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Bismarck dropped a game to Mandan. All respect lost. West Fargo managed to even pull that one off. Minot is the only one who gets a thread of respect from me, and all they'd get out here is 4th. In the end Eastern schools have won 40 state championships to the western teams 1.

Is your sheet and hood in the wash. Show some class buddy.

Marto should should and will win. It'll be much closer anyway you look at it though. I don't see Aide winning any schools votes except Bismarck High, I can see Bair running the rest of the table. However everyone out east will vote for Marto giving him the win but close.

McLean is definitely the best in the state, it was odd to me how he didn't get near the amount of credit he deserved all throughout. I coached him some 7-8 years back and I don't remember a bad game from him. Deichert isn't near the level of McLean and thats due to experience. When i coached him 6 years ago he was a defenseman, his first year in the cage was as a first year peewee. I like Welk good kid, not so good as a goalie faired well in his first year but so did WF's goalie from last year, the name slips me at this moment. It'll be interesting to see how Welk plays entering his senior year.

I realize I'm just a squirt hockey coach, but no chance in hell is a western team ever favored to win the state tournament until a drastic change occurs. If you think Minot can run the table against Grand Forks Central (approaching 40 state titles), Grafton (2nd most appearances in tournament history), and either Red River (never missed the state tournament) or Fargo South (#1 out of a league with previous stated teams, your just a mental midget. I will guarantee Minot goes 1-2 at best this weekend, if they don't come talk to me while I'm taking first out of 80 at the flyer tournament.

He's looking better the Szymanski after watching tonights game.

Sorry to hear about your friend, I didn't personally know him but from reading his posts I could tell he liked to have fun. He'll be greatly missed I'm sure, best wishes to his family and all of his friends.

Good to see that Zach and Brandon have made the transition seem so smooth. Roche has been bummin around for awhile down there and hopefully the NHL gets going again otherwise he'll be the best defensman never to play half of an NHL season.

Regional tournaments coming up, could lead to interesting match-ups. Right now it's looking like South will go into EDC as the #1, followed by Red River and Grafton. Now North has a slim chance but still a chance to overtake Central but the Knights win over Red River greatly bolsters their chance to wear white instead of maroon in the opening round. I've watched every team in the conference and I can see Jamestown and West Fargo surprising some people come the regional tournaments. This is the best Jamestown team I've seen come through in a while if they lock up at 6 you may see a potential upset over a young Grafton team. I may seem alone on this next surprise but maybe West Fargo can be 2005's Shanley at the regional. Malm's teams have came in flat previously and if WF falls into the 7 slot they could spring the upset. I've heard that they've find a diamond in the rough in Brady Houkom between the nets. This team isnt as bad as their record shows. They started the year with two or three one goal losses and if they win those games they'd be dancing in the .500 club with North and Jamestown.

This team obviously doesn't want to be playing come tournament time. If UND chokes this away before the final five which is getting more and more realistic each day the scamming east coasters may look back to this 3-3 tie to a CHA (practically division II hockey if you ask me) and run the Sioux out. I don't wanna hear the injury and DUI excuses. It's a Wahpeton beating a Grafton type of situation, Bemidji State should be way out of their league when they come up here, not outplay the Sioux and get a tie.