You're fantasy State Tournament

[Frequent_MN_Flyer]

My fantasy tournament would have a great atmosphere with the best fans.

GR (94-95 wanted to see Misky there)
Roseau (06-07)
Little Falls (if you saw them last year vs Hermantown you would know)
Greenway (01-02)
Elk River (00-01)
East (95-96)
St. Thomas (gotta have one private, these guys are insane, just small #'s)
Jefferson (91-92)

[Indians forever]

mine would be going back to 1980 watching Rapids beat Hill!!! It was truley a Miracle on Ice that year!! What a Game!!!!

[grindiangrad-80]

That was a pretty good year for hockey in GR.

[sddave]

Let's put in 8 WB teams (you pick the years). Finally a bear team gets out of the first round (post mariner)!

[The Best 4th Liner]

Roseau 2008

nuff said

[GR3343]

Roseau with the Brotens & Butsy
Hibbing with the Michelettis
Bemidji with Pelawa
Grand Rapids of 1990
Greenway of 1987?(Miller, Vekich, Gernander)
Eveleth with Mayasich
I'Falls with Mason in goal
Edina (pick any of them just to see them lose )

[NeilGuf-yb]

Here's the fantasy tourney that would decide who really was the best team to come out of Roseau!

Roseau 1946 State Champs
Roseau 1958 State Champs
Roseau 1959 State Champs
Roseau 1961 State Champs
Roseau Broten, Broten, Erickson State runner-ups
Roseau 1990 State Champs
Roseau 1999 State Champs
Roseau 2007 State Champs

[parrish4president]

Section 1 - 84-85 Burnsville
Section 2 - 98-99 Hastings
Section 3 - 03-04 Centennial
Section 4 - 00-01 Elk River
Section 5 - 92-93 Jefferson
Section 6 - 73-74 Edina East
Section 7 - 94-95 Duluth East
Section 8 - 89-90 Roseau

pretty well sums it up!

however, pull out 98-99 Hastings and insert 83' Hill Murray and pull out 89-90 Roseau and insert Henry Boucha's Warroad.

If I were to bracket this in seedings I would say:

1. 92-93 Jags (hands down best team ever)
2. 83' Pioneers (undefeated and REALLY SOLID)
3. 84-85 Burnsville
4. Boucha Era
5. Edina East
6. 94-95 Duluth East (Skill Skill SKill)
7. 00-01 Elk River (such an awesome physical team)
8. 03-04 Centennial (best of current era)

note: I dont know north hockey enough to defend my picks to death. If anybody has some input here it would be helpful. I know Eveleth, I. Falls, and Roseau had some REALLY GOOD teams. I pulled out the Roseau pick which may have been a bad call. I just dont know enough about that team to justify putting them up in my top 8

[petern3]

Roseau and Edina this year

[ehshockey]

74 Edina 14 D-1 players.

[PASTRAPIDSFAN]

1975,1976 Indians teams

[wbmd]

Let's put in 8 WB teams (you pick the years). Finally a bear team gets out of the first round (post mariner)!

That just might be they only way for White Bear to advance out of the first round.

[Undercover Hockey Lover]

Here's the fantasy tourney that would decide who really was the best team to come out of Roseau!

Roseau 1946 State Champs
Roseau 1958 State Champs
Roseau 1959 State Champs
Roseau 1961 State Champs
Roseau Broten, Broten, Erickson State runner-ups
Roseau 1990 State Champs
Roseau 1999 State Champs
Roseau 2007 State Champs

Try 3rd Place anyway we get your point would be fun to see it played with the 1946 rules and then with the 2007. Two completely different games.

[Neutron 14]

Section 1 - 84-85 Burnsville
Section 2 - 98-99 Hastings
Section 3 - 03-04 Centennial
Section 4 - 00-01 Elk River
Section 5 - 92-93 Jefferson
Section 6 - 73-74 Edina East
Section 7 - 94-95 Duluth East
Section 8 - 89-90 Roseau

pretty well sums it up!

however, pull out 98-99 Hastings and insert 83' Hill Murray and pull out 89-90 Roseau and insert Henry Boucha's Warroad.

83 Hill Murray wasnt section 2, and that Hastings team was a great one.

I'd love to see Henry too, but this is about teams and his team lost to the cake eaters.

[parrish4president]

Section 1 - 84-85 Burnsville
Section 2 - 98-99 Hastings
Section 3 - 03-04 Centennial
Section 4 - 00-01 Elk River
Section 5 - 92-93 Jefferson
Section 6 - 73-74 Edina East
Section 7 - 94-95 Duluth East
Section 8 - 89-90 Roseau

pretty well sums it up!

however, pull out 98-99 Hastings and insert 83' Hill Murray and pull out 89-90 Roseau and insert Henry Boucha's Warroad.

83 Hill Murray wasnt section 2, and that Hastings team was a great one.

I'd love to see Henry too, but this is about teams and his team lost to the cake eaters.

I wasnt commenting per section, I just took his sections out and interpreted as best teams regardless of sections.

To a post above, did the 74' hornets really have 14 D-1? thats incredible

[IrishStiff]

Here is my dream tourney. Teams listed in order of their seed.

