Rochester Century

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:21 pm

How do they look this year? I know alot of the impact players graduated and Knutson is in Rusell Stover this year. Any predictions?

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:48 pm

Faupel & Faupel.

southernmnscout · Post by **southernmnscout** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:51 pm

I personally think the loss of Knutson will hurt this team alot. They do not have a lot of returning scorers. I do not know what they got from Bantams last year? I think they will be a young team and maybe by the end of the year they may be a team to look out for in the section? I do think it will be someone other than Century to win the Big Nine this year though.

aflac · Post by **aflac** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:53 pm

They get like two players from Bantams the rest of the Bantams went to Lourdes!

southernmnscout · Post by **southernmnscout** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:23 pm

aflac wrote:They get like two players from Bantams the rest of the Bantams went to Lourdes!

So they are in trouble then??

HShockey2180 · Post by **HShockey2180** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:46 pm

They get Cory Kautz, Michael Hanson, Jordan Martini, and Justin Powers from bantams, and the younger Faupel who is a freshman. In my opinion Cory is the only one who will make a significant impact on varsity.

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:23 pm

I noticed that their JV team was pretty good. 20-4. Anyone seen anyone on JV that will make a impact?

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:21 pm

Knutson was better his sophomore year than last year, I don't see losing him as a big issue. The thing Century has won on the past few years is their depth and that will be the same again this year. Ewing comes back and is decent, probably the top goalie in Rochester this year - that helps. Faupel benefitted from playing with Knoepke and Grimstad last season, I could have put up 20 points playing with those two so he'll have to show last year wasn't a fluke playing with some less gifted kids. I don't think JM or Mayo will be improved over last year, same with North or South so the section is wide open.

Adam Broich could be a good player off the JV

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:32 pm

I see that Knutsons team was/is rated number 1 in the nation for Midget AAA majors. Also he is on the first line so saying it won't be a loss for Century is not correct. They could use him and his leadership this year.

southernmnscout · Post by **southernmnscout** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 am

SouthrenHockey44 wrote:I see that Knutsons team was/is rated number 1 in the nation for Midget AAA majors. Also he is on the first line so saying it won't be a loss for Century is not correct. They could use him and his leadership this year.

He is also a lot better player this year when I saw him at the Showcase than he ever has been. Not sure if it is coaching or what but he is a very good player now.

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:56 pm

I would have to agree. Along with better competition. School districts should focus on getting a hockey coach first, rather than a teacher who knows hockey. I know not to many parents are fond of the Century staff.

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:09 pm

How 'bout Wilcox. He was a great VFW coach

badice · Post by **badice** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:24 am

goldy313 wrote:Knutson was better his sophomore year than last year, I don't see losing him as a big issue. The thing Century has won on the past few years is their depth and that will be the same again this year. Ewing comes back and is decent, probably the top goalie in Rochester this year - that helps. Faupel benefitted from playing with Knoepke and Grimstad last season, I could have put up 20 points playing with those two so he'll have to show last year wasn't a fluke playing with some less gifted kids. I don't think JM or Mayo will be improved over last year, same with North or South so the section is wide open.

Adam Broich could be a good player off the JV

Russell Stover Kansas City Stars are rated # 1 in the country in AAA Midget Hockey! Guess what? Knutson is the second leading scorer on the team!
I think he will be missed at Century. Plus the coaching he's getting is Great!!

SouthrenHockey44 · Post by **SouthrenHockey44** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:52 am

plus he missed a weekend becuase of his shoulder the other weekend. Amazing how a kid can receive some good coaching and work hard and see how better he is playing. Good Job ISD #535

hockeypux99 · Post by **hockeypux99** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:59 am

SouthrenHockey44 wrote:I would have to agree. Along with better competition. School districts should focus on getting a hockey coach first, rather than a teacher who knows hockey. I know not to many parents are fond of the Century staff.

The school district doesn't recruit or hire the coaches, it's the AD for Century HS.

