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Rogers Royals will travel to Hopkins Tuesday to for the Royal’s rematch.
This will be the third year in a row these two teams have met.
In those previous 2 contests there was a 2-2 tie in 05/06, and a Rogers win last year 5-2.

Hopkins Royals come in with an impressive 17-1-1 record.
Rogers Royals 13-6-1

Some common opponents, and scores this year.

Irondale- Hopkins wins 7-4 and Rogers wins 6-3
North Metro- Hopkins wins 7-3 and Rogers wins 4-2
Minnetonka- Hopkins wins 4-3 and Rogers loses 8-3
Armstrong - Hopkins wins 4-3 and Rogers loses 4-1
Monticello - Hopkins wins 8-4 and Rogers wins 8-2 and 5-3 Earlier in the year.

Who's your pick?

Hopkins by 2 goals in the "Battle Royals".

I think Rogers can upset them..but they wont be over looking the Royals this season...should be close.

Neutron 14 wrote:Hopkins by 2 goals in the "Battle Royals".

This pick is good news for CNT

HOFam'r wrote:

Neutron 14 wrote:Hopkins by 2 goals in the "Battle Royals".

This pick is good news for CNT

No doubt... I was going to pick Hopkins, but I'll have to reassess that now.

Govs may be at the rink for this one, so he's just looking forward to a good game - hopefully CNT's boys can step up.

Govs93 wrote:

HOFam'r wrote:

Neutron 14 wrote:Hopkins by 2 goals in the "Battle Royals".

This pick is good news for CNT

No doubt... I was going to pick Hopkins, but I'll have to reassess that now.

Govs may be at the rink for this one, so he's just looking forward to a good game - hopefully CNT's boys can step up.

This could have pregame implications

Can't Never Tried wrote:

Govs93 wrote:

HOFam'r wrote: This pick is good news for CNT

No doubt... I was going to pick Hopkins, but I'll have to reassess that now.

Govs may be at the rink for this one, so he's just looking forward to a good game - hopefully CNT's boys can step up.

This could have pregame implications

You may be right... The Big 10 is stumbling distance from the arena.

I pick this as an upset and get villified!

If this game wasn't on the bad side of town, I'd show up myself!

Neutron 14 wrote:I pick this as an upset and get villified!

If this game wasn't on the bad side of town, I'd show up myself!

Good one It's all in the eye of the reader!

Well, assuming Mrs. Govs signs my release form for tomorrow night, I'll try to brave the mean streets of Hopkins and provide updates.

Johnny Drama says:


for the Rogers Royals. Thank you for picking Hopkins Neut0Fer.

Congrats to the Hopkins Royals they win it 4-0.
I think the shots were pretty even but the announcing of the info was hard to pick up.

Was a lot better game then the 4-0 IMO

I believe it was 1-0 until about 10min remaining, and well... they proved they could finish.

I was pretty happy overall with the effort of Rogers, they just have to get the puck in the net.

It was a Royal affair though

How was the Big 10?

Can't Never Tried wrote:Congrats to the Hopkins Royals they win it 4-0.
I think the shots were pretty even but the announcing of the info was hard to pick up.

Was a lot better game then the 4-0 IMO

I believe it was 1-0 until about 10min remaining, and well... they proved they could finish.

I was pretty happy overall with the effort of Rogers, they just have to get the puck in the net.

It was a Royal affair though

Ditto.

Gov or Can't,
I haven't seen Hopkins this year yet. Could they make some noise in 6aa or are they overachieving? How good is Boyd and who does he remind you of? I figured I'd ask you guys instead of someone with "Dangler" in their name.

Lopresti wrote:Gov or Can't,
I haven't seen Hopkins this year yet. Could they make some noise in 6aa or are they overachieving? How good is Boyd and who does he remind you of? I figured I'd ask you guys instead of someone with "Dangler" in their name.

This was the 3rd time I've seen them this year, and in my opinion, I'd say it's possible they could cause some trouble for Tonka or BSM, but probably not likely. The thing they seem to do better than just about anybody else I've seen is play all 51 minutes. If you put it in neutral against these guys for even a couple of minutes, they'll run over you, and that's what happened last night.

They have a pretty good balance of size & speed, so they're good at getting after loose pucks. They also are relatively deep... there isn't much drop off from their 1st line to their 3rd, but again, I don't know that there's enough talent to hang in there with the other big 2 in 6AA (although, they did already beat Tonka, so who knows).

Lopresti wrote:Gov or Can't,
I haven't seen Hopkins this year yet. Could they make some noise in 6aa or are they overachieving? How good is Boyd and who does he remind you of? I figured I'd ask you guys instead of someone with "Dangler" in their name.

Govs said it pretty well, they are relentless in battles for the puck, and they just keep coming at ya.
They break out very well out of their zone, and transition with great speed, and accuracy in their passing, they use the boards as the extra guy quite well, and someone always seems to be right where they are supposed to be to receive that pass.

As far as Boyd goes I think he makes the best of opportunities that come his way. He's a small kid, but only 8th grade so what would you expect. He held his own. IMO

Although they beat Tonka earlier, I don't see that happening again. But who knows, Edina.....I doubt it.

Also the Hopkins goalie played well.

Govs93 wrote:

Lopresti wrote:Gov or Can't,
I haven't seen Hopkins this year yet. Could they make some noise in 6aa or are they overachieving? How good is Boyd and who does he remind you of? I figured I'd ask you guys instead of someone with "Dangler" in their name.

