grindiangrad-80 wrote:
When Edina wins it's because they are the best. When Edina loses it's because they "looked past" somebody. GR is 3-2 all-time vs Edina in the state tournament.
Good teams don't "look past" anyone in March.
SSP has a good record against Edina in the tournament too.
cmon I believe benilde could be considered the best, especially with the determination and heart they have, but it is to bad tonka could not make it as well as a wild card, since section 1AA is pretty weak with one of the lakeville teams going to state.
No cashetta isnt that good of goalie, he has to play the 3 of the best games of his life for them to stand a chance
Perhaps I watched a different game, but I saw one bad goal & two that were not his fault and would probably have been put past any other goalie in the state.
Doc Holliday wrote:
Perhaps I watched a different game, but I saw one bad goal & two that were not his fault and would probably have been put past any other goalie in the state.
Doc, you saw it right. I just watched the highlights. For some reason he didn't cover the post on the first one and the wide angle shot went in. After that he was fine.
No cashetta isnt that good of goalie, he has to play the 3 of the best games of his life for them to stand a chance
Perhaps I watched a different game, but I saw one bad goal & two that were not his fault and would probably have been put past any other goalie in the state.
Considering he had one of the top GAA in the Metro, I would say he was at least "good", or Edina's defense is "decent", but since no one thinks either of these areas are worth mentioning for Edina, I am confused.
The thing Cashetta is able to do, is to recover from a bad goal, and finish the game strong. This aspect alone will give the Hornets a chance to advance deep next week.
M. Lee is one tender who seems to be on auto pilot with his consistency, but with the hornets averaging over 50 SOG during sections, the law of averages may favor the Hornets in such a match-up. Just a thought..
No cashetta isnt that good of goalie, he has to play the 3 of the best games of his life for them to stand a chance
Perhaps I watched a different game, but I saw one bad goal & two that were not his fault and would probably have been put past any other goalie in the state.
Considering he had one of the top GAA in the Metro, I would say he was at least "good", or Edina's defense is "decent", but since no one thinks either of these areas are worth mentioning for Edina, I am confused.
The thing Cashetta is able to do, is to recover from a bad goal, and finish the game strong. This aspect alone will give the Hornets a chance to advance deep next week.
M. Lee is one tender who seems to be on auto pilot with his consistency, but with the hornets averaging over 50 SOG during sections, the law of averages may favor the Hornets in such a match-up. Just a thought..
Edina would not get 50 shots against Roseau. If thats what your getting at.
Doc Holliday wrote:
Perhaps I watched a different game, but I saw one bad goal & two that were not his fault and would probably have been put past any other goalie in the state.
Considering he had one of the top GAA in the Metro, I would say he was at least "good", or Edina's defense is "decent", but since no one thinks either of these areas are worth mentioning for Edina, I am confused.
The thing Cashetta is able to do, is to recover from a bad goal, and finish the game strong. This aspect alone will give the Hornets a chance to advance deep next week.
M. Lee is one tender who seems to be on auto pilot with his consistency, but with the hornets averaging over 50 SOG during sections, the law of averages may favor the Hornets in such a match-up. Just a thought..
Edina would not get 50 shots against Roseau. If thats what your getting at.
Law of averages still favor Lakevilllllle!!! Get on the bandwagon boyssss!!!!
Svenster wrote:I'd bet even money that Roseau plays Edina in the championship game.
If Mike Lee is playing at the top of his game, then game over...Roseau wins. No question about it.
If Lee plays mediocre, then it's going to be a toss-up.
It all hinges on Lee (no pressure there!!)...
Based on the press releases, should it not hinge on the shoulders of Mr. Ness?
P.S. 35 SOG coming from the Budish-Lee-Everson is something else.
I think the majority of Hockey fans want this potential epic match-up
Nope, only Edina has a one dimensional team. Where 3 player on two different lines make up 70% of the offense. If you look at Roseau's stats you'll see the point spread out over 3 lines and d-men. Ness can not put a point and still depend on Nelson, Fabian, Oliver, well the list goes on really
both teams are great ill give it to edina for coming out of a very tough section and ill give it to roseau for an undefeated season so far but if these teams do make it to state it wont be until the championship because they will be the number 1 and 2 seed and because edina uses a very short bench(they play the buddish everson and lee line every other shift) it could possibly be an issue for those 3 kids with there size to be playing 3 games in 3 days at the tourny with the amount of minnutes that they get...another factory is the goalies and roseau is obviously withe the upper hand at this point but these are the best 2 teams in state so either team can win and if we see them play eachother.. it will be one of the best games ever for the state championship
The only time Edina was the best consistently was when a ranger Willard Ikola-Mr. iron range hockey god to you- was coaching Edina. But alas those days are gone and the Hornet's stingers have never been or will be as great again........
I'm looking forward to seeing a Roseau Finals against Edina. Both teams are obviously incredibly strong at both ends of the ice. But, Roseau is the team with the superior netminder, without question. And, as most hockey observers will agree, the team with the hot goaltender is probably the team to beat when it comes to tournament play (a good team with a goalie doing magic tricks between the pipes will almost always beat an excellent team with a (merely) good goalie). And, Mike Lee is the real deal. He has a GAA of less than 0.9, a SV% of about 0.95, a perfect record as a varsity goalie, and experience leading the Rams to the Class AA championship in 2007. And, the team he's playing in front of is not merely "good." On top of that, he's from the hockeytown in northern Minnesota with the greatest tradition of high school hockey, not only in the state but, probably, in all of the USA!!!
mainefan wrote:The only time Edina was the best consistently was when a ranger Willard Ikola-Mr. iron range hockey god to you- was coaching Edina. But alas those days are gone and the Hornet's stingers have never been or will be as great again........
I see............Ikola had no talented players, he merely coached a bunch of ankle skaters to the state titles because of his fondness for flannell:roll:
Just possibly, the great again you refer to is now!
Svensta wrote:I'm looking forward to seeing a Roseau Finals against Edina. Both teams are obviously incredibly strong at both ends of the ice. But, Roseau is the team with the superior netminder, without question. And, as most hockey observers will agree, the team with the hot goaltender is probably the team to beat when it comes to tournament play (a good team with a goalie doing magic tricks between the pipes will almost always beat an excellent team with a (merely) good goalie). And, Mike Lee is the real deal. He has a GAA of less than 0.9, a SV% of about 0.95, a perfect record as a varsity goalie, and experience leading the Rams to the Class AA championship in 2007. And, the team he's playing in front of is not merely "good." On top of that, he's from the hockeytown in northern Minnesota with the greatest tradition of high school hockey, not only in the state but, probably, in all of the USA!!!
