This Week's Best Games

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:20 pm

Tuesday, January 15
Warroad (3A) vs. Roseau (5A)
Duluth (7AA) vs. Hibbing (8A)
Eagan (9AA) vs. Breck (2A)
Hopkins (8AA) vs. Eastview (23AA)
White Bear Lake (15AA) vs. Hastings (16AA)
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall (22AA)

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Cloquet (18AA)
Alexandria (4A) vs. St. Cloud Tech (31AA)

Friday, January 18
Stillwater (4AA) vs. White Bear Lake (15AA)

Saturday, January 19
Wayzata (10AA) vs. Minnetonka (14AA)
Edina (6AA) vs. Hill-Murray (17AA)

GOCARDS1 · Post by **GOCARDS1** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:27 pm

Thursday, January 17

St. Cloud Tech at Alexandria

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:35 pm

GOCARDS1 wrote:Thursday, January 17

St. Cloud Tech at Alexandria

This should be a good one too, but when picking the most competitive games each week I generally stick with A Teams in the Top 10 and AA teams in the Top 20.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:45 pm

Grand Rapids/Greenway vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall on Tuesday should be a great game.

pondhockey · Post by **pondhockey** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:03 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:
GOCARDS1 wrote:Thursday, January 17

St. Cloud Tech at Alexandria
This should be a good one too, but when picking the most competitive games each week I generally stick with A Teams in the Top 10 and AA teams in the Top 20.

While it is very appreciated that you take the time to put them together, and I know it does take time, it doesn't always have to be about rankings. Agreed, Boblee? The rivalry between SCT and Alex has been immense for a couple of reasons: SCT has not tallied a win against Alex since Justice has minded the net - hence a rivalry between Kaasa's fans and Justice's fans (we miss you Puck Penguin, where did you go?). It is also a good Dold - Williams match up. The last game earlier this year the two teams tied on the big ice at the NHC. I missed that game due to the hazardous winter driving conditions, so I can't personally comment on the whys and hows of the final score; but I know it will be a great rematch.

St Cloud Tech did beat Centennial 4-0, fwiw.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:37 pm

OK I added the two games above. Both of these caught my eye when I put it together, but when making a list of key matchups you have to draw the line somewhere. I try to pick the better teams in the state where I think the outcome is real tough to call, and the rankings are just a convenient way to do this. Of course I do realize there are big rivalries out there that mean a whole bunch to the teams involved.

GOCARDS1 · Post by **GOCARDS1** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:47 pm

mnhockeyfan, I understand what you are saying, but I just put this game up here mostly for the central lakes conference matchup. Alex is obviously the favorite, but in the last matchup, they couldn't get it past kaasa, even though they did dominate the game.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:54 pm

I do agree that it's not always about rankings. Maybe these threads should be called top rated games of the week or something. I love these, and I don't mind the top ratedness. I think it could be opened to people putting their thoughts in here. That doesn't hurt. However, all the games may not be on the main list.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:08 pm

boblee wrote:I do agree that it's not always about rankings. Maybe these threads should be called top rated games of the week or something. I love these, and I don't mind the top ratedness. I think it could be opened to people putting their thoughts in here. That doesn't hurt. However, all the games may not be on the main list.

Agreed, boblee, anyone please feel free to chime in here with your opinions, and better yet your predictions. I started this a while back because I thought it would be interesting to focus in on some of the key games each week, and to be honest I was hoping it would spark more commentary than it has.

As to the rankings, by now at this point in the season, QRF does start to have better predictive value. If you look at this week's games, the ones that are the hardest to forecast involve teams that are pretty evenly ranked.

hockeyrube7 · Post by **hockeyrube7** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:23 am

Predictions anyone?

pondhockey · Post by **pondhockey** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:17 am

MNHockeyFan wrote:
boblee wrote:I do agree that it's not always about rankings. Maybe these threads should be called top rated games of the week or something. I love these, and I don't mind the top ratedness. I think it could be opened to people putting their thoughts in here. That doesn't hurt. However, all the games may not be on the main list.
Agreed, boblee, anyone please feel free to chime in here with your opinions, and better yet your predictions. I started this a while back because I thought it would be interesting to focus in on some of the key games each week, and to be honest I was hoping it would spark more commentary than it has.

As to the rankings, by now at this point in the season, QRF does start to have better predictive value. If you look at this week's games, the ones that are the hardest to forecast involve teams that are pretty evenly ranked.

Seems to me that last year there were a lot more predictions and discussions - this year has been disappointing in that regards. To get the ball hopefully rolling:
Alexandria 3 - Saint Cloud Tech 0
GRG 4 - Cloquet 2

twowayplay · Post by **twowayplay** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:30 pm

My predictions this week

Eagan 4 vs. Breck 1 (1)
Hopkins 4 vs. Eastview 1 (3)
White Bear Lake 2 vs. Hastings 2 (0)
Grand Rapids/Greenway 5 vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall 1 (0)

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway 1 vs. Cloquet 2 (0)
Alex 2 vs. St Cloud 1 (3)

Friday, January 18
Stillwater 3 vs. White Bear Lake 2

Saturday, January 19
Wayzata 2 vs. Minnetonka 3
Edina 3 vs. Hill-Murray 1

So far I have 7 Points per MNHockeyFan rules

eastsidehockey · Post by **eastsidehockey** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:50 pm

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway 1 vs. Cloquet 2

I think if any team is going to beat GRG they are going to have to score more than 2 goals. Not saying they are unbeatable, but GRG does score a lot of goals/game

Last time these two played it was 5-4 GRG in OT. I know in years past these two teams play some tight hockey and low scores but i just have a hard time thinking GRG will be held to only one goal.

