Who will win 1A??

blackpuck22 · Post by **blackpuck22** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:40 am

This section has been tight all year. But who will win it...?

Hockey God. · Post by **Hockey God.** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:58 am

I think the Albert Lea Tigers will win it because they have the best coach in the state.

Or the team that can win the big games when it counts at playoff time.

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:31 pm

Despite the loss to Albert Lea I like Faribault as the favorite yet. It's hard to beat the Tigers this time of year in Albert Lea. Nystrom has had time to get them clicking together, as he does every year.
Top 3:
1) Faribault
2) Lourdes
3) Albert Lea

clutterbuck22 · Post by **clutterbuck22** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:38 pm

Tonights game between Faribault and Lourdes could go a long way in answering that question. I think Lourdes will win this section though.

SEMinnHockeyNut · Post by **SEMinnHockeyNut** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:11 pm

I think you also have to include New Prague, Northfield, and Red Wing in the group of teams that could win the section. None of these teams are as good as the teams that West, Lourdes, and Albert Lea have sent in recent years.

Is West really down in talent or do they miss Essay that much?

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:54 pm

Lourdes was beating Faribault 6-3 late in the 3rd when I turned the gameoff (KDHL).

It probably makes the top 3 in some order Red Wing, Lourdes, and Albert Lea as they've all beaten each other. I'd give the edge to AL as even though they lost to Lourdes they beat the 2 teams Lourdes lost to both by 5-2 scores. It's kind of a weird situation as Red Wing and Albert Lea have losing records overall but intrasection have the best.

Faribault may have played themselves from a 1 seed to a 4 seed this week.

clutterbuck22 · Post by **clutterbuck22** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:00 pm

goldy313 wrote:Lourdes was beating Faribault 6-3 late in the 3rd when I turned the gameoff (KDHL).

It probably makes the top 3 in some order Red Wing, Lourdes, and Albert Lea as they've all beaten each other. I'd give the edge to AL as even though they lost to Lourdes they beat the 2 teams Lourdes lost to both by 5-2 scores. It's kind of a weird situation as Red Wing and Albert Lea have losing records overall but intrasection have the best.

Faribault may have played themselves from a 1 seed to a 4 seed this week.

6-3 was the final. Next game for Lourdes is at Breck. Game can be seen on mnsportsnetwork.com. Video Broadcast.

Wing Hawk · Post by **Wing Hawk** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:34 pm

SEMinnHockeyNut wrote:I think you also have to include New Prague, Northfield, and Red Wing in the group of teams that could win the section. None of these teams are as good as the teams that West, Lourdes, and Albert Lea have sent in recent years.

Is West really down in talent or do they miss Essay that much?

Absolutely Essay is sorely missed!!!!! The new coaching seems clueless because some good talent remains including goal tending by Kaufman. I can't figure out what is going on and apparently neither can the coaching staff.

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:31 am

West 7
Austin 0

Kaufman in net for West.

Albert Lea is looking good lately. By beating Faribault they may even have earned the top seed over the Falcons. New Prague, Lourdes, Northfield, and Red Wing should also be in the top six seeds.

Btw, I think the West kids are actually pretty happy with the coaches. The Scarlets started this season slowly but have played better lately, winning 4 of their last 5 including a quality win over Holy Family this week.

blackpuck22 · Post by **blackpuck22** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:41 am

I think Albert Lea and lourdes will be going after the section. Fairbault has good talent but they just dont put forth the effort. lourdes and Albert Lea will be a tight game. They both are strong teams

nickel slots · Post by **nickel slots** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:39 am

Even though there are still some HUGE games to be played in this section, seeding will come down to how the teams are playing coming into sections. I wouldn't want to have to seed this section, but as of today, I would say:

1-4 (in any order depending on who's hot coming in):
Albert Lea, Lourdes, Faribault, New Prague
5. Red Wing
6. Northfield
7. West
8. East
9. Waseca
10. Austin
11. LaCrescent

Albert Lea has beaten Faribault, Red Wing, West, Northfield & Waseca and lost to New Prague & Lourdes. They have remaining section games against West, East & Austin.

Lourdes has beaten NP, Albert Lea, East & Faribault and lost to Northfield & Red Wing. They have a big matchup with New Prague and a game with West for remaining sectional matchups.

New Prague has beaten Albert Lea, West, East, split w/RW, tied Northfield and lost to Faribault & Lourdes early. NP has 2 huge rematches remaining with Lourdes and Northfield.