Frutiger is not just a teacher...he was a coach in Fargo too. Klingfuss played for Bemidji and has been coaching for quite a few years. One of the other assistants played for Century when they first became good. The advantage of a qualified teacher/coach is that he/she is in the school during the day and knows what is going on in the kids lives including issues like tests, discipline problems, dating, suspected drug or alcohol problems, truancy, fights etc. All of these things are not as obvious to someone that has a corporate job away from the schools. By the way, I had a nephew played for Century and another for JM and I thought the Century staff was far better. Now, Lecy has JM going the right direction using very little talent.

IF Century has a problem it is their consistent poor sportsmanship (in all sports) and their whining parents. Their student base is very homogeneous (white with adequate $$) and has nowhere near the diversity of Rochester's other public schools. Century has become the Southern Edina. Nobody likes you but it isn't because you're good. The funniest thing is now it looks like the majority of the bantam A team will go to Lourdes and no longer to Century. Your hockey teams will become medicre because of this. Don't blame your coaching staff...look at your youth program. Mayo & JM have been dealing with it for the past 10 years. Good luck.

hockeypux99 · Post by **hockeypux99** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:01 pm

Rocket78 wrote:How 'bout Wilcox. He was a great VFW coach

Who is Wilcox and where is he coaching?

goldy313 · Post by **goldy313** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:17 pm

SouthrenHockey44 wrote:plus he missed a weekend becuase of his shoulder the other weekend. Amazing how a kid can receive some good coaching and work hard and see how better he is playing. Good Job ISD #535

Century gets 3rd at state but the coach should be more concerned about developing individual kids? That's what's wrong with hockey, too much individual glory is expected not enough team glory. JM had a kid transfer to Lourdes and was immediatly a better team for it, the same kid gets hurt at Lourdes and guess what? Lourdes starts rattling off wins, why if the kid was so talented? Because sometimes great talent makes a poor teamate, up 1-0 late in a game and out looking for the easy open net goal because "no one gets to the next level playing defense, it's points" Knutson spent too much time in the box taking way too many stupid penalties last year, but that must be coaching; telling him to take a run at a kids back so he can sit for 12 minutes. Will Century miss him, I don't think so, every year there is about a 50% turnover that's just high school athletics. The coaches job is to win, not make sure player X is the best he can be.

Very few in Rochester really care what Knutson does at Kansas City, he's gone and that's that. Same with the Stuart kid that left Lourdes, if you leave don't let the door hit you on the way out. He made a choice and I hope it works out for him, 1 thing for certain, the Century football team could have used him this year.

aflac · Post by **aflac** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:39 am

Who is Wilcox and where is he coaching

A guy that loves sweat pants and knows nothing about Hockey!

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:51 am

When I mentioned Wilcox it was tongue in cheek. He was the worst coach - in any sport. PERIOD. The selection committee picked him over the incumbent coach from the previous year. What a joke. The guy read a book about hockey and never played. His boys were decent players but two of the dirtiest players ever and big cry babies too. Aflac, I didn't get the sweatpants comment but I bet their is a great story.

A great choice for any Rochester HS team would be Mike Gorman. Former D1 and semi-pro player. Racquetball Pro. This man knows what it takes! He has an unusual quality of being quiet and humble and then stern when he needs to be.

Kirk Gill would do a good job too. He is the coach for one of the bantam A teams and has buttloads of experience.

Both guys have grown children so they would not be bailing out to coach their kid's supermite teams. Of course, maybe they don't have the energy anymore.

aflac · Post by **aflac** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:15 pm

Lets not start bashing his home life, he comes from a very good family and the off ice issue i take it you don't know the story!

Ryan is a great kid and you can ask any coach that had him!
I saw him play for Russel Stover and he is a very good player that already has 3 top D1 schools talking to him. He wouldn't get that playing High School here in Roch. For bid his coaches to go out and promote there players!

