Section 6A Final Little Falls vs. Alexandria 3/4/09

Mr. Bo Dangles · Post by **Mr. Bo Dangles** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:36 pm

What time would one need to be at the MAC to get a seat for this one?

The Vet · Post by **The Vet** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:12 am

Mr. Bo Dangles, i would suggest you be there an hour and a half to two hours before game to ensure a good seat. That might be a little early, but it will fill fast. This game is gonna be a great one

number56 · Post by **number56** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:14 am

Mr. Bo Dangles wrote:What time would one need to be at the MAC to get a seat for this one?

Camp out the night before

08streaker · Post by **08streaker** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:42 am

scarface wrote:
08streaker wrote:The game is going to be at the MAC I assume.

Also could someone please tell me the day and time for the 6A Championship Game?
It's at the MAC next Thursday night 3/5/09 7:00 PM Gametime

hey thanks for the info.

GopherPuckPlayer · Post by **GopherPuckPlayer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:58 am

scarface wrote:
defense wrote:
scarface wrote:What say you?? Little Falls undefeated record vs the team that has given them the toughest games this year!

LF came out slow against Fergus Falls and ran into some solid tending and D but put the game away on a mishandled shot from the blue line.

Alex looked solid against a Sartell team that many predicted to upset them in the Semi's

Who wins this one to go to the Dance??
Little Falls wins of course. Let's remember that even though Fergus Falls is on a DOWN year, they did improve towards the end of the season. And Fergus Falls and Little Falls have a history in this section.
Little Falls will come out and play one of their best games of the year against one of their toughest opponents of the year(something the Otters were not), and possibly put it into running time.
Running Time. What is this Saturday Night Live??? There is NO WAY LF scores 6 unanswered goals against Hemingway and Alex.

I second that, Matt is a great tender, and will never let this game go into running time.

GopherPuckPlayer · Post by **GopherPuckPlayer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:06 am

MNCHAMPS wrote:yes watching from last night, ALexandria can play with anyone. Alexandria's top two lines didnt touch the ice more then 2 times in that 3rd period. Saying that score could have easly been 8-1 with all the cheap penaltys Sartell had. While Little falls this whole season has played their top line as often as possible even in running time games. This is why HANO has the point record. I have Alex in this one 4-2 they have more depth.

You are wrong there, LF has played all their lines even in the past four games even more. Yes Ben was out there for a lot of time this year, but if you have been to any of the past games you know that the 3rd and 4th and even switching the lines up have been out there. This will be one of the toughest battles LF will have this season. Both teams are deserving and which ever team goes will show a great game down at the X.

GopherPuckPlayer · Post by **GopherPuckPlayer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:11 am

teko11 wrote:
MNCHAMPS wrote:haha the joke of the day is 7 getting by Hemingway dont see that happening anytime sooon..
haha. very good point. it's a bold prediction indeed.

yes, if anything I see this as a 1-2 game, and should be a great game indeed.

EZgoalscorer · Post by **EZgoalscorer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:13 am

I have Alex in this one 4-2 they have more depth.

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More depth? At what position? Maybe their 3rd line but thats it, LF is better in every aspect of the game, and yes including goaltending as far as this game is concerned. Sperl has 2 section championships, this game will be nothin new to him, while hemmingway crapped the bed last year. Should be a great game but I don't agree with that statement, plus I don't know how a team with more depth has failed to win at least 1 of there 2 regular season meetings against LF.

dirtkiller_97 · Post by **dirtkiller_97** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:20 am

its going to be a good one Shins could not have put an analysis on the two teams any better....LF has an advantage with firepower. Alex knows what they are up against and have been waiting for this game....as well as LF. I think LF has the advantage. Why? These seniors have been going to the X the last 2 years...and Ben 3 other times. They know what the competition is like at the State level and certainly in sections. LF 4 Alex 3

onemoveOTH · Post by **onemoveOTH** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:39 am

EZgoalscorer wrote:
I have Alex in this one 4-2 they have more depth.

More depth? At what position? Maybe their 3rd line but thats it, LF is better in every aspect of the game, and yes including goaltending as far as this game is concerned. Sperl has 2 section championships, this game will be nothin new to him, while hemmingway crapped the bed last year. Should be a great game but I don't agree with that statement, plus I don't know how a team with more depth has failed to win at least 1 of there 2 regular season meetings against LF.[/quote]
(Example) Did you see Alex on Sat night? When they use there depth they play very well, the last game against LF is a perfect example. That game, AND DON"T ARGUE THIS, could have went either way, Sperl still dreams about that game.

onemoveOTH · Post by **onemoveOTH** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:44 am

sorry ezgoalsorer i ment that to post on its own, in a hurry, but you get what im saying.

