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BSUBeaver wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:32 am Connor Maruska, Crookston to NorthStar Academy 16U

skiumah wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 11:34 am

WestMetro wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:00 pm Have been waiting for a Tonka forum rep to report

Sophomore-to-be Chaska varsity 6.1" Dman Zack Markwell has
moved to Tonka . Zack has a good future. Tonka is loaded with talent .Will be interesting to see how this works out this first season .

Minnetonka Westside Stars sounds better than the Minnetonka Skippers.

Are there any updates on the transfers to my favorite team, Minneapolis?

We can all agree MN kids are raised to dislike Edina. That got me thinking...do players transfer to Edina? It probably happens, but I never see reports on this board about it. Does a kid growing up in Chaska/Chan, EP, Bloomington, etc., ask their parents to send them to Edina?

WestMetro wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:00 am Do our Cretin friends have anything additional to report ?

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:01 pm Carter Bakeberg from STMA to St Cloud Cathedral

The STMA to Crusader pipeline has been huge for the Crusaders in recent years and key to their recent rebuild!

rainier2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:02 am

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:01 pm Carter Bakeberg from STMA to St Cloud Cathedral

The STMA to Crusader pipeline has been huge for the Crusaders in recent years and key to their recent rebuild!

Awesome, a team already located in a metro area with multiple AA programs is now also being fed by a pipeline from an outside AA program...and yet they compete in Class A.

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:41 am

rainier2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:02 am

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:01 pm Carter Bakeberg from STMA to St Cloud Cathedral

The STMA to Crusader pipeline has been huge for the Crusaders in recent years and key to their recent rebuild!

Awesome, a team already located in a metro area with multiple AA programs is now also being fed by a pipeline from an outside AA program...and yet they compete in Class A.

Wait a minute St. Cloud is considered the metro area now

All kidding aside I understand your point and sentiment. This new powerhouse version of SCC would look much different if you took away Gillespie & Dwinnell (STMA) 2/3 of their top line, Wood (Princeton), and Hansen (River Lakes) 3 year starter in net.... However, as has been discussed they are not the only Class A power that benefits from kids coming in from surrounding areas to make a good team a great team in A.

Just was more noting the recent wave of STMA defections the last few years and the Crusaders benefitting well.

Cathedral will be a Top 5 team in Class A all year this coming winter.

bardown27 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:14 am

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:41 am

rainier2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:02 am

Awesome, a team already located in a metro area with multiple AA programs is now also being fed by a pipeline from an outside AA program...and yet they compete in Class A.

Wait a minute St. Cloud is considered the metro area now

All kidding aside I understand your point and sentiment. This new powerhouse version of SCC would look much different if you took away Gillespie & Dwinnell (STMA) 2/3 of their top line, Wood (Princeton), and Hansen (River Lakes) 3 year starter in net.... However, as has been discussed they are not the only Class A power that benefits from kids coming in from surrounding areas to make a good team a great team in A.

Just was more noting the recent wave of STMA defections the last few years and the Crusaders benefitting well.

Cathedral will be a Top 5 team in Class A all year this coming winter.

I believe he said a metro area, which it definitely should be considered a metro area with St Cloud’s population alone being close to 70k. Add in Sartell around 20k, Sauk Rapids around 15k and Waite Park close to 10k, and yeah, that’s a metro area.

BSUBeaver wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:32 am Connor Maruska, Crookston to NorthStar Academy 16U

Hockeywatcher123 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:01 pm Hearing Lakeville South may have brought a goalie in.

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:59 pm With today being the first day of school for most Minnesota schools, today we get to determine which coach did the best job recruiting this past offseason. Who wins? Rogers? Tonka again? Maybe Holy Family? What’s wrong in Eden Prairie? Are EP parents mad that they have a coach now who doesn’t recruit? Do they want to bring back the Lee Smith way, where basically one line plays the whole game, with half of them being recruits? What gives?

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:38 pm

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:59 pm With today being the first day of school for most Minnesota schools, today we get to determine which coach did the best job recruiting this past offseason. Who wins? Rogers? Tonka again? Maybe Holy Family? What’s wrong in Eden Prairie? Are EP parents mad that they have a coach now who doesn’t recruit? Do they want to bring back the Lee Smith way, where basically one line plays the whole game, with half of them being recruits? What gives?

It’s obviously not a recruiting issue. I’m almost positive Twig will take whoever he can get. The problem seems to be more around his system and I heard last season mostly the FW group just was not feeling his assistant who runs that group. Take it for what it’s worth, but it’d kinda explain a few of the kids who left. Admittedly Crowley was a surprise, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do as it’s his Sr. year although I thought he’s been struggling with injuries for a good few seasons. Hope it works out for him as Mike’s a solid guy and great overall asset to the EP community.

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:21 pm

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:38 pm

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:59 pm With today being the first day of school for most Minnesota schools, today we get to determine which coach did the best job recruiting this past offseason. Who wins? Rogers? Tonka again? Maybe Holy Family? What’s wrong in Eden Prairie? Are EP parents mad that they have a coach now who doesn’t recruit? Do they want to bring back the Lee Smith way, where basically one line plays the whole game, with half of them being recruits? What gives?

It’s obviously not a recruiting issue. I’m almost positive Twig will take whoever he can get. The problem seems to be more around his system and I heard last season mostly the FW group just was not feeling his assistant who runs that group. Take it for what it’s worth, but it’d kinda explain a few of the kids who left. Admittedly Crowley was a surprise, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do as it’s his Sr. year although I thought he’s been struggling with injuries for a good few seasons. Hope it works out for him as Mike’s a solid guy and great overall asset to the EP community.

