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Mattern might not get the record now that they won. Tough game tonight and tough game tomorrow whether they win or lose. 7 points to beat the record might be tough. I hadnt seen him play much until the state highlights. Every goal was a breakaway. I was surprised how free he was on 1 of them especially. He legitimately had 1/2 the rink of space on one. Does he score much NOT on fast breaks? He won't be able to rely on that at the next level so that would be a little bit of a concern for long term ceiling for him.

DL 4 Mayport 3 FINAL OT Mayport came a long way from the beginning of the year.

Yeah they have found their stride. Beat Bott, Beat WFS and now taking DL down to the wire at their first ever EDC. Nice addition to the state if they can keep their numbers! Assuming they have some Hillsboro kids?

DL-3 Mayport-2 midway through the 2nd. Shots are 21-16 DL thus far.

Winner plays the loser of WF and RR correct?

Best odds of taking the title this season as of today? 1. GFC 2. West Fargo 3. Minot 4. Red River 5. Fargo Davies Accurate?

Wow, I would've picked Mandan to win this one...

Morelli with 3 goals and 2 assists which brings him up to 66 points on the season with likely 5 games to go. Might be the first season in 11 years that 2 players scored over 70 points in the state? Last time it happened was when teammates Aide and Amsbaugh from Bott did it in 2013-2014 with 92 points and 85 points. Teammates Meland and Schaefer from RR in 2007-2008 before that, with 80 and 73 points.

I get the point and like the idea of shaking things up a bit, but I'll poke some holes in it right off the bat. NDHSH already has a common complaint or even "problem" of not getting enough games in a season with a max of 27. Auto-bid to state is great other than losing 11% of your games and having to lose any momentum by not playing during tournament time. So maybe the same idea/premise, but the top 2 from each conf just get a 1st game bye or something max, or just are rewarded by top seed and home ice 1st round and bump the bottom 2 out. Your setup would likely fulfill the long questioned East vs West setup bottlenecking 4 east teams to state in years when 6-7 of them are top 8 in the state. The way you have it set above, it looks like this year's state tournament would end up being 5 east teams and 3 west teams most likely.

Hehe. The comment right before his was referencing the seeding and cross bracketing for elimination games at the conference tournaments. The setup definitely has it's cons, but overall it seems to work fine. I do think the WDA should follow the EDC and give the higher seed home ice advantage for the 1st game which gives a little extra boost in reward for placing top 4. Plus having 2 days break before the final 2 games seems to elevate the speed of the games.

Yeah let's do that! Lose and you're out! So then the WDA would only bring 1 team to state and EDC would only bring 1 team to state. Seems like a phenomenal idea, let's try it

It appears that #5 vs #6 spot didn't really make much of a difference, as both DL and FN have to beat WF or Davies one way or another to make it to state anyways. DL maybe peaked a tiny bit early and WF seems to be on fire. As of today, it appears that the #6 seed has a slightly more favorable route than #5 does. Mayport should be a little more beatable than GPR and FD should be more beatable than WF.

Mattern is sitting at 79 points with 2 guaranteed games remaining, with the possibility of up to 6. If he continues his average of 3.76 points per game and is able to get his team to all 6 games, it looks like he could beat the all-time single season scoring record by 2 points. Although that would be cool, I just don't forsee him being able to maintain that pace through the postseason even if WF does make state and plays all 3 games there. Morelli is also technically on pace to have the most points from a Minot player in about 20 years. Currently at 61 and needs 76 to beat Wilert from 2005. He will likely end up around 8th or 9th highest points in a single season since 2000.

This is funny to me. Youth hockey numbers are higher than ever across ND. AA is just a new optional label for some A teams and A is a mix of A and B and B is the new C. GF bantam AA prove to be one of the best in the nation by being top 5 year after year in Bantam AA. And they lose to some of the other ND AA teams as often as the MN teams.

Sounds like Legacy isn't messing around and are bringing their full normal varsity roster for this 6-point game.

And the Cenex in Westby is actually on the ND side of the border

Another example was Wahp/Brek who played in the EDC for many many years and half their team was MN kids. Now they play in MN A West Central, and do FARRRRRR better than they ever did in the EDC, but half their team is still ND kids.

Step 1 - ignore all community input and popular opinion to instead just check with big dog business owner buddies in the good ole boys club Step 2 - Conspire ideas with that good ole boys club to best squash the casino plans Step 3 - if that fails, force public works to schedule 4-5 year road construction all around the casino Step 4 - if that also fails, funnel money to Fargo/Moorhead to help them build their own larger version in hopes Canadians and others bypass GF for Fargo Step 5 - if that also fails, increase GF city taxes by 550% to build another crappier casino in the Columbia mall, and to build several more banks, car washes and mattress stores. Step 6 - disband any/all road safety restrictions to ensure potato and beet farmers no longer have to have top cages on their hauling trailers to further litter the road ways with beets and potatoes in hope to deter any outside traffic anywhere in the community all together.

Gotcha thanks. For DL, beating FSS to continue momentum will alone be important, but the boost of facing Davies instead of hot WF in the 1st round of EDC could make a huge difference for state tournament chances too. That last second goal for DL against FN could turn out to be their biggest goal of the season if they win tomorrow. EDC 1-3 should all be pretty safe bets for state but that 4th spot will be up for grabs for anyone 4-8.

for the 5-6 spots, it looks like if DL beats FSS, they will be tied with FN for 5th place both with 21 points. And it looks like DL and FN split their games and both won by the same margin. Anyone know what the 3rd tie breaker metric is?

Another shut out for Forsberg. 28 save shut out this time. He's running a .945 save percentage in their last 5 games. I'd imagine there are some coaches calling him at this point.

Not often are we missing a clear favorite in mid Feb. I think RR and WF are just as likely to win the ship as GFC or Minot are at this point. And even with that said, RR, WF and GFC will all have to bring their A game at EDC to even make it to the state tournament. This might be the tightest EDC tournament in quite some time. I wouldn't consider FN or Davies making it to state a fluke by any means. WFS, FSS or DL squeaking in would call for some decent upsets, but not miracles. This should make for a fun home stretch!

I ran the box of a consolation round Squirt C game a few weekends ago and I thought I was going to get shanked for accidentally making the score 3-1 instead of 2-1 for probably a full 15 seconds. I instantly realized I added 2 goals instead of 1 and was working on fixing it and about got bull rushed by the coaches and fans . I'm doing a few 10U girls game this weekend, and I might wear kevlar. People are friggin nuts.

Did Asheim play for Bott or play for BHS that season? I always recall hearing Peluso's linemate had 98 points and he had 99 which is why I ask. How many points did Phillion have that year, and was he a SR?

I was trying to figure this out manually, thanks for posting. Happen to have one for the EDC?