sioux rube Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 8 hours ago, OgieOgilthorpe said: With Grant Johnson playing at his own level above the rest of the state this season, who are some past players that you remember being as good if not better than him? Just to name a few main stream and not so main stream names--- I remember Eric Meland from RR in 08 (Princeton), Chad Demers from GPR in 08 (Air Force), the morelands from central in the early 2000s, Mario Lamoureux at central (und) Jake Marto from central(und) , Harrison Aide from Bott, obviously Peluso in the 90s (UMD) and many more... others? Darin Erstad of Jamestown. Could of been a D1 player had he not been such a great baseball player. Rocket for a shot. Quote
OgieOgilthorpe Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 45 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Brandon Askew from South. Great multi sport athlete. Mihulka from RR always found ways to score. Paul Weisgarber from South. Believe he ended up at Air Force as well. Yeah I forgot about Weisgarber. He led the 2006 Fargo South team that won State and you're correct, he also played at Air Force. Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 55 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Brandon Askew from South. Great multi sport athlete. Mihulka from RR always found ways to score. Paul Weisgarber from South. Believe he ended up at Air Force as well. Wasn't Mihulka from Grafton? Quote
Wilbur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 12 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said: Wasn't Mihulka from Grafton? Just double checked to be sure and he was a Rough Rider. Quote
OgieOgilthorpe Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 15 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Just double checked to be sure and he was a Rough Rider. Yeah he was from RR. They called him the CaveMan. I know he was up for Mr. Hockey, but did he win it? I don't remember. Quote
Wilbur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Last I could find for Mr. hockey winners was 2007. Herbal from Bottineau. Quote
sprig Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 45 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Just double checked to be sure and he was a Rough Rider. Rob Mihulka, from Grafton, played for the Sioux in the 70s. Maybe his dad? Quote
scpa0305 Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 9 hours ago, OgieOgilthorpe said: With Grant Johnson playing at his own level above the rest of the state this season, who are some past players that you remember being as good if not better than him? Just to name a few main stream and not so main stream names--- I remember Eric Meland from RR in 08 (Princeton), Chad Demers from GPR in 08 (Air Force), the morelands from central in the early 2000s, Mario Lamoureux at central (und) Jake Marto from central(und) , Harrison Aide from Bott, obviously Peluso in the 90s (UMD) and many more... others? Ryan Potulny was a wrecking ball. Shocked he wasnt mentioned already. 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, sprig said: Rob Mihulka, from Grafton, played for the Sioux in the 70s. Maybe his dad? Could be. Remember as kid we had a game against Grafton and the high school team had practice before our game. I was in awe of Mihulka's shot. Quote
scpa0305 Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 On 2/12/2017 at 1:59 PM, Wilbur said: That AA grand forks bantam team would beat a few high school teams in North Dakota. Look at some of the names on that team and you just know they're good. I've seen two of their game in the Twin Cities. They are awesome....and very big. Quote
scpa0305 Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, MoSiouxFan said: Wasn't Mihulka from Grafton? Was he referring to his son...who was a good player at RR? Quote
gfhockey Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Robb played for und I think he was dean graftin his son was mark who played for gfrr I think they called him wolf man or something like that Quote
MoSiouxFan Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, scpa0305 said: Was he referring to his son...who was a good player at RR? Must be; I was thinking of Rob Mihulka, who played for Grafton back in the 70's. He was also a big running back in football, as I remember. Quote
George M. Bluth Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, MoSiouxFan said: Must be; I was thinking of Rob Mihulka, who played for Grafton back in the 70's. He was also a big running back in football, as I remember. Yes, Rob is Marc's dad. Marc went to RR and his friends call him "Ten Bears" because he's as strong as ten bears. Marc's cousins Paul and Thomas Campbell were from Grafton and were very good players as well. Quote
George M. Bluth Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 37 minutes ago, gfhockey said: He play any college puck? Rob played at UND, and Marc played at Minot for a year or so and at Crookston before that program ended. Also played 2 years for the FM Jets. Quote
Wilbur Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 12 hours ago, scpa0305 said: I've seen two of their game in the Twin Cities. They are awesome....and very big. Having Tarek Howard behind the bench is a definite advantage as well. Quote
Wilbur Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 EDC recap Central 16 GPR 1 Red River 9 WF 2 Davies 1 North 0 Devils Lake 3 South/Shanley 0 Loser out: GPR vs. South North vs. WF State qualifying games: RR vs. Davies Central vs. Devils Lake 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 1 hour ago, gfhockey said: Rr with easier matchup Watched Davies tonight. North gave them everything they had. Both semi final games will be blowouts. 1 Quote
OgieOgilthorpe Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 I went to the south DL game tonight. It was a hard fought close game all throughout. 3-0 score is deceiving. DL got a late PP goal and an empty netter. DL's home advantage was huge for them. They announced that there were over 500 students in attendance. That must be k-12, but still. It'll be a different story for them here in GF on Friday. I don't see both semi games being blow outs but it would take a miracle to knock off either GF team right now. They're in their own separate pack. I think DL, Davies and BHS are in their own pack a little ways behind RR+Central. Quote
GoalieMask Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 Que up South vs Davies Saturday for the right to get to state. 1 Quote
Yote 53 Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/12/2017 at 10:39 AM, OgieOgilthorpe said: Side topic: I just found out about the 'Midwest High School Hockey League'. It looks like Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska joined together to make one league for high school. Pretty interesting. Also, I noticed on their site that they had tryouts listed for a team going to americas showcase. It sounds like it's the sequel to the laid off Chicago showcase. I didn't even realize it existed. ND had a team in it last year and got spanked. They lost to Florida, San Diego and Colorado. They were in the C pool. Yikes! Seems a little unrepresentative obviously. Anyone know if ND is attempting to get a better tryout process set up for his team? Just an FYI, the MWHSHL has been in existence since 1976 when it started as the Iowa High School Hockey League. It was all-Iowa for many years until it expanded into Nebraska and included Omaha. At one time it even included Sioux Falls in the league until they left to go back to the SD league. It now includes teams from Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. If you follow youth hockey at all, or have kids in youth hockey, you will recognize many of the programs as they play often in North Dakota. Sioux City, Omaha, and Des Moines are the programs you might be most familiar with as they venture up quite often. Heck, I've been to Grand Forks twice this year already and usually have gone to Fargo a couple of times a year in the past for my kid's tournaments. Level of play, judging on what I have seen in the youth ranks, is comparable to North Dakota High School Hockey. I don't think there is a team that would topple the GF schools but would match up with the rest of the league very well. The MW league also has the issue of losing its best players to AAA & junior hockey by the time they reach midgets, something I sense a lot of NoDak schools struggle with too. I enjoy reading this thread as it is the only info I can find on NDHS hockey. Yeah, I'm kind of a hockey junkie and enjoy following what's going on in ND, SD, MN, and IA/NE. Quote
Yote 53 Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/12/2017 at 1:59 PM, Wilbur said: That AA grand forks bantam team would beat a few high school teams in North Dakota. Look at some of the names on that team and you just know they're good. Disappointed I didn't get a chance to see the Aviators when I was up there. Schedule just didn't line up. I wanted to see the best Bantam team in the entire Upper Midwest in person. Quote
petey23 Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/14/2017 at 7:30 AM, sioux rube said: Darin Erstad of Jamestown. Could of been a D1 player had he not been such a great baseball player. Rocket for a shot. Probably could have been a D1 track athlete as well. Friends of mine who went to school in Jamestown say that if he didn't play hockey he would have probably been their best basketball player as well. Quote
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