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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:44 pm
by mohunk
Undercover Hockey Lover wrote:What did Moosejaw say about numbers....supposedly 21 players out for varsity. They took what...three kids up from Bantams to fill varsity slots and I really don't know how the JV looks for numbers although I think someone said they had a really short bench. Remember it's a marathon and not a sprint and the only games that really count are the ones in late February and if you survive early March. TRF hosts the Sections I'm assuming there is some tear down and rebuild from the previous guy whose at the opposite end of the bench now. Anybody from TRF WANT to comment. What I don't understand is you have a community of 10,000, a 10 million dollar arena and a new quality head coach and nobody wants to play? warrior4 and greenwave09 were defending the previous regime looks like he MAY have been a Demolition Man more than some people want to admit.
I'm surprised that they have problems with numbers. At their first PR game when #2 Lehrke (Zack is #3) was playing TRF arrived with 20 varsity and 20 JV players. PR ran out of players for the 3rd JV period (no more than 4 periods/day and no more than 3 consecutive periods) so 3 TRF JV players put on Panther jerseys and skated with the boys! Made a line and scored a goal against TRF! Everyone had a blast--a good laugh and a lot of fun. GET ON THE ICE FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME. True sportsmanship. Why are they short now? They have plenty of athletes in TRF (ever watch their football team run onto the field--or do they dress 7th graders?).
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:28 am
by slashman42
rams80 wrote:SB24 wrote:No predictions? I'll make one-
Warroad 3
Osseo 2
Without the normal "home cookin" it would be Osseo 4 Warroad 1.
Looks like rams got it right - 3-1 Osseo.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:18 am
by Irishmans Shanty
Undercover Hockey Lover wrote: What I don't understand is you have a community of 10,000, a 10 million dollar arena and a new quality head coach and nobody wants to play?
This is what you run into in communities where
is KING!
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:42 am
by hocguy99
hahahaha, I dont think thats it.. The TRF bball team is awful, They win one playoff game a year and they call it a great season. If the hockey team doesnt make it to the finals they are considered a failure. I think a lot has to do with kids from trf do not wanna put the time in.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:41 pm
by Wild4hockey
TRF has good numbers in there youth program and have had very competitive teams the past few years. This year is clearly a rebuilding year with Tim behind the bench and very few upper classmen. I expect TRF to rebound and battle for the section title next season. TRF has had a nice run making 3 out of the last 4 section championship games and finally making it to state in 2005. The talent is cyclical. You can't replace a Forney, Bendeckson, or Holen every year. Some years you have to take your bumps and bruises with sophomores to have leaders emerge as Juniors and Seniors.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:22 pm
by newsguy35
New predictions:
1. Warroad
2. EGF
3. PR
4. TRF
5. Bemidji
6. Crox
7. LOW
8. RLF
9. Kittson
10. Walker (will beat Bagley atleast once this year)
11. Bagley
I dont see anybody really able to compete with Warroad when it counts. Perhaps some team will step up there game but once again, it is Warroad's section to lose.
Park Rapids
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:17 pm
by goaler
Park Rapids looked pretty good in the Eveleth tournament.
Re: Park Rapids
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:20 pm
by newsguy35
goaler wrote:Park Rapids looked pretty good in the Eveleth tournament.
Physical play is how you will knock off PR. They are head cases when you take the body and will sit in the box often if provoked. Knapp, Tolle and McMorrow do not like being bumped off the puck, when you do they retaliate and sit.
PR will be top 4 in the section come seeding time but Warroad will man-handle them physically and take them out of the game mentally.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:47 pm
by Undercover Hockey Lover
Finally able take a few minutes and update....last night Osseo 3 - Warroad 1 the difference in this one very simply put...goaltending. Shots 30 to 18 Warroad. Osseo had a good game plan and clogged the slot well. Saturday afternoon Osseo 8 Fargo North 2 Osseo wins the Holiday Hockey Classic after being outshot by Grafton 44 to 20 Grafton's goalie pulled himself Friday after spotting the Orioles to a 4 - 0 lead and losing 5 - 3 and being outshot by Warroad as previously stated. In the Late game Saturday for what turned out to be the second place game Warroad defeats Grafton 4 - 1 outshooting The Spoilers 34 to 19.