MNCHAMPS · Post by **MNCHAMPS** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:09 am

Yes, Alexandria has more depth in every position.. Hemingways stats are a little better then Sperl's but pretty similar. Alex just doesnt have the horse on their team as Little Falls has in Big BEN thats been carrying them for the last couple years. Before that it helped to have festler and the older hano. Little Fall has a easier schedule too which will benifit the cards in the long run..Should be a Exciting game!!

mnwild09 · Post by **mnwild09** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:31 am

MNCHAMPS wrote:Yes, Alexandria has more depth in every position.. Hemingways stats are a little better then Sperl's but pretty similar. Alex just doesnt have the horse on their team as Little Falls has in Big BEN thats been carrying them for the last couple years. Before that it helped to have festler and the older hano. Little Fall has a easier schedule too which will benifit the cards in the long run..Should be a Exciting game!!

How do you figure that Little Falls had the easier schedule? They are in the same section, their most difficult opponents were arguably each other. They both played SCC, Little Falls won, Alex lost. No arguing there it's the same schedule there. Yeah, Alexandria played more AA opponents which were Brainerd/River Lakes/St Cloud Tech.

Brainerd was 10-15-0 this year.
River Lakes was an astounding 8-16-1
And St Cloud Tech, who both Little Falls AND Alexandria played, was beaten 6-3 and 2-1 by Alexandria in the two games they played, whereas Little Falls beat down Tech 10-2.

The only REAL argument you could be posing would be the game against Moorhead, the very last game of the season which didn't even matter to Alexandria because win or lose they would still be seeded second in the section, so the game hardly counted. Even if you threw that game in you can't actually believe that Alexandria had a harder schedule than Little Falls...

P.S. Little Falls over Alex 4-2

snakedude11 · Post by **snakedude11** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:41 am

i hate to tell you MNWILD but little falls obviously has the easier schedule. They play the likes of Greenway, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Faribault, Prarie Center and you dont think they have an easier schedule?? Now lets look at Alex who plays Moorhead,Roseau,LOW,Bemidji,etc.....now tell me how you find the likes of little falls' opponents to match alexs' opponents??? HMM doesnt make too much sense to me, anyone wanna help me out here....and either way opponents are playing each other in the finals, its alex and little falls....
Alex-3
SMALL FALLS-2

MNCHAMPS · Post by **MNCHAMPS** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:47 am

Alex plays Brainerd and Tech twice, while LF only played them once. LF played Wadena and DL. Alex also played Roseau this year.

mnwild09 · Post by **mnwild09** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:19 pm

snakedude11 wrote:i hate to tell you MNWILD but little falls obviously has the easier schedule. They play the likes of Greenway, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Faribault, Prarie Center and you dont think they have an easier schedule?? Now lets look at Alex who plays Moorhead,Roseau,LOW,Bemidji,etc.....now tell me how you find the likes of little falls' opponents to match alexs' opponents??? HMM doesnt make too much sense to me, anyone wanna help me out here....and either way opponents are playing each other in the finals, its alex and little falls....
Alex-3
SMALL FALLS-2

St Cloud Tech took Roseau to overtime. Yeah those rams look soooo good this year. Oh wait....

Lake of the Woods was a solid 11-13-1 this year. Yeah good argument

Bemidji was slightly better with a 13-11-1 record beating down teams like Fergus Falls 4-2, St Cloud Apollo 4-3 and DL 6-2 along the way. Not that impressive.

Seems to me the toughest opponent Alexandria had this year was Little Falls and guess what? They lost twice. Strange...

And let's not forget that Little Falls didn't choose its schedule. Yeah Alex had a few tough games but it seems pretty obvious that it's 4 toughest games were 2x LF, SCC, and Moorhead, and they lost all 4. Little Falls is (obviously) 3-0 in its meetings with SCC and Alex this year.

mnwild09 · Post by **mnwild09** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:41 pm

Oh and snakedude11, I never once said Little Falls had a tougher schedule. If you're going to argue someone make sure you know what his/her point is before you start bashing them. My argument was that LF's schedule was AS difficult as Alexandria's, not MORE difficult.

