2025-2026 ND High School Hockey Thread

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, Johnny Five said:

I will add: if Legacy hadn't started when it did, Century very well would've competed for a State Championship or 2.  Most of those Legacy kids (year 2 WDA champions lost to Davies in OT first game of state), would've been at CHS along with the Vig boys and some very good CHS players....2 good teams would've made for one really, really good team.

Completely agree with your points here.  In Bismarck you've got to compete with football (All teams in AAA playoffs), wrestling (BHS dynasty for years), Basketball (Century and BHS very good teams of the past).  Good friends in Bismarck and they all say the same thing about the push to get these kids at young age.  Easy to watch the Century boys basketball team have loads of success and want to be a part of that, much like the banners that hang in Purper and Eagles Arena in Grand Forks.  

I think @sioux rube can point out the fact that one Carson Wentz was a pretty good Century athlete that was pulled away from hockey as he was a good football and baseball player, and ended up winning a state championship in basketball with the Century boys because Mattern saw him in the weight room and figured he'd see if he could get another quality athlete on his basketball squad.      

[Wilbur]

5 hours ago, gfhockey said:

All I saw was a discussion which happens all the time I didn’t see the player yap at the ref? 
 

I think the west Fargo and Minot parents need to get together and spend a lot more money on hockey camps and checkbook hockey to get to the status of the Grand Forks kids

 

preferably send them to camps in grand forks ran by und hockey pkayas

Player skated behind the reffs and said something to which the official turned right away.  

[gfhockey]

2 hours ago, Wilbur said:

Player skated behind the reffs and said something to which the official turned right away.  

Best part about it is the refs were there boyz

[JakeLove]

GFC already up 1-0 at Davies, scored first shift first rush up the ice 

[sioux rube]

Huge win by the Jays over Legacy tonight. Kept their first line in check with only 1 goal. Another Nenow kid with the game winner for the Jays. Better team won 

 

 

 

[Brim006]

7 hours ago, Johnny Five said:

I will add: if Legacy hadn't started when it did, Century very well would've competed for a State Championship or 2.  Most of those Legacy kids (year 2 WDA champions lost to Davies in OT first game of state), would've been at CHS along with the Vig boys and some very good CHS players....2 good teams would've made for one really, really good team.

And they did compete for a state championship. In 2018 they were arguably the best team in the state. They outplayed and outshot GFC in the state championship that year but just couldn’t bury it. Lost 4-2 but they were clearly better than GFC and everyone else that year. People forget about that team and that season.
 

2019 they got 3rd place but easily could’ve won it all again as I thought they had the most balanced team but they had a few bad bounces in the semis. Century was on a trajectory to continue that success year after year until the 3rd varsity team got added. Don’t get me wrong, it was the right choice, but century was going to continue producing top 3 teams and win a ship ever few years at the rate they were going. 

[Ndamukong_sioux]

29 minutes ago, Brim006 said:

And they did compete for a state championship. In 2018 they were arguably the best team in the state. They outplayed and outshot GFC in the state championship that year but just couldn’t bury it. Lost 4-2 but they were clearly better than GFC and everyone else that year. People forget about that team and that season.
 

2019 they got 3rd place but easily could’ve won it all again as I thought they had the most balanced team but they had a few bad bounces in the semis. Century was on a trajectory to continue that success year after year until the 3rd varsity team got added. Don’t get me wrong, it was the right choice, but century was going to continue producing top 3 teams and win a ship ever few years at the rate they were going. 

GFC was 2-0 vs them that year. And clearly better? Maybe everywhere but between the pipes. Kaleb Johnson was outstanding all year and in that game. 

[Brim006]

8 hours ago, Ndamukong_sioux said:

GFC was 2-0 vs them that year. And clearly better? Maybe everywhere but between the pipes. Kaleb Johnson was outstanding all year and in that game. 

The goalie is apart of the team after all so I shouldn’t forget that, but yes they were better everywhere other than goaltender,  out shooting them both times. Johnson was the difference maker for central.
 

I’m not sure what the scoring chances were in the ship that year but they had to be 3 to 1 if not 4 to 1 century. 
 

Anyway, my main point was that century already developed into a championship contender program before the split but that often gets forgotten for some reason. 

[gfhockey]

11 hours ago, Brim006 said:

And they did compete for a state championship. In 2018 they were arguably the best team in the state. They outplayed and outshot GFC in the state championship that year but just couldn’t bury it. Lost 4-2 but they were clearly better than GFC and everyone else that year. People forget about that team and that season.
 

2019 they got 3rd place but easily could’ve won it all again as I thought they had the most balanced team but they had a few bad bounces in the semis. Century was on a trajectory to continue that success year after year until the 3rd varsity team got added. Don’t get me wrong, it was the right choice, but century was going to continue producing top 3 teams and win a ship ever few years at the rate they were going. 

Lol win it all? Your killing me