Re: Park Rapids
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:48 pm
by schwang17
newsguy35 wrote:goaler wrote:Park Rapids looked pretty good in the Eveleth tournament.
Physical play is how you will knock off PR. They are head cases when you take the body and will sit in the box often if provoked. Knapp, Tolle and McMorrow do not like being bumped off the puck, when you do they retaliate and sit.
PR will be top 4 in the section come seeding time but Warroad will man-handle them physically and take them out of the game mentally.
At least they'll see top 4 in the section...
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:42 am
by kalbrecht17
rankings 1.warroad 2.pr 3.egf 4/5bem 4/5.trf 6-8.could be any of these guys crox,low,kc 9.rlf 10.bf 11.walker
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:08 am
by kalbrecht17
does anybody know who the leading scorers are & how many pts they have?
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:25 pm
by elliott70
My new predictions:
1. Warroad
2. EGF
3. PR
4. Bemidji
5. TRF
6. Crox
7. LOW
8. RLF
9. Kittson
10. Bagley
11. Walker
2 3 4 5 subject to change based on remaining schedule.
6 -11 same thing.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:39 pm
by Irishmans Shanty
As we get set to usher in 2008 a short review of '07 is in order.
The Pirates are off to a 1-7-1 start but it was not unexpected considering their extreme youth on the blueline, lack of returning scoring from last year, and the transition to a new head coach this season. All is not doom and gloom in this camp as they will build and improve throughout Jan and Feb. Most likely they will be looking at a #6 or #7 seed come late Feb. Realistically they aren't going to rattle off three in a row at the Ralph but they could end a #2 or #3 seed's playoff run before it ever starts as they have the goaltending to pull it off for one evening.
11-27-07: Crookston 10, RLF 2
12-1-07: Crookston 2, Grand Forks Central 7, GFC has proven to be a quality team
12-7-07: Crookston 3, St. Paul Johnson 4 (OT), outshot in this one but could've pulled it out.
12-8-07: Crookston 1, Blake 5, went to the 3rd only down 3-1
12-13-07: Crookston 1, Fargo North 3, outshot but competed into the 3rd
12-18-07: Crookston 5, LOW 5, they let this one get away
12-27-07: Crookston 3, Virgina 6, allowed 5 goals in a six minute span during the 2nd
12-28-07: Crookston 0, Hermantown 9, all Hermantown
12-29-07: Crookston 2, St. Louis Park 3 (OT), let two goal lead get away
Games of Interest Coming Up
1/3 Bemidji, a win here would do a lot between the ears
1/8 @EGF, needs to prove they can compete with the upper tier of 8A
1/31 @TRF, needs to prove they can compete up at the Ralph
2/5 @Park Rapids, this one could mean a lot to Park if they are still perfect
Games I'm not feeling real good about
1/12 @Warroad
1/24 Roseau
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:29 pm
by SiouxRecruit
kalbrecht17 wrote:does anybody know who the leading scorers are & how many pts they have?
Good question.....havent seen anything posted about point total for 8a
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:50 pm
by kalbrecht17
Does anybody know what happened to the section8ahockey.com site? That guy did a great job of keeping track. As far as scoring goes, I'm sure Lehrke is near the top and then some smaller school guys like usual. And you can't forget Ravndalen.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:54 pm
by newsguy35
kalbrecht17 wrote:Does anybody know what happened to the section8ahockey.com site? That guy did a great job of keeping track. As far as scoring goes, I'm sure Lehrke is near the top and then some smaller school guys like usual. And you can't forget Ravndalen.
That site is no longer up. Tim Oshie is now taking care of it. I dont have the link on me but its something like
www.section8ahockeyblog.com or something to that effect. I am sure you can find it by google searching section 8a hockey...
