Hill-Murray vs. Rochester Century

mnhshockey00 · Post by **mnhshockey00** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:30 pm

Once Century shuts down there 1 player (Nick Larson) they will win this one 4-2

sachishi4 · Post by **sachishi4** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:32 pm

you can't be serious. We wouldnt have made it to state if we were a one player team.

PuckNasty07 · Post by **PuckNasty07** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:39 am

Pioneerprideguy wrote:I think we need to cut the Tartan program a little slack. I think they are relieved they didn't win their section as it would have possibly meant they would have missed a day or two of school. Kids don't attend that academic instiution for athletic reason, they are there to receive a high end quality education. They learned a few years ago that the high school tournament is way overated. They were quoted in the Pioneer Press saying, "What's the big deal? So you come to St. Paul to play in a 2 day tournament & play a couple games. It took us away from our studies. Thanks anyway but I think we will decline from here on out." Lech wonders if Furne, a by-product of the Titan program, will even show up Thursday...old habits are hard to break.

Off topic but there are a lot of ex hill teachers that would say that education is better at Tartan. **Chuck Norris Random Fact but Tartans Knowledge Bowl ranked 1st in Metro a week ago**

And Im glad that Tartan is now back in the same section as Hill.. As we will see Tartan take (4AA) calling it in about.. 2 years

after the Bantam program moves to highschool.

mnwildhcky1611 · Post by **mnwildhcky1611** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:55 am

Hill Murray is not just the nick larson show and century is by far not just the grimstad knoepke show if it was just the grimstad knoepke show century wouldnt of won the section championship there second line accounted for 8 points and for all you hockey watchers who think this game is going to be a blowout and hills gonna dominate century by 4 5 6 you got another thing coming this game will be decided by less than 2 goals i am gonna say century scores first and they win 4-3

Pioneerprideguy · Post by **Pioneerprideguy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:57 am

Pucknasty, the reason these teachers are now referred as "ex-teachers" is because they attempted to teach the students at Hill by saying, "please color within the lines" and "time to roll out your mats for sleepy-time". This just didn't fly at Hill. Rumor has it they are now teaching advance courses at Tartan.

Sparlimb · Post by **Sparlimb** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:16 pm

Centruy Fans:

Since a lot of us H-M folks know very little about your team this year, could you give us a primer about your team? Clearly had a good year garnering the #1 seed in your section. You also got over the Lakeville North problem you've had on and off the last few years. It sounds like you have a lot of seniors on your team with some decent scorers. Was this season expected or did the team overachieve? Do you have one solid line of scorers or more? Who stands out as your best player? Has your goaltender played all season or did he share the nets with another goalie? Just wondering what I'll see on Thursday...

xcelcenterorbust08 · Post by **xcelcenterorbust08** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:40 pm

Sparlimb-Century has two very good players (Grimstad and Kneopke) on there first line. The second line is decent and can score just fine. They come out flying but usually slowly bring the pace down. #14 can shoot pretty well but isnt a great player other than that. There goalie is shaky to say the least. He doesnt look good in nets but seems to do just enough for them to win. If I was HM I would shoot all the time. He even looks funny just saving simple dumps on net. Century's fans all seem to think that there D are underrated adn what not. THey are all okay but nothing specail. One of them is very fast but I dont remember the number.

Stop line one and shoot and you'll probably win. All Centurys losses are against big programs and thats is what HM is

Sparlimb · Post by **Sparlimb** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:00 pm

Thanks Xcelcenterorbust08...

Hill-Murray had an up and down year. They were an elite team last year who fell short of their goal. Grand Rapids played a fantastic game against Hill in the state semifinals last year to break their heart. Most of that roster graduated and a couple left for the NDPT. So there where some questions to how good Hill's defense would be this year as they were young and new to varsity. Overall, the team proved itself to be good, but not great. They failed rather miserably in the big games against Holy Angels and Moorhead. Teams that can skate fast, stick handle very well and shoot off the pass have tended to score on Hill. Phillippi (the goalie), loved by some, hated by more, also can be up and down. If he can see the puck, he almost always stops it. If he's screened, it tends to go in because he is a smallish goalie. He had two huge games in sections however holding White Bear and Centennial to one goal each. This is his second straight State Tourney and he's still only a junior. Hill's first line consists of a senior, Nick Larson (up for Mr. Hockey but won't win), a junior Ryan Furne (transfer from Tartan) and a sophmore, Tyler Zepeda who played on the top line in state last year also. They haven't been the dominate line that most Hill fans hoped they would be this year. The second line has two sophmores (Jeff Westerhaus and Isaac Kohls) and a junior (Dan Cecka) that started very slowly and have improved a ton as the year went on. Isaac Kohls looks like he might be something very special in the years to come. They've really had the scoring touch lately which has helped Hill get through sections.

It may be bad news that the Century goalie is shaky, because that is exactly what happened to WBL in the section final. The kid who played so well in a 4-0 win over Roseville let in 3 goals on 12 shots to Hill. Not a stellar performance. Hill has only had big scores against below average teams, so it shouldn't be too hard for Century to stay in the game. The only thing I'd worry about is that other then one 2-1 loss to St. Thomas Academy, Hill has won every single close game this year (well they did technically tie Duluth East in the xmas tourney). I feel like Hill can compete with any of the teams in the tournament this year and they are well over due for a great result. Century's best chance is to get on top and hold that lead. Good luck on Thursday and I hope it is a great game...

