White.
Edina, HM, Roseau. Coincidence??[/b]
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:20 pm
by sid_the_kid
Ankles Pierre, Jr. wrote:
Hill-Murray is the best next would be eveleth
Sid
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:19 pm
by number1stmafan
STMA
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:25 am
by Ole the Goalie
1) Roseau
2) Edina
3) Grand Rapids
4) International Falls
5) Duluth East
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123) Hill Murray
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:00 pm
by formerallstar
sid_the_kid wrote:Ankles Pierre, Jr. wrote:
Hill-Murray is the best next would be eveleth
Sid
Hill Murray is up there but not above Eveleth, it doesn't matter that Eveleth won the state title 4 times in row over 50 years ago. With the names to come out of there and 7 state titles, they are above Hill Murray
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:35 am
by finance_gal
Green and White Fan wrote:I'm curious how Hill Murray seems to have pretty good high school hockey, yet I never see their bantams, peewees or squirts ever rated. How is that possible?
The amazing part about Hill is the are able to build an awesome high school team without the help of of a youth program!!! they take all of the cast offs that never fit into the feeder systems that some think youth programs are ment to provide, and turn them into a cohesive winning team. Something many high school programs have failed at even with there own youth program. So maybe people should let kids be kids and enjoy there youth programs for what they are and not try to pick there high school team by how well someone does as a child.
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:58 pm
by Green and White Fan
finance_gal, you are being sarcastic right?? More like Hill raids the better players out of somebody elses youth systems. Hill can not be called a hockey program they would have be called a hockey program raider.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:17 am
by HockeyFan1
finance_gal wrote:Green and White Fan wrote:I'm curious how Hill Murray seems to have pretty good high school hockey, yet I never see their bantams, peewees or squirts ever rated. How is that possible?
The amazing part about Hill is the are able to build an awesome high school team without the help of of a youth program!!! they take all of the cast offs that never fit into the feeder systems that some think youth programs are ment to provide, and turn them into a cohesive winning team. Something many high school programs have failed at even with there own youth program. So maybe people should let kids be kids and enjoy there youth programs for what they are and not try to pick there high school team by how well someone does as a child.
