1a predictions

[LZ94]

Can we move on from LeCrescent?

They are at best the 7 seed in this section.

New Prague seems to have played themselves to the 6 which leaves Northfield 5 and the top 4 will be VERY interesting from here on out.

I'd say, right now:

Lourdes
Albert Lea
West
Red Wing

So much hockey to play yet though.

[EaglehockeyI]

Can we move on from LeCrescent?

They are at best the 7 seed in this section.

New Prague seems to have played themselves to the 6 which leaves Northfield 5 and the top 4 will be VERY interesting from here on out.

I'd say, right now:

Lourdes
Albert Lea
West
Red Wing

So much hockey to play yet though.

i see red wing as a #2 seed right now based on their schedule and the teams they've beaten: ssp,breck,mahtomedi(tie),orono,nf,np,pl,simley. their losses have been close:aha 4-2,lourdes 5-4, sta 3-0,shakopee 4-3ot,tartan 5-4. better resume than either al or west. west /lourdes and west/al are 2 key games left.red wing has several left including hermantown. mayo and century have games left with al and west. things could still change alot in the top 4 spots.

[icelevel]

eaglehockey- if you think that rw will be #2 who do you think will be #1? Lourdes?

[EaglehockeyI]

eaglehockey- if you think that rw will be #2 who do you think will be #1? Lourdes?

right now i see it like this:

1.lourdes
2.red wing
3.albert lea
4.west

[golfreak]

AL- 6
Century- 1

At the Rec. Good win for the Tigers.

[swats10]

Austin @ Waseca ends in a 3-3 tie. Shots 42-24 Austin

[dipseydoodle17]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

[EaglehockeyI]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

[Puckhandler]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Or:

1. Albert Lea
2. West
3. Red Wing
4. Lourdes

[EaglehockeyI]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Or:

1. Albert Lea
2. West
3. Red Wing
4. Lourdes

that's the 1st section loss for lourdes. it was on the road in ot. they beat red wing and albert lea head to head and if they beat west will still be a top 2 seed. they play a tougher overall schedule than west or albert lea so i don't think a loss or 2 will drop them too much.

[LZ94]

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Or:

1. Albert Lea
2. West
3. Red Wing
4. Lourdes

that's the 1st section loss for lourdes. it was on the road in ot. they beat red wing and albert lea head to head and if they beat west will still be a top 2 seed. they play a tougher overall schedule than west or albert lea so i don't think a loss or 2 will drop them too much.

I do. I don't think they are very good. I think it's West and A.L. that's the class of the section!

Class may be kind of a strong word for West though.

[GinosAreGood]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Or:

1. Albert Lea
2. West
3. Red Wing
4. Lourdes

I agree with this, except Lourdes above Red Wing. RedWing just lost to Shakopee and they were horrible. I'm not saying RedWing is bad, they are just very inconsistent. AL has been just rolling lately and west has one loss. say what you want about their schedule, but it's hard to stay consistent in high school hockey and they're winning the games they have to. NP seems to be very inconsistent also. This 6 seed they're getting predicted could land them an upset come sections. Until Lourdes/West play, you gotta put AL 1 and West 2, unless west beats AL too, then they may have a shot at 1. But this post probably is meaningless, as there's still a month of hockey left... just a prediction

[davey]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Eagle, really don't care schedule wise, but lets look at some commn opponents for Red Wing. They lose to SHAKOPEE. West and NP handilly beat shakopee. But you think RW is the #1 seed?. This section will come down to West vs Lourdes and West vs AL. If West sweeps, they get the 1 seed. If Lourdes beats West, they get the 1. If AL beats West, they should get the 1 but their loss to Lourdes will put it at a tossup based on common opponents

[EaglehockeyI]

here's a nice twist in the section.