BIAFP · Post by **BIAFP** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:06 pm

Century should really stay in school an extra day and show up at Mariucci on Friday morning

Pioneerprideguy · Post by **Pioneerprideguy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:44 pm

A lot of new faces to this year's HM squad. With the exception of two players who were moved up later in the year, Hill has the experience of playing at the Xcel during the holidays. This may help cool the jitters a tad on Thursday. I think if they can keep the inside of their breezers clean, they will be fine. As always, if Flip makes the early stops, he will be tough to beat. If not, it will be a battle with a large crowd pulling for Century/against Hill. I think in order for Hill to have a successful tourney, their powerplay needs to contribute. I haven't been impressed with this aspect of their game. Still not sold on seeing Larson at the point. Hopefully they will execute and have a great 3 days downtown St. Paul. Good Luck Boys.

mnhshockey00 · Post by **mnhshockey00** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:45 pm

Yea they probally should just skip the game on thursday.... Did you also give Moorhead, Roseville, Cloquet, Holy Angels, and Cretin the advice to buy there state hotels in advance?

dirtyhock1515 · Post by **dirtyhock1515** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:46 pm

xcelcenterorbust..

the century D are all very fast.. in fact the whole team has a lot of speed and all of the D are solid players and have the ability to turn it up themselves anytime they want to.

a couple of the D that are really fast are 21 and 3

Hockey Shananigans · Post by **Hockey Shananigans** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:52 pm

HM - 4

Century - 2

Basil Chaps · Post by **Basil Chaps** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:01 pm

PuckNasty07 wrote:
Pioneerprideguy wrote:Off topic but there are a lot of ex hill teachers that would say that education is better at Tartan. **Chuck Norris Random Fact but Tartans Knowledge Bowl ranked 1st in Metro a week ago**
Hill-Murray has no knowledge bowl team and beat Tartan in Quiz Bowl 2 of the 3 times they met this year. Also Hill made stat in quiz bowl as well, tartan was for some reason missing.
But on to hockey, Hill won't have any trouble handling Rochester Century.

BIAFP · Post by **BIAFP** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:03 pm

mnhshockey00 wrote:Yea they probally should just skip the game on thursday.... Did you also give Moorhead, Roseville, Cloquet, Holy Angels, and Cretin the advice to buy there state hotels in advance?

Actually I told them all I would buy all their tickets ahead of time

TTpuckster · Post by **TTpuckster** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:29 pm

Here's the deal......

HM is a tried and proven program.

Just like a Roseau.

Come tournament time, they are always hard to beat.
They can be outshot, but they still find a way to win.
HM just happens to be one of those storied programs that do this more often than not.

You can never, ever, count them out!!!

I don't see that with RC.

So, you hafta go with the PI-O-NEERS!!

HM-----7
RC-----1

Hilltopper99 · Post by **Hilltopper99** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:50 pm

One teacher who went from Hill to Tartan is perhaps the most well-read, articulate literature scholar I've ever met, including college profs. How he feels about Tartan v. Hill education I have no idea, but he knows his stuff and doesn't tolerate nappy time. And this opinion comes from someone who knows and believes fully in the education at Hill.

Oh yeah... Hill 4 Century 1

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:17 pm

[quote="xcelcenterorbust08"]Sparlimb-Century has two very good players (Grimstad and Kneopke) on there first line. The second line is decent and can score just fine. They come out flying but usually slowly bring the pace down. [b]#14 can shoot pretty well but isnt a great player other than that.[/b] There goalie is shaky to say the least. He doesnt look good in nets but seems to do just enough for them to win. If I was HM I would shoot all the time. He even looks funny just saving simple dumps on net. Century's fans all seem to think that there D are underrated adn what not. THey are all okay but nothing specail. One of them is very fast but I dont remember the number.

Stop line one and shoot and you'll probably win. All Centurys losses are against big programs and thats is what HM is[/quote]

i disagree. #14 is centurys top 3-4 player. And he also is playing with the Express after State, and was drafted in the USHL futures for Ceader Rapids. Sayin he isnt that great is not correct. He will most likey not be at Century next year, if he is, he is wasting his time

Ankles Pierre, Jr. · Post by **Ankles Pierre, Jr.** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:39 pm

Should H-M just send out its regular lines during power plays?

Not using special PP units may require less adjustment once 5 on 5 resumes, too.

Coaches PPG, SL, HT, BC, and Sach... what do you think?

sachishi4 · Post by **sachishi4** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:42 pm

it could be an option in the running clock 3rd period

Pioneerprideguy · Post by **Pioneerprideguy** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:20 pm

AP: It is on the powerplay where Hill's lack of a puck handeling defenseman really becomes obvious. A guy like McCallum was amazing to watch the last few years. Lech believes that Johnson may be his most offensive D, but is reluctant to put him (9th grader) in that situation. At this point I'd opt to leave the lines intact. Both lines may get a crack during a 2 min powerplay. Larson looks tentative back there and I believe his size would be more of an asset up front with an oddman advantage. But, I defer to Lech's judgement. Curious to see how it works out in the show.

snipeshow · Post by **snipeshow** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:32 pm

ill take the upset....

Century-4

Hill-3

Century has some good offensive players....Hill will be looking past them to the Friday night game with Roseau.

gopherhockey33 · Post by **gopherhockey33** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:40 pm

hill is practiaclly the 1 seed. they'll easy handle RC if they play decent. i got larsons line getting 1 goal each and kolhs line gettign 1 or 2

GOB · Post by **GOB** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:44 pm

Hill-5

Century-1

I think Hill scores a couple of goals early and Century won't be able to recover.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:47 pm

gopherhockey33 wrote:hill is practiaclly the 1 seed.

Excuse me?

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Hill-Murray vs. Rochester Century

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