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Mike Aftem was suspended for weed. Dillon Kraft, Guy Weber, Carter Stahl, and Mitch Haugeberg were suspended for alcohol.

Well theoretically most of the knotheads should be off the team by now. In all honesty I do not think the game will be that big of a blowout. Minot takes care of their defensive zone pretty well. But who knows, Red River just might have to much offensive power. Minot plays Grafton the night after Red River...

Wow!! What happened to South? Red River killed them. There must be something wrong with South, chemistry issues, big heads, or something. But even their goalie played bad. I can understand a fluke game but letting in 8 goals is hardly a fluke. And I am sure it was not all is fault; apparently the whole team played horrible. Wow... I now have Grafton in front of South in my rankings.

I am getting really disappointed with Minot players. I heard that another player was caught with alcohol, so he will be suspended. This is getting ridiculous! These kids need to have some commonsense! Minot has lost FIVE Varsity players this year! It is starting to make me mad. One bright thing I can think of is that the JV team has not lost a single player to a suspension. So there might be some hope for the future. (Three of the JV players, including two of the better players, are from Bishop Ryan)

I have a good feeling coming into the upcoming weekend. The Sioux are rolling. They have a record of 6-1-1 in the last 8 games. The Fighting Sioux have out-scored their opponents 26 to 13. That is double the goals. I know Minnesota will be ready to play following a tough split with Denver but North Dakota will be too and the momentum favors the Sioux. Lets go Sioux!!!

OK. Nevermind. I check WDAZ's site and it is on.

Does any one know if the game is on TV tonight? Thanks.

Yes it was a big road win for the team. It should help them carry some momentum into the West Region turnament. They are realy clicking on all cylinders right now. Also, they are good in the defensive zone. Like I said, the JV game's reffing was worse than the Varsity game's. But for instance in the Varsity game, one of the Minot players fell down in front of the net. The puck was no where to be seen and there was a scrum. But the reffs would not blow the whistle. When they finaly did, it turned out that the Minot player was on top of the puck (out of the crease) and they gave him a delay of game penalty. You can not give a kid a delay of game penalty for just not getting up when there is a scrum going on.

The game was in Jamestown. Apparently they got the ice fixed. Jamestown has horrible refs. They ran the two man system for the JV game. They were bad, bad refs. In the Varsity game they were a little bit better and at least there were three of them but they still were not very good. The reffing was terrible.

OK These are the results of the High School Hockey Poll. 1. Grand Forks Red River 2. Fargo South 3. Grafton Park River 4. Devil's Lake 5. Fargo North 6. Minot 7. Jamestown 8. Bismarck High 9. Grand Forks Central 10.West Fargo Also receiving votes: Williston, Bottineau, and Dickinson. Thanks to all who posted their top ten.

Wow! What a scare.

Plus, Minot beat Hazen 9-0, or something like that, and Bismarck beat Hazen 1-0 last night.

The last time DL and Minot played Minot lost on a penalty shot in overtime; Minot has improved since then.

I am going to run a poll. Just post your top ten teams from the East and West combined and I will average the posts together. These are mine: 1. Grand Forks Red River 2. Fargo South 3. Grafton Park River 4. Minot 5. Devil's Lake 6. Fargo North 7. Bismarck 8. Jamestown 9. Bottineau 10.Williston

Maybe I should start a BCS style poll...

WOW! Minot killed Hazen. The score was something like 9-0. Hazen's goalie must be able to stand on his head some nights. 73 shots and only one goal...

How is it that Fargo South has been ranked #1? Is there a formal poll? How is this ranking arrived at? Thanks for any information.

Is that the true final score? Thanks.

I am going to go with a score of 5 to 4 with RedRiver winning the game.

Kraft reiceved a 2 game suspension from the Minot AD.

Yes it was serious. That Century game was for 2 points. Also, I am pretty sure that Century had more than the usual number of Varsity kids playing. The game was for two points though.

That was his second goal of the year.

I know that most likely that was the first game he carried it. Also, I do not support classless acts, but like I said, I don't realy see this as a very classless act.

Bottineau is pretty good I think. I am giving them a decent chance to go to State this year. I see them possibly knocking off a slightly higher ranked team like Williston or Century in the West region turnament.

There was talk that the Minot High Athletic Director, Pat McNally, is going to susbend Kraft for a game. I do not know if there is any truth to it though.