Andrew Ford the ep tender

[spudskis709]

Is andrew ford the best bantam goalie in the state for eden prarie???
Why is he playing batams still, shouldnt he be playing highschool?
Where does he go to school? He would really give his highschool a huge boost if he played.

[bardown012]

Andrew is a very very good goalie. Probably top 5 in the state and is on the best team in the state. I'm not sure if he could play high school this year but you could definitly look for him to dominate in the coming years.

[StoppatchFairplayHelmets0]

Yes, Ford is a beast. One of the best at his level.

[Marty McSorely]

No disrespect to ASF but he's had the best goaltending instruction money can buy since age 8. The bigger question is he a humble, repectable young man?

[windtomyback]

I would add a couple of observations on goalies:

1) it is sometimes easy for a goalie to look very good when they play on the best team with the best defense. A truer test would be how he does when playing behind a weak team against some quality shots;

2) goalies are one of those positions that often develop into elite goalies at a later age. I would give a couple of years high school experience before tooting the horn too loud.

[tomASS]

I would add a couple of observations on goalies:

1) it is sometimes easy for a goalie to look very good when they play on the best team with the best defense. A truer test would be how he does when playing behind a weak team against some quality shots;

2) goalies are one of those positions that often develop into elite goalies at a later age. I would give a couple of years high school experience before tooting the horn too loud.

I agree with both points and more so with #2. I would even say after HS is when the very good goalies really start showing their true ability. Everything up until then is good enjoyment and fun to watch. I would use Frazee as the prefect example of this. He was the next best thing to slice bread before college.

[keepyourheadup]

Nice goalie but calm down folks, he played on the b team last year so it appears EP has at least a few goalies who can hold down the fort till Ford comes to their rescue.

[hockeyjunkie2]

I only watched a little bit of the game when they played Valley, could someone who has seen him more compare him with AV Freshman Aaron Gretz for me?

[BladeButter44]

The Ep Bantam A goalies last year were Meyers & Dodds (not 100% sure) Both now attend Benilde. Ford is at Breck this year. It appears that Ep might have a little trouble in the goaltending department in the upcoming years...

I also heard that he was asked to play Varsity this year at Breck.

[hockeymasta]

The eagles should stick to football

[rbkhockeyman2070]

Andrew Ford is a great tender. I cant believe people who say that he is overrated. Yes Ep has a great D, but you need a great goalie to keep you in thoughs games when the D have off games. Andrew also has had a couple of shutouts this year.

[gerryodrowski]

epsux, you need to take a deep breath.

[gerryodrowski]

Hey folks, beware of first time posters like spudskis. This isn't the first time some anonymous fool has set this trap. It's doubtful that any kid is stupid enough to sabotage one of his teammates or himself with such an idiotic post.

[highschoolhockeyfann]

o come on yea i do believe it is the later stages that is the most important and he hasent been in the later stages so you never know how good he will be i heard he is getting drafted into the USHL