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Fargo Norths goalie had 33 saves, compared to 14 for RRs Pat Arnason.

Pretty classless thing of that Minot player to do, I cant say Im surprised though...Why do we have to have a seperate thread for western hockey? Isnt the ND High School Thread good enough for the rest of you?

Even though Lives-to-play does tend to be awfully negative, we all do have to remember that this is a message board. Instead of taking everything so seriously, I think some of the people just need to laugh at things that are ment to be humorous. I dont think Lives-to-play is purposly trying to insult any individual person/people, and for somebody to bring up the fact that he is insulting Jeff Gustafson is absolutely asinine. This is not a forum to talk only about the good teams and good players in the state but rather all the teams, including the bad ones. Lives-to-play says it how he sees it, and I dont see that as a crime. It may offend some peopl, but I really dont think its meant to. Just laugh at his negativity and move on.

I was at the RR game tonight and was a little disappointed all around. Devils Lake was kind of what I expected, they had a few skilled players but lacked depth. The Riders top line was too much for DL to handle and DL didnt come up with many quality scoring chances. The Riders play was a little sloppy at times, but their top like (Meland, Crary, Vigen) had a very strong showing. I thought Pat Arnason took another step towards proving himself to all the nay-sayers. Even though he didnt have to make any spectacular saves, he looked very solid and confident all night. I look for the Riders to have a more complete effort Friday vs. North.

I think you are dead wrong on that opinion. I also think Devils Lake will give Red River a better game than Grafton will. Maybe Arnason has not been tested as much some of the other goalies in the state, but in the games he has played, he has shown that he has the ability to make all the saves. He will be one of the top 3 goalies in the state come the end of the year...mark my words RR plays DL at Purpur arena...7:30

I was at the game and was flat out embarassed to be a sioux fan. Not because they cant score a goal, not because they are the first team ever to be swept by Anchorago and MTU in the same season and not because of any particular player. I was embarassed to be associated with every fan in that building who booed when Lamoureux was put in the game. Whether you are booing the coach's decision or not, it comes off as though you are booing Lamoureux and that is a tasteless thing to do. Despite the beliefs of many of the idiots that go to the game Phil Lamoureux is infact human. Your job as a fan is not to question the coaches every move (he knows more than any fans could dream of), or to try to coach the players on the ice by trying to tell them what to do. They cant hear you and you are wrong 99% of the time. Besides these things, the last thing anyone should consider doing is booing your own goalie, a guy that grew up in this town and wants worse than anybody to succeed. Your job as a fan is to go to the game, and cheer on your team no matter who is playing or how well they are playing. If your going to boo anybody, it should be the opposing team. I found it ironic that of all the little kids that attend games, the most immature people in the arena are those adults that feel the need to critique players every move out loud and boo your own players. I even saw one guy dressed in full Sioux apparel stand and cheer when MTU scored their third goal on Phil. If you were one of those people, you need to seriously reconsider your motives. If you think you are doing the right thing, do us all a favor and stay at home.

My predictions... Devils Lake 5, Fargo North 3 GPR 9, Shanley 0 Fargo South 7, GFC 1

Agreed, Deichert proved last year already that he was one of the top goalies in the state and he has put together a couple great games against quality teams this year. Arnason has the ability to be one of the top goalies int he state but we will have to see how he performs against some of the top teams.

Im afraid you are wrong sir. Moorhead was a very good team last year as well, and Fargo South beat them. This year I would say Moorhead has the upper hand, but to say it wont be close is a bit extreme.

Its ironic that your bring that up Billy the kid, cause I was also going to comment on this stunning sequence of events. Roughriders09 starts to get ripped on because he lacks intelligence and an understanding of hockey, suddenly his 5 posts a minute are gone, but replaced by a brand new member, HockeyFan09. Strangely, HockeyFan09 has the exact same poor writing style as Roughriders09. Theres somthing fishy going on here...

I agree that these kids should quit if there was some sort of major personal problem, but i highly doubt there is. It is the outcome of them becoming frustrated with the coach and even moreso a team that that has sturggled to win. I also agree with the fact that they should not play if they are no longer having fun, but you cant tell me their whole outlook on hockey changed in the 4 weeks the season has been going. If they are no longer having fun playing hockey, I dont think they should have even started the year playing. There is a little thing called dedication, that happens to mean a lot. These are kids that I know enjoy hockey, and for them to bail out on the rest of the team because they have a problem with the coach is simply classless. Unless the coach physically hurt them, which I know he didnt, these kids should be mature enough to deal with it and play the game, if not for anyone else, for themselves.

