Johnny Five

Speaking of Girls Hockey. North has only lost out on 1 conference point this year as WF took them to OT last week. Fischer has accounted for 20 of the teams 63 goals as a defenseman. It's impossible to verbally describe how much she affects a game. I didn't get to see Bartz in action live, but Fischer has to be the most impactful player in the state since Bartz and then Britta Curl before that. Kilgore has the GF girls on a 8 game run. LB has won 11/12 with only loss in that time coming 2-1 to North. These 2 teams line up this weekend in a big battle for the inside track on the 2 seed (LB handed GF last loss before Christmas), but pretty impressive run for GF who has a young team. Couple other dandies this weekend as CHS travels to take on both North and WFU on the road in some massive games for seeding purposes, especially for WFU and CHS. Don't let the standings fool you, however. Outside the 1/8 matchup....every 1st round game at State has the potential for an "upset" if that's what you want to call it, there really are not upsets anymore.

I did hear Minot didn't have enough for Junior Gold this year. Speaking of Watford City, I've heard that they are schedule GIRLS HS Hockey games for next season.

LHS has had fits in Bottineau, tough place to play. As is Jamestown.

Nymore in Bemidji one of the coldest rinks as well.

Wouldn't necessarily stop kids from Crookston from enrolling in Sacred Heart either. Would be an interesting development, that's for sure. If EGF said "f it" and went AA hockey would kids from ND move across the river?

Catholic school ain't for everyone.

Legacy wasn't really a talking point very long, it escalated very quickly in early 2021 and the first season started that fall. The turning point was a load of Legacy kids playing JV for CHS in the 2020-2021 season basically played 4-8 max games due the high numbers at CHS. After that, parents made a push. Regardless of Legacy starting, the shift to the north was obvious and transfer rules prevented what happened in 2014. The coaches have been asking for more games since the stone ages. Never gets approved. 2 class system just isn't realistic in ND, fantasyland. But anyway...picking at straws we basically agree.

Legacy wasn't even being discussed at the time of their resignation, that was on nobody's radar at that time and the parent thing was 100% made up. I do believe there was some headbutting with admins about scheduling and things like that however.

I've never been on the fire Bob bandwagon but this is atrocious. I still can't believe they beat UND. First time in the Motzko era I don't even bother giving a rats behind about who or when they are playing. At this point I'd rather watch Love Island. This season is a waste. If it rolls into next season it's Raboin time.

What happened to Cullen.

I will add: if Legacy hadn't started when it did, Century very well would've competed for a State Championship or 2. Most of those Legacy kids (year 2 WDA champions lost to Davies in OT first game of state), would've been at CHS along with the Vig boys and some very good CHS players....2 good teams would've made for one really, really good team.

I moved to Bismarck in 2004. If you had told me to FF 20 years I'd have told you the West would "catch up"...I'm specifically talking about Bismarck I guess. Throw the rest in there. Bismarck has good numbers, but the point remains: you want the best hockey teams you have to consistently have the best athletes playing the game. That's not happening. Hockey is still low on the totem pole as far as that goes. One good thing I'm seeing more consistently is 2nd and 3rd generation hockey families. The more that happens, the better, IMO. Still, however....gotta find the best ATHLETES first. And the problem with hockey is you have to capture them early.

Was at Mandan CHS. Mandan did not look good, something is not clicking right now for them. CHS was far more physical and controlled big chunks of the game.

Guessing Fargo sends their tier 2 refs there like Minot does for Bottineau.

Yeah he was. Without a doubt.

Looked like the snap was greasy or the holder miss-handled both those kicks, but before the Field Goal you could see it in the kicker's eyes that a shank was coming. The way Rittenhouse was playing, probably should've gone for it on 4th and 1 but hindsight is 20/20...that kid has some dog in him too. Highly entertaining game and looked like a great atmosphere. Some of our Bison friends went and had a blast. Time to rack em up and get ready for 2026.

I was a plenty dumb mid 90s graduate lol. we just hit the backwoods...a cabin, shop, etc. Besides the boozing, which I don't support obviously, the biggest problem these kids face is they can't put their damn phones down and they essentially announce there's a party going on.

Must've been a hell of a party in DL.

@Brim006 I don't see a pretty good WF team. Their record is terrible. Minot being good is more a result of the West be down IMO. And let's be honest, they should always be "good." Last year, they were really good. I don't foresee them beating the 3 or 4 seed in the State QTRS. As per @Wilbur post, I agree. The reason they combined jerseys is to represent both schools. They are in love with their Junior Gold program in Minot and use it as a "threat" against forming another team, it's a strange phenomenon up their with JG.

She is good. I know when L/B played them before Christmas it took 2 of the greasiest goals possible to beat her on 50 shots.

2 Unbelievable hockey games last night. Unfortunate for Canada to lose their composure, but understand how much it means to those kids as well. Gotta remember their passionate young men and this is their dream since they laced them up...live and learn.

They were lethargic with him on the roster. He had the 3 most TOI for forwards yesterday after Hagens and Ziemer. Just a bad tournament.

Cmon now he's got the iron ranger coming in.

Yeah I get it. As far as Izzo goes, the Monday after the playoff loss he said Anene and Beau Johnson for sure already had large offers waiting for them. Now that NIL collectives have grown the last couple years, it's just what it's gonna be for good MVFC players on every roster. Gotta hand it to the guys that stick around now a day for sure - Kaminski, Rucker, etc.

Not really. Always made mention to be cautious about what happens when they head home for the Holidays before the portal opens.