7AA Semi-Final - Duluth East vs Elk River 2/25/12 , 10 AM

DuluthMMA · Post by **DuluthMMA** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:55 pm

well now that Easts top 2 rivals are out, and they have yet to play ER this year, who ya got?

mnhockfan99 · Post by **mnhockfan99** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:35 pm

I think this is a bad matchup for Elk River. Just a hunch, but I feel East will win handily..I have no idea why Cloquet played such a soft game tonight in the neutral zone and gave up their blue line all night to ER, led to a lot of unnecessary defending they had to do in their own zone and it hurt them more than a few times......I think East will bring a lot of pressure and it will get to ER.

DuluthMMA · Post by **DuluthMMA** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:18 pm

mnhockfan99 wrote:I think this is a bad matchup for Elk River. Just a hunch, but I feel East will win handily..I have no idea why Cloquet played such a soft game tonight in the neutral zone and gave up their blue line all night to ER, led to a lot of unnecessary defending they had to do in their own zone and it hurt them more than a few times......I think East will bring a lot of pressure and it will get to ER.

Agreed this will be a 3 line game for both teams, but i think with East being the better team will stop the ER offense... IMO this one is all on Franke

EREmpireStrikesBack · Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:18 pm

EHSHack · Post by **EHSHack** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:04 am

I like East on paper, but... Elk has alot going for them motivational wise. Resignation of their coach and Franke... this will be the fourth time he has played East in the playoffs and he is 0-3 with 0 close games to show for it. I think East will win but I would not be surprised to see Elk pull the upset as awful as it would be.

StreetStix · Post by **StreetStix** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:42 am

It all rides on Franke. Good goalies have kept teams in the game against East a few times already this year and I think Franke is as good as they get. Should be a fun one

duluth dave · Post by **duluth dave** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:55 am

Gotta go with the hounds to much depth for elks to shut down.

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:18 am

East in running time! Getting ready for GR!

hshockeyfan8 · Post by **hshockeyfan8** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:22 am

mulefarm wrote:East in running time! Getting ready for GR!

Northhcky · Post by **Northhcky** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:35 am

mulefarm wrote:East in running time! Getting ready for GR!

Don't you mean getting ready for Andover or Forest Lake? GR lost lol.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:25 am

Northhcky wrote:
mulefarm wrote:East in running time! Getting ready for GR!
Don't you mean getting ready for Andover or Forest Lake? GR lost lol.

I think he was poking fun at all of those who thought it was inevitable that East and GR/G would meet in the Section Final.

BogeyMan · Post by **BogeyMan** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:28 am

Oh, son! I think he's got a whopper! Get the net!!!

Post by **east hockey** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:37 am

At least I won't have any trouble finding good seats for this game. Looking forward to seeing the Elks contingent. Of dozens.

Lee

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:50 am

Really, a 10am game for a section game! Is that the best 7AA can do? Why even bother tho rent the Amsoil, this is a complete joke!

slyer · Post by **slyer** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:36 pm

the only joke is having the playoffs in duluth every year

duluth dave · Post by **duluth dave** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:40 pm

You mean like having the state tournament in the cities every year?

EREmpireStrikesBack · Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:41 pm

slyer wrote:the only joke is having the playoffs in duluth every year

Yeah! And the state tournament in St. Paul every year too!

DuluthMMA · Post by **DuluthMMA** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:57 pm

Im sure it's been said , possibly many times... But why didn't east/er play this year?

slyer · Post by **slyer** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:19 pm

st.paul isn't exactly elk river

EHSHack · Post by **EHSHack** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:33 pm

slyer wrote:the only joke is having the playoffs in duluth every year

The only joke is the southern teams who cry about the location every year but never back it up consistently.

DuluthMMA · Post by **DuluthMMA** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:38 pm

Hmmm this " home ice " whining again?

Pretty sure east and hermantown had a few road games this year and their combined record is 49-1.

Good teams play good anywhere and don't whine about the location

mulefarm · Post by **mulefarm** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:46 pm

Why don't they alternate locations? Why would the section director have semifinal games start at 10am? This has to hurt attendance. 7AA really not a northern section anymore. Maybe more northern teams should opt up to truly make it a northern section again.

EHSHack · Post by **EHSHack** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:56 pm

Of the current 7AA teams these are the state appearances in the last 20 years:
Duluth East- 12
Andover-None
Grand Rapids-2
Elk River- 6
Cloquet- 4
Forest Lake- None
St. Michael-Albertville (WHAT?!)- None
Cambridge-Isanti-1
St. Francis- None

So lets see thats 3 Northern teams with 18 State Appearances, and 6 Southern teams with 7 Appearances, including 4 teams with NO appearances. So how about you either shut up or starting winning section finals. Looks like they are in the right spot to me!

Post by **karl(east)** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:58 pm

DuluthMMA wrote:Im sure it's been said , possibly many times... But why didn't east/er play this year?

They were originally scheduled to play, and it was changed sometime over the summer. I believe they dropped it because the MSHSL forced Elk River to play a "cross-over game" (whatever that means) with Eden Prairie. They had to dump someone to fit that game in. Because of tournament commitments they had 2 choices: East and St. Francis. Not sure why they dumped East, maybe because it was easier for the Hounds to find another opponent.

It makes no sense to me either, but there you go.

Meanwhile, I'm glad to see we've come up with a creative, new discussion about the 7AA semifinal site...

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:18 pm

EHSHack wrote:So how about you either shut up or starting winning section finals.

Maybe Elk River WOULD have won more if they had gotten to play at home all those years. Say what you want, but playing at home DOES give you an advantage!

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