Faribault has beaten New Prague, West, Northfield (OT) & East and lost to Albert Lea and Lourdes. They don't have any real head-to-head section games left on their schedule. This team was the consensus #1 coming in and have faltered significantly lately.

Red Wing has been schizonphrenic. Beating Lourdes, Northfield & New Prague and losing big to AL & NP. The only remaining section 1a game is with Northfield.

Northfield has 3 huge section seeding games remaining with NP, West & RW. I believe they could leapfrog RW if they beat RW and win 2 of the 3.

GopherPuck15 · Post by **GopherPuck15** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:54 pm

The favorite as of today has to be Albert Lea..but are they peaking too early?

It looks like West is starting to figure it out, we'll see once again tonight how they handle East..This section is just nuts now with Fairbo losing to Lourdes as well.

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:42 pm

Three teams are hot right now

Lourdes has won 8 of last 9 games (loss to Mound)

New Prague has 6 wins and a tie in last 8 games. (loss to Holy Angels, tie with Northfield)

Albert Lea has won 5 of last 6. (Loss to Winona)

Faribault, Red wing and Northfield have been inconsistent as of late.

Assuming everyone wins the games they should against lesser teams the rest of the way, I'd say the winner of Lourdes vs. New Prague on Saturday should get the No. 1 seed.

Faribault, Albert Lea and Red Wing will battle for No. 3. Unless Northfield gets hot again like they were in late December they've played themselves down to the No. 6 seed.

People have made the case that Albert Lea is the best team right now. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, but I'll point out that seeding takes the entire season into account. Albert Lea has 10 losses, including losses to both New Prague and Lourdes and I don't think you can give them the top seed unless they win all their remaining games (which looking at their schedule is very possible) and New Prague and Lourdes go into a big slump. I don't see that happening, but the way this section has gone this year anything is possible.

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:51 pm

Question: How much does recent play count in the section seeding?

Does the way a team is playing at the end of the season count more than how they played at the beggining? What about teams that get "hot" in the last month of the regular season?

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:01 pm

Every coach has their own philosophy when seeding. I think a team that gets hot at the end of the season will get a push, but I dont' think it can push a team with 10 losses to the No. 1 seed. Albert Lea could very well win the section, but I can't see them getting the top seed.

Getemupscout · Post by **Getemupscout** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:46 pm

Seedings for 1A
Lourdes
albert Lea
Fairbault
Red wing
New Prague
Northfield
West
East
Austin
La cresent

Final write it down

nickel slots · Post by **nickel slots** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:02 pm

Getemupscout wrote:Seedings for 1A
Lourdes
albert Lea
Fairbault
Red wing
New Prague
Northfield
West
East
Austin
La cresent

Final write it down

I can 100% guarantee that you're wrong.

Getemupscout · Post by **Getemupscout** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:08 pm

I know the top six are right on.

nickel slots · Post by **nickel slots** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:03 pm

Getemupscout wrote:I know the top six are right on.

Care to place a wager?

Garry Bettman · Post by **Garry Bettman** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:06 pm

Lourdes would be my choice for #1 seed.... i dont think anyone else down here could play breck 2-1.... Beating faribault 6-3 is also pretty impressive..

blackpuck22 · Post by **blackpuck22** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:09 pm

That is the dumbest thing i've heaed. Albert lea barely lost to lourdes at the beginning of the season and they beat Fairbault 6-4. Im pretty they would be tight with breck too then

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:09 am

Getemupscout wrote:Seedings for 1A
Lourdes
albert Lea
Fairbault
Red wing
New Prague
Northfield
West
East
Austin
La cresent

Final write it down

You're wrong because your list doesn't have Waseca on it.

PoNd HocKey ChAmP67 · Post by **PoNd HocKey ChAmP67** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:07 pm

blackpuck22 wrote:That is the dumbest thing i've heaed. Albert lea barely lost to lourdes at the beginning of the season and they beat Fairbault 6-4. Im pretty they would be tight with breck too then

you can't just look at scores from the beginning of the year and say albert Lea can play with breck cuz they played with Lourdes at the beginnig of the year. Cuz if you want to play that game than Northfield should beat breck by two

cuz they beat Lourdes by three in the beginnig of the season..

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:18 pm

bad deductive reasoning hahaa

lourdes played breck close
albert lea played lourdes close
thus albert lea could play breck close as well

Rookie19 · Post by **Rookie19** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:00 am

New prague vs Lourdes 1-1 OT Final .

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