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With Hermantown and Monticello giving us a title game for the ages yesterday does everything think it was best title game ever or is there another championship game that everyone thinks was the best (EP vs DE 2011, Warroad vs Totino 2005, Eveleth vs Lake of The Woods 1993, STA vs Hermantown in 2011 and 2013?)

For me personally the 2005 Totino Warroad game is going to be hard to pass for any game

Just another championship game. Totino/Warroad and Hermantown/EGF were better. Evenly matched teams with D1 players on both teams.

If the Moose would have won then it could be considered one of the best.

Call me biased , but 2011 AA championship was much more intense , with a larger crowd , and a much more balanced fast paced game..

Eden Prairie defeats Duluth East in 3OT , 3-2

If the moose one then maybe, but once the Hawks tied it at 3 I thought that game was over

1963

elliott70 wrote:1963

Maybe, but asking people to ask their grandfathers if 1963 was the best isn't really fair.

Lee

Eden Prairie - Duluth East in 2011 gets my vote: epic back and forth into triple overtime.

Rapids - Edina 1978 double OT

Rapids - Edina 1978

norcon wrote:Rapids - Edina 1978 double OT

Definitely ranks right up there with any already mentioned. Plus, it had the added intrigue of the referee missing an obvious goal in the first overtime that should have given Rapids the win. Instant replay confirmed the puck going through Edina goaltender Aulik's pads, hitting the back of the net and then exiting back through his pads. A much more obvious, 'non-call' goal than the one scored by Duluth East in the epic '96 semi against Apple Valley. Rapids completely dominated this game.

What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Mite-dad wrote:What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Having watched most the games this year I believe they were just tight. I saw many uncharacteristic defensive errors and goalie who was rock solid all year let in a few softies. May have been a combo of nerves and having a huge target on their backs. Combined with the fact that every team played like them with their best game. Kudos to them.

Speaking of Delano…obviously they experienced the same thing. I would also add the advantage of tv timeouts to a team running 2 lines cannot be over looked especially in the case of MAML.

east hockey wrote:

elliott70 wrote:1963

Maybe, but asking people to ask their grandfathers if 1963 was the best isn't really fair.

Lee

or great-grand

Mite-dad wrote:What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Maybe Parrish was spot on with his quote about Bruce actually having to coach in AA. I do not for one second buy the fact they were tight as defending state champs with a majority of the same players. He didn't have them ready to play.

GoldyGopher wrote:

Mite-dad wrote:What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Maybe Parrish was spot on with his quote about Bruce actually having to coach in AA. I do not for one second buy the fact they were tight as defending state champs with a majority of the same players. He didn't have them ready to play.

I agree that Plante did not get them ready to play. I've seen Hermantown more than once and never have seen them play so poorly defensively. They did not seem to have the intensity that other teams in the State tournament had. They appeared to be going through the motions until they got behind then they went to the next gear and pulled it out. It was almost like they were bored.

GoldyGopher wrote:

Mite-dad wrote:What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Maybe Parrish was spot on with his quote about Bruce actually having to coach in AA. I do not for one second buy the fact they were tight as defending state champs with a majority of the same players. He didn't have them ready to play.

It was their 8th straight Championship game. They haven't lost to an A team in what, 58 straight games? How do you get fired up for that? They're probably bored.

Jeffy95 wrote:

GoldyGopher wrote:

Mite-dad wrote:What I don't understand is what happened to Hermantown in this tournament. They literally destroyed every A team they played during the regular season with the exception of their game at Delano. Did they just play tight? Or was something revealed to other teams how to play against them? It was shocking that it took overtime for them to win every game.

Maybe Parrish was spot on with his quote about Bruce actually having to coach in AA. I do not for one second buy the fact they were tight as defending state champs with a majority of the same players. He didn't have them ready to play.

It was their 8th straight Championship game. They haven't lost to an A team in what, 58 straight games? How do you get fired up for that? They're probably bored.

I'd stick with they weren't prepared.