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Good lord Lapointe is AWFUL. Why he continues to play is beyond me.

Couldn't they just go to Mariucci?

0-0 0-0 Offense reigns supreme.

First off, very classy comment, not many people can use the phrase "jewed" and "pull out the tampon and wipe already" in the same sentence. Class all the way around. That said, the referees (as popular opinion and myself would believe) made a wrong call in the Roseau game (the Crary penalty) and the GPR game (obvious six men). The previous poster wasn't talking about two GPR games.

Both sides were throwing things on the ice...happens every single year, win or lose.

I have both games on DVR still...which game/period?

The 6th man on the ice scores the goal...wow.

I didn't see the cheapshot live but watching the replay after it was pretty clear that LaDouceur was shoved from behind into the net.

And thats relevant...how? They had a very, very good team this year. Let's not judge the team because of a tough break that didn't go their way.

I'm not sure I'd even say that one team outplayed the other. Grafton got a big break and from then on it was about as even as it gets. It would've been interesting to see how the game would've turned out had the officials made the correct call, however.

Great game played by both teams. A lot of fun to watch from the stands and by the end you could tell both teams were completely worn down. That said, I left the game completely embarrassed as a fan of hockey. I hate to blame the game on the referees, but when Grafton tied it up at two there were clearly six players on the ice. This went on for about 15 seconds and they eventually ended up scoring (obviously). There was a lengthy discussion among the officials about whether the goal should stand or not and it eventually ended up counting. Absolutely embarrassing by the officials to miss that call, as it would've negated the RR penalty (GPR was on a power play) and given the Riders a power play with just under 8 minutes left in the game. Terrible, terrible, terrible, and completely unexcusable. If you were watching on TV you couldn't tell at all, but the announcers get clued in as it goes on. It's tough not to feel cheated if you were one of the kids on the ice (or a fan in the stands for that fact). It ended up being a great game and all congratulations goes to the Spoilers, but its a bit tough to stomach knowing what actually happened.

You are mistaken. In the 04-05 season, RR and South split in the Regular season. In the EDC tourney, RR lost to Grafton in the semifinal game and beat North in the play-in game. Red River then beat South 4-2 in the State semifinal. They would then go on to beat Central 3-0 in the championship game. So, yeah, I don't think I'd call it an upset.

Wrong analogy from two years ago. The two teams split the games and they were very closely played. Red River has been the better team twice versus South this year and I expect no different tonight.

Well I suppose I was a bit off. But watching that game it seemed like RR squandered numerous chances. 60-10 edge in shots and the score could've been worse. Grafton will need to play better today than they did yesterday to have a chance to win it. It seemed like they gave up a lot of good scoring chances that a better team will capitalize on. Century and Williston are two very bad teams. Rehak is solid defensively but just about average offensively. Players like him are a dime a dozen (in juniors and whatnot). I would take both of RR's D-men over him. Not a knock on him, he just doesn't do a whole lot with the puck when he has it. Red River started off a bit slow but then picked it up. I expect a convincing win over South tonight. For a team that's down 2-0 in the third (Mandan), it sure seemed like there wasn't much of a sense of urgency to win. Their goalie played exceptionally well, however. I thought he turned in the best performance of the day. GPR-BHS will be the best game of the day. I'm thinking Grafton will pick it up tonight, however, and earn their spot for Saturday night.

Find out what?

THEY OUTSHOT THEM BY FIFTY SHOTS!!!! IT WAS AN ACT OF GOD THAT IT WASN'T A TEN GOAL GAME. QUIT REFERRING TO THAT UGLY DISGRACE OF A GAME. Now, with that said, there is no team that can skate with Red River or Grafton, there just isn't. They may be able to keep a game close with the assistance of a hot goalie, because that's what happens at tournament time. No one can SKATE with them though. And you laugh at all four finalists coming from one school, well i'll tell ya what, RR didn't deserve four, but one could strongly strongly argue that they could have had three up for the award. Jarrett Galbreath has 35 points on the year and that places him pretty high in the rankings. Add that to the fact that he's a four-year varsity player (in the east, YES it's harder to do that in the east than west) and that this is his fourth state-championship game the kid has been in and you can argue strongly that he deserves it. I've seen Rehak play multiple occasions and i can tell you with honesty, not eastern bias, that i'd take both RR d-men before him. Not because he is bad, but because they are better. LASTLY.....people predicting on this board, especially the ones that have RR winning 5-0...add an "after the first period" when typing in that absurd score...they'll win by 10 at least

Is that a serious statement? No one has seen them both play? C'mon...

Rehak is a very good player. I think we all know this. But to say he is just as good as LaDouceur is just completely and utterly wrong.

Two from the East, two from the West. It'll be between LaDouceur and Meland, obviously.

Should they even allow people to cheer? Wouldn't that make the losing team feel bad? Or should we just quit keeping score? All this PC crap is getting ridiculous...

I'll bet my life the RR --Century game isn't that close. When i say not that close i mean they'll beat them by fifteen goals

This is like Indiana leaving the Big 10 for the Missouri Valley Conference.

1. Log out of siouxsports.com 2. Close internet browser. 3. Turn off computer. 4. Leave post-it note on computer screen that says, "Under no circumstances shall this machine ever be turned on again. By making moronic posts involving a completely idiotic and far-fetched opinion, the owner of this machine has lost all privileges pertaining to use of advanced technology."

You have got to be out of your mind if you think Bina is second. He is not only the worst defenseman on this team. This year, he is the worst defenseman in the LEAGUE. He gets beat wide and flat-footed regularly. He tries to make passes that aren't there regularly. And he has been brutal, regularly.

And untalented, I would presume.