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Out coached? Agree. Outplayed? Not the game I watched.

What’s the best option for streaming tourney games?

Don’t hold your breath

At the end of the day he is diluting local talent and will be grabbing from others. Tell me with a straight face how that is a good thing and how you are making things better?

Rationalize it all you want. You lose me. He clearly is doing what he despises htown of doing. It is what it is and that is what he is doing.

I said previously I know Scott and I will add I agree with him on 90% of what he says and does. But saying it’s ok for him to do it cause Hermantown has been doing it makes no sense. Wrong is wrong. Whether it’s pionk or anyone else. It’s not even the fact he will be diluting the talent pool and tak...

Scott Pionk has done some very good things for the local hockey community. We can all agree to that. But why for some of you is it ok for him to poach from other programs while Hermantown is so very wrong for doing the same thing. Albeit to a less extent. You cannot have it both ways. Poaching is po...

Stella have their own feeder program or will they poach kids from other programs ala hermatown who he has been chastising? Also, will this not dilute local hockey programs even more thus contradicting his position that what hermantown does is hurting other local programs ( which they do)? Seems a li...

Last post on this. I didn’t not say he was successful. I don’t know. What I know is I observed first hand discussion of his attempting to do so. To me, and maybe me only, that brings into question motives when you were attempting to build and add on to the monster, when it would have benefited your ...

So why is it that the Hermantown people have been getting accused of recruiting for years. Scott Pionk does it and none of you care as long as he calls them out for not going to aa. Which again they no doubt should. My point maybe should not have been so much about the aa issue as it should have bee...

I believe in my post I comment they should move up. I’ve felt that way for a long time. No arguments there. Just seems a bit odd he did not practice what he is now preaching when he no longer has a horse in the race. He’s made a major flip flop imo.

Having a hard time with the latest posts. I would consider myself a friend and a supporter of MOST of his ideas. HHS should be aa. I have coached with him and coached a couple of his sons. What bothers me most about what Scott is saying is that I was present and heard him over and over again try and...

I’m guessing might have to do with the fact denfeld got beat by 10 in the finals last year and lost most of their good players while htown has most of theirs back.

Which is why they are”not listed” as participating in the hsel.

And maybe the Plante boys?

Is it just me or is there something slightly odd about a man approaching 70 years old relocating to coach high school hockey? I used to think he was all about the kids but this move makes me think otherwise?

How about some kudos to 3 kids, that are Hermantown kids who have worked extremely hard to put themselves in these positions. This is not the time to go after them. While there are times the program should be targeted, the bashing gets old and quite frankly reeks of jealousy.

Appears Hermantown has less love in northern MN than the golden rodents who, despite all of their built in advantages, haven’t won anything in 30 years and at best have been the 4th best team in Minnesota over the past 10 years.

Guys. 10 posts since my last one. All with comments on page 79 that were made by you and others countless times on pages 1-78. We get your point. Not even saying your wrong. But move on.

Point being 1900+ posts to date. Everyone who tunes in knows what most posters opinions are. At what point do we all just move on? Ya they sandbag. Yah they have kids enroll from outside. Now posts they never have had a good goalie or their small town so let’s not capitalize the name. What exactly a...

I wonder two things here.
1. Why do so many people care so much about this?
2. How many of the hundreds of posts can Rainer2 claim?

Not sure about them being down after this year. If everyone comes back they will likely me much better next year and likely very good in 2 years.

Ya. Kinda like the fairness of the woman’s wcha at ridder every year or the regional mens tourney always in St. Paul?

Watched the game last night. Two thoughts. First, as mentioned many times previous, my opinion is Hermantown should have opted up 10 years ago. I continue to have that opinion. Second, I actually thought Andrews did about as much as he could with the players. He mixed up the top line most of the sec...

Karl. Am I safe to assume hermantown controlled play until their best defenders 5 minute major? Then maybe a period of time of momentum shift.