The Vet · Post by **The Vet** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:45 pm

Alex does not have more depth than Lf. LF has 4 very solid senior defensemen to go along with a first line of all seniors and a second line of two seniors and a very capable sophomore. Anyone can look at season stats from this year and last year between Sperl and Hemmingway and notice that Matt has done better, but then you look at head to head and Sperl wins. In this game, season stats don't matter. Sperl stands on his head against Alex and Hemmingway is good for at least one weak goal.

The only other argument for depth is the third line. I will take Alex's third line over LF's, but it will it not be enough for them to win the game.

ice hacker · Post by **ice hacker** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:48 pm

From what I saw on Sat night Alex should win. They seem to be the all around better team. I agree that Alex has more depth. They have power play teams and penalty kill teams. They dont rely on the same players to do both. They play 3 lines most of the game. This will hopefullly keep them fresh. They had 5 different players score against Sartel. While LF really relies on Hanowski to play in all areas. Three of their goalsl came fron him. He is a very smooth player. I take Alex in a close one 2-1.

TheBlizzard · Post by **TheBlizzard** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:54 pm

I have not seen either of these team play in person; however I have read all about them all year. In my opinion in comes down to one thing for Alex, if they can stop from Hano from scoring and getting other involved Alex will win no problem. Sounds simple right? Wrong. Teams have tried all year to contain him and have failed. If Alex lets him skate around and get in open ice to make plays for himself or others it will be a long game.

Now if they can somewhat take him out of the game, well then LF is screwed, they lack those other players that can make things happen at both ends. Some of those next kids in line in points behind Hano are benifiting from his gifted play.

I think Alex takes this one 6-4 with their being a lot of shots on goal, even though LF has beat them twice this year I think Alex shows their depth and more balanced attack.

onemoveOTH · Post by **onemoveOTH** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:38 pm

ice hacker wrote:From what I saw on Sat night Alex should win. They seem to be the all around better team. I agree that Alex has more depth. They have power play teams and penalty kill teams. They dont rely on the same players to do both. They play 3 lines most of the game. This will hopefullly keep them fresh. They had 5 different players score against Sartel. While LF really relies on Hanowski to play in all areas. Three of their goalsl came fron him. He is a very smooth player. I take Alex in a close one 2-1.

Sat. night they skated 1st line way way to much -- start the period -- end the period -- all the power plays -- there regular shifts -- and even a kill or two they were toast after a period and a half, this is not using your depth. They would have used all three lines you would have seen 2 or three more points on the board.

Goldy Gopher · Post by **Goldy Gopher** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:13 pm

teko11 wrote:
MNCHAMPS wrote:haha the joke of the day is 7 getting by Hemingway dont see that happening anytime sooon..
haha. very good point. it's a bold prediction indeed.

Are you going to be in attendance Teko?

teko11 · Post by **teko11** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:34 pm

I am currently throwing around the idea..

EZgoalscorer · Post by **EZgoalscorer** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:37 pm

Sat. night they skated 1st line way way to much -- start the period -- end the period -- all the power plays -- there regular shifts -- and even a kill or two they were toast after a period and a half, this is not using your depth. They would have used all three lines you would have seen 2 or three more points on the board.[/quote]

Thats the way the always have done it, not saying its right or wrong. There is one key thing to look at for those of you saying Alexs plays all three lines evenly. Do you think if LFs first line starts logging alot of ice, which is very possible, Alex is gonna keep putting out a "balanced" attack, maybe so, but I would venture to guess that if BIG BEN starts double shifting or is out there all the time Alex isn't going to put out their 2nd and 3rd line while he is out there. So I think how much Alex 3rd line plays depends on how much LFs 3rd line plays.

onemoveOTH · Post by **onemoveOTH** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:00 pm

EZgoalscorer wrote:Sat. night they skated 1st line way way to much -- start the period -- end the period -- all the power plays -- there regular shifts -- and even a kill or two they were toast after a period and a half, this is not using your depth. They would have used all three lines you would have seen 2 or three more points on the board.

Thats the way the always have done it, not saying its right or wrong. There is one key thing to look at for those of you saying Alexs plays all three lines evenly. Do you think if LFs first line starts logging alot of ice, which is very possible, Alex is gonna keep putting out a "balanced" attack, maybe so, but I would venture to guess that if BIG BEN starts double shifting or is out there all the time Alex isn't going to put out their 2nd and 3rd line while he is out there. So I think how much Alex 3rd line plays depends on how much LFs 3rd line plays.[/quote]
That is not the way they have always done it, last time these teams meet.

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