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Two Top quality teams from section 7. Virginia ranked in the Top 10 in Class A and Grand Rapids ranked in the top 20 in Class AA battle it out at Grand Rapids arena in game 1 of 2 to see who is the better team and one step closer to gaining or regaining the IRC Title. With both teams off to a great start, who is going to win battle #1?


***Gametime is set for 7:30 at IRA Civic Arena, Grand Rapids.

Should be a good game. One thing I will say, I agree with Dave Esse, coach of CEC, when he said in an interview on mnhockeyhub.com that we need to get rid of this conference non-sense. Like he said, they mean nothing. Who cares about IRC or any other conference. Abolish every conference and set up the schedules so you play a home and away game against every team in your SECTION! Then there is no need for seeding meetings, you just go by standings.

rapidsrapids wrote:Should be a good game. One thing I will say, I agree with Dave Esse, coach of CEC, when he said in an interview on mnhockeyhub.com that we need to get rid of this conference non-sense. Like he said, they mean nothing. Who cares about IRC or any other conference. Abolish every conference and set up the schedules so you play a home and away game against every team in your SECTION! Then there is no need for seeding meetings, you just go by standings.

Lee

east hockey wrote:

rapidsrapids wrote:Should be a good game. One thing I will say, I agree with Dave Esse, coach of CEC, when he said in an interview on mnhockeyhub.com that we need to get rid of this conference non-sense. Like he said, they mean nothing. Who cares about IRC or any other conference. Abolish every conference and set up the schedules so you play a home and away game against every team in your SECTION! Then there is no need for seeding meetings, you just go by standings.

Lee

Dave Esse is a smart man.

Of course, us East people realized this a decade ago.

1-0 rapids after 1

i wouldnt bet against rapids for the outcome of this game, i was considering going but after seeing them get schooled in there scrimmage i didnt feel the need

Virgina-1
Grand Rapids-7
FINAL

GR had 8 or 9 penalties

pipersniper12 wrote:Virgina-1
Grand Rapids-7
FINAL

GR had 8 or 9 penalties

Nice job Rapids!

pipersniper12 wrote:Virgina-1
Grand Rapids-7
FINAL

GR had 8 or 9 penalties

RUNNING TIME! even with 18 minutes worth of penalities. nice job rapids!

pipersniper12 wrote:Virgina-1
Grand Rapids-7
FINAL

GR had 8 or 9 penalties

Relly???? Wow, never would have guessed that score??

mnhockeynemn wrote:

pipersniper12 wrote:Virgina-1
Grand Rapids-7
FINAL

GR had 8 or 9 penalties

Relly???? Wow, never would have guessed that score??

Virginia was flying on their 1st PP attempt and average on the rest. If GR stayed out of the box the game would of been much worse. Plus, GR must of had at least a dozen more great scoring chances.

Rapids will run away with the IRC

I can see where you are from, chubbs, and I agree Rapids has a really nice team. It's scary that they will probably be better next year and the year after that - they should win the IRC - but who cares?? They are the only AA team and SHOULD win it every year. The fact that they haven't shows that the smaller schools have some talent too

Rapids will dominate the IRC in coming years. The other schools will start to drop off talentwise

It doesn't matter if they "dominate the IRC" - didn't you read the posts from above???

Did you not read mine All the talent that the smaller schools have had will be gone

Are you blind or dumb? The smaller schools don't play Rapids in the playoffs - Rapids is very good - I root for them to win state every year and beat East etc. on their way there - just don't rip the smaller schools cause they "dominate" every few years

Dude whats your deal? I have not once ripped on any school. I know northern hockey and to a lot of people the IRC is a big deal. I know virginia's, hibbings, and i falls youth programs coming up are weak. Rapids is strong. Therefore they will win a lot of IRC championships. I do not care about your statements. Mine had nothing to do with yours so chill out

Virginia's power play was terrible tonight, they have some major work to do there but on a positive note they played a pretty disciplined game and stayed out of the box for the most part which is good because with a score like that it's easy to loose your cool and get chippy, especially with two range teams going at it. Rapids has a really good team this year and yes, they should win the IRC conference, but I agree, who really cares about that? None the less I'll be cheering for them in 7AA

Grand Rapids 7 - Viriginia 1
Was surprised at how balanced the 3 lines were from Grand Rapids not much seperates the 3 on skill level. Virginia I thought had more depth than what they showed last night. One team is heading up and hopefully for Virginia they can squeeze out another good year in 7A but they are much leaner than last years team. To end discussion on big school, small school Grand Rapids qualifies for single A due to enrollment but elects to play up unlike a certain Duluth area school that hides out in single A on a technicality. Best wishes extended to both hockey clubs for the upcoming season.

northwoods oldtimer wrote:Grand Rapids 7 - Viriginia 1
Was surprised at how balanced the 3 lines were from Grand Rapids not much seperates the 3 on skill level. Virginia I thought had more depth than what they showed last night. One team is heading up and hopefully for Virginia they can squeeze out another good year in 7A but they are much leaner than last years team. To end discussion on big school, small school Grand Rapids qualifies for single A due to enrollment but elects to play up unlike a certain Duluth area school that hides out in single A on a technicality. Best wishes extended to both hockey clubs for the upcoming season.

Nicely said!