Wilbur Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Almost 2 west wins. Minot played North perfectly. 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted February 23 Posted February 23 10 minutes ago, Wilbur said: Almost 2 west wins. Minot played North perfectly. Minot’s speed surprised me a bit. I saw them play here and didn’t notice it then. Nice to see a West team get one Quote
Wilbur Posted February 23 Posted February 23 8 minutes ago, sioux rube said: Minot’s speed surprised me a bit. I saw them play here and didn’t notice it then. Nice to see a West team get one After the first period Minot did a better job getting to North's goalie. North has relied heavily on their top line but those guys played too much. They scored North's two goals but were at least out there for 3 against that I remember. Seems like North making the state tournament had them taking a huge sigh of relief last Saturday, and they just didn't have the moxie today. Final Four: South vs. Red River Minot vs. Central Quote
sioux rube Posted February 23 Posted February 23 10 minutes ago, Wilbur said: After the first period Minot did a better job getting to North's goalie. North has relied heavily on their top line but those guys played too much. They scored North's two goals but were at least out there for 3 against that I remember. Seems like North making the state tournament had them taking a huge sigh of relief last Saturday, and they just didn't have the moxie today. Final Four: South vs. Red River Minot vs. Central Will be shocked if it isn’t the 2 Grand Forks schools. Just hope they are both close competitive games Quote
Brim006 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 9 hours ago, sioux rube said: Will be shocked if it isn’t the 2 Grand Forks schools. Just hope they are both close competitive games Agreed. It seemed like North was the only team on the board that had a strong chance to derail one or both of the GF teams. Minot seems to be peaking at the right time but I still don't see them winning tonight. FSS has some firepower but their back end weaknesses will far surpass that. They've allowed 5 or more goals 7 times this season for a total of 85 goals allowed which is actually more than they've scored. All GF championship... Quote
SiouxperDave Posted February 23 Posted February 23 19 hours ago, sioux rube said: Century wins it 3-1 Is this the first time the #1 seed lost to the #8 seed? The last two opening round games for WFU have been memorable for the wrong reasons. Quote
sioux rube Posted February 23 Posted February 23 23 minutes ago, SiouxperDave said: Is this the first time the #1 seed lost to the #8 seed? The last two opening round games for WFU have been memorable for the wrong reasons. Good question. This was the year for it to happen. No dominant team in the state Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 42 minutes ago, Brim006 said: Agreed. It seemed like North was the only team on the board that had a strong chance to derail one or both of the GF teams. Minot seems to be peaking at the right time but I still don't see them winning tonight. FSS has some firepower but their back end weaknesses will far surpass that. They've allowed 5 or more goals 7 times this season for a total of 85 goals allowed which is actually more than they've scored. All GF championship... Which isn’t the worst thing kids in that town are born on skates and grow up around hockey Quote
UND1983 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Is attendance at state A basketball way higher than hockey every year or is that a recent thing? Watching these games and even the state championships and there are a TON of empty seats Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 3 minutes ago, UND1983 said: Is attendance at state A basketball way higher than hockey every year or is that a recent thing? Watching these games and even the state championships and there are a TON of empty seats Which state a? Current state a will dominate hockey oldnstate a about equal when hockey is in grand forks or hockey slightly more the town of Fargo doesn’t embrace state hockey at all Dickinson had more fans there then Fargo yesterday 1 Quote
Brim006 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 1 minute ago, UND1983 said: Is attendance at state A basketball way higher than hockey every year or is that a recent thing? Watching these games and even the state championships and there are a TON of empty seats I'd say class B (or now Class B and 1A) seem to have the biggest crowds and Class 2A (old class A) seems to lack crowd size and always has comparing to Class B. But with that said, in hockey the "issue" is that it lacks variety. GFRR or GFC are the clear favorite 9 out of 10 times and until there's a little more of a mix I don't see the excitement and/or crowd size around state hockey getting much bigger. I recall being at the record setting attendance game when Grafton was in the championship. They opened up the upper deck at the ralph and had to start pulling down those huge team posters to open up more seats. Certainly aren't going to see that type of interest when it's GFC vs RR. Props to those schools for being so consistently strong year after year, but until there's a better mix of teams in the running for a championship, we just won't see bigger crowds. Quote
UND1983 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 ND gets this label is a hockey state but it really isn't. UND hockey is great and people love that, but after them it's not that popular compared to football or basketball in-state. 1 Quote
Oxbow6 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 No juice in Scheels yesterday. The one side at Farmers Union was mostly full. Way better atmosphere for the girls. 3 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 The Ralph is just bigger which makes it seem more empty when a gf team is in the title game which every year it is minimum 4k Look at student sections yesterday rrhs was 1st crntral 2nd followed by north id day Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 2 minutes ago, UND1983 said: Students sections appeared solid on TV I’d say only three did. Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 What are the picks for girls today? I haven’t really followed them Does gf girls have a chance? Quote
Frozen4sioux Posted February 23 Posted February 23 8 minutes ago, gfhockey said: The Ralph is just bigger which makes it seem more empty when a gf team is in the title game which every year it is minimum 4k Look at student sections yesterday rrhs was 1st crntral 2nd followed by north id day The boys tourney could be held in Minot 100% of the years. You think GF has good attendance purely out of proximity but if those wheels had to turn more than an hour the student section would look exactly like Fargo Norths did last night. Which was absolutely pathetic for being in town for them. We shall see if it's a GF final but I think it's pure fantasy to think the scheels bowl will be over half full 1 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Just now, Frozen4sioux said: The boys tourney could be held in Minot 100% of the years. You think GF has good attendance purely out of proximity but if those wheels had to turn more than an hour the student section would look exactly like Fargo Norths did last night. Which was absolutely pathetic for being in town for them. We shall see if it's a GF final but I think it's pure fantasy to think the scheels bowl will be over half full It’s also about the student athlete expierence would you rather play in the best hockey rink in the nation (Ralph) or some !@#$ hole in minot Quote
Frozen4sioux Posted February 23 Posted February 23 4 minutes ago, gfhockey said: It’s also about the student athlete expierence would you rather play in the best hockey rink in the nation (Ralph) or some !@#$ hole in minot Tell me you've never been to Minot Maysa without... you know the rest Ralph should host every year or every 2 out of 3 years, it is a better experience. Rotate the 3rd year between Minot and scheels IF fargo can figurenout the hotel management Not much of a student Thlete experience staying at some of the crack whore meth motels they are but up in 1 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Just now, Frozen4sioux said: Tell me you've never been to Minot Maysa without... you know the rest Ralph should host every year or every 2 out of 3 years, it is a better experience. Rotate the 3rd year between Minot and scheels IF fargo can figurenout the hotel management The ndhsaa gave minot basketball. Let them have that hockey is more popular on east side of state. That’s a fact. basketball more popular on west side deal with it. Quote
siouxweet Posted February 23 Posted February 23 The Ralph is an awesome facility no one is denying that but when you get less than a half of the arena filled the atmosphere sucks. Put that same crowd at Scheels and you have a great atmosphere. The ice is pretty much the same. 2 Quote
gfhockey Posted February 23 Posted February 23 8 minutes ago, siouxweet said: The Ralph is an awesome facility no one is denying that but when you get less than a half of the arena filled the atmosphere sucks. Put that same crowd at Scheels and you have a great atmosphere. The ice is pretty much the same. Well why don’t we have football in gf? A fb crowd of 6k in Fargo dome pretty empty. Be better atmosphere in alerus 4 Quote
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