New Prague 5
Lourdes 4 OT

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Eagle, really don't care schedule wise, but lets look at some commn opponents for Red Wing. They lose to SHAKOPEE. West and NP handilly beat shakopee. But you think RW is the #1 seed?. This section will come down to West vs Lourdes and West vs AL. If West sweeps, they get the 1 seed. If Lourdes beats West, they get the 1. If AL beats West, they should get the 1 but their loss to Lourdes will put it at a tossup based on common opponents[/quote

i'm sure you wouldn't want to consider the schedules or head to head since it helps west.

ranked teams red wing has played: sta, ssp, orono,mahtomedi,breck,np, lourdes, plus aha twice and tartan who just beat h-m.

lourdes: sta, breck,red wing,scc,L falls,denfeld,I falls,al, np

al: lourdes, denfeld,I falls,west

west: np,al,

the big-9 is way down especially the AA schools, so the schedule for al and west isn't as strong as it normally would be. if you don't count strength of schedule or head to heads then lacrescent would be a 2 seed.
if al or west had to play red wing or lourdes schedule they'd both have a couple of more losses. the big-9 has 5 votes vs 3 for the missota which helps al and west, but red wing and lourdes have established themselves as high caliber programs with more trips to state with better results once they get there.they'd both have gone to state more often, but were in a section with sta.if lourdes had still been in the old section with new ulm and marshall the last few years al would maybe have been to state once.

[davey]

oops!
like i said:

1.red wing
2.lourdes
3.albert lea
4.west

Eagle, really don't care schedule wise, but lets look at some commn opponents for Red Wing. They lose to SHAKOPEE. West and NP handilly beat shakopee. But you think RW is the #1 seed?. This section will come down to West vs Lourdes and West vs AL. If West sweeps, they get the 1 seed. If Lourdes beats West, they get the 1. If AL beats West, they should get the 1 but their loss to Lourdes will put it at a tossup based on common opponents[/quote

i'm sure you wouldn't want to consider the schedules or head to head since it helps west.

ranked teams red wing has played: sta, ssp, orono,mahtomedi,breck,np, lourdes, plus aha twice and tartan who just beat h-m.

lourdes: sta, breck,red wing,scc,L falls,denfeld,I falls,al, np

al: lourdes, denfeld,I falls,west

west: np,al,

the big-9 is way down especially the AA schools, so the schedule for al and west isn't as strong as it normally would be. if you don't count strength of schedule or head to heads then lacrescent would be a 2 seed.
if al or west had to play red wing or lourdes schedule they'd both have a couple of more losses. the big-9 has 5 votes vs 3 for the missota which helps al and west, but red wing and lourdes have established themselves as high caliber programs with more trips to state with better results once they get there.they'd both have gone to state more often, but were in a section with sta.if lourdes had still been in the old section with new ulm and marshall the last few years al would maybe have been to state once.

Eagle, I agree that RW and Lourdes will have played tougher schedules. Never said they didn't. I'm just saying that when you look at common opponents and head to head. Lourdes, AL and West control their own destiny's in my opinion. It probably would have helped RW if they had West and AL on their schedule. Things would have been much clearer.
I still think the loss to Shakopee will have an impact on where they get seeded even though they have had some nice wins. Orono,, Breck (the same Breck team that lost to the St. Paul Saints) NP SSP. The other ranked teams they did not beat. Lourdes loss to NP impacts them. NP can make a jump if they get some good wins down the road here. You talk about RW and Lourdes tradition as helping them. Pretty sure the coaches are going to look at this year, not the past few years. As far as tradition, AL has been pretty strong the last few years and held their own at State the last couple of years

[LZ94]

If Albert Lea wins out, they get the 1 seed.

They have tough games at Owatonna, at West and at Mayo.

If West wins out they get the 1 seed. They need to beat A.L. and Lourdes. They also have Century and Mayo.

If Lourdes wins out they get the 1 seed. They have West. Also Owatonna and Totino.

Red Wing is not out of it having AHA, Northfield, New Prague and Hermantown left.

Simple as that! The next 4 weeks will be interesting! Starts Tuesday!

[hockeypurist]

Davey and LZ94 have it figured out...and it is not that difficult. AL and MW control their own destiny: win out and get top seed. Lourdes complicated their own fate by getting beat by an inconsistent NP team. Lourdes can still be considered top seed if MW beats AL, and Lourdes beats MW, big! Failing that, if MW beats Lourdes at the end of the month, that will make AL vs MW the biggest game of the year in the section, with the winner likely getting top seed!

[goldy313]

I think AL still needs help to be the top seed, that being West beating Lourdes. A 5-1 loss to Lourdes is still big. All Lourdes loss to New Prague shows is that there are 6 teams very capable of winning the section, which we all probably knew already. Getting the 1 or 2 seed gives those teams an easier first game, though La Crescent is a big unknown.

