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The talent in the youth program is not that diluted because kids attend private schools when they reach high school age. It's inevitable that programs with large numbers of players will have players that attend private school. Get over it. It likely happens to smaller communities/programs as well. E...

Confirmed.

Persian committed this weekend during the Great 8 tourney.

The Air Force Academy has landed 3 local players. My peers tell me that all of these players are headed to Juniors for a year or 2, but the following players have committed:

Ben Persian - Orono
Tom Fallen - Armstrong
Joe Reykamp - Breck

Good luck. It was fun watching you in high school.

Breck
Orono
Rogers
Mound
Richfield
Delano
Providence

This will be the likely seeding.

5 powerplays for Mound, 0 for Orono. 3 obvious penalties in the last 10 minutes by Mound players. No calls. What a joke.

Ben Persian - Orono - 4 against Winona - 3 short handed.

Orono and Stillwater can certainly play with these teams. Orono plays Owatonna on Saturday - so we'll see. Not sure how Winona got into this tournament. I heard Persian had a short handed hat trick - 6 or 7 points for the game. No box score in the paper though and I wasn't at the game.

This is really the Breck Varsity Roster? Assuming it is, other Section teams will be smiling.

There will be two teams in the conference to watch. SCC and Orono.

Forwards not on the National List

Pitlick
Persian
Rehkamp
Voight
C. Reilly
Lovick
Westerhaus
Skoog
Maetche
Brunette
Friedman
Hennum

Defense not on the National List

J. Johnson
Montgomery
Thompson
Schmitz
Benson
Hesketh or Fallen

Goalies not on the National List

Casper
Bruggemann

Hum.

If Orono gets a strong goaltender next season, they'll compete for the state tournament \\ state title.

Gabos is not a strong goaltender and the back up (?) didn't see any playing time. Any strong goaltender that moves into Orono will have a legitimate opportunity to play.

This was a very good game for 2 teams with above average skills and well matched. The fact that Nelson kicked off the net 4 times and Hurd tossed the net off once takes away from the win. It may not have hurt them vs. Orono but you can be assured that other coaches noticed and will flag this for the...

My turn....I'm taking my bite out of the crow right now....

This was definitely worthy of a good laugh.

To be serious, I hope all the teams play well in section play. Any cheap shots were intended to be nothing more than some fun.

I have no vested interested in the outcome of any of these games.

Winger91 - you really got me there...oh, by the way, educated people generally use the term 'simple minded' rather than 'small minded' and you shouldn't repeat 'big mouth' twice on one sentence. It's poor grammar. But, I'm sure you knew that. Anyway, enjoy watching the games - since it looks like yo...

Winger 91 - you could be right.

by the way, keep your girls team away from the boys - your comment would indicate an interesting look to your team most likely not appealing to many boys teams.

if Barnum buries....yea, orono is built on his scoring touch - every player has a role - barnum is incredible at setting up players.

thanks for the great insight.

I can assure you that Delano will beat STMA.

If Delano plays physical with Breck this will affect this game to Delano's advantage.

So goalie 1 gave up 4 goals on 15 shots and goalie 2 gave up 3 goals in 14 shots or something close. Hum. Orono's goalie gave up 1 goal on 26 shots or something close. I wasn't at the Fergus game (went to Blake/Breck) - but I heard Orono's 1st line had a ton of good chances but didn't convert - Pers...

Goldy 23

Orono beat and lost to Mound with the same goaltender - I'm not as convinced that this is as big a factor as how the teams approach defense.

If Orono puts up 5 - they will win.

To shut down Mound, you need to stop 1 player. And he's easy to neutralize if the coaches are smart.

I have a different take -

Delano will beat Breck. All Delano needs to do is play physical with this team - they will implode.

Mound / Orono is a toss up -

This game won't be about the goalie situation. The same goalie has been in net for Orono the last dozen games or so. Likely, this will be more about how well Mound's goalie plays. To give up 6 goals against Fergus Falls is awful. And, Orono has far better scoring than Fergus Falls. This game will al...

1. Breck
2. Blake
3. Mound
4. Providence
5. Holy Family
6. Orono
7. Delano
8. St. Louis Park
9. Richfield
10. St. Michael

Any of the top 7 teams could win this section.

Orono beat Fergus Falls 3-1 (open net goal at the end).

Good enough.