Your right, we should never bring Russel Crary up again. He is obviously a horrible hockey player if he went one game without a goal. I mean he only had 13 points, or somthing of that nature, in his first 4 games as a varsity hockey player. I suggest that if you never want to see his name again, you never look on this board again because I can forsee him being a highly talked about player as the year goes on. On a different note, I had heard that Cody Mishleau had concisdered quitting but had not heard that he actually did. If this is true, you can add him to the list of classless pussies that think they are too good for the team they are on. Some of you may say im being a little harsh calling them that, but its all they deserve. I dont care how much you hate the coach or how bad your team is, when you are an upperclassman on a young team you are looked up to. What kind of message is it sending to the younger kids about the importance of dedication. These kids are not only playing for themselves, but for their school, and city...I am embarassed to say that I know both of them. I wish Coach Bina and the rest of the kids on Central who decide to stick it out the best with the rest of the season.

Alright RoughRiders09, I have read all 7 of your posts in the last two days, and as a fellow Red River fan and Red River alum, I would like to ask you to please proofread your posts before you post them. Having graduated from Red River I know that the english teachers there are well aware of what a comma is, and im fairly sure they relay the message to you in class. This would not be an issue if you forgot one every now and then, which im sure I do as well, but when you write what should be a paragraph, in one line, it gets a little confusing for readers. Although you are only a sophomore, as indicated by your name, I would like to ask you to represent the the great school of Red River a little better. Thanks...

Amen

Thats fine, just somthing that bothers me.

You are really making zero good points here. First off, unless you know "Lammy" on a personal level lets call him by his real name, Phil, or else Lamoureux. To this point maybe Lamoureux has yet to "win" a game for the Sioux, but I would not be so quick to say that he has lost a game for the team either. Your lack of hockey experience is very obvious when you are so quick to blame one person for a loss. You then bring Elliot into the conversation by saying he gives his team a chance to win every night, guess what buddy, Brian Elliot is probably the best goalie in the country and if Brian Elliot was on the Sioux Im pretty sure he would be playing. The bottom line is that right now Lamoureux is the best goalie the Sioux have. Greico was given his shot and he played a couple good games but I would not say he was any better than Lamoureux has been. Another thing to remember is, you are not their everyday in practice, coach Hakstol is and he knows which goalie gives his team the best chance to win. Even though you may disagree, I can guarantee you that Hakstol wants to win worse than anybody on this message board and he will play whichever goalie he thinks gives his team the best chance to win.

I agree with soohockey15 on this one, maybe RR did have a sub-par performance in their game against West Fargo, but to say the Fargo South is in a class of their own would be going a little overboard. To say you think South is the best team in the state at this point would be more fitting, but not a league of their own. The next couple weeks should tell us a lot about how the east region will end up.

Sounds like you are taking the results of a lost girlfriend of rough childhood out on somebody who is actually doing somthing with their life. Im sorry that you never made it in hockey, or that Phil always made the team over you, but to go on a rant like that is ridiculous. He knows better than anybody what he is capable of doing and I can guarantee he is working harder than you can imagine to improve every aspect of his game. In the meantime, I dont think a little support would hurt.

You have officially proved to everybody reading this board that you know absolutely nothing about the game of hockey. I didnt think it was possible for somebody to make that big of a fool of themselves in one paragraph. Congratulations, you just did it.

He definately quit but thas all I know

I just got a little information on the Red River game. Eric Meland scored all three goals for Red River. Red River controlled the play for most of the game with West Fargo goalie Kirby Keller making somwhere near 35 saves. Apparently both of West Fargos goals were ones that Pat Arnason would like to have back. I was told that Red River did not play a bad game but rather West Fargo surprised a lot of people there with their level of play.

Red River squeaked out a 3-2 victory...I have no other information on the game but I will post when I find out more. The game was in Grand Forks.

Red River and West Fargo are tied at 1 after two periods of play. Apparently Red River is taking it to them but West Fargos goalie is playing very well.

Alright, If you are going to come on here and critique my spelling and grammar I'm fine with that. But when you start saying things like "ya gotta" and "gunna," right after you correct me, then it makes me laugh. Next order of business, I would'nt say I "bashed" Fargo North, I simply stated that I dont think the game will be close, but I appreciate you putting words into my mouth.

Dont bother going to the South vs. North game, even though it is a rivalry and North is off to a good start im pretty sure south will put them in there place pretty quickly...The Sioux game should actually be close.