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The Spuds once again failed to meet expectations...who do they return that can take this team to the top or will next season simply be a rebuilding year for the Spuds?

Well they do lose 16 Seniors off of this years team. They do have a pretty good JV and Bantam team. It will all depend on how many will be able to step in and make an impact.

Enough people will make an impact to be seeded ahead of Buffalo...only kidding...sort of.

I had some Moorhead parents tell me at the Section 8AA Final that Moorhead would be down for several (3-4) years. Not sure if I believe that, but you can take it for what it's worth.

well Blanda...good to see you in good spirits...alliance no longer as Bemidji moves to A...too bad it sure was fun arguing with elliott...

rams1989 wrote:I had some Moorhead parents tell me at the Section 8AA Final that Moorhead would be down for several (3-4) years. Not sure if I believe that, but you can take it for what it's worth.

wonder what their 'down' means??? anyway Rams will be tough to beat in the future...should be fun to see how the thing turns out next season...got to think Brainerd will be tough and Tech seemed to have a young team...

I think the Rams have a good shot at defending their title, but I'm Certainly not counting Moorhead out they always have a good team, I think Brainerd might make a good run also

moorheads bantam team isnt very good. i think they made state but theyve lost at least 20 games from what ive heard from people. they will be pretty good in 2 years.

HOFamer wrote:

rams1989 wrote:I had some Moorhead parents tell me at the Section 8AA Final that Moorhead would be down for several (3-4) years. Not sure if I believe that, but you can take it for what it's worth.

wonder what their 'down' means??? anyway Rams will be tough to beat in the future...should be fun to see how the thing turns out next season...got to think Brainerd will be tough and Tech seemed to have a young team...

For what its worth, "down" means better than average. If they make it to the section championship good if they make it to the '08 State Tourney they might be overachieving.......Roseau is a solid young team with a goaltender......something Moorhead lacks. I would say 3-4 years before Moorhead makes a solid run. Hockey players develop differently and growth, skill and hard work can change over a summer.

gopherhockey33 wrote:moorheads bantam team isnt very good. i think they made state but theyve lost at least 20 games from what ive heard from people. they will be pretty good in 2 years.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 2 years Roseau's talented group of sophomores (Landman, Ness, Oliver, Mike Lee) will be seniors and probably almost unbeatable unless some of them go on to juniors before then. So I don't see how the Spuds will be contending by then either.

I heard that Ness is leaving for sure next year, going to Ann Arbor i think and Lee is 50-50 on going to juniors.....i dont know if thats true but thats what i heard.

Stealth09 wrote:I heard that Ness is leaving for sure next year, going to Ann Arbor i think and Lee is 50-50 on going to juniors.....i dont know if thats true but thats what i heard.

This is one of the best programs in the state. Moorhead has very good coaches at their youth level and they don't seem to lose kids to private schools. I suspect they will be a top five team in the state for the next 3-5 years.

Stealth09 wrote:I heard that Ness is leaving for sure next year, going to Ann Arbor i think and Lee is 50-50 on going to juniors.....i dont know if thats true but thats what i heard.

That is not correct. I talked to Aaron's mother yesterday, she said he will for sure be back with Roseau next year, and she said it's highly unlikely he'll leave for his senior year either. I also got the impression from talking to her that all of Roseau's underclassmen plan to stay with Roseau through graduation. Of course, these things can change, but it would sure be fun to watch them stay together and go after a repeat or (gasp) THREE-PEAT!

CitiesSpudsGuy wrote:

gopherhockey33 wrote:moorheads bantam team isnt very good. i think they made state but theyve lost at least 20 games from what ive heard from people. they will be pretty good in 2 years.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 2 years Roseau's talented group of sophomores (Landman, Ness, Oliver, Mike Lee) will be seniors and probably almost unbeatable unless some of them go on to juniors before then. So I don't see how the Spuds will be contending by then either.

You Roseau types are getting a bit over confident. Seems a bit Edinaesque.

Keep in mind, their are some communities with solid 10th grade classes. Examples: Hill Murray, Edina, Centennial and Eden Prairie. Edina and Eden Prairie are rated 1 & 2 in Bantams this year. Have been a good share of the year. Their 10th graders will be followed up with nice talent.

