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Thoughts? Personally, I believe the Indians will step up and take it to the baby blue. Guessing that Underwood will get the nod in goal and have another stellar game against a quality opponent. Rapids big game players(Roy, Sparen, Palki, Prokop, Rendle, Kosak & Moore)will rise to the occasion and get after it. Should be a dandy at the BIG. Gonna call it 4-3 Rapids in a tough battle.

Gotta go with the Jags at home, 4-2

Jefferson-4
GR-2

Empty net or late 3rd period goal for the Jags puts an end to this dandy...

Good matchup here with 2 solid teams.
This will be 1 game in a stretch of tough teams for GR.
Jefferson by 1.

I'm goin with Jefferson 3-2.

I believe the Jags have lost a few years in a row vs GR up in grand rapids but this game is at BIG in front of their student section.....

Jags finally end the losing streak to GR...

Jags 3
GR 1

Jags 5-1

CrossbarandIn99 wrote:Jags 5-1

That would really surprise me.

boblee wrote:

CrossbarandIn99 wrote:Jags 5-1

That would really surprise me.

Me 2...

The Jags are comin' off a pretty impressive run but GR will give 'em a good game..

I wish I could be there

Jags-4
Thunderchickens-3

Rapids will keep it reasonably close, but they have yet to win a really big game this year, and I just don't see it happening in Bloomington.

Grand Rapids - 4
Jefferson - 3

OT game

jags 5-3

I think normally this could be closer, but for some reason every time I see those northern teams play at BIG they get spooked and dont play their best. (Morhead is a great example)

Also, Jefferson is hot with a big performance in Grand Forks

Also, NEVER underestimate Grand Rapids, year in and year out they impress me with some of the best hockey around even when they lack the talent. Great team players, you can just tell they love to play the game.

If Rapids wins this one they are a bona fide contender for 7AA. My guess is 3-2 for Jefferson.

They don't have to win this game to be a bonafide contender. Its way to early in the season to put that much importance on a game. They do need to compete hard, get better, and learn something about themselves in the process. There are alot of seniors on this teamwho repsect each other and this gives them an edge as they progress towards post season.

archway Sign wrote:They don't have to win this game to be a bonafide contender. Its way to early in the season to put that much importance on a game. They do need to compete hard, get better, and learn something about themselves in the process. There are alot of seniors on this teamwho repsect each other and this gives them an edge as they progress towards post season.

Agree. Ridiculous to say this game determines whether or not GR is a contender. They tied CEC at home and played Edina to a 3-2 score in their barn. Rapids has already proved they'll be very tough in sections. There are probably 5 teams in 7AA that could win it. That won't change after this game, it won't change in 3 weeks, it will be the same when the seeding meeting comes out with the brackets. No one team in 7AA has established themselves as THE team to beat.

There is a big difference between playing quality teams close and beating them. At some point Rapids is going to have be on the other side of one goal games. To learn how to win close games against good teams is indication of a team's confidence. If you continue to lose close games, the mental aspect of the game can be a huge burden. You start wondering how am I going to lose this one? The confidence of a team cannot be underestimated. Rapids will be a tough team at tournament time, but their chance of winning it in Section 7AA is more problematic if they don't start winning the close ones.

greenway1969 wrote:There is a big difference between playing quality teams close and beating them. At some point Rapids is going to have be on the other side of one goal games. To learn how to win close games against good teams is indication of a team's confidence. If you continue to lose close games, the mental aspect of the game can be a huge burden. You start wondering how am I going to lose this one? The confidence of a team cannot be underestimated. Rapids will be a tough team at tournament time, but their chance of winning it in Section 7AA is more problematic if they don't start winning the close ones.

very well said. I will have to go with Jefferson taking this one 5-3.

schwang17 wrote:

boblee wrote:

CrossbarandIn99 wrote:Jags 5-1

That would really surprise me.

Me 2...

The Jags are comin' off a pretty impressive run but GR will give 'em a good game..

I wish I could be there

Jags-4
Thunderchickens-3

I'm currently channeling Cuda and he's thinking 5 - 2 baby blue.

I've never known him to rhyme though, so it might be slappy....

Neutron 14 wrote:I'm currently channeling Cuda and he's thinking 5 - 2 baby blue.

I've never known him to rhyme though, so it might be slappy....

Actually, Cuda is rather heartfelt on who to pick in this one due to having family on both sides. These GR-Jefferson tilts are real anxiety for the family...

I do know Jefferson comes first, though...so I'd have to agree with ya there good buddy...

If last year is any indication they should be fine...Lost close game to Edina then beat them...Lost to Ep and even lost to East...Then beat East in the Semi's...Learning how to win those games sometimes means you lose close ones...Playing the best helps you learn what you need to work on...they Beat Jeffereson but every at that time said it was because Jefferson was down...a down and back trip into someone elses palace is very difficult...it will show the kind of character they have which is as important as the win.

Hopefully Rapids didn't do all there scoring against Lakeville. Indians 4 BJ 2.

Grand Rapids 4
Jefferson 2

Roy, Prokop Kliendorst, and Palki all with one

Can you get tickets for a game like this or does jefferson sell out.

whoever shows up at big first gets the tickets first....it's classy cuz for the student section i heard kids show up extremly early so they don't get caught in the back behind everything

There will be plenty of seats, BIG seats a lot of people.