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Stick tap to the ADs and arena folk with a yeomans effort to keep the kids from celebrating on the glass with the team they're supporting... #Atmosphere

Not to pat my own horn or toot my own back or whatever the saying goes... but I was high on Jamestown from the start this year, they had a good structure and some kids who's games I liked how they played together. Glad they had a good run this year and hope they keep it up, good on them.

The "main camp invite" leaches and NAHL3 scouts are dripping with anticipation.....

Like Minot.

Yep. And the lessons of others are not affecting the dreams of the fleeing masses for next year either.

If the kids legit they play 16U. The trail of kids who play 15O that never sniff their 16U program is long line.

Now do Bismarck..... you'll have to take your socks off and use your toes as well. The really sad crap is family's being suckered to leave for a notable programs 15U " AAA " team.... 15AAA is 16U tier 2 but hey that extra A gets the checkbook out.

Uffda Shanley looked rough, I caught the later parts of the game, came in right as the slewfoot was somehow called a minor penalty on Legacy. PxP said Shanley's best player was boarder and hurt? I didn't see any penalties on that either? I missed it so must not have been as bad as the announcer alluded?

North Dakota hockey squarely skating over their own .... well you know.... once again. The makeup, formation and success or lack thereof this season is a direct result of the continued exodus of the state by the families leaving for AA-AAA-AAAA and 40% more A programs out of state the past few seasons. The bank accounts of these programs are very appreciative.

obviously a spot in the press box is long overdue

Minot has a dreamers chance Legacy chance is even slimmer. I predict running clocks in the other two games unfortunately.

Yes.

There will be a mass exodus from the west of the parentally delusional again this off season.

Not bad for picks... WDA Saturday picks Mandan 4-2 over Jamestown Century 5-2 over BHS Minot 8-3 over Legacy

Bismarck High 3 Legacy 3 headed to OT.... a brief OT Legacy wins it

Farmers Rink will be VFW Part Duex again.

Legacy didn't exactly instill a ton of confidence and hasn't all year that they can be competitive vs the east. But kids being kids you never know, But for legacy or Minot to get a 1st round state win this year its going to take some luck and the right situation. They are all kids and it wouldn't be the first time a group of overly confident kids got shocked by a determined underdog in their semifinal. My pics for today Willy @ Century Century 5-1 Bott/Rug @ Jtown JTown 4-2 Mandan @ Minot Minot 5-3 BHS @ Legacy TBD

Annual... Why in Gawds name doesn't WDA do the 1st round the same as the EDC. Teams and fans are cheated out of some great games, and the teams are more tired the next week at state having to win 6 games in 9 days or so. #4 Mandan robbed of a home rink playoff game vs #5 Century... Instead, Century gets a "home Game" #3 Jamestown robbed of a home rink playoff game vs #6 BHS... again BHS getting basically a "home Game. EDC can figure it out.... is the intellectual ability to put this together outlawed west of Cass County?

Another first class human

This announcer's tears are delicious. I'm thinking 1 more goal and his mom's basement hollow core door is going to be soooo destroyed

Which UMD players dad and uncle are calling this game?!

Correct, it's fun to play at but no, nothing will ever happen for the betterment of ND high school hockey or for the kids. Way too many egos in ADs offices to ever come up with a solution, and if they did the parents would crucify them, and the supers would shriek at the budgets. And even if they did someone would have to go and explain what hockey is to the basketball has-been-heroes in their own mind at NDHSAA, and beg to do the right thing.

EDC - GFC, RR, Shanley, F North, F Davies, F South, WFS, WF, Horace, Jamestown ( 5 spots at State ) EDC Top 2 teams auto bids to state, remaining 8 play 1st round at top seeds arena, 2nd round in Fargo. WDA - BHS, Century, Legacy, Mandan, Dickinson, Williston, Minot, Minot North (3 spots at State) WDA Tourney, 1st round at home of higher seed, Top 4 at tourney rotated BIS/Minot as it is now, with a meaningful 3rd Place Game North Star Hockey Championship Subdivision....- Bott, DL, Langdon, GPR, HB, Watford City, Crosby, Wahp, MP (8 teams at their championship tourney, Played at the ralph in GF... or Minot.... play in for the 8th seed at home of higher seed) *Name works as then nobody's mom will complain they are labeled Division 2, or Class B.... It worked for the fools who think Football is really D1, It oughta work in Hockey too.

Almost...too crazy.... A crazy game heavily influenced by calls, national audience in a specialty outdoor game in a non traditional market, massive comeback, showcasing lots of goals... goalie fights.... 3on3 OT... shootout... right before the Olympics?..... I'm not saying it was a complete scripted thing like the NFL, WWF. or MLB for Jeter's last at bat rigged.... but?.....

If this was forced to happen you would find the same scenario of what Peluso used to do to Hazen back in the day, but I'm guessing GF coaches wouldn't stop at 26-1 or whatever it was. Making kids give up games vs Warroad or Moorhead to play Mayport would be met with fury and the appropriate level of example setting I imagine. or would they just play it with JV as a non-contest like Century and Minot does with Hazen... who knows it's so wildly inconsistent from WDA to EDC processes and details.