Your Fantasy State Tournament For 2009

[sachishi4]

I see most of you forgot Hill Murray.

scared?

[redfirehockey1]

I see most of you forgot Hill Murray.

scared?

lol good one

[Rossbury21]

I see most of you forgot Hill Murray.

scared?

Most people Fantasize about a world without Hill Murray.

[sachishi4]

youre just jealous

[SEMinnHockeyNut]

Rochester Mayo (my team) vs. Apple Valley

Burnsville vs. Hill Murray (80's classic)

Maple Grove vs. Moorhead (Cinderella vs. The Bride's Maid)

Eden Prairie vs. Grand Rapids (Halloween Machine vs. Great young team)

Semis:
Mayo over Burnsville (my team and of course everyone hates Hill)
Moorhead over Eden Prairie (gotta set up Mayo for the title)

Consolation:
Apple valley over Hill (bye private and AV is back)
Maple Grove over GR (only to give a good story)

Consolation title: MG over AV

3rd: EP over Burnsville (to show why Lee cut those seniors)

Championship: Mayo over Moorhead in 2OT!

[MNHockey75]

NORTH
1. Duluth East
8. Virginia

4. Hermantown
5. Moorhead

2. Little Falls
7. Roseau

3. Warroad
6. Thief River Falls

SOUTH
1. Edina
8. Burnsville

4. Centennial
5. Minnetonka

2. Eden Prairie
7. Elk River

3. Bloomington Jefferson
6. Blaine

Semi's:
1. Edina over 3. Bloomington Jefferson
1. Duluth East over 7. Roseau

Final:
1. Edina over 1. Duluth East

[grindiangrad-80]

It really is a shame as these team deserve to play in the MINNESOTA BIG SHOW!
Maybe, the MSHSL could do the right thing and seed 6 teams and have the next top 4 play for the 2 last spots.
Time for a change??? Something that would be great to watch for all three days.

Not sure I agree with that.
2 or 3 strong teams in one section has been going on for decades.
It's happened in every section at one time or another.

[espnmobile8]

I think that a little more balance in Sections would be nice. 1AA kills me. However, it's always fun to have a couple good Sections because the finals are unbelievable games. Last year I had the most fun watching the Burnsville V Edina game down at Mariucci. I'd say that game had more of a "State" atmosphere than most of the games at the Ex.

[2good4u]

-White Bear Lake
-Sleepy Eye
-North Metro
-Wadena-Deer Creek
-Austin
-Ely
-Silver Bay
-Bagley-Fosston

Hey I want to see the Bears win in the first round, this might be the only way.

it wasnt that long ago when silver bay actually was in the state tourney

[2good4u]

Fun topic. The no section rules gives me the freedom to do this:

Duluth East
Cloquet
Grand Rapids
Roseau
Moorhead
Apple Valley
Edina (I want East to get a shot at them--matching their 1st line vs. East's D should be fun)
White Bear Lake (hey, someone has to lose in the first round...)

First round:
Edina vs. Duluth East (Hounds win, of course)
Apple Valley vs. WBL (foregone conclusion)
Cloquet vs. Rapids (Cloquet)
Moorhead vs. Roseau (Roseau)
Semis:
Duluth East vs. Apple Valley (East wins in 6 OTs)
Cloquet vs. Roseau (Cloquet)
Finals:
Duluth East vs. Cloquet (East).
Roseau finishes 3rd; Rapids brings home the consolation trophy.

you east fans still cant come to grip that you lost to apple valley, i find it ridiculously funny, ur arguement could b said for the game where hermantown lost benilde st. margret, when the "game winning" shot for hermantown went in and out so fast that the ref didnt see but the goal judge called it a goal, and everyone knows the rest of the story, goal got called off and benilde goes onto win the tourney, altho we didnt win we at least moved on, actually 2 b honest a lot of people dont even remember that game

[notorious17]

Apple Valley wont make it to state lets not joke ourselves.

Fun topic. The no section rules gives me the freedom to do this:

Duluth East
Cloquet
Grand Rapids
Roseau
Moorhead
Apple Valley
Edina (I want East to get a shot at them--matching their 1st line vs. East's D should be fun)
White Bear Lake (hey, someone has to lose in the first round...)

