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Love Mark Mac, but he's not Kevin Maxwell, Troy Murray, Mark Taylor, Tony Hrkac, Zach Parise, Travis Zajak, or Jonathon Teows. This team is all about depth and effort. We don't have much skill up front like that. We have will up front and lots of skill in the back end. I'll tell you this... 8 and 24 better show up with more will or we are are trouble!

When 2 teams like MN and ND that are both powers and have been very competitive for many years that could be one very strong measuring stick. Dave I think everyone is tiring of this petty bickering so I am going to leave you with this... Stop the envy you have for GF hockey, GF hockey is not that good, especially when compared to MN high school hockey. We only look good to you because of the lack of competition in ND, competition that is sadly only going to get worse...

Of course there is more, especially at the high school level. Team A kicks teams B's butt 23 times in a row but Team B finally beats them and it is in a championship game to break the streak...the first championship ever for team B. Team A has 25 championships. Dave are telling me Team B is the better program then team A?(insert GF Central as team A and Minot as Team B)

What entitlement? Are you calling history, fact, and logic entitlement? Nice spin Dave, I think the topic of that post was the future...

Interest in the game at the youth level is not growing much statewide. Look at the Grafton program. They are having trouble filling out rosters at the lower levels. The advent of the new Bismarck Legacy school and the new West Fargo school will further water down those programs in Bismarck and West Fargo. That will kill any chance of any school in Bismarck or West Fargo to make a run at a title just like it did when Davies came in and ruined you precious Fargo South squad. Speaking of your Fargo South squad of 2004-2007...I am guessing the reason they fizzled out is because Fargo doesn't have the coaching assets or the facilities and training such as the hockey academy that GF does. You said yourself in a prior post that GF always excelled at the High School level because of better coaching then Fargo. GF also takes advantage of its outdoor ice which is huge in the development of players as the best players were always outdoor rink rats growing up. Climate dictates that the other ND schools cannot utilize outdoor ice like GF can. So Dave tell me how the other cities going to catch up to GF teams that are dominating at the lower levels? Superior coaching...don't think so. Better training facilites...nope. More outdoor ice...no way. You stated it before that Grand Forks kids get better with age and that will continue, so the gap which is wide now will get wider. GF has superior coaching, training facilities, and outdoor ice advantages over the rest of the state. Couple that with the new schools that will water down talent in all major markets except GF and there is no possible way the rest of the state can catch up. The fact that GF is heads above the competition at the lower levels now and has those advantages for the future makes your prediction hopeless.

Dave you are really predicting out 30 years from now? That is predicting results for kids that won't be an embryo for 12-14 years from now! I cannot debate this any more with you as I now see logic and reason are not part of your argument...you are all about false hope and wishes. My logic is based on the hundreds of games I have witnessed between GF teams and the rest of the state from the high school level to squirt A...and how do you come up with your logic? It wouldn't surprise me that 10-20 years from now the state tournament will not even exist as we know it now due to lack of talent compared to Minnesota and better opportunities that may come up through Midget hockey expansion. i can see the better kids going a new direction to find better competition which happens now on a smaller level but may increase at a level faster then many think especially due to the lack of future competition within the state of ND.

Dave you are justifying your so called prediction that the rest of the schools are catching up to Grand Forks based on GF 'only' winning 5 out of the last 10 titles. That is true, but the fact is that a GF team was the number one team going into the state tournament each of those 10 years which means a GF team was the dominant team over the entire season for all 10 of those seasons. Based on your logic are you going to tell me the Union College has been a more dominant team then UND over the last 10 years because they have 1 title and UND has none? Dave I am going on record as saying a Grand Forks team will win at least 5 out of the next 7 state tournaments and a Grand Forks team will be the number one team going into the state tournament for at least the next 7 years. This is what I see from the kids in the program now and the kids coming up. It is based on head to head competition down to the Squirt A level. Is this because GF has a unreal bumper crop of kids coming up? The fact is that the kids in the GF program now and in the future will be a pretty good group but the reason for the dominance coming in North Dakota is due more for the lack of talent across the state. I see the rest of the state falling back in talent over the next few years which is sad. Dave, you will see the rest of the state taking a step back over the next few years. Winning the next 5 out of 7 state titles will not be the achievement it should be.

Dave, My numbers are fact. No deflection from reality there. If your original argument was that precisely GF would only win 1 out of 4 titles from 2012-2015 then I guess you were correct. If you can show me that quote I will eat crow. Here is my quote...save it and post it 7 years from now and tell me I am wrong: GF hockey in the next 7 years will, as it currently does, dominate high school hockey in ND. You really don't believe that Minot was a better team then Central was this year do you? Even the Minot kids know better. They played the type of game they needed to win that single game and good for them, they earned it but nobody believes that they were the best team in the state this year. Fact is that GF teams dominated the state this year and will for at least the next 7 years. GF hockey goes in cycles. Central had the upper hand the last two years and probably will the next two as well and then RR will probably take the lead for a couple of years and then it could be back to Central again. PS...Good luck to the GF Greyhounds as the just won the state Pee Wee A title and are heading to play in the regional in Madison WI...the same regional that GF won last year as Pee Wees...another accomplishment by up and coming GF high school players that I failed to mention on my last post.

To set the record straight... GF has been in the state championship game 19 out of the last 20 years GF Central was 20-2 vs ND teams outside of Grand Forks this year GF Red River was 17-4 vs ND teams outside of Grand Forks this year GF Red River JV hasn't lost in 2 years and Centrals has a only lost a couple to ND schools Last years state A Bantam championship game was GF vs GF, the B1 was GF vs GF, and the B was GF vs GF 2013 state A Bantam championship game was GF vs GF GF went to a AA bantam team this year because there wasn't good enough competition for them in ND Tomorrows Pew Wee Championship is GF vs GF Squirt A level is dominated by GF in ND ...it's not even close. Dave K. your prediction of the fall of GF hockey is greatly exaggerated!

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If there any of you driving to Madison and would like a very nice and inexpensive room, there are some available under UND Hockey Bus at the Americaninn Madison West. Price is only $89 a night and includes a free hot breakfast in the morning and a free hospitality happy hour from 5-7 each night with free beer, wine, and appatisers. Call the hotel at 1-800-634-3444 and tell them you are with the UND Hockey Bus group. Here is the hotel website...http://www.americinn.com/hotels/wi/madisonwest