2024-25 ND High School Hockey

[siouxweet]

1 hour ago, JakeLove said:

When one of the proponents of the play-in game concept was asked why play-in games are needed, the reply was, “ So players learn to win in must-win games so they are prepared for HS hockey.”

Bantam AA and Bantam A have play-in games, but Bantam B1 does not. So evidently Bantam B1 players will never play HS hockey. 

Play-in games started last season. 

With that logic at the BAA all four teams should have had to play then the two winners have a best of 3 state tournament. 

[planetearth]

18 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

With that logic at the BAA all four teams should have had to play then the two winners have a best of 3 state tournament. 

I’m not around NDAHA anymore but a couple of years ago they were proposing that not every program makes a state tourney at every level. Basically only the top 4 east and west, which is fine with me. This is likely the reason why the 4th team in a 4 team league doesn’t make it… if they indeed followed thru on the proposal above

[FgoHawk]

Is anyone else hearing that Shanley will be independent next year and end the co-op with Fargo South?

[sioux rube]

15 minutes ago, FgoHawk said:

Is anyone else hearing that Shanley will be independent next year and end the co-op with Fargo South?

Yes I heard that and apparently true 

[Johnny Five]

23 minutes ago, FgoHawk said:

Is anyone else hearing that Shanley will be independent next year and end the co-op with Fargo South?

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...

[gfhockey]

3 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

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...

Why east side? Go from getting spanked by gf to getting spanked by warroad and egf?

[siouxweet]

14 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

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...

Their egos are writing checks their bodies can't cash

[Johnny Five]

18 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Why east side? Go from getting spanked by gf to getting spanked by warroad and egf?

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

[Big Green]

59 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Why east side? Go from getting spanked by gf to getting spanked by warroad and egf?

I'm guessing they would go the route of so many other Private MN Schools and recruit giving the best players in the area the opportunity to compete against MN teams.  I would guess the ultimate goal would be MN class AA Hockey.

Its something I've always thought Sacred Heart in EGF should do.

[Wilbur]

4 hours ago, JakeLove said:

When one of the proponents of the play-in game concept was asked why play-in games are needed, the reply was, “ So players learn to win in must-win games so they are prepared for HS hockey.”

Bantam AA and Bantam A have play-in games, but Bantam B1 does not. So evidently Bantam B1 players will never play HS hockey. 

Play-in games started last season. 

According to the NDAHA website this year there will be play in games as B1 will be an 8 team tournament.  The top five teams automatically qualify, while the 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, and 8 vs. 9 play it out at home sites.  

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, FgoHawk said:

Is anyone else hearing that Shanley will be independent next year and end the co-op with Fargo South?

Very few south kids play.  I'd assume they end up playing at Fargo North.  Can't imagine they'd be called the Spruins.  

[Clark17]

21 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Completely agree.  Fill the high school teams first, then put out your JG team.  Hopefully the Jr. Gold has cleaned up a little bit since the days of the police having to separate people in the lobby and parents getting suspended from arenas because of harassing officials.

It is much better hockey now than it was when I started officiating games during the late 90s.  I don't know what you would have called it back then, it was quite the gong at times.  Nothing unordinary about 12 + minors per team in a game.   

[DeadPoets]

26 minutes ago, Big Green said:

I'm guessing they would go the route of so many other Private MN Schools and recruit giving the best players in the area the opportunity to compete against MN teams.  I would guess the ultimate goal would be MN class AA Hockey.

Its something I've always thought Sacred Heart in EGF should do.

Sacred Heart had hockey through the 1988-89 school year.  That year there were several Canadians on the team, along with 7-8 Grand Forks kids that were mostly sophomores.  While that was the most successful season they had, most of the Canadians graduated and all but 1 of those Grand Forks kids left after that year which closed the program.  The school is bigger now (although they co-op with Climax-Fisher for football now and send wrestlers to Grand Forks where Emily Novak just won her 3rd straight state championship), so maybe it would be different.

[Clark17]

21 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Very few south kids play.  I'd assume they end up playing at Fargo North.  Can't imagine they'd be called the Spruins.  

Ya, never thought I would see a navy, brown, yellow combination.  

[iluvdebbies]

12 minutes ago, Clark17 said:

It is much better hockey now than it was when I started officiating games during the late 90s.  I don't know what you would have called it back then, it was quite the gong at times.  Nothing unordinary about 12 + minors per team in a game.   

No Canada geese in those Days.

[Johnny Five]

20 minutes ago, iluvdebbies said:

No Canada geese in those Days.

Canada Goose wasn't made for the late 80s cigarette smoke hovering in the lobbies.  

 

[Johnny Five]

47 minutes ago, Clark17 said:

It is much better hockey now than it was when I started officiating games during the late 90s.  I don't know what you would have called it back then, it was quite the gong at times.  Nothing unordinary about 12 + minors per team in a game.   

The ECHL of North Dakota hockey.

[sioux rube]

[sioux rube]

So how long have the girls started on a Wednesday? It's been awhile since I've been to a state high school tourney 

[siouxweet]

3 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

So how long have the girls started on a Wednesday? It's been awhile since I've been to a state high school tourney 

This is the first year I believe. 

[gfhockey]

1 hour ago, sioux rube said:

So how long have the girls started on a Wednesday? It's been awhile since I've been to a state high school tourney 

First year and am afraid it’s going to be a ghost town

[Johnny Five]

1 hour ago, sioux rube said:

So how long have the girls started on a Wednesday? It's been awhile since I've been to a state high school tourney 

2 years ago they tried the stand alone tourney in Minot.  Must not have gone over very well.  Trying to get the girls a full day of TV coverage and main sheet like they do in MN.  We will see how it goes.  Consolation for boys and girls goes to Eagles this year.   Once again...Scheels and FU is the best venue for the ND State Hockey tournament.

[Frozen4sioux]

1 hour ago, sioux rube said:

So how long have the girls started on a Wednesday? It's been awhile since I've been to a state high school tourney 

It's the latest in what is about to be another failed attempt at a format that works out in the best interest of the players and fans for a state tournament experience.

[sioux rube]

41 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

2 years ago they tried the stand alone tourney in Minot.  Must not have gone over very well.  Trying to get the girls a full day of TV coverage and main sheet like they do in MN.  We will see how it goes.  Consolation for boys and girls goes to Eagles this year.   Once again...Scheels and FU is the best venue for the ND State Hockey tournament.

I agree. Fargo need to host from here on out. I'm heading up Thursday 

[yzerman19]

On 2/23/2025 at 1:01 PM, sioux rube said:

My bantam team this year had the option to go B1 instead of A. I said hell no I'm here to get these kids ready for the next level which is high school. I can guarantee you they improved much more staying in the A division rather than going down to B1

I assume that you weren't getting run out of buildings playing A?  I agree with playing at the highest level you can while still having a chance to win in 80% of the games you play.  Most development is happening in practice, so while game reps are good, they aren't really driving the dev.  In the AAA world there are tons of teams that are AAA in name only...they chase the letters...and when they run into a real AAA team they lose by 20...that isn't good for anybody