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north_bear wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:31 pm

BlueLineSpecial wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:53 pm Depth will be the biggest hurdle to overcome for northern teams. Many can assemble a great top line, or have an amazing goaltender. But an ability to have 4 lines playing at the level you can find in the metro is going to make it tough. Not saying it can't happen. Look at a Roseau, for example. They may produce a fantastic top line periodically, or even a couple of very good to great lines. But is that going to hold up in the Tourney when you go up against an Edina or Hill where they can roll 4 lines? Not sure. Moorhead and even Duluth are slightly different stories IMO. They are big enough communities to produce a team with good depth.

GR had no issues disposing of those cities teams with their top line in 2017

Little Greenway nearly rode their top line to a class A title recently.

Depth will always be the key in smaller communities but with TV timeouts during tourney time its a lot easier to rely on 1 or 2 lines to carry a team.

StanleyCup55 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:18 pm Don’t worry Hermantown will steal a Hibbing player or two and make their annual trips. It’s what they do

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:06 am

StanleyCup55 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:18 pm Don’t worry Hermantown will steal a Hibbing player or two and make their annual trips. It’s what they do

I was going to say something similar. As long as Hermantown keeps landing the top players from Duluth, Hibbing, Virginia, pretty much anywhere in the Northern Minnesota area, Hibbing won't go anywhere.

north_bear wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:30 pm

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:06 am

StanleyCup55 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:18 pm Don’t worry Hermantown will steal a Hibbing player or two and make their annual trips. It’s what they do

I was going to say something similar. As long as Hermantown keeps landing the top players from Duluth, Hibbing, Virginia, pretty much anywhere in the Northern Minnesota area, Hibbing won't go anywhere.

I had no intentions of bringing this up but I saw it in my notifications so what the heck.

How does that crow taste?

East Side Pioneer Guy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:45 am The North ain't risin' in 7AA this year.

north_bear wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:22 pm

East Side Pioneer Guy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 5:45 am The North ain't risin' in 7AA this year.

You just worry about beating Stillwater

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:10 am

north_bear wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:30 pm

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:06 am

I was going to say something similar. As long as Hermantown keeps landing the top players from Duluth, Hibbing, Virginia, pretty much anywhere in the Northern Minnesota area, Hibbing won't go anywhere.

I had no intentions of bringing this up but I saw it in my notifications so what the heck.

How does that crow taste?

Happily devouring the crow!!

StanleyCup55 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:38 pm

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:10 am

north_bear wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:30 pm

I had no intentions of bringing this up but I saw it in my notifications so what the heck.

How does that crow taste?

Happily devouring the crow!!

Had crow for breakfast lunch and dinner today and loved it.

Go Bluejackets

StanleyCup55 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:38 pm

stateofhawkey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:10 am

north_bear wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:30 pm

I had no intentions of bringing this up but I saw it in my notifications so what the heck.

How does that crow taste?

Happily devouring the crow!!

Had crow for breakfast lunch and dinner today and loved it.

Go Bluejackets

pekyman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:00 pm 95% of all the posts in the hate Hermantown thread were BS. If any of it were true Hibbing would never be where they are today. Been ignoring this forum for years now and normally I would be for Hibbing but I hope they lose in the semi’s. 90% of the BS came from one tool from Hibbing who we all know who he is. Hibbing better move up to AA now as they surly have what it takes to compete at that level. That’s what “he” said they would do if there program got better. Anyway I’m outta here but had to say something.

grindiangrad-80 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:43 pm Northern hockey looks good moving forward. They have to adapt with the changes. They are on the right track for sure.

Rock Ridge is a good example of rolling with the changes. All of those schools were hard pressed to be really solid every year on their own. Together they will be competitive most years. (And great now and then)

Hibbing/ Chisholm is big enough to be a force most years and is looking real good now and into the future.

Cloquet, Proctor, Hermantown, and the Duluth Schools are all more than capable of really good teams on their own.

Rapids and Greenway, along with Roseau and Warroad, could join forces someday if necessary. ( Hope I don’t receive any death threats for the last scenario)

Bottom line is I don’t see Northern hockey falling by the wayside anytime soon.

east hockey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:24 pm

pekyman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:00 pm 95% of all the posts in the hate Hermantown thread were BS. If any of it were true Hibbing would never be where they are today. Been ignoring this forum for years now and normally I would be for Hibbing but I hope they lose in the semi’s. 90% of the BS came from one tool from Hibbing who we all know who he is. Hibbing better move up to AA now as they surly have what it takes to compete at that level. That’s what “he” said they would do if there program got better. Anyway I’m outta here but had to say something.

What, just gonna hit and run?

Lee

ryguyMN wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 6:44 pm

east hockey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:24 pm

pekyman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:00 pm 95% of all the posts in the hate Hermantown thread were BS. If any of it were true Hibbing would never be where they are today. Been ignoring this forum for years now and normally I would be for Hibbing but I hope they lose in the semi’s. 90% of the BS came from one tool from Hibbing who we all know who he is. Hibbing better move up to AA now as they surly have what it takes to compete at that level. That’s what “he” said they would do if there program got better. Anyway I’m outta here but had to say something.

What, just gonna hit and run?

Lee

Isn't that a felony here?

grindiangrad-80 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:40 pm I hear ya Raider. I know Guyer and a few others went door to door to get the Greenway program rolling again. They proved it can be done.

pekyman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:00 pm 95% of all the posts in the hate Hermantown thread were BS. If any of it were true Hibbing would never be where they are today. Been ignoring this forum for years now and normally I would be for Hibbing but I hope they lose in the semi’s. 90% of the BS came from one tool from Hibbing who we all know who he is. Hibbing better move up to AA now as they surly have what it takes to compete at that level. That’s what “he” said they would do if there program got better. Anyway I’m outta here but had to say something.