Johnny Five

No clue...just a rumor I heard. Which also could be false.

Yes. South with North. Also heard a rumor Shanley was trying to get approved on the East side of the river, which did not end well. Allegedly...

Fargo and WF could probably pull it off. Minot and Bismarck are severely hampered by geography and depth. I'd love to see the A teams records under AA the last 5 or whatever years in Bismarck. It's brutal.

Want my personal opinion, the state shouldn't support AA hockey. If GF wants to go AA, they can be independent and schedule all over MN. They'd rather do that anyway than drive to Bismarck and run time twice. Should be their choice.

Numbers are skewed in Minot as well. Kids cutting themselves/quitting hockey because there aren't 2 HS teams and dont' wanna play Junior Gold. Minot dropped the ball on this one in the worst way but announcing the split with a school board vote, then caving to the parents who want to win. Junior Gold should be eliminated until both teams are cutting kids and there's enough to have a JG. It's pathetic for Minot Youth Hockey to not get behind the second HS team first by eliminating JG until it's necessary.

Central WF in a shootout Minot Red River Loser out: CHS over Bottineau. Davies over Mandan. Davies over CHS for Consoloation Semis: Central over WFHS, Minot over RR. 3rd: RR over WFHS Title game: Central in a barn burner over the Magi.

Also...since it's late, why the hell not and fresh off the Minot WDA championship for the 1st time in an embarrassing 19 years: Minot is now pulling the cord on adding Minot North for the 2025-2026 season. The excuse meter started thumping out various reasons, but the most laughable one was parents indicating they will remain with the JR Gold program. Since Minot has been a wagon who could cut talented kids and still not win a WDA championship in nearly 20 years, there's been an infatuation with the "fun" of not competing for a HS spot and playing Junior Gold. Kids and parents simply satisfied with JR Gold and not even attempting tryouts. Minot North hockey was announced a month or 2 ago. ADs had started planning and scheduling games. Now the Minot main AD sends out a letter "retracting" Minot North hockey for lack of numbers and the safety of the kids. As a parent who dealt with it on the girls and boys side in Bismarck....WF has done it fairly recently with Sheyenne and WF....figure it out, Minot. Do we want to compete and "win"? Sure....We also want to grow the sport and create opportunities for kids who are getting the door slammed in their face. Here's a Facebook post from what appears to be a parent, with a letter from the Minot AD attached, and over 100 comments: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18npUXWf2y/

2025 Girls State Tournament: FSN v Davies: North swept the season series 3-2 and 3-0. Suppes from Davies in the pipes will have to keep them in it. Mandan v Legacy-Bismarck: Season series split. 4-1 for Mandan game 1 of the year and 3-1 for LB. 3rd year in a row these 2 meet game 1. GF v WFU: GF swept 4-2 and 4-1. Pat Johnson is out, will WFU band together? WFU has a goalie that can keep them in it. CHS v Minot: Minot 5-4 (OT), CHS 6-5. Minot blew a 5-1 3rd period lead game 2. Can Minot shut down Vig and Matt? This tournament is going to be really good. 3/4 1st round matchups are literal toss ups. FSN still the favorite as 3x defending champs and Fischer at Defense. Going into the season I thought there'd be 4-5 good teams and a drop...I was wrong. For girls hockey fans, it's been a fantastic season.

Mandan will be the 3, Bottineau the 4.

tossed up 8 on Davies. Minot will be a handful for anyone next week.

The game atmosphere for CHS-Minot will be as good as it gets for ND.

Those will be good games no matter which WDA and EDC teams are involved. CHS lost to WF game one in a shootout 7-5 this season, and beat Davies 4-1 (both a long time ago, I acknolwedge). Troy Olson should be WDA COY and potentially the state for the job he has done this season.

If you go to the 10:46 mark, right after RR makes it 4-1 with 2 minutes left in the game, Mattern takes one run at a RR kid and then delivers a cross check to Ulmers back and gets called for it. Then appears to run his mouth all the way to the box. Whoever the color guy is basically said he didn't like the hit. Fast forward to the 10:49 mark...when I believe it is 5-1...Cunningham basically said "I dont' think Mattern made any fans tonight the way he approached this game" and the color guy started talking about the students razzing him all night. Skimmed through the post game and didn't hear anything bad....that's about the worst I could find, which didn't seem bad at all within the context of the game.

CHS boat races Legacy. CHS-Minot for the WDA title.. Bottineau v Jamestown, Mandan v Legacy will be very close play in games, all toss ups.

Bottineau taking Williston to the woodshed 5-0 after 2. If the Braves hold on they will play the loser of Jamestown and Minot.

Sort of North Dakota related. Warroad beats Orono 2-1 in triple OT to advance to the state title game. Minot's Rolli with over 60 saves on the day.

Mandan 5-1 over Dickinson. Mandan will be a a tough matchup for the loser of the LHS, CHS game. Especially being the night game tonight and the 11 am game tomorrow. Grafton and North 4-4 going to double OT.

Great day of games lined up. Unfortunately, some seasons and careers will end.

I thought Cunningham said on KNOX tonight it's Peluso with 99.

Yeah a friend from "warroad" sent a link for NSPN.TV

Good lord. 8-0 West Fargo over DL. Mattern with 4 and 1. Mayport Red River 0-0 after 1.

3-0 WF after 1 over DL. Pretty lopsided. Mattern with the 3rd goal. No assists on the first 2.

Guessing the Magi will let him get 6-8 against Dickinson.

Looks like Tuesday games are all still available in the EDC tonight? Second question, why the doesn't the WDA go to a Tuesday QTRF? Saying "travel" is lazy, they travel all year. Devils Lake at WF: Battle of 2 of the best players in the state. Teams split with each winning road games: DL 5-2 and WF 5-3. Mayport at RR: Didn't play. Spoilers at GFC: GFC swept 11-2 and 12-1. North at Davies: Davies swept 7-1 and 4-2. Please advise of any streaming options...particularly for DL/WF and North/Davies.

Any kid who can make the Development Program should bounce. If I lived in Grand Forks, my kid would be staying as long as possible. Nothing wrong with RR or GFC schedule. If you have a great SOPH and JR season and have done all you can in the EDC, I'd say the only reason to leave and forego your SR season is if you are Top 6 (maybe 9) NAHL caliber (4-6 Defense). Development keeps progressing with GF kids who stick it out and make a run at a title to boot. In the West? Easier to give up senior season IMO due to strength of schedule.