Wilbur

Alright then, who is soohockey, and what has he done? PS: A lot of Grand Forks people talking a lot of smack tonight. Its just hockey people...come on.... PSS: How do I give amateur hockey a bad name again? I'll take the bate...

Living in the past huh? I played hockey back in the day as well, but I don't have to go telling others how good of a player I was. In the long run, it is a simple game, played by kids for fun. Where you get off talking about kids pissing in their breezers, makes you look like a complete bafoon. I bet had Minot won today you wouldn't even be on the board talking about how much better than Stahl and McClean you are.

How do I give amateur hockey a bad name? I'd love to hear your response on this one.

Did you play goalie in high school, or do you currently play hockey somewhere?

Your right, are you available to play goalie for Minot High next season, they could use somebody that is your caliber. Minot sucks, so you'll get a lot of shots.

Its not Stahl's fault minot lost 6-2. But I'm sure you would have the same opininon whether he would have had 12 saves or 45 saves. Minot lost as a team.

Give the kids a friggen break. Yes in the thick of things of a state hockey tournament they didn't play well in one game. Tyler happens to live close to my parents back in Minot, and you wouldn't believe how badly he felt about his effort when I talked to him during the evening session. The pressure that goes into playing goalie is a pressure like no other, and when you have a solid or average game you go unnoticed a lot of the time. When you have a really bad game is when the naysayers come out and talk about how bad of a player you are, and what you should have done differently. I still believe that McClean and Stahl have proven themselves as solid goaltenders in the state of North Dakota. Tyler won't win a state championship this year, but only a few goaltenders have ever had 20 plus wins in a season in North Dakota, and he should be proud of that.

Once again, Minot breaks my heart....but then I'd been saying they would break my heart all week long, so I guess I expected it.... Anybody want to give me a quick recap of the game please?? Thank you.

Trust me, Minot will play a very bad hockey game and lose to Central. I'll be cheering for Central against GPR though....

I wish I could jump on the Minot bandwagon, but they've broken my heart too many times. I expect Central to SHUT OUT Minot, probably by a score of like 2 or 3 to nothing..... Might as well throw out my day one predictions: Central over Minot GPR over Williston Red River over Bismarck (probably without Aide) South over Century And for the next 12 months all I'll here is that no western teams should be allowed in the state tournament.

Okay, I can't remember who was bashing Dehne for giving up more goals than Olson, but Dehne has started pretty much every game for Century, where Olson has for the most part split time on a much better team. Century wouldn't be at the state tournament if it wasn't for how well he played against HB in the play in game. Century probably won't do a whole lot at the state tournament, but in the games I've seen him play he's been solid.

The best goalies I've seen in the state this year include: Tyler Stahl-Minot Ben Mclean-South Tony Kringstad-Grafton Nick Dehne-Century Kelvin Shane-Central Overall I'd have to say that the goaltending has been pretty solid around the state this season, every team had pretty consistent goaltending.

Without Aide Bismarck would have to play extremely well to beat Red River. Part of me thinks that he'll be suited up though with the importance of the game.

I believe it was an MCL injury. He tore it before the season began, and I guess it has kind of been nagging him all season. Towards the end of Bismarck's game against Hazen he was trying to skate around a kid and the kid stuck his leg out and their legs hit. When I saw it happen I thought...OUCH!!! He kind of limped to the bench then, and didn't get another shift. I think Bismarck did the right thing sitting him against Minot, it was a pretty physical game, and they'll definately need him against Red River.

I know that North-South is the way they currently do Pee Wee A and Bantam A hockey divisions, and as a former player I loved getting the chance to play against the Grand Forks teams. I doubt that this would happen in the high schools though because of the amount of travel that is required for the North-South format. Just for fun, the North South Format this year would have probably been: North 1. Red River 2. Minot 3. GPR 4. Central South 1. Fargo South 2. Bismarck 3. Fargo North 4. Bismarck Century All of these teams made state this year except North.

Not Laducer, anybody but that overweight biased idiot.

I personally believe that Minot is headed for another first round disaster. I'd love to see them win, but they never play well on Thursday in the state tournament... I'll predict a Fargo South-GPR championship as well, with Fargo South able to hold onto the lead this year. One positive I see is that all the first round games should be pretty competitive. Williston should give Grafton a push, and Red River-Bismarck should be a great game as well. The only game I see possibly getting out of hand would be Century vs. South. Century has a good goaltender, but South is just a great hockey team that will be playing on Saturday night.

Thanks for the info Fushie. I did see Mike walking around the tournament a couple of times, talking with the coaches and what not. If they truely want the best officials at the state tournament that means that Laducer will not be there!

Siouxhockey78 said he isn't even from Fargo.... It doesn't matter if Laducer is a nice guy or not, he's a horrible official. I wasn't at the game, so I can't be totally sure, but my friends who were there (one from Minot, two from Minnesota, who really didn't give a $hit who won the game) said it was completely obvious that the officiating was biased. The first question I asked my friend from Minot right after they went off on the officiating was: "Did Laducer reff the game". And he responded with....."Ya think!! Of course he did." Laducer shouldn't get to reff in the state tournament, hands down.

This upcoming weekend is the one I look forward to every year. Although my hometown team of Minot always finds a way to lose, I just love watching high school hockey, and the atmosphere that it brings. Predictions?? Interesting Facts??? Lets talk puck!

A lot for Minot depends on a couple of key players: Willert, Dittus, and Kelly. If those kids stay Minot should be pretty good. But I'm sure that those three could play juniors next year if they chose to...

Minot has lost a handful of players to the junior leagues. Namely Quinn Fylling, Brian Haaland (Nebraska-Omaha), Eric Helstedt (Uconn), Ben Keup (LSSU), and a couple of other kids that just left because of the coaching.

I had a couple of friends at the game, and they said exactly the same things that some people on the board have been referring too. Laducer is a HORRIBLE official, not bad, not really bad, HORRIBLE. He gave me a penalty one time for asking him why a face off ended up in our zone instead of neutral ice. I know for a fact that he is the one official that every coach worries about when he is assigned to do one of their games. Its a sad situation when the Red River parents complain to him about the officiating in a game which leads to him having a possible outcome in the next game they play...

Ditto. One of my coaches in Minot played for Deano in HS, and said it was the best experience of his life. I bet Minot would have something like.....7