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the last 3 years has been fun to participate and read this forum thread, looked forward to it, but this year it is unbelievably bad that I am done. good luck to everybody

kelly{south} 2 shutouts in 3 games

north isnt all that good either, south dominates and wins on running time

you just figured that out? north/south tonight north too young south by 5

in 2002 there was over 9000 in attendance. the last couple years was just under 4000

I do not agree that north outplayed west fargo. wf had many more quality chances but dont have anybody who can finish, if they did they would have won going away. north made good on their chances as they have some pretty good snipers. as far as the penalties go, north had more but that is typical of the way they play and that will not change. not the refs fault

the chants you hear in minnesota state tournament are usually between public and private schools, who hate each other because of recruiting and such. north dakota does not have any private schools that recruit so no hatred. shanley doesnt count

this game sold out (3500 +) last year at moorhead and I do not think the coliseum holds that many people so it will definitely be full, get there early. I do not think south can keep up with moorhead but should give them as good a game as others on their schedule so far. moorhead by 3 unless deichert stands on head. south players will not be afraid of this team because of last year so that will keep it interesting.

from what I have seen of him when he is available in January I do not see him playing any more than third line. hopefully he is just preparing for next year and he can help south in 2007

not knowing for sure but I would guess well over half of the teams only use 4 defenseman until the game is in hand or penalties on one of the 4

there is a couple of games this week that will help clear up the status of the fargo schools. first tonight north will find out if they are for real and a contender when they play grafton. then saturday south hosts the #9 rated team from minnesota, white bear lake to find out how good they will be this year. my prediction is fargo 0-2

my take on south grafton is that souths first line neutralized graftons first line and made them look terrible as a poster said, south first line did not score much but kept them in check. so the difference was the the depth that south has over grafton which had the 2nd and third line scoring. a 6-2 victory is still a win and a convincing one at that so give a little credit to south since i think grafton still is the third best team in the state.

I believe Mr. Hockey is given to the senior who is considered the best student athlete in the state with the weight heavy on hockey skills.

if you put welding on 4 teams in the east he would not even be the best player on the team let alone mr. hockey, so lets dont get carried away here. he might score a ton of points in the west but check out what his success was last year

I have heard he is not elegible to play until early january. he can play jv til then

I also appreciate nd prides work and am waiting for north, south and grafton reports. thanks in advance

if powers plays on a line with mcdougall and doeden i am sure they will do just fine and put up some pretty good numbers. if they are split up to even out the top two lines he probably wont score as many points as last year. but he probably will be on the power play which he wasnt last year which will help

I have heard, but dont quote me, that he will play junior varsity until january then will be able to play

the flyers must be playing the raiders and the sugarkings and wheatkings in a new high school league

I also believe devils lake would be much better off staying where they were with alomost guaranteeing to be in the state from the west, but probably not even making it out of the east

I do not recall that particular defenseman being hammered on last year, the north player who was did bring it on himself with a little to much self promotion on this site. I don"t understand why everybody is talking about souths backchecking, why is there concern? from what I saw last year the players coming back will do just fine along with the players coming up who are hard workers.

looking at gillands website fargo south has 5 players back that scored at least 20 points not including the transfer from hazen, so they should have pretty good firepower along with the returning goaltender

Let's talk about the upcoming season. who has alot of starters coming back and top scorers from last year ? I think the top teams had alot of seniors, but who has most coming back?