[icelevel]

I still think that Red Wing is capable of getting the #1 seed. The only thing that I think that is holding them down is the 3-2 (ot) loss against Shakopee at home and the 2-2 tie against prior lake (both games were at home). Those 2 games should have easily been won. But on the bright side they have also beat and played with many top teams in both A and AA. They have beat ssp by 3, breck by 3 (same team that beat sta), np by 4, orono by 3, these are their big wins plus they tied mahtomedi. They lost to sta by 3, lourdes by 1, tartan by 1, and aha by 2. All close losses to good teams. They probably won't end up getting the #1 seed but I still don't think you should rule them out.

[shooter111]

And if I remember correctly, the games Red Wing played against STA and Lourdes (possibly Mahtomedi?) were with two underclassmen goalies that had never seen varsity time. They have their number 1 back, and those games could have turned out completely different.

I have no idea if thats even considered in seeding though?

and i agree, they also have a pretty tough schedule.

Dont count em out!

[Jim9000]

Few Questions...


When is seeding?

When does Section 1A play begin?

Any big games tonight?

[hockeydad]

Section 1A

First round Tues. Feb. 19 - hi seed
Second Round Thur. Feb. 21 - hi seed
Semifinals Sat. Feb. 23 - Rochester
Finals Thurs. Feb. 28 - Rochester
MSHSL has 28th on its web site, but they sent out info this week
that it is the 29th. I have been told that the 28th is the correct date.

[LZ94]

Few Questions...


When is seeding?

When does Section 1A play begin?

Any big games tonight?

Albert Lea plays at Owatonna tonight. It should be a good game and could be considered a "quality win" if Albert Lea wins.

[Puckhandler]

PS2 as of 1/19:

25(4th in A) MANKATO WEST 1A 14 1 0 117 26 18.70
33(7th) ROCHESTER LOURDES 1A 11 6 0 83 59 18.13
41(11th) RED WING 1A 10 5 2 73 43 17.79
44(13th) ALBERT LEA 1A 14 3 0 94 35 17.57
62 NEW PRAGUE 1A 11 4 0 78 49 16.78
71 NORTHFIELD 1A 9 8 0 63 46 16.00
113 LACRESCENT 1A 14 3 1 77 45 12.77
114 FARIBAULT 1A 10 8 0 62 76 12.76
138 AUSTIN 1A 0 15 1 29 101 10.12
145 LESUEUR 1A 5 12 0 29 82 8.96
149 WASECA 1A 3 12 1 44 109 8.29

USHSHO as of 1/19:

25,(4th)Mankato West,MN,____________________ 14 1 0, 4 3.0, 9.7, 12.68, 12.01 , A,1
27,(5th)Rochester Lourdes,MN,_______________ 11 6 0, 0 1.3, 11.1, 12.42, 12.78 , A,1
33,(7th)Red Wing,MN,________________________ 10 5 2, 2 1.1, 11.1, 12.22, 11.75 , A,1
47,(14th)Albert Lea,MN,______________________ 14 3 0, 5 1.2, 10.4, 11.61, 12.82 , A,1
56,New Prague,MN,______________________ 11 4 0, 3 0.2, 10.9, 11.05, 10.96 , A,1
70,Northfield,MN,______________________ 9 8 0, 1 0.5, 10.0, 10.52, 11.34 , A,1
101,Faribault,MN,_______________________ 10 8 0, 0 -0.2, 8.8, 8.60, 8.31 , A,1
104,La Crescent,MN,_____________________ 14 3 1, 2 1.0, 7.5, 8.51, 9.62 , A,1
137,Mankato East,MN,____________________ 3 11 1, 4 -0.6, 6.6, 5.92, 7.02 , A,1
139,Austin,MN,__________________________ 0 15 1, 7 -1.9, 7.6, 5.72 , A,1
143,Lesueur,MN,_________________________ 5 12 0, 3 -1.4, 6.6, 5.18, 5.44 , A,1
146,Waseca,MN,__________________________ 3 12 1, 5 -1.6, 6.1, 4.50, 3.64 , A,1

[GinosAreGood]

any AL/Owatonna updates?