Johnny Five

Yeah 4 years ago CHS missed state. But that team would destroy this years version. I'd say it's going to come down to Mandan and Minot in the West and the East will have the easiest 4 game sweep in years come state.

Didn't have Mandan beating Shanley on the bingo card. Or Grafton over North.

Busy day: Visitor V Home H Location Status Minot United - Bismarck Legacy - VFW Sports Center, North Washington Street, Bismarck, ND, USA - Rink #1 5:00 PM CST Kittson County Central 0 MayPort Area 0 Kim Braaten Memorial Arena, Main Street West, Mayville, ND, USA West Fargo Sheyenne - Fargo Davies - Scheels Arena, 31st Avenue South, Fargo, ND, USA - Main Rink 7:00 PM CST Grand Forks Red River - West Fargo - The West Fargo Sports Arena, 32nd Avenue West, West Fargo, ND, USA 7:00 PM CST Grand Forks Central - Devils Lake - Burdick Arena, 16th St NW, Devils Lake, ND, USA 7:00 PM CST Mandan - Fargo Shanley - Scheels Arena, 31st Avenue South, Fargo, ND, USA - Farmers Union Rink 7:00 PM CST Fargo North - Grafton/Park River - Centennial Center - Grafton, ND 7:00 PM CST Bismarck High - Bismarck Century - VFW Sports Center, North Washington Street, Bismarck, ND, USA - Rink #1

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Roseau has been down for a bit and from what I've heard it's not looking good for the future - by their standards anyway. They also don't recruit like their neighbors to the east or their rivals in 8AA, so it may be a tough road.

Blows my mind they haven't used him on the PP this year but I guess he's gotta earn his stripes. Was a fun game to be at last night.

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I 100% agree with this. I could care less if NDSU goes up or not honestly. But if they do and do it without a regional rival, it's a mistake.

My bad...was meaning in relation to media market rankings. It's something like 100 for Boise State and 115 for Fargo as far as that goes. Nothing amazing for each but yes, I get your point, I will sit out for 2 minutes.

There really isn't a huge different between Fargo or Boise, ID for eyeballs. Being a G5 football school in the middle of the best FCS conference and 3 hours from a a B1G school would also have it's advantages. Whatever. All conjecture at this point. I've always stated if NDSU moved up I'd love to have a Regional rival. That doesn't exist without UND or SDSU.

Pretty sure they have a set of whites an a road blue but I could be wrong.

No chance we see a better swag battle than this Shanley v North combo.

All 12 girls teams are supposed to go tonight, weather depending. 1st 2 games are of high interest...and if the last 2 years means anything towards this year we've learned that in the rest of the games, cannot take any team lightly. CHS at Mandan North/South at WF United DL at Grand Forks Jamestown at Davies Minot at Williston L/B at Dickinson

College hockey 2025 man. Take no one for granted. It's kind of awesome that way.

And the MVFC teams that made the playoffs could give them all they could handle. But ECK has himself a nice bank roll compared to Polacek, Vigen and Schmidt.....I mean it can definitely happen anywhere (INDIANA) for anyone, but good luck at Oregon State or Colorado State. Second fiddle in your own back yard doesn't help.

That's basically what I was referring too....someone is going to Oregon State or Colorado State to get hired just to get their asses fired. But they'll get fired with a bunch of zeros in their bank account. Football wise....good luck, and I'll say the same for Schmidt and UND when his name gets called in a few years.

Besides the 00s in the bank account it's not an incorrect statement. I'd say that about Vigen going there as well. BUTTTTTTTTTT - ultimately, the bank account trumps all no matter what the career is.

Davies over Minot 4-0. Central over Detroit Lakes 4-0. Legacy 7-4 over BHS. Red River beats Roseau 4-3.

I haven't paid attention much to the youth it's been awhile. The success of Britta Curl certainly has helped in Bismarck. There was definitely push back against the split for a time I'm not going to lie about that. Competition was a part of that (but that's also why the stated wanted them to split so others could win too, which teed up North). Another part of that was ice usage, then VFW3 showed up and that's not an issue. My daughter was a FR the first year of the split. It was definitely difficult for those JR and SR who at the time had been apart of the Blizzard Culture. The FR and SO didn't know any better, so it didn't affect them. All former Blizzard players have now graduated and it's girls and families who don't know any better, so it's all good. It's the new normal and doesn't get brought up anymore around here. Biggest issue now is whether or not SMCHS will have enough kids to help support CHS in the future, they've graduated a lot since when the COOPS first started. That's why, in hindsight (I guess call it maturity lol)...f*ck it, split 'em up Minot boys and WF girls. Nobody gonna die.

Friday, November 21, 2025 By Date Box Scores Visitor V Home H Location Status Minot United - Fargo Davies - Scheels Arena, 31st Avenue South, Fargo, ND, USA - Farmers Union Rink 7:00 PM CST Roseau - Grand Forks Red River - Eagles Arena, South 25th Street, Grand Forks, ND, USA 7:00 PM CST Grand Forks Central - Detroit Lakes - Kent Freeman Arena, Rossman Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN, USA 7:00 PM CST Bismarck Legacy - Bismarck High - Capital Ice Complex/Schaumberg Arena and Wachter Arena, Wichita Dr, Bismarck, ND, USA - Wachter Rink 7:15 PM CST Dickinson - Aberdeen Central - Odde Ice Arena, 24th Avenue Northwest, Aberdeen, SD, USA 8:00 PM CST

Bingo

These FR and SOPH were 10U and 12U when ADs split. Thankful for a program that prioritizes girls hockey development. Plus retaining more girls in town than Fargo and West Fargo helps - we've lost quite a few but not as many as them. Oddly enough nobody complains about WF splitting, and they have as many if not more girls than the Blizzard ever had.

Pre-Season Coaches Polls 2025-26 West Region Boys Pre Season Coaches Poll West Region Teams First Place Votes Points 1-Minot United 6 75 2-Bismarck Century 2 72 3-Bismarck Legacy 2 67 4-Mandan 55 5-Jamestown 50 6-Bottineau-Rugby 39 7-Bismarck High 32 8-Dickinson 28 9-Williston 24 10-Hazen-Beulah 9 2025-26 East Region Boys Pre Season Coaches Poll East Region Teams First Place Votes Points 1-Grand Forks Central 9 72 2-Grand Forks Red River 1 63 3-Fargo Davies 46 4-Fargo North 44 5-West Fargo Packers 42 6-West Fargo Sheyenne 37 7-Devils Lake 27 8-Fargo Shanley 23 9-Grafton/Park River 9 10-MayPort Area Automatic #10 Ranking 2025-26 Girls Overall State Coaches Poll State Girls Teams First Place Votes Points 1-Fargo North/South 6 113 2-Legacy/Bismarck 5 104 3-Bismarck Century 94 4-Grand Forks 91 5-Mandan 87 6-West Fargo United 72 7-Fargo Davies 1 71 8-Minot United 54 9-Dickinson 33 10-Williston 31 11-Jamestown 28 12-Devils Lake 14

Minot had it done last year. Started reaching out and scheduling games even. Then the parents blew up the Athletic Director and he folded. They have a full Varsity, JV and Junior Gold again as well.

Minot went east for a Jambo last weekend. Now it's just a jambo, some kids may be gone, out or what have you....but they beat St. Cloud 6-1, beat EGF 3-1 and lost to Red River 3-2. Pretty solid showing out out of the gate.