A day after the Hibbing Bluejackets (14-2) play Grand Rapids away, they play the Cloquet Lumberjacks (13-1) who will have a two day rest from playing Proctor. A win by Hibbing would be great for their Class A rankings, while a loss by Cloquet would hurt them badly.
it would be nice to see hibbing get the win but i just don't think that is gonna happen, especially after playin rapids the night before. i believe cloquet is too strong but hopefully hibbing can keep it close and maybe pull off a win..
nikebauer_07 wrote:it would be nice to see hibbing get the win but i just don't think that is gonna happen, especially after playin rapids the night before. i believe cloquet is too strong but hopefully hibbing can keep it close and maybe pull off a win..
I'm goin with..
Cloquet 5
Hibbing 3
Talk about a couple of teams that can homer ya
Hibbing gets homered and hammered
One thing to keep in mind is that Cloquet got shut out by Rapids. Obviously they have the upper hand here, but would it change people's minds if Hibbing beats Rapids?
HShockeywatcher wrote:One thing to keep in mind is that Cloquet got shut out by Rapids. Obviously they have the upper hand here, but would it change people's minds if Hibbing beats Rapids?
NO
pressure is off Cloquet now
they have been beat and now it's time to start layin the smack down
i believe they played back to back games at home against rapids and cloquet last year.. might just be to give the team some experience playing back to back games against two very strong hockey teams to get them ready for the playoffs and possibly state.
nikebauer_07 wrote:i believe they played back to back games at home against rapids and cloquet last year.. might just be to give the team some experience playing back to back games against two very strong hockey teams to get them ready for the playoffs and possibly state.
As bad as i would like to see hibbing win, i dont think its going to happen.. with back to back games against probabaly the strongest two teams in 7aa it will be a real test..Marchuk will have to be almost perfect in goal and HIbbing will have to capitalize on every opportunity they get. and they need to stay out of the box.. thats what is going to hurt them one of these games. I'm taking cloquet 5 to 3 but im hoping the jackets can pull out a w in this one
Cloquet needs to get their swagger back and this might be just the game to do it. Hibbing is a strong Class A team which the Jacks should not take lightly. A loss to Hibbing could prove fatal for Cloquet as I feel they need to get back into the win column versus a legitimate team (Beating Proctor will not do that).
I think they will come back strong and win this one 5-2.