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This has nothing to do with womens hockey really, but......... During the intramural coed rec softball tournament at UND my team got to play the team of both male and female fighting sioux hockey players. The men's team players were all great guys (Schneider, Fylling, Greene, McMahon, and Marvin I think) but the females were complete stuck up prudes. We ended up beating them, and the womens players (especially #10 whoever that is) whined the entire time, and didn't want to shake our hands......

That was a pretty good West Fargo squad, and I'll give them credit for staying in that game long enough for a good bounce, and winning it in OT on a similar bounce. DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!

UND's first game against Delta St. will set the tone for the season. If UND has a big opening day crowd, and if their defense lives up to its billing it should be a game.

That was definately Minot's best chance to win a state title in recent years. They won the West Region tournament championship game that season in Bimarck over a good century team (who lost to Grafton 3-2 at state that season in a GREAT GAME). Minot losing to West Fargo was a fluke. Both of West Fargo's goals were scored from behind Minot's goal line, and their goalie played out of his mind. I'm not saying Minot would have won the tourny, but that was one of their best teams in a while.

Jordan Willert will be around for at least one more year. With his dad being an assistant coach (and a big advocate of kids staying in high school) I'm thinking that there is a good chance he'll be around for his senior season as well. The group of kids that they have this year and next year is Minot's best chance for a state title since probably back in 03, or 00.

Peter Fylling went to play at Shanley because his family didn't like the coaching situation in Minot. He made the team as a sophomore, but the next year went down to Shanley.

I didn't think what that Earle guy said was funny, I just think he's a couple bricks short of a load. Personally I know the capitals of almost every state and the geography of the country I live in, but I guess I shouldn't expect that out of everyone and shouldn't have posted..... Maine plays hockey in Orono in Alfond Arena.

Okay, I played hockey a couple years ago in Minot and was wondering if you were in the program as well.

Do you still play high school for Minot MinotMagic, or did you play in the past?

Ohh my gosh...... That fan from Southern University is an idiot..... http://diaafootball.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB....66956;start=0#0 Seriously....

Can I get a link please!

Wilson does seem to get the best out of his players. The only coach that I can really think of to rebut your statement would be Tarek Howard of Central. PS: Brad Solemsas of Mandan is an awesome coach, but nobody knows about him because of the lack of numbers/talent he has in Mandan.

I know a couple of guys who walked on, and yes they are enrolled at the college.

That clears things up a little bit. Left Wing-Center-Right Wing 1. Murray-Zajac-Bochenski 2. Prpich-McMahon-Fylling 3. Spirko-Genoway-Stafford 4. Porter-Kaip-Massen Press Row: Fabian, Canady. Defensive Pairings: Jones-Greene Smaby-Fuher Radke-Schneider Bina-Marvin Wow, are we loaded on defense!!!! Goaltending: To be continued, depending on new developments regarding one Nathan Ziegelmann.

Alright, line combo time. Last year I actually predicted the first line correctly!!! 1. Bochenski-Murray-Spirko 2. Porter-Stafford-Zajac 3. Prpich-McMahon-Fylling 4. Genoway-Kaip-Massen Those combos probably aren't gonna happen except the Prpich-McMahon-Fylling line. If you put Spirko on the first line that line is probably a little undersized, so maybe you put Stafford up there. But then if you have Stafford playing on the first line would you really want two Freshman in Zajac and Spirko playing with Porter or possibly Genoway.....I don't envy Hakstol.

The Minot goaltender playing preds is Tyler Stahl. He would have started for MHS last year, but some goalie from Arizona transfered in so he kind of got pushed out for a year. I'll still remain with my pick of the Rough Riders winning the state championship. Unproven goaltending, but they'll be there at the end.

Alright, its time to put the east-west discussion aside, and time to talk hockey. Central probably won't win state. They lost a ton of talent off of last years team and I don't think that they have the goaltending to win state. Red River only lost four or five players, and I'm pretty sure that they will fight for the title. Fargo South lost a couple key guys, but return their goaltender and that Weisgerber kid. Fargo North has a good goaltender and was pretty young last year, so you can't count them out either. As far as the west goes.... Minot and Bismarck will battle for the title. The juniors on Minot's team this year won the Bantam A state title as freshman, and they have a couple of returning seniors that can score. They have an unproven goaltender (who's also my neighbor), but the kid is playing predators this summer, and doing pretty well. With Bismarck high, a lot depends on whether Sam Aide leaves or not, he's Mr. Hustle for them, and a major impact player. East Region 1. Red River 2. North 3. South 4. Red River West Region 1. Minot 2. Bismarck 3. Century 4. Hazen

Very well said sir. Every year I attend the state hockey tournament and often times I hear, "Why does the west get four teams", "The West should just play the Minnesota girls teams", etc. People do think that west teams are inferior, hands down. I actually have to eat my words a little bit today because I just saw the recent hockey schedule for Minot High School and Red River is actually making a trip to Minot this year. The last time that this happened was seven or eight years ago if I can remember right. Squirtcoach, Red River is tough at home, I'm thinking they'll play the bears pretty tight.

Alright, I'm from a western school and here is my opinion on the matter. Of course the eastern schools are better than the western schools, we all know that, and it ticks me off that people keep bringing that fact up. East teams don't like playing west teams. Minot (where I'm from) used to play Red River every single year. Now Red River won't even think of traveling west of Jamestown. Instead of playing against west teams they play against tough Minnesota schools (I can't blame them, they want to get better). But then they are just being hypocritical because thats all the west wants to do, play better teams and get better. The only time Minot plays Red River or Central nowadays is when they go to the Holiday tournament (In Grand Forks) and the state tournament. The only east team that will play Hazen Buelah and Mandan is Wahpeton, and I have often heard them classified as "unworthy" of playing eastern hockey. As far as state being in Grand Forks: It has to be held in Grand Forks, its the hockey capital of North Dakota. But you can't tell me that REA (both the new and old) aren't major advantages for the Grand Forks teams, and Grafton. When I was a senior my team won the west region championship and played Central the first round of state in the old ralph. There had to be 5,000 people there cheering for GFC and maybe 200 for us. In the third period we had the game tied, but I believe the crowd (and Phil Lamoureax, to be fair ) made a difference in that game and we lost. And now with the new "no practice before your first game rule" some teams are coming into the Ralph with no experience in that building, and getting to play Central or RR in the first round when those teams have easily played five or six games in that facility. Facts are facts, there is no other facility that can hold State hockey like the Ralph, but I do believe that if Bismarck high was the number one seed in the West and played Central in Bismarck (at say the Civic Center, used to be ice there) wouldn't Bismarck have a helluva better chance at beating them there then in Grand Forks. Might as well throw out my top five teams 1. Red River 2. Fargo North 3. Minot (a West team, ALAS ) 4. Central 5. Fargo South

Sorry about the double post...

They better get their team GPA up before I worry about going to see them play!

They better get their team GPA up before I worry about going to see them play!

Past favorite: Karl Goehring-goaltending was never a problem during his tenure at UND. Current favorite(s): Brady Murray, Quinn Fylling. Future favorite(s): The Lamoureax's

Have you heard exactly where he may be heading? I've heard rumors of Alaska or Colorado??

Good luck in Ohio coach! It was a privilege to be able to watch your teams play!