As for Moorhead, they may surprise some people.

breakout wrote:

CitiesSpudsGuy wrote:

gopherhockey33 wrote:moorheads bantam team isnt very good. i think they made state but theyve lost at least 20 games from what ive heard from people. they will be pretty good in 2 years.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 2 years Roseau's talented group of sophomores (Landman, Ness, Oliver, Mike Lee) will be seniors and probably almost unbeatable unless some of them go on to juniors before then. So I don't see how the Spuds will be contending by then either.

You Roseau types are getting a bit over confident. Seems a bit Edinaesque.

Keep in mind, their are some communities with solid 10th grade classes. Examples: Hill Murray, Edina, Centennial and Eden Prairie. Edina and Eden Prairie are rated 1 & 2 in Bantams this year. Have been a good share of the year. Their 10th graders will be followed up with nice talent.

As for Moorhead, they may surprise some people.

Winning does kind make a person over confident and I agree the gloating is sounding a little Edinaesque. Roseau may have surprised a few people this year with their great run at the end of the year. They will surprise nobody the next two years if all their talent stays. Roseau will have their work cut out for them. They need to remember the game is played on ice and not paper. On Paper they will go to state the next two years. Moorhead and Brainard will be competing for #2 and #3. Nobody is going to give them anything. Moorhead could have done well to remember that this year and they would have coasted through the tourney. Their offense was lethal this year.

All the teams you mentioned have great programs. Edina has an awesome program and has produced alot of homegrown talent. I have alot of respect for homegrown talent. HM typically puts up alot of talented teams but can't call it homegrown at all. Centenial and EP have built very good programs. Alot of things have to fall into place to repeat. It will not be as easy as the first run. Everyone will be gunning for them because they are the champs, for now.

About 2 years ago the same thing happened to Moorhead where they lost almost their entire team. They have a good program tho. They always seem to be able to reload.

breakout wrote:

CitiesSpudsGuy wrote:

gopherhockey33 wrote:moorheads bantam team isnt very good. i think they made state but theyve lost at least 20 games from what ive heard from people. they will be pretty good in 2 years.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 2 years Roseau's talented group of sophomores (Landman, Ness, Oliver, Mike Lee) will be seniors and probably almost unbeatable unless some of them go on to juniors before then. So I don't see how the Spuds will be contending by then either.

You Roseau types are getting a bit over confident. Seems a bit Edinaesque.

Keep in mind, their are some communities with solid 10th grade classes. Examples: Hill Murray, Edina, Centennial and Eden Prairie. Edina and Eden Prairie are rated 1 & 2 in Bantams this year. Have been a good share of the year. Their 10th graders will be followed up with nice talent.

As for Moorhead, they may surprise some people.

Everything I was hearing over the year is wait until next year. Those Ram puppies will find their own and start rolling. The next two years were predicted to be the years Roseau was to have the best chances. So even if they didn't win this year, they were already on many people's list of who is a 2008 contender. So tell me, how would winning this year change those predictions?

roseau will win the section for the 3rd straight year in 09, but after that moorhead should go on a streak

vppp wrote:roseau will win the section for the 3rd straight year in 09, but after that moorhead should go on a streak

PM me the lottery numbers for Saturday night.

get a job, you won't need the lottery

vppp wrote:roseau will win the section for the 3rd straight year in 09, but after that moorhead should go on a streak

You mean 08, they've already won 2 -

Moorhead has abandaned tradition.

Big mistake ... and most likely cost them the State Championship this year.

The State Championship was played on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at the"little ralph" in TRF.

Still not sure if they learned their lesson.

Didn't see many Moorhead jerseys/jackets/sweatshirts at the tourney this year.

Fair-weather fans?

Did see alot of Alumni though. Guys that played on some great teams for Moorhead.

HOFamer wrote:The Spuds once again failed to meet expectations...who do they return that can take this team to the top or will next season simply be a rebuilding year for the Spuds?

Them there Spuds don't rebuild . . . they RELOAD! I don't know that they failed to meet expectations . . . they lost to the State Champion, and beat the snot out of your team!

Long live the Alliance!

The Spuds will be the Best Team to not win the State Championship again next year.

The fate of Moorhead rests in the hands of a certain poster slapshooter and whether he slapshooter can stay off the Spuds bandwagon long enough for them to avoid his curse once again in 2008. Good luck Spuds fans, I think we all know the chances of this happening.