DL 6-0 over GPR. DL’s sophmore backup goalie with a 31 save shutout (starter has minor leg injury).
Minot 5-3 over Williston (was 3-3 in the 3rd)
Jamestown leading century 2-1 late 3rd.
Tonight's predictions
DL over GPR 4-2
BC over Jamestown 3-2
Minot over Williston 6-2
DL's Nelson is out for 6 weeks (5 remaining) for a minor, so he'll miss essentially the remainder of the regular season but will be back for post season play. Big loss for DL to lose their top scorer who plays well with Stromme.
Minot has been a surprise to me this year. Despite staying as 1 team, I thought losing that top line from last year would cause them to drop off pretty hard, but they seem pretty solid. Their early losses to FN and FD seem to be far behind them as they throttled a pretty good WF squad 6-0 last week. Probably took them a bit to find their footing.
they're in a nose dive right now though for whatever reason. I wouldn't be surprised if they lose to Davies today and RR next after the beat down GFC just gave them. Does EGF have some major injuries or what happened?
North Dakota teams are 18-6 vs Minnesota teams so far this year. Guessing it'll be 25-8 after today...
And that's with EGF, TRF, Warroad, Roseau and Alexandria in the mix.
Looks like GPR is playing in a TRF holiday tournament that starts today. They play Crookston today and TRF tomorrow. Assuming they will beat Crook and lose to TRF.
A few games tonight before the short break. All 3 will be pretty big for the EDC standings battles. DL vs Davies, FN vs WF and WFS vs Shanley. All 3 should be tight, but does anyone have predictions?
I'll go with Davies over DL 3-2, WF over FN 4-2 and WFS over Shanley 5-2.
Looks like Mayport is 5-1 vs Minnesota teams and 0-3 vs North Dakota teams. Judging by their schedule which is mostly filled by A minnesota teams, they are going to end up having a 15 or 16 win season. Good for them. Another sign that there are a lottttt of really bad 1A varsity hockey teams in Minnesota. Hence why Wahp has been so successful playing there after 2 decades of 0 win seasons in the EDC.