Grand Rapids Coaching Opening

Tigers33 · Post by **Tigers33** » Tue May 12, 2015 3:22 pm

Is their schedule any different then Edina, wayzata, Minnetonka, benilde, Eden prairie, maybe even st Thomas academy, Duluth east, etc...

hadenuf · Post by **hadenuf** » Tue May 12, 2015 4:07 pm

Yes, half the time it is different. It's called a THREE HOUR BUS RIDE!

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:45 pm

hadenuf wrote:Yes, half the time it is different. It's called a THREE HOUR BUS RIDE!

That is a weak excuse.

nu2hockey · Post by **nu2hockey** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:22 pm

You gotta luv the enthusiasm,but, with 10 reg season losses and GR being about #25-30 last season , where are the expected wins to get up into top 10?

hadenuf · Post by **hadenuf** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:09 pm

mulefarm wrote:
hadenuf wrote:Yes, half the time it is different. It's called a THREE HOUR BUS RIDE!
That is a weak excuse.

I bet you used that excuse in high school when your debate team did poorly on the road.

Tigers33 · Post by **Tigers33** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:55 pm

If that's your excuse then schedule Hibbing, Eveleth, Virginia, Duluth Marshall, hermantown, brainerd, bemidji, I falls, proctor, cloquet, denfeld, and greenway.

Maybe you and Duluth east should try driving to the cities for sections.

Wet Paint · Post by **Wet Paint** » Wed May 13, 2015 11:31 am

hadenuf wrote:It was too bad for last year's seniors that Rothstein didn't pull up a bantam goalie. Either one was better than the upper classmen. That could have been what alot of parents were unhappy about. Rapids had plenty of experience on the blueline and capable forwards. Plenty of freshman play varsity hockey. The net tender was always the weak link for this group.

That was not the same goalie that they had all the way up. They were talking about getting a move in who ended up being their starter. He actually had a good season if you look at the games that he played in. I think the issue there was the fact that they were playing 3 goalies until into January so I am not sure if the kid who finished it off for them was ever able to really settle into the roll.

I went to some of their games through out the year and have to admit that I thought that the issues were more with scoring than D or in the net. Scary to watch them make one last pass down the ice and lose it rather than take a shot on net.

I think they can make it to StP but Klatt is going to have to get that team playing consistently and is going to have to figure out the scoring issues that they had. I watched the last game of the year in Duluth and was amazed at how many open nets they missed in the last period of the last game with their top kids on the ice.

Sanford · Post by **Sanford** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:49 pm

31-0

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:55 pm

hadenuf wrote:It was too bad for last year's seniors that Rothstein didn't pull up a bantam goalie. Either one was better than the upper classmen. That could have been what alot of parents were unhappy about. Rapids had plenty of experience on the blueline and capable forwards. Plenty of freshman play varsity hockey. The net tender was always the weak link for this group.

Who says the freshman goalie(s) would even want to leave their buddies in Bantams and play HS a year early?

TheHockeyDJ · Post by **TheHockeyDJ** » Tue May 19, 2015 10:03 am

KOZY 1320 AM posted recordings of interviews with new GR coach Trent Klatt and new Greenway coach Grant Clafton. Listen here: http://www.kozyradio.com/new-hockey-coa ... -the-area/

greenway1969 · Post by **greenway1969** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:32 pm

DJ, thanks for the link. That interview has me stoked to see the Greenway/Rapids rivalry renewed. Until you have attended that game in person, you cannot understand how intense that rivalry is. It is easily a top five rivalry in the state. As Coach Clafton stated, the rivalry between the two communities goes beyond hockey and it is occurring 365 days a year. I was also impressed that Coach Clafton gave credit to Bird Lawson and also Pat Guyer for the resurgence of Raider hockey. That showed a lot of class.

TheHockeyDJ · Post by **TheHockeyDJ** » Tue May 19, 2015 7:16 pm

I hope both teams can get to state next year.