What do ya think?

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:48 pm

eastsidehockey wrote:
Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway 1 vs. Cloquet 2
I think if any team is going to beat GRG they are going to have to score more than 2 goals. Not saying they are unbeatable, but GRG does score a lot of goals/game

Last time these two played it was 5-4 GRG in OT. I know in years past these two teams play some tight hockey and low scores but i just have a hard time thinking GRG will be held to only one goal.

What do ya think?

I will not make my predictions yet, but if any team can beat GRG in a low scoring, tight battle, it is Cloquet.

pacman · Post by **pacman** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:04 pm

Tuesday, January 15
Warroad (3A) vs. Roseau (5A) Warroad 2-1
Duluth (7AA) vs. Hibbing (8A) Duluth 3-1
Eagan (9AA) vs. Breck (2A) Breck 4-2
Hopkins (8AA) vs. Eastview (23AA) Hopkins 4-1
White Bear Lake (15AA) vs. Hastings (16AA) Hastings 2-1
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall (22AA) GRG 3-2 in OT

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Cloquet (18AA) GRG 3-1
Alexandria (4A) vs. St. Cloud Tech (31AA) Alexandria 4-0

Friday, January 18
Stillwater (4AA) vs. White Bear Lake (15AA) Stillwater 5-1

Saturday, January 19
Wayzata (10AA) vs. Minnetonka (14AA) Minnetonka 3-2
Edina (6AA) vs. Hill-Murray (17AA) Edina 4-1

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:32 pm

I'll go with:

Tuesday, January 15
Warroad (3A) vs. Roseau (5A) Warroad 4-3
Duluth (7AA) vs. Hibbing (8A) Duluth 5-1
Eagan (9AA) vs. Breck (2A) Breck 3-2
Hopkins (8AA) vs. Eastview (23AA) Hopkins 5-2
White Bear Lake (15AA) vs. Hastings (16AA) Hastings 3-1
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall (22AA) GRG 6-1

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Cloquet (18AA) GRG 5-3
Alexandria (4A) vs. St. Cloud Tech (31AA) Alex 4-2

Friday, January 18
Stillwater (4AA) vs. White Bear Lake (15AA) Stillwater 5-1

Saturday, January 19
Wayzata (10AA) vs. Minnetonka (14AA) Wayzata 5-3
Edina (6AA) vs. Hill-Murray (17AA) Edina 4-1

GOCARDS1 · Post by **GOCARDS1** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:45 pm

Tuesday, January 15
Warroad (3A) vs. Roseau (5A) Roseau 5-3
Duluth (7AA) vs. Hibbing (8A) Duluth 2-0
Eagan (9AA) vs. Breck (2A) Breck 2-1
Hopkins (8AA) vs. Eastview (23AA) Hopkins 4-2
White Bear Lake (15AA) vs. Hastings (16AA) white bear lake 4-3
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Proctor/Hermantown/Duluth Marshall (22AA) GRG 4-1

Thursday, January 17
Grand Rapids/Greenway (3AA) vs. Cloquet (18AA) GRG 3-1
Alexandria (4A) vs. St. Cloud Tech (31AA) Alex 4-0

Friday, January 18
Stillwater (4AA) vs. White Bear Lake (15AA) Stillwater 4-1

Saturday, January 19
Wayzata (10AA) vs. Minnetonka (14AA) Wayzata 5-4
Edina (6AA) vs. Hill-Murray (17AA) Edina 3-1

hockeyrube7 · Post by **hockeyrube7** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:53 pm

boblee wrote:I will not make my predictions yet, but if any team can beat GRG in a low scoring, tight battle, it is Cloquet.

Common boblee, you are a great prognosticator.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:50 pm

Tuesday, January 15
Roseau 4, Warroad 2
Duluth 3, Hibbing 0
Breck 3, Eagan 1
Hopkins 6, Eastview 2
White Bear Lake 5, Hastings 4
Grand Rapids/Greenway 7, Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall 1

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:33 pm

I should not have gone crazy...

PHM 2
GRG 1

Great win for PHM.

goalzilla · Post by **goalzilla** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:32 pm

boblee; is that a real score PHM 2-1 GRG. I know on any given night it can happen, but give us a little game breakdown.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:59 pm

Great start for me, so far I am 0-4!

I said:
Warroad (3A) vs. Roseau (5A) Warroad 4-3 Roseau wins 2-1
Duluth (7AA) vs. Hibbing (8A) Duluth 5-1 They tie 1-1
Eagan (9AA) vs. Breck (2A) Breck 3-2 Eagan wins 3-2
Hopkins (8AA) vs. Eastview (23AA) Hopkins 5-2 ???
White Bear Lake (15AA) vs. Hastings (16AA) Hastings 3-1 ???
GRG (3AA) vs. Proctor/Hermantown/DM (22AA) GRG 6-1 P/H/DM wins 2-1

This is tougher than I thought it was going to be!

SportsMa · Post by **SportsMa** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:06 pm

And isn't that why we all love the game!? You never know how the puck is going to bounce and who is going to step up!

hockeyrube7 · Post by **hockeyrube7** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:49 pm

SportsMa wrote:And isn't that why we all love the game!? You never know how the puck is going to bounce and who is going to step up!

Well said Ma!! I forgot to post mine, but I have to say I would have been wrong on many! I would have never figured PMH over GR, or the Hibbing Duluth tie, or even Eagan over Breck? Hockey is upside down tonight, I guess.

hockeyrube7 · Post by **hockeyrube7** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:51 pm

Let's try this again next week, this is fun!

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