First round:
Edina vs. Duluth East (Hounds win, of course)
Apple Valley vs. WBL (foregone conclusion)
Cloquet vs. Rapids (Cloquet)
Moorhead vs. Roseau (Roseau)
Semis:
Duluth East vs. Apple Valley (East wins in 6 OTs)
Cloquet vs. Roseau (Cloquet)
Finals:
Duluth East vs. Cloquet (East).
Roseau finishes 3rd; Rapids brings home the consolation trophy.

[gopherhockey99]

I think that a little more balance in Sections would be nice. 1AA kills me. However, it's always fun to have a couple good Sections because the finals are unbelievable games. Last year I had the most fun watching the Burnsville V Edina game down at Mariucci. I'd say that game had more of a "State" atmosphere than most of the games at the Ex.

I agree the Edina - Burnsville game was the best game in march last year! Combined with the Minnetonka - Benilde game before that created quite the "state" like atmosphere.

[GopherHockey]

AA
Lakeville South
Jefferson
Woodbury
Hill-Murray
Blaine
Eden Prairie
Duluth East
Moorhead

A
New Prague
Breck
Doesn't Really Matter
STA
SCC
Little Falls
Duluth Marshall
Warroad

[karl(east)]

Fun topic. The no section rules gives me the freedom to do this:

Duluth East
Cloquet
Grand Rapids
Roseau
Moorhead
Apple Valley
Edina (I want East to get a shot at them--matching their 1st line vs. East's D should be fun)
White Bear Lake (hey, someone has to lose in the first round...)

First round:
Edina vs. Duluth East (Hounds win, of course)
Apple Valley vs. WBL (foregone conclusion)
Cloquet vs. Rapids (Cloquet)
Moorhead vs. Roseau (Roseau)
Semis:
Duluth East vs. Apple Valley (East wins in 6 OTs)
Cloquet vs. Roseau (Cloquet)
Finals:
Duluth East vs. Cloquet (East).
Roseau finishes 3rd; Rapids brings home the consolation trophy.

you east fans still cant come to grip that you lost to apple valley, i find it ridiculously funny, ur arguement could b said for the game where hermantown lost benilde st. margret, when the "game winning" shot for hermantown went in and out so fast that the ref didnt see but the goal judge called it a goal, and everyone knows the rest of the story, goal got called off and benilde goes onto win the tourney, altho we didnt win we at least moved on, actually 2 b honest a lot of people dont even remember that game

Wow, tough crowd. I was six years old and lived in southern Wisconsin when this happened, and had no clue that either of these schools existed. I just wanted a fun little historical matchup, and I have a great deal of respect for and interest in the history of MN hockey. I am in no way bitter about something that is before my time.

And of course I don't think Apple Valley will go to State. I have 3 teams from 1 section in this tournament, and one of them is way worse than Apple Valley. The idea of this thread was to create some sort of fantasy, idealized State Tourney, wasn't it? This just happens to be mine.

[TheNightman]

-White Bear Lake
-Sleepy Eye
-North Metro
-Wadena-Deer Creek
-Austin
-Ely
-Silver Bay
-Bagley-Fosston

Hey I want to see the Bears win in the first round, this might be the only way.

it wasnt that long ago when silver bay actually was in the state tourney

I still would like to think that White Bear could beat them this year

[JV State Champs]

I would love to see

BSM
Jefferson
Edina
Eden Praire
Minnetonka
Holy Angles
Cenntenial
Blaine

With
1st round
BSM vs. Blaine
Jefferson vs. Minnetonka
Edina vs. Holy Angles
Eden Praire vs. Centennial

Keep all the northern teams away.

[wblhockeyfan8]

-White Bear Lake
-Sleepy Eye
-North Metro
-Wadena-Deer Creek
-Austin
-Ely
-Silver Bay
-Bagley-Fosston

Hey I want to see the Bears win in the first round, this might be the only way.

Oh man, so true.

[joycer10]

Edina
Blaine
Centennial
Duluth East
Minnetonka
Eden Praire
Bloomington Jefferson
Woodbury (gotta have my royals in there)

[Lakeviewing]

In no particular order...
Edina
Eden Prairie
Duluth East
Minnetonka
Jefferson (as much as I don't like them, they're still top 8 )
Centennial
Holy Angels
Benilde

It really is a shame that 6 of these teams are packed into 2 sections, while any of these teams could cruise through section 1AA without their first line. Something needs to be done about sections to fix this.

I agree. It is sad to know that some of the top rated 10 teams over the season will not make it to the State Tournament due to their Section placement.