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Ok, so 1700. Edina is over 47,000. Who is pack the excel with fans? Bigger school = Better attendance

I thought the same thing. In years past, I was glued to the TV and did everything around the game times. This year, I found myself catching up on work and doing things around the house with the games in the background. The games just weren't exciting. Most didn't even stay close. I would have rather watched Mankato West and Little Falls. The announcers couldn't decide if it was Willie Paul or Paul Willie and if he played for Duluth Marshall or The Marshall School of Duluth. Jeremy Hahn was Jared Hahn and the list goes on. I'm definately sick of hearing..... You can't score unless you shoot. Goal scorers know how to score goals. You can't score without your stick on the ice. That would have went in if he didn't stop it. Probably the worst overall tourney that I can remember.

I agree that you do have towns like Warroad and Roseau that turn off the lights and follow the teams(although I was told the qtr final turnout for Warroad was awful), but you get my point. If almost the entire town of Warroad goes, what's that 800 people? STA seemed like they had about 1000 students.

Regarding the attendance and how it should be one class........ Teams like Roseau are certainly not the norm and you can't expect the smaller schools to compete with the big schools. Hibbing knocked off the defending state champs and were leading Marshall late in the section final and let it slip away. If Hibbing played a AA team like Edina they would lose 10-0. I think it's great that smaller schools jump up to take on better teams, but it's sad when top programs tear through Class A, such as of maybe STA. This is a year that the AA champ isn't exactly the best team in the state. STA gave up the tying goal to Hill Murray with like 8 seconds left and lost in OT. The Cadets are stacked and that's without Anders Lee and Jordan Schroeder on the team. It's almost pathetic what they did in the tourney. To answer the question asked earlier, Lee is uncommitted and may go the football route. He's a top QB also. But back to the attendance, the answer is 2 reasons. Class A school are smaller, thus having less students and less people from the town to attend the games. Secondly, the AA games get the better time slot on Friday and Saturday and make it a little easier for people to attend.

Rams will win. Ness, Nelson and Landman are too much and Lee is a brick wall.

Joe Gleason and Edina are heading to the title game. 5-4 in OT. Gleason had his 3rd goal of the tourney.

I don't think BC, Ont and Man. apply.

I don't think it's a question. Michigan produces a decent amount though.

Watch Dan Cecka, Tyler Zepeda and Hakan Yumasakler.

Landman adds a shorty for his 4th.

I know that Zach Lehrke has been brought up before, in regards to him wanting to go to UND. I talked to someone a friend in Park Rapids tonight and he said MN has contacted him. PR plays a horrid schedule so I don't know if any offer was made, but he's talked with them.

I've always laughed at the "wait and see label". He got his 3rd, 53 seconds into the 2 period and has 3 goals and 3 assists on the Rams 6 goals. Ness has 2, Nelson 1.

Nothing. They are doing nothing after they leave MN. That's the problem.

My friend sat by a PHX scout at the MN vs WIS game and of course he was watching Wheeler and Turris. He said they would both go right to the big club next year. If that happens or not, we'll see, but that's what he said.

I don't know what you're getting at. They mentioned it before, during and after the game. I heard it at least 4-5 times.

Both of Gleasons goal were amazing. He's got a great career ahead of him.

Yep, he's it.

Agreed. The wife's cousin did something similiar. They should have known what they were signing.

I've heard the same.

What I learned from UMD announcers: Game 2. Ryan Kaip saw ice time, as did Brian Malone. No reason it should have been called when VV was run thru the net because it didn't affect the play. It's easy to confuse Finley and Oshie when one of them is battling for the puck. Genoway lost his balance and that's why he went into the boards. Thul gave McKnight a misconduct because he's trying to get in the spotlight and make the game about him, as he's done for the last 8 years. (This was repeated in different words right after the loss.) When Oshie was hauled down late in the 3rd, he was acting. Malone was put down for going to the net hard, but they said UMD go into JPL hard. When VV didn't get the call when his stick was clearly held, "even as a UMD fan", he thought it should have been called.

He SHOULD be.

Oshie

Here's what I learned by watching Charter Main Street and listening to the UMD announcers. Lammy took a dive as Fulton didn't touch him. There was no reason for UND to get a PP because a Bulldog threw extra swings. This one does turn around at the end with the kneeing as Kaip should have gotten extra for throwing a punch. A cross check that gets called when it doesn't affect the play, should make you chuckle. JPL started his 56th straight. We were enjoying an afternoon of high school hockey. Chad Genoway plays for North Dakota. They never said "Fighting Sioux". It was always, "Bulldogs vs North Dakota". UND iced the puck on the PK.

I knew there was a reason that I liked you.

Anyone know if the Sioux are trying to get Justin Jokinen? He reminds me a lot of Oshie, the way that he fights thru 2 guys and always seems to be around the puck trying to make a play. His co-captain D Dustin Brown had 4 goals including the game winner with 11 seconds left in a 6-5 win over Duluth East in the semi and has both goals so far tonight. He has turned down an offer from Mercyhurst and wants to play Jrs in hopes of getting an offer from a WCHA school. He has 30+ pts on the year. UMD commit John O'Neill has the only goal for Anoka.