Centennial Vs Maple Grove
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:43 pm
Great matchup here, hard to pick a winner, I'll go with Centennial but I think we're going to see overtime here.
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Re: Centennial Vs Maple Grove
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:33 am
I like Maple Grove in this one. No disrespect to Centennial and if The Crimson are to win, they will have to earn it. MG has a very solid blueline corp with nice skill up front. They break the puck out very well and have strong senior leadership. They look ready and they are going to be tough to beat.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:45 am
Difficult to choose a clear cut winner, but I predicted Maple Grove to take the section before the playoffs started, and I'll stand by it. The game is won late in regulation or goes to OT. They split the regular season matchup. Maple Grove has played a tougher schedule over the last month, beating Duluth East, and suffering a one goal loss to Elk River, so they're battle tested. Centennial tied White Bear Lake over the same stretch.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:35 am
I will go with Centennial 4-2 in this one. I have little knowledge of either team, just going with a hunch.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:42 pm
Maple Grove 5-3
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:03 pm
Jan 5 Maple Grove wins 5-3 en
Jan 28 Centennial wins 5-0
Similar records and schedules.
Toss-up, slight edge Centennial.
Jan 28 Centennial wins 5-0
Similar records and schedules.
Toss-up, slight edge Centennial.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:02 pm
I think the current polling is right at about 50/50 with very slight advantage to Maple Grove.
Will be interesting to see if we get many more voters tonite.
Will be interesting to see if we get many more voters tonite.
5AA
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:21 pm
Staying with my preseason pick - Centennial
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:26 pm
Gitter said on a different locked thread:
"My guess is 5AA would be seeded. If all favorites win my guess is you'd have something like:
EP
Edina
Stillwater
Then STA and either MG/Cent fighting for the 4/5 seeds. I think Moorhead, LN and DE/GR are left off if the above happens. Which would be great because I think all of those unseeded teams have potential to do some damage."
Gitter: agree with your seeding projections, with slight possible exception of LVN instead of 5AA winner.
Whether any of the unseeded teams could damage EP/Edina/SW is an open question. All the top 3 seem to be peaking.
Grand Rapids would be the best likely dark horse to advance IMHO, for example they beat EP and Edina in December and could do so again if they continue to play at high level again like last Saturday.
LVN beat SW in January , so they could be confident to do so again if they drew them in first round. .
"My guess is 5AA would be seeded. If all favorites win my guess is you'd have something like:
EP
Edina
Stillwater
Then STA and either MG/Cent fighting for the 4/5 seeds. I think Moorhead, LN and DE/GR are left off if the above happens. Which would be great because I think all of those unseeded teams have potential to do some damage."
Gitter: agree with your seeding projections, with slight possible exception of LVN instead of 5AA winner.
Whether any of the unseeded teams could damage EP/Edina/SW is an open question. All the top 3 seem to be peaking.
Grand Rapids would be the best likely dark horse to advance IMHO, for example they beat EP and Edina in December and could do so again if they continue to play at high level again like last Saturday.
LVN beat SW in January , so they could be confident to do so again if they drew them in first round. .
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:37 pm
This is a toss-up game, they split their regular season games, each winning on the road. Both are veteran teams, with strong senior leadership. Both have experienced playing a section Final at Aldrich, MG in 2016, Cent. in 2015. This will be a very exciting game!
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:14 pm
I still have no idea why Stillwater gets #3 with their lack of quality wins.WestMetro wrote:Gitter said on a different locked thread:
"My guess is 5AA would be seeded. If all favorites win my guess is you'd have something like:
EP
Edina
Stillwater
Then STA and either MG/Cent fighting for the 4/5 seeds. I think Moorhead, LN and DE/GR are left off if the above happens. Which would be great because I think all of those unseeded teams have potential to do some damage."
Gitter: agree with your seeding projections, with slight possible exception of LVN instead of 5AA winner.
Whether any of the unseeded teams could damage EP/Edina/SW is an open question. All the top 3 seem to be peaking.
Grand Rapids would be the best likely dark horse to advance IMHO, for example they beat EP and Edina in December and could do so again if they continue to play at high level again like last Saturday.
LVN beat SW in January , so they could be confident to do so again if they drew them in first round. .
Educate me.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:54 pm
A few anyway: Prior Lake , Elk, and HF at Victoria
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:17 pm
WestMetro wrote:A few anyway: Prior Lake , Elk, and HF at Victoria
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:18 pm
I agree, I don't get it.Goldyismoldy wrote:I still have no idea why Stillwater gets #3 with their lack of quality wins.WestMetro wrote:Gitter said on a different locked thread:
"My guess is 5AA would be seeded. If all favorites win my guess is you'd have something like:
EP
Edina
Stillwater
Then STA and either MG/Cent fighting for the 4/5 seeds. I think Moorhead, LN and DE/GR are left off if the above happens. Which would be great because I think all of those unseeded teams have potential to do some damage."
Gitter: agree with your seeding projections, with slight possible exception of LVN instead of 5AA winner.
Whether any of the unseeded teams could damage EP/Edina/SW is an open question. All the top 3 seem to be peaking.
Grand Rapids would be the best likely dark horse to advance IMHO, for example they beat EP and Edina in December and could do so again if they continue to play at high level again like last Saturday.
LVN beat SW in January , so they could be confident to do so again if they drew them in first round. .
Educate me.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:20 pm
THe Cadets and Centennial each have more.WestMetro wrote:A few anyway: Prior Lake , Elk, and HF at Victoria
I think, (for the first time
) Minnhock has it right.Except no way East is above LN.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:26 pm
I'll take the trailer parks over the country club kids. I've seen MG win one big game in the playoffs ever, and they followed it up with an embarrassing two and out the following week.
Both Tartan and Woodbury have a more storied state tournament history than MG.
I'll go with Centennial Prowlers 4-1
Both Tartan and Woodbury have a more storied state tournament history than MG.
I'll go with Centennial Prowlers 4-1
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:30 am
Livestream on this one tonite? Toggle back and forth between 5AA/ 7AA?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:39 pm
Apparently no livestream nor MSBN audio. Suggestions for audio?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:46 pm
In the realm of "to good to be true", Comcast North Metro TV is showing high school hockey starting Ar 7:30. No teams, and it doesn't say "live". It normally shows the teams, and the date they played. Little hope, but....WestMetro wrote:Apparently no livestream nor MSBN audio. Suggestions for audio?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:19 pm
So, Goldy, that is neither of the FSN channels?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:22 pm
No, 859 for me. Channel letters are NOMTV.WestMetro wrote:So, Goldy, that is neither of the FSN channels?
Of course I'm in the the north metro.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:37 pm
MG 3 Cent 2 ....after one period.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:15 pm
MG 4 Cent 2 ...after two periods
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 9:03 pm
MG 4 - 3 Cent FINAL 
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:52 pm
Congrats to Mg, Huff amazing scorer! And Haider comes up big, amazing a freshman could turn back so many in playoffs