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Grafmaster,

you guys must not have done very well. was it too warm outside too? those peewee teams really RIPPED up the ice. let me know if you can come up with any other excuses. it's clear who is the frontrunner in this section. east are still the champs until they get beat.

Yeah Austin beat Fairmont 11-4, and beat Windom 6-4, Besides for the second period in the Windom Game...Austin looked really good though, played tough hopefully will be AL, West, then Austin

Yeah Barry East's last year team won the section but they also all Graduated so I doubt they will win the section again after losing the whole team who won it for them.

i'd say Mankato West or Albert Lea

well dennison i dont know why u think austin would be 3rd best in the section after beating windom only 6-4.....

The East-Luverne game was cancelled because of Luverne being in the State Championship football game.

What are the big matchups this week around the section?

I know I'm just saying right now I think Austin has a chance to get up to third.... its only the begining of the season this is just my prediction of the top 3.

Albert Lea vs. New Ulm tonight, anyone have a recap?

Guess it was cancelled

Barry McConell,

Yeah East was section champs last year but to say they are the champs until beaten is hard to say when they lose 13 seniors off of that team from last year. I'm not saying East is going to be terrible though either. I watched them play in the scrimmages and they looked like the new coach is working them very hard and the freshman look pretty decent.

In my opinion AL is the best overall team in the section. Clay is a very solid goalie and makes few mistakes. They also move the puck better than any other team in the section. Roy will have that team clicking on all cylinders by the time sections come around. I wouldn't be suprised to see AL representing section 1A at state in March.

Was the New Ulm @ Albert Lea game Mon 11/27 canceled? Why?
I haven't been able to find anything on it - or if it will be rescheduled.
This is a regualar season game, not a scrimmage.
Any Info?

New Ulm had some co-op player's in the Prep Bowl that had not sen any ice time yet. A decision was made to re-schedule the game for later in Dec. (15th I think).

What are some good match ups coming up the rest of the week or next week? any predictions?

Austin and Mankato East play Monday. It will be a close game and I hope Austin will pull ahead and win it.

of course u hope they come out with the win, your talkin about your own team

Austin/East should be an interesting game. Both graduated about 15 players last year and changed coaches.

I suppose whichever coach has come further in 3 weeks will have the advantage. Where is the game being played?

for austin's coach its only been 2 weeks, they had their principal as a coach for the first week

Actually the Principal was only coach for a day, and he led Fergus Fall to State a few years ago, but our new coach was there from then on. The game is being held at Mankato.

ok well i predict austin will win it 3-1... any other games?

Monday, Dec. 4
Austin at Mankato East, 7:30

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Tuesday, Dec. 5
Waseca at Albert Lea, 7:30
New Prague at Mankato West, 7:30
Owatonna at Century, 7:30

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Thursday, Dec. 7
Faribault at Albert Lea, 7:30
Owatonna at Mankato West, 7:30
Rochester JM at Winona, 7:30
Mayo at Farmington, 7:15
Mankato East at Luverne, 7:30

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Saturday, Dec. 9
Austin at Marshall, 3:30
Northfield at Mankato East, Noon
Rochester JM at Mankato West, 4:00
Mayo at Century, 7:30


i think mayo at farmington will be a good game... also JM at west

austins goalies wont be able to keep them in the game, no varsity experience whatsoever and letting in 4 goals against two bottom teams in 1a? a 3-1 austin victory will never happen, and when east runs up the score austin only has one returning player that was consitstantly in one of last years top 3 lines, which means lack of offense.
East- 8
Austin- 3

and when century comes to austin...
Century-20
Austin-0

East And Austin will be close because the goalies for East don't have any experience either.

i promise you easts goalies are better, austins first goalie is a junior that got owned in jv games most of the time last season, and the backup just came up from bantam b's, thats a big jump up to varsity from there

and rick, quit brown-nosing bergstrom the guy is pretty much worthless, fergus falls had very good players in a weak section when he was there

What a difference a year makes....

Last season the first Austin vs. Mankato East meeting was considered by many as the game to decide who 1A's front runner would be. I think that one ended up being a 2-2 tie and a game where the refs decided as much as the players.

Now with both teams losing over a dozen seniors, we've got a game that won't mean much to the 1A picture in general, but I think this is a game with meaning for Austin. It would be generous to call Austin's outlook going in to this season 'pessimistic'. If they manage to beat East tonight it would:

1. Legitimize them as a team that might have the potential to pull off an upset or two later this season.

2. Give them a Big 9 win against a team other than Winona, something I've said in the past wouldn't happen.

A prediction from me at this point would be a shot in the dark, but I'd like to see the packers come away with this one, if only to boost moral. If these guys have a reason keep their heads up and play hard every game they could have some fun and surprise a few teams, but if they get into a rut this early then the long stretch of tough games ahead of them WILL get ugly.