Other States

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:27 pm

We say we're the best. Who's next?

big_thurst · Post by **big_thurst** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:33 pm

Where is 'other' because I'd select Massachusetts.

Post by **east hockey** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:42 pm

big_thurst wrote:Where is 'other' because I'd select Massachusetts.

I just added it, and I agree that Massachusetts should be second.

Lee

schwang17 · Post by **schwang17** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:42 pm

Yeah, really, how could you make this and not put Mass. in there?

fivehole628 · Post by **fivehole628** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:56 pm

Michigan

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:10 pm

Honestly I was thinking of Mass. when I put NH. Sorry guys.

Thanks for the correction.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:19 pm

Mass.

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:32 pm

Are we definitely superior?

Where would their top team fit in with ours?

Why don't our guys play their's?

hawkfan70 · Post by **hawkfan70** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:35 pm

HShockeywatcher wrote: Why don't our guys play their's?

Are you aware of how far away Mass is?

it's a land far far away

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:12 pm

1522.86 miles and 24 hours, 53 minutes according to mapquest. So our top 5 teams call their top 5 teams and make a 4 year deal where we go out there twice and they come here twice. You'd make money from the ticket sales as I'm sure many would love to see these games.

Holy Angels used to do this, but then they were winning by 10 goals and it wasn't worth it.

PASTRAPIDSFAN · Post by **PASTRAPIDSFAN** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:26 pm

Mass and mich

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:52 pm

Mass did have the top team in the country last year.

State Champ 97 · Post by **State Champ 97** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:54 pm

How are some of the other eastern states with hockey powers at the college of pro level? I know there is a lot of minor league hockey out there. Does the interest go to the high schools?

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:16 pm

How can you know they had the top team?

Also, there are interstate HS basketball games on ESPN every once in a while of 'big teams' in the national ranking. Couldn't ESPN do that for Holy Angels/Edina/Cloquet/Moorhead to play the tops from Michigan/Massachusetts?

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:16 pm

http://www.ushsho.com/ushsrank.htm

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:17 pm

HShockeywatcher wrote:How can you know they had the top team?

Also, there are interstate HS basketball games on ESPN every once in a while of 'big teams' in the national ranking. Couldn't ESPN do that for Holy Angels/Edina/Cloquet/Moorhead to play the tops from Michigan/Massachusetts?

Basketball has a lot more nationwide draw than hockey does.

timmyo · Post by **timmyo** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:34 pm

State Champ - on the East Coast it's all about Prep School and Junior hockey. High School teams like we talk about are mediocre out there - lots of 9th and 10th graders playing, and the best of those then move on to prep schools or the juniors. Prep schools are tough to compare, too; in the past, a year of prep school after graduating high school was common, now prep schools scoop up much of the 16 and 17 year old talent. The good players often go to the HS as youngsters, play a year of prep, then a year or two of juniors, then off to HE or ECAC or AHA schools. The also have terrific D-III hockey out East and lots of it - a number of top leagues and teams.

It's really tough to compare states because they're so different. The talent pool is really diffused out East.

But one of the knocks on MN kids is that they're often so convinced they're the best that they don't compete well when day to day playing time is at stake - they want to be catered to and pampered. Stuff like this poll can tend to reinforce that - we can be awfully good here in MN, but at some point we have to admit that some awfully good hockey players are born, bred and developed in other regions, as well.

SotaH0ck14 · Post by **SotaH0ck14** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:37 pm

mass. and michigan close behind

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:48 pm

On that national rankings page are those teams that are on there from other states their HS teams or their prep teams or what? Because like timmy said their actual HS teams lose a lot of talent to Prep schools

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It's all about the Preps and the Juniors out East