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:05 pm
by kalbrecht17
That site is no longer up. Tim Oshie is now taking care of it. I dont have the link on me but its something like
www.section8ahockeyblog.com or something to that effect. I am sure you can find it by google searching section 8a hockey...
Thanks for the help. I think its blogspot though.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:34 pm
by Irishmans Shanty
Can PR run the table? I know there has been some discussion of this so I'll address it here.
After looking at this schedule, I'd have to say that 25-0 is possible, but not likely. 25 straight is tough, even if the opponents are at or near that triple digit ranking.
January
1/3 Northern Lakes (#114)
1/5 @Kittson Central (#116) weird things can happen in Hallock
1/10 Wadena-Deer Creek (#134)
1/15 @Northern Lakes (#114)
1/18 Lake of the Woods (#126)
1/22 Morris Area/Benson (#136)
1/24 Thief River Falls (#90) TR has played some good teams very well
1/29 @Detroit Lakes (#111)
1/31 @Red Lake Falls (#145)
February
2/1 Kittson Central (#116)
2/5 Crookston (#106)
2/8 @Morris Area/Benson (#136)
2/12 @Prairie Centre (#123)
2/15 @Mora (#97) the last out can be the toughest of the game
Boldface denotes where the loss could occur
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:25 am
by kalbrecht17
Can PR run the table? I know there has been some discussion of this so I'll address it here.
After looking at this schedule, I'd have to say that 25-0 is possible, but not likely. 25 straight is tough, even if the opponents are at or near that triple digit ranking.
January
1/3 Northern Lakes (#114)
1/5 @Kittson Central (#116) weird things can happen in Hallock
1/10 Wadena-Deer Creek (#134)
1/15 @Northern Lakes (#114)
1/18 Lake of the Woods (#126)
1/22 Morris Area/Benson (#136)
1/24 Thief River Falls (#90) TR has played some good teams very well
1/29 @Detroit Lakes (#111)
1/31 @Red Lake Falls (#145)
February
2/1 Kittson Central (#116)
2/5 Crookston (#106)
2/8 @Morris Area/Benson (#136)
2/12 @Prairie Centre (#123)
2/15 @Mora (#97) the last out can be the toughest of the game
Boldface denotes where the loss could occur
There's always the possibility especially when a better team overlooks a team that they should beat.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:33 am
by Wild4hockey
newsguy35 wrote:kalbrecht17 wrote:Does anybody know what happened to the section8ahockey.com site? That guy did a great job of keeping track. As far as scoring goes, I'm sure Lehrke is near the top and then some smaller school guys like usual. And you can't forget Ravndalen.
That site is no longer up. Tim Oshie is now taking care of it. I dont have the link on me but its something like
www.section8ahockeyblog.com or something to that effect. I am sure you can find it by google searching section 8a hockey...
It is sad that the person responsible for section8ahockey.com decided to hang up his skates. That site was great and he did an excellent job. The new site is very informative. Here is the correct link.
http://section8ahockeyblog.blogspot.com/
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:50 am
by schwang17
Irishmans Shanty wrote:1/5 @Kittson Central (#116) weird things can happen in Hallock
Ain't that the truth....my feeling is, they'll lose 1 game along the way to a team they should beat. Warroad will be tough in the finals after another barn burner with EGF in the semi's...
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:16 am
by kalbrecht17
schwang17 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:
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Irishmans Shanty wrote:
1/5 @Kittson Central (#116) weird things can happen in Hallock
Ain't that the truth....my feeling is, they'll lose 1 game along the way to a team they should beat. Warroad will be tough in the finals after another barn burner with EGF in the semi's...
I do like your selection of this game being a KC player myself.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:35 pm
by schwang17
kalbrecht17 wrote:I do like your selection of this game being a KC player myself.
Yeah, we always had troubles up in Hallock. Played 4-5 games up there and all of 'em were close when they probably shouldn't have been...
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:19 am
by Joey (nine toes) Marcoux
Hallock is located in the 'Bermuda Triangle' of Hockey
Bad things happen up there.