1. 04 Centennial- Simply awesome
2. 93 Jefferson- One of many outstanding Jefferson teams
3. 74 Edina East- Undefeated
4. 65 International Falls- One of many great Falls teams
5. 90 Roseau- Storied program
6. 77 Roch. JM- Lots of talent
7. 75 Grand Rapids- When the North was dominant
8. 95 Duluth East- Spehar

[pistol]

Section 1 - 84-85 Burnsville (2 State final flukes)
Section 2 - 98-99 Hastings (who?)
Section 3 - 03-04 Centennial (one-year-wonder fluke in Section final)
Section 4 - 00-01 Elk River (again, who?)
Section 5 - 92-93 Jefferson ('93 State final fluke)
Section 6 - 73-74 Edina East (lucky not to face any Catholics)
Section 7 - 94-95 Duluth East (liked 'em better in '91)
Section 8 - 89-90 Roseau (really, who?)

I'm too bitter even to talk to those Indian fans (though I loved their band and cheerleaders back then).

[mrhockey08]

51' Eveleth (19-0)
83' Hill Murray (28-0)
93' Bloomington Jefferson (28-0)
95' Duluth East (25-3-0)
96' Apple Valley (27-1-0)
04' Centennial (30-1-0)
04' Breck School (28-1-2)
05' Warroad (27-0-2)

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

51' Eveleth (19-0)
83' Hill Murray (28-0)
93' Bloomington Jefferson (28-0)
95' Duluth East (25-3-0)
96' Apple Valley (27-1-0)
04' Centennial (30-1-0)
04' Breck School (28-1-2)
05' Warroad (27-0-2)

Those last two would get stomped.

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

Roseau and Edina this year

Gotta love it when the junior high kids learn how to type.

[blueblood]

I agree with Lee, gotta consider the 82-83 Hill team. Their tag line was "28 straight"

I also like the following teams:

- '77 Rochester JM team that beat Edina in finals
- Any of the Jefferson teams that won 3 straight, but especially '93 team
- 2001 ER

[Irishmans Shanty]

My tourney has a few teams who came up one win short of the big stage. Some of these programs marked the end of a storied history and for others it would be their last gasp before the programs or schools would close. Oh ya, this tourney has all the ingredients; a cinderella, some tradition, some religion, a little cake, and a good helping of flannel.

Section 1: '96 Mayo, their flashy gold Jersey's ignited a 1990's fad, the team was good too.

Section 2: '88 Duluth Denfeld, boy it was great when the Duluth schools could infiltrate and win a predominately metro section assuring a trifecta of flannel reps in St. Paul.

Section 3: '91 Hill Murray, muscled out three one goal victories in the section tournament enroute to cruising to a State Championship inside the clear boards.

Section 4: '83 Henry Sibley, I needed somebody with Cooperalls.

Section 5: '90 Mpls SW, very, very, very favorable seed kept them out of the Bloomingtons' bracket assuring them a seat in the section finals. Was a Mpls school's last shot at the big tourney and marked the end of an era.

Section 6: '84 Edina, what's a state tournament without these guys and that iconic coach with the cool hat?

Section 7: '79 Aurora-Hoyt Lakes, this is as close as this school would ever get to state as they advanced all the way to the section 7 title game. Who knew at the time the program would eventually need to co-op with a rival down the road.

Section 8: '77 Mt. St. Benedict, cinderella #7 seed rallied from 5 down in the 3rd period vs. Bemidji in the section quarters, died against the Brotens in the finals. The school would close its doors by the early 80's.

[Bullitt]

Jefferson 1992-(25-2-1)
Jefferson 1993-(28-0)
Jefferson 1994-(26-1-1)
AHA 1999-(25-2-1) first state appearance

[who_b_dat]

Great post there Irish. Never saw most of em but love to hear the tales (and the wit). Thanks!

[EREmpireStrikesBack]

My tourney has a few teams who came up one win short of the big stage. Some of these programs marked the end of a storied history and for others it would be their last gasp before the programs or schools would close. Oh ya, this tourney has all the ingredients; a cinderella, some tradition, some religion, a little cake, and a good helping of flannel.

Section 1: '96 Mayo, their flashy gold Jersey's ignited a 1990's fad, the team was good too.

Section 2: '88 Duluth Denfeld, boy it was great when the Duluth schools could infiltrate and win a predominately metro section assuring a trifecta of flannel reps in St. Paul.

Section 3: '91 Hill Murray, muscled out three one goal victories in the section tournament enroute to cruising to a State Championship inside the clear boards.

Section 4: '83 Henry Sibley, I needed somebody with Cooperalls.

Section 5: '90 Mpls SW, very, very, very favorable seed kept them out of the Bloomingtons' bracket assuring them a seat in the section finals. Was a Mpls school's last shot at the big tourney and marked the end of an era.

Section 6: '84 Edina, what's a state tournament without these guys and that iconic coach with the cool hat?

Section 7: '79 Aurora-Hoyt Lakes, this is as close as this school would ever get to state as they advanced all the way to the section 7 title game. Who knew at the time the program would eventually need to co-op with a rival down the road.

Section 8: '77 Mt. St. Benedict, cinderella #7 seed rallied from 5 down in the 3rd period vs. Bemidji in the section quarters, died against the Brotens in the finals. The school would close its doors by the early 80's.

1999-2000 Elks?