Thanks for explanation on EP. Question: How can Crowley, who played last year for EP, transfer for his senior year to Holy Family and just step in and play immediately? I’m by no means an expert at all on MSHSL transfer rules, but don’t you lose a year of eligibility by switching to another school, even if it’s a private school? Or is that something that’s way in the past now, and it’s totally okay to hop from one high school to another now if the one you hop to is a private school or if you move to another public school district?

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:38 pm

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:59 pm With today being the first day of school for most Minnesota schools, today we get to determine which coach did the best job recruiting this past offseason. Who wins? Rogers? Tonka again? Maybe Holy Family? What’s wrong in Eden Prairie? Are EP parents mad that they have a coach now who doesn’t recruit? Do they want to bring back the Lee Smith way, where basically one line plays the whole game, with half of them being recruits? What gives?

It’s obviously not a recruiting issue. I’m almost positive Twig will take whoever he can get. The problem seems to be more around his system and I heard last season mostly the FW group just was not feeling his assistant who runs that group. Take it for what it’s worth, but it’d kinda explain a few of the kids who left. Admittedly Crowley was a surprise, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do as it’s his Sr. year although I thought he’s been struggling with injuries for a good few seasons. Hope it works out for him as Mike’s a solid guy and great overall asset to the EP community.

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:21 pm

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:38 pm

It’s obviously not a recruiting issue. I’m almost positive Twig will take whoever he can get. The problem seems to be more around his system and I heard last season mostly the FW group just was not feeling his assistant who runs that group. Take it for what it’s worth, but it’d kinda explain a few of the kids who left. Admittedly Crowley was a surprise, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do as it’s his Sr. year although I thought he’s been struggling with injuries for a good few seasons. Hope it works out for him as Mike’s a solid guy and great overall asset to the EP community.

Thanks for explanation on EP. Question: How can Crowley, who played last year for EP, transfer for his senior year to Holy Family and just step in and play immediately? I’m by no means an expert at all on MSHSL transfer rules, but don’t you lose a year of eligibility by switching to another school, even if it’s a private school? Or is that something that’s way in the past now, and it’s totally okay to hop from one high school to another now if the one you hop to is a private school or if you move to another public school district?

Go to page 1 of this thread and you can see the transfer rules and how you can become immediately eligible

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:48 am

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:21 pm

Thanks for explanation on EP. Question: How can Crowley, who played last year for EP, transfer for his senior year to Holy Family and just step in and play immediately? I’m by no means an expert at all on MSHSL transfer rules, but don’t you lose a year of eligibility by switching to another school, even if it’s a private school? Or is that something that’s way in the past now, and it’s totally okay to hop from one high school to another now if the one you hop to is a private school or if you move to another public school district?

Go to page 1 of this thread and you can see the transfer rules and how you can become immediately eligible

So, if I’m reading what you pointed to correctly, Crowley would have had to move out of EP school district to be eligible to play this year for Holy Family, correct? And this could be accomplished by renting an apartment outside school district boundaries, correct?

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:11 am

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:48 am

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am

Go to page 1 of this thread and you can see the transfer rules and how you can become immediately eligible

So, if I’m reading what you pointed to correctly, Crowley would have had to move out of EP school district to be eligible to play this year for Holy Family, correct? And this could be accomplished by renting an apartment outside school district boundaries, correct?

I believe most of those points relate to kids transferring in to public schools. In this situation when transferring to a private, I don’t think a lot of that applies. Earl to Chan would definitely apply so I’m not privy to what their situation was..

Back on the topic of EP. Most would agree that Twig is a good guy. Great with kids of all ages and not a lot can question his character. The problem with EP is you totally need someone who’s not going to get pushed around and can deal with what living in EP entails with some parents and families acting like they never pass gas, ego’s, etc. That’s why Coach Smith was such a good fit. Unfortunately a few parents got what they wanted and are now starting to see what that produces on the ice.

My prediction is EP goes the route so many communities have gone with the likes of BVille, Jefferson, etc. and they’ll be really struggling number wise in 3-5 years. It’ll be sad to see, but the last thing they need is to turn into a dumpster fire that’d accelerate their demise.

I hope Twig works out, but he’d have to bring in outside help and he’s been hesitant to do so thus far…

headsupsticksdown wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:11 am

SpreadOut! wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:48 am

bardown27 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:59 am

Go to page 1 of this thread and you can see the transfer rules and how you can become immediately eligible

So, if I’m reading what you pointed to correctly, Crowley would have had to move out of EP school district to be eligible to play this year for Holy Family, correct? And this could be accomplished by renting an apartment outside school district boundaries, correct?

I believe most of those points relate to kids transferring in to public schools. In this situation when transferring to a private, I don’t think a lot of that applies. Earl to Chan would definitely apply so I’m not privy to what their situation was..

Back on the topic of EP. Most would agree that Twig is a good guy. Great with kids of all ages and not a lot can question his character. The problem with EP is you totally need someone who’s not going to get pushed around and can deal with what living in EP entails with some parents and families acting like they never pass gas, ego’s, etc. That’s why Coach Smith was such a good fit. Unfortunately a few parents got what they wanted and are now starting to see what that produces on the ice.

My prediction is EP goes the route so many communities have gone with the likes of BVille, Jefferson, etc. and they’ll be really struggling number wise in 3-5 years. It’ll be sad to see, but the last thing they need is to turn into a dumpster fire that’d accelerate their demise.

I hope Twig works out, but he’d have to bring in outside help and he’s been hesitant to do so thus far…