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I think he would be. I agree that GPR has better forwards, maybe not as good as South, but they are better than what RR has. I think Miller is one of the best wings in the state, but don't forget about Hills who is probably the best center in the state.

why are we even talking about this, we have an awesome season going on right now.

I'm sorry for all those south fans out there, but moorhead doesn't have a slight advantage at forward. Christian is by far better than any skater on south. Dietz is doing well, not to mention Foss and Lee are both on nhl central scouting watch list. I was at the game last year, and south beat moorhead, but it really wasn't a good performance for moorhead. That could be credited to south's play. But for this year I would be surprised if south wins.

Hey I'm just giving credit where it's due. Anybody can be a stud or an expert of the game on a forum board

Do even know how you go about becoming a Junior referee or a college referee?

This was just a real frustrating game to watch. Nothing went right for grafton, and north capitalized on their chances. Graftons team appears to be pretty young and I think they will improve a lot this season. North played well scoring goals after being down by a couple early in the game. Powerplays helped north a lot tonight. I think grafton played hard but got confused with playing hard and obstruction. So I don't necessarily think grafton gave up, they just looked frustrated. Players of the game, Tyler Klein looked good as he skated the puck well and was rewarded with 1 or 2 goals, norths goaltender made some good saves (not sure on his name), Chad Demers had a couple for grafton, and Tanner Hills had a few points looking good up and down the ice.

In theory the new standard (not rules, since they are still worded exactly the same in the book) is a good thing. At the same time it is up to each official to be able to determine obstruction from just plain playing hard. This can sometimes be difficult. Hopefully we don't see games being taken over all across the state. As long as players are understanding the standard and officials are calling the right obstruction penaltys and not just trying to fill quotas in their head the game should improve and ultimately favor skilled players, especially good skaters.

Lives-to-play-hockey must be the best player in the state either now or sometime in his playing career because I haven't read one positive thing come out of his mouth and from what I can tell his comments are foolish. The state is not down, every year people graduate and look back on the state and see boys playing that they were once better than. But without realizing it younger players do improve. I will agree there is not a whole lot of people I would have considered a Mr.Hockey candidate before the season, but a lot happens around the age of 18 and certain players can mature that were not once thought of as standouts, or the fact they might have been overshadowed as an underclassman and now have a chance to be a team leader. As for the state being down, there might not be a whole lot of standout seniors, but there is still a lot of talent across the state.