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The Quarterfinal game between the #3 seed Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers and the Blake Bears.

not sure, but i dont think blake is near as good as they were last year .. marshall 5-1

I'm takin' Duluth Marshall.

Hilltoppers 4
Bears 2

boblee wrote:I'm takin' Duluth Marshall.

Hilltoppers 4
Bears 2

I like that a little better than last years prediction in this same game!

hshockey17 wrote:

boblee wrote:I'm takin' Duluth Marshall.

Hilltoppers 4
Bears 2

I like that a little better than last years prediction in this same game!

What did I take last year?

boblee wrote:

hshockey17 wrote:

boblee wrote:I'm takin' Duluth Marshall.

Hilltoppers 4
Bears 2

I like that a little better than last years prediction in this same game!

What did I take last year?

boblee wrote:I'm going to take Blake...<br>Blake 5<br>Duluth Marshall 4<br>OT <p>"Halloween Machine"</p><i></i>

sorry that didn't work but 5-4 blake in OT

New year, new thoughts.

This one will be all Duluth Marshall...

DM 5
Blake 2

maybe this means blake will win this year??

Marshall will be too much for the Bears - Toppers by 4 or 5 pucks

knightman wrote:Marshall will be too much for the Bears - Toppers by 4 or 5 pucks

+1

Marshall by 3

DM 6
Blake 2

I havnt seen blake at all this year, do they have the same goalie as last year?

DmnHawk5 wrote:DM 6
Blake 2

I havnt seen blake at all this year, do they have the same goalie as last year?

No, Patterson moved on.

ok then im sticking with 6-2

Although Marshall is definitely the favorite and the Blake team is maybe not as talented as last year's, I'll go with the upset for a number of reasons. For one, they played the hardest schedule of any of the teams in the single A tournament. Second, this year's team has two lines that actually score, as opposed to last year where they really relied on one line for the most part. Third, their goalie has been playing well. Finally, this time they will benefit from experience at the X, unlike last year.

Good insight, but you have to remember the experience at the X DM has, most of these kids are going into there 3rd State Tourney.

DM will win this game. Close or a blowout, they'll win....

I'll take the latter, 6-1.

Marshall...by a few...5-1

Common opponents: Breck, TRF, Minnetonka, CDH, TG. Blake either lost to these teams or had a season split. DM only lost to Minnetonka with an EN goal. Meanwhile, Minnetonka beat Blake 7-0. So, I pick DM by 3 goals here.

7A22A wrote:Common opponents: Breck, TRF, Minnetonka, CDH, TG. Blake either lost to these teams or had a season split. DM only lost to Minnetonka with an EN goal. Meanwhile, Minnetonka beat Blake 7-0. So, I pick DM by 3 goals here.

Minnetonka and Thief River beat Blake early in the year. Blake beat TG twice and split with Breck in a game they dominated and choked late. Blakes two best players were hurt and against Minnetonka the starting goalie let in 4 goals on the first 7 shots. Blake has 5 talented sophmores that get regualr time and 1 sophmore that starts at defense which early in the year was difficult but now they all are playing well. Blake also lost to Woodbury 1-0 in a game where a goal was diss-alowed.

DM is avery good team but this will be a very good game. The Bears are comming together. Bears win 6-4.

Blake actually beat Totino Grace twice, they didn't split.

As far a common opponents go, I don't think it has all that much relevance. Consider this:

DM beat Breck 4-3, then Blake beat Breck 4-3. By this account Blake would have the advantage. But then Blake lost to Breck 4-3, so now what?

And yes, Minnetonka did beat DM 5-3 and then Blake 7-0, but remember that at this point in the season Blake was 5-5... Other common opponents, such as CDH and TRF, would also seem to give the advantage to DM. But then consider that DM lost to BSM, BSM lost to TG, and Blake beat TG twice. DM also beat BSM though...

The point is that while common opponents can provide some indication of the strength of the teams, it's all going to depend on what team shows up to play. Last year DM showed up during the first period and the Hilltoppers just rode out their advantage despite being outscored 2-1 through the last two periods. As Burnsville proved, any one can be beaten on any day. I'm going to hope Blake learned their lesson last year and shows up to play from the opening face-off.

Blake 4
DM 2

Marshall by three or four. I'll go with 5-2.

Lee

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