Minnesota Girls High School Hockey III

[brookyone]

Re: Minnesota Girls High School Hockey III

What do you mean "hopefully"?

Go Pioneers!

What a semifinal! An instant classic. Found myself rooting for LN...and both had excellent chances to win it throughout OT. Reminded me of the 1991 men's NCAA championship game I watched at the old Civic Center.

I'll be rooting for the Pioneers as well.

And Blake of course. Among other things...it's never too early to start rooting against the Whioux!

[joehockey]

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Should be a great championship match at both A Blake vs Warroad and AA HM vs Tonka.

Blake will have to bring their best today as Warroad seems to have two great first lines! I think the future is bright for UND.

HM might have the edge with 3-4 lines a shorter semifinal and a good nights rest (you just hope they didn't sit up watching the game like many of us). The thing that amazes me about HM success is they are very young 2 Sr, 5 Jr and the other 13 are underclass players!

Go Pioneers!

[Badger Booster]

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Minnetonka is also fairly deep and brings a lot of experience going into the championship game. Just not sure how physical and mental exhaustion might factor in.

Go Skippers!

[mnpokecheck]

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HM might have the edge with 3-4 lines a shorter semifinal and a good nights rest (you just hope they didn't sit up watching the game like many of us). The thing that amazes me about HM success is they are very young 2 Sr, 5 Jr and the other 13 are underclass players

I would never underestimate the ability of a private school to restock. Also, in girls hockey their are many 9th graders that are big contributers.

[brookyone]

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Um...wow! Blake puts a hurtin' on Warroad.

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

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Maybe Blake was motivated to avenge the 12-3 beatdown that Warroad put on Blake earlier in the year when Cameranesi was playing for team USA.

Warroad players heading to Whiouxville got a first hand look at how speed kills.

[mnpokecheck]

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Blake goalie did a nice job keeping Warroad from getting back into the game. Stopping a 2 on 0 and other close-in shots.

[ARM]

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I'll be rooting for the Pioneers as well.

Screw that. Once they commit, they are Gophers, so if one team has a Gopher and another team doesn't it is any easy call for me.

Go Skippers!

Only the Badger fan has it right.

[Badger Booster]

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Congratulations to Minnetonka for beating Hill-Murray 3-1 to become the first three-peat girls state champions. So much for possibly being too tired.

[Eeyore]

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Good. Hill-Murray wears green.

[brookyone]

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[Hockeysbest]

=brookyone;5639864]Sometimes there's a knock on teams outside the TC metro when looking at player stats and team records...due to questions about the competition level within their conference etc. This Red Wing team
looks to have a genuinely talented squad that may buck that notion.

No in this case stats do lie. Playing an easy schedule makes this team appear to have talent but any of those top scorers can't add up any points against top ranked teams. It should be evident as they always make state but never go to the finals.

[ARM]

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Playing an easy schedule makes this team appear to have talent but any of those top scorers can't add up any points against top ranked teams. It should be evident as they always make state but never go to the finals.

I don't agree with that. In the Red Wing game versus Blake, I thought one team was just much deeper than the other, and in the latter stages of the game, the deeper team pulled away. Red Wing didn't lose that game for wont of offensive chances. At the H.S. level, Schammel can definitely play.

[brookyone]

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No in this case stats do lie. Playing an easy schedule makes this team appear to have talent but any of those top scorers can't add up any points against top ranked teams. It should be evident as they always make state but never go to the finals.

Just a seat of the pants observation of mine that Red Wing was indeed a stronger, more talented team than often has been falsely indicated for various teams in the past...due to weaker / conference competition. Consistently making the state tournament but subsequently never making a final doesn't really convince me a team is without talent. Much like the competition at the college level, they may suffer breezing through a regular season and section not being severely tested or challenged on a regular basis. My theory.

[polarbear2]

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Well, in the interest of looking after my girls at Bowdoin, any insight into Maddy Hall or Aliya Faroe who both play for the Blake School in the great state of Minnesota. They are both slated to attend Bowdoin and join the Polar Bears next year. Thanks!