knowsall

I am not very familiar with players from the west, but im sure they will have some qaulity players that we will be talking about as the season gets going. As far as the east goes, here are my players to watch... Fargo South- Shawn Deichert (could battle hillman for a mr. hockey run), Danny Wurden ( one of souths top defensemen last year), Ian Powers (should be interesting to see if he can still put up good numbers without weisgarber and larson on his line) Red River- Jarret Galbreath (one of the top two defensemen in the state this year), Ryan Ladeuceur (other one of the two top defensemen in the state this year), Eric Meland ( very talented player, could possibly lead the state in scoring) Grand Forks Central- Alex Simonson ( good skill, needs someone to get him the puck)...central could have a tough year, but they always turn it on come tournament time Grafton- Zac Miller, Tanner hills (both skilled forwards that put up a lot of points), Luke Paulson Fargo North- Tyler klein, Tanner Bombenger...besides these two, north will be in the hurt-bag West Fargo- Tyer Swanson (very good defenseman, both defensively and offensively)...not very deep *** As for players out west, I would say that Michael Hillman will have another outstanding year, and tyrell mcbain could be a player to watch out for. Nathan Stremick is also a good player....these are just the players i can think of off the top of my head, so dont rape me for leaving somebody from your team off the list.

I definately have to agree with skateshattrick in saying that red river and fargo south will once again be in a league of there own with grafton finishing in third place in the east region. Fargo South will probably be deeper than red river at forward, but red river returns two of the best d-men in the state in ladeuceur and galbreath along with there second leading scorer from last year, eric meland. fargo south also returns one of the top goalies from last year in shawn deichert, so look for him to have another great year. Im going to go ahead and predict we will have a rematch of the 2006 state championship once again this year, however, red river is going to pull it out in 2007. should be another great year of high school hockey.