This was the 3rd time I've seen them this year, and in my opinion, I'd say it's possible they could cause some trouble for Tonka or BSM, but probably not likely. The thing they seem to do better than just about anybody else I've seen is play all 51 minutes. If you put it in neutral against these guys for even a couple of minutes, they'll run over you, and that's what happened last night.

They have a pretty good balance of size & speed, so they're good at getting after loose pucks. They also are relatively deep... there isn't much drop off from their 1st line to their 3rd, but again, I don't know that there's enough talent to hang in there with the other big 2 in 6AA (although, they did already beat Tonka, so who knows).

I would imagine depth becomes an issue for Rogers in games like this. Let's face it Jensen and Scat are on the ice alot and by the 3rd period are usually worn down. Personally, I was not surprised Hopkins rang the bell 3 times in the 3rd...what surprises me is Rogers did not score.

HOFam'r wrote:

Govs93 wrote:

Lopresti wrote:Gov or Can't,
I haven't seen Hopkins this year yet. Could they make some noise in 6aa or are they overachieving? How good is Boyd and who does he remind you of? I figured I'd ask you guys instead of someone with "Dangler" in their name.

This was the 3rd time I've seen them this year, and in my opinion, I'd say it's possible they could cause some trouble for Tonka or BSM, but probably not likely. The thing they seem to do better than just about anybody else I've seen is play all 51 minutes. If you put it in neutral against these guys for even a couple of minutes, they'll run over you, and that's what happened last night.

They have a pretty good balance of size & speed, so they're good at getting after loose pucks. They also are relatively deep... there isn't much drop off from their 1st line to their 3rd, but again, I don't know that there's enough talent to hang in there with the other big 2 in 6AA (although, they did already beat Tonka, so who knows).

I would imagine depth becomes an issue for Rogers in games like this. Let's face it Jensen and Scat are on the ice alot and by the 3rd period are usually worn down. Personally, I was not surprised Hopkins rang the bell 3 times in the 3rd...what surprises me is Rogers did not score.

Score..??? try catching a pass on the boards...I tell ya

Can't Never Tried wrote:

HOFam'r wrote:

Govs93 wrote: This was the 3rd time I've seen them this year, and in my opinion, I'd say it's possible they could cause some trouble for Tonka or BSM, but probably not likely. The thing they seem to do better than just about anybody else I've seen is play all 51 minutes. If you put it in neutral against these guys for even a couple of minutes, they'll run over you, and that's what happened last night.

They have a pretty good balance of size & speed, so they're good at getting after loose pucks. They also are relatively deep... there isn't much drop off from their 1st line to their 3rd, but again, I don't know that there's enough talent to hang in there with the other big 2 in 6AA (although, they did already beat Tonka, so who knows).

I would imagine depth becomes an issue for Rogers in games like this. Let's face it Jensen and Scat are on the ice alot and by the 3rd period are usually worn down. Personally, I was not surprised Hopkins rang the bell 3 times in the 3rd...what surprises me is Rogers did not score.

Score..??? try catching a pass on the boards...I tell ya

They had plenty of chances... a couple of nice saves, a couple shots wide, and couple of kids who had their sticks up when passes came across hurt them. The net was open more than a couple of times.

BTW, I meant to ask... Any idea what the measurements are on that #18? About 4'6", 200lbs? He looked like Kirby Puckett out there. He was fun to watch - threw a couple of decent hits on a couple of Hopkins bigger kids.

Govs93 wrote:

Can't Never Tried wrote:

HOFam'r wrote: I would imagine depth becomes an issue for Rogers in games like this. Let's face it Jensen and Scat are on the ice alot and by the 3rd period are usually worn down. Personally, I was not surprised Hopkins rang the bell 3 times in the 3rd...what surprises me is Rogers did not score.

Score..??? try catching a pass on the boards...I tell ya

They had plenty of chances... a couple of nice saves, a couple shots wide, and couple of kids who had their sticks up when passes came across hurt them. The net was open more than a couple of times.

BTW, I meant to ask... Any idea what the measurements are on that #18? About 4'6", 200lbs? He looked like Kirby Puckett out there. He was fun to watch - threw a couple of decent hits on a couple of Hopkins bigger kids.

Yeah, Lehn is something like that. Just a little bowling ball.

Govs93 wrote:

Can't Never Tried wrote:

HOFam'r wrote: I would imagine depth becomes an issue for Rogers in games like this. Let's face it Jensen and Scat are on the ice alot and by the 3rd period are usually worn down. Personally, I was not surprised Hopkins rang the bell 3 times in the 3rd...what surprises me is Rogers did not score.

Score..??? try catching a pass on the boards...I tell ya

They had plenty of chances... a couple of nice saves, a couple shots wide, and couple of kids who had their sticks up when passes came across hurt them. The net was open more than a couple of times.

BTW, I meant to ask... Any idea what the measurements are on that #18? About 4'6", 200lbs? He looked like Kirby Puckett out there. He was fun to watch - threw a couple of decent hits on a couple of Hopkins bigger kids.

He's a senior, and I'd say that's pretty close I'd say 200 is light, he's got a lot of heart, and plays hard, just tough when ya got short legs and a short stride, but he also puts the hit on...rarely gets called for hitting high.
Overall good kid and well liked.