Lets not comments until you know the truth!

Justshutup · Post by **Justshutup** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:41 pm

Bash RYHA for choosing the 'sweats' over the other coaches, pat 'sweats' on the back for trying even tho he wasn't a former player. Bash RYHA for building one select team, that has been their focus and goal for years, to see if one team if chosen and held together can compete for a state title. That is the main reason the Rochester teams are not receiving players HS ready. It's not the HS coaches fault they don't win. Discredit RYHA for putting the focus on one Bantam A team.

RYHA travelling has had personal interests in mind for years, why do you think the South side of town has suffered for so long and receives the second tier tournaments, to make the North better!

Gorman would be excellent, Gill (a very good coach) is coaching Bantams now, guess who is Coaching Lourdes (his son) think he has any influence?

I agree with Aflac, quick bashing the players, every team loses players for various reasons. Also don't say that one teams loss and the receiving teams loss due to injury was a gain.

Century the South Edina? they have their share of minoities too. Mayo has Dr $, are they the South Eden Prarie, Lourdes pays extra tuition, are they Minnetonka? Keep minorites and perceived $ out of the equation.
Fix RYHA!!!

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:53 pm

I won't argue that RYHA only feeds one high school team. For the past 10 years it has been Century and now it will be Lourdes. JM and Mayo have been playing former bantam C kids on varsity and Century has been cutting former A players. Yup, it happens everywhere but the pattern has been there in Roch for 10 years. Before Century was opened, the player distribution from RYHA swung back and forth between JM and Mayo (probably depending upon who was coaching the A teams).

As far as minorities at the high schools --- go get the data from the Edison building. The majority of the Somalis go to JM and Mayo. The majority of the Mexicans go to Mayo. Century and Lourdes are pretty white. This DOES correspond to hockey as it is a $$$ sport. On the other hand JM and Mayo's soccer and CC team really benefit

.

JustShutup said "I agree with Aflac, quick bashing the players, every team loses players for various reasons. Also don't say that one teams loss and the receiving teams loss due to injury was a gain." What is quick bashing? What are you talking about with "one teams loss and the receiving teams loss due to injury was a gain"?

Justshutup · Post by **Justshutup** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:01 pm

Sorry Rocket, the 'bashing statment' it was to point out a Goldy comment:

(JM had a kid transfer to Lourdes and was immediatly a better team for it, the same kid gets hurt at Lourdes and guess what? Lourdes starts rattling off wins, why if the kid was so talented? Because sometimes great talent makes a poor teamate).

Goldy makes a lot of good points, just don't think it's right to bash kids currently in the program or past players, that is all.

aflac · Post by **aflac** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:10 pm

Who are the asistants at Lourdes

Rocket78 · Post by **Rocket78** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:45 pm

Justshutup wrote:Sorry Rocket, the 'bashing statment' it was to point out a Goldy comment:

(JM had a kid transfer to Lourdes and was immediatly a better team for it, the same kid gets hurt at Lourdes and guess what? Lourdes starts rattling off wins, why if the kid was so talented? Because sometimes great talent makes a poor teamate).

Goldy makes a lot of good points, just don't think it's right to bash kids currently in the program or past players, that is all.

Gotta assume he is talking about Amundson. I was never overly impressed with him in youth hockey but he was a heck of a high school player. The kid could take a beating too. I got to see him get drilled with a big slapshot and we all assumed he was done for. He came back in the game and then blocked another cannon...again looked done for. He comes back into the game and sets up some sweet goals. I was with some guys that really don't like him and even THEY were impressed. Is he playing D3 college anywhere?

aflac, I heard that Leppler is back and I'm not sure about Forlitti. I also don't know about Spaniol. I'm really surprised that Lourdes didn't hire Forlitti. You would think that a guy like Gill would be trying to get his career on track and that the time commitment to a high school team would make that tough. Even if he goes into the family real estate business you need evenings free and the market isn't exactly hot right now.