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Hopefully the Eagles can battle hard, they are without there 1st line: Bergh (collarbone) out for the year, Knudsen (hip) out for the week, Spinner (concussion) out for the week. Thanks Doc, no need to broadcast this type of stuff here and give teams time to prepare, let them figure it out come gam...

I'm an Ep fan as well.. crowds at epcc do seem bigger this year than last. With one home game left vs the Hornets it would be nice to get more student support, maybe even the band and HANG LAST YEAR AA CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER? are we waiting on Grant's approval? get it up and help this no name bunch get...

Wow, Really? two quality high school teams in the same area and they don't play? There is NO good reason. Ask the 20 players on each team if they wanted to play, it would 40-0 vote to play..,. this has nothing to do with A & AA schedules, it has to do with stupidity.

Bigger faster stronger has been echoed since the late 70's when I was playing Jr hockey. While that has a little bit of truth, It's more about respect for players than anything else. There is just not enough enforcement of the rules and harsh enough penalties to make players change. I personally hav...

Anyone else having players cut by these helmets? I have seen 2 guys in less than a week be cut open (forehead area) wearing this brand. Just wondering if it's a trend, or bad luck. Thanks for reading. Interesting hearing about this now, over the summer / fall I spoke with numerous people that said ...

Huh? standard is 1.5 varsity 1 jv anything else is a disservice to developing any guys for future varsity spots..

HockeyMN1 wrote:You do realize that EP is quite a bit better than Maple Grove right? Who doesn't want to see 3 EP Wayzata matchups anyways? At least then they don't split the season series.

You can split 4? dont forget sections..

Rochester (en) 4 - 2 Eden Prairie

12/16/08 D6 --> EP 3 - 3 AV OT Final

Not the same group. The back-to-back group are a year ahead and have 7 or 8 really good players... this years group should be solid 1-15 but don't have anywhere near the goaltending as the group ahead of them. Also EP has new coaching staff coming in. Good luck to all.

I just find it amazing this "Elite League" can have players that didn't play a single minute of varsity hockey. And to add to that, players that didn't post more than 5 points for their respective teams. Blows me away. No family tie's here. This league is a great idea to get boys exposure...

54fighting wrote:Minor Bantam-

West over East 7-1 in championship
North over South 4-1 in 3rd place

West went 3-0-1 for the weekend.

Bantam Minor was :

West 7 - 1 over East in Championship

North 4 (en)
South 2

It was Ep 5-4 over Armstrong.. I was AT the game.

Final Ep 5 - 4 over Armstrong.

sonofblueblood wrote:Ok, how does it work in D6? If three teams go to to State, it sems like you can clearly id 2 but how is the third picked? Can anyone offer insight here?

Both teams that reach loser bracket semi-final go through. Winner goes to championship game and loser is the third seed.

What's all the hype about? These boy's haven't discovered the world of Grades, Girls, Beer and Dope. 1/4 will screw thier lives up, 1/4 have psycho parents that will screw them up.They are barely into building strength. Calm down Patience is the key. They may be good now but they are in the vitial ...

With wins by EP Black and Burnsville last night, here are the standings in D6 based on Percentage of Points Possible. ((Wx2) + T + FP) / (Gx3) Looks like a battle to be in the top 5 and not have to play in to get to double elimination. Team - G - W - L - T - P - FP - TP - % PP 1 -EP Red - 12 - 8 - ...

I'm guessing if your a college or professional scout you can still get in ? closed to parents as well ? Nice.

Tough call, I've witnessed first hand what these kind of hockey opportunities can bring for mite players. I have lived in parts of the country where hockey doesn't have numbers and community based team's are non-existent. But when they take 7& 8 year old kids and pool them together from metro ar...

High, Don't get so worked up my friend... You answered your own concern in saying if MN would have gotten the current top 34 - 93's it would have been competitive. I also believe that, however, it just didn't happen. So, we are not that far behind if our best would have gone. Nobody sit's back in Mi...

Your right my High friend.... however, my crystal ball says your still probably going to be high in 3 years and your Michigan bunch will all be on college scholarships so they won't be able to field a team.

Wow, this whole thread is getting ridiculous. Let see these are 93's & 94's, what is that 7th & 8th graders ? I'm guessing you had hundreds of college and pro scouts there watching this event. Nice job to Michigan for winning against 93 / 94's this year. Lets see what happens in the years to...

Explain how flying in player's to play on Michigan teams is a Michigan vs Minnesota series ? Next year might they import some euro's if needed ?

If Lee Smith can get his mind right ? huh? dude, this guy does a decent job coaching pure athletic ability kids year in and year out. Problem with ep is not the varsity coach, what happens is at jr. & sr. year the pure athletic ability kids get lapped by kids that have had talent properly develo...

Who Cares ? Doesn't mean a thing until 2010 , then people will actually have reason to care about best 93's.