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Posted: **Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:43 pm**

Ep continues losing key players. They were supposed to be the favorites in section 6AA for the upcoming season but it has been brought to my attention that they have lost blake thompson (juniors) jason clark (shattuck) mitch rogge (shattuck) and now alec rush (juniors)... Who is now the new favorite in this section? Hopkins, Benilde, Minnetonka, Wayzata are teams that come to mind. This section has lost tons of talent in the last year and should be very weak. Whos taking it home?

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:29 pm**

Benilde has alot of young and up and coming talent and i am going to have to give them the edge due to there goalie if hes returning from last year.

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:03 pm**

Looking forward to some good games. I may be coming back a few times and hopefully can catch a few

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:48 pm**

ovechkin4president wrote:Benilde has alot of young and up and coming talent and i am going to have to give them the edge due to there goalie if hes returning from last year.

Overieskin4pres your right. EP has no young and up coming talent.

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:17 pm**

i can see benilde contending for sections because of meyers but i would have to give the edge to either tonka and possibly hopkins

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:14 pm**

PRIVATESCHOOLS17 wrote:Ep continues losing key players. They were supposed to be the favorites in section 6AA for the upcoming season but it has been brought to my attention that they have lost blake thompson (juniors) jason clark (shattuck) mitch rogge (shattuck) and now alec rush (juniors)... Who is now the new favorite in this section? Hopkins, Benilde, Minnetonka, Wayzata are teams that come to mind. This section has lost tons of talent in the last year and should be very weak. Whos taking it home?

I don't think this section will ever be "very weak"

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:46 pm**

I asked this before, who is Mitch Rogge? Is he an upcoming sophomore?

Good luck whoever you are.

Hopkins will be talented this year. I like their team. Goalie is one of the best in the state.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:56 am**

[quote="breakout"]I asked this before, who is Mitch Rogge? Is he an upcoming sophomore?

Mitch Rogge is one player that will be playing on the Eden Prairie hockey "team".

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:47 pm**

FREDFLINTSTONE wrote:
breakout wrote:I asked this before, who is Mitch Rogge? Is he an upcoming sophomore?

Mitch Rogge is one player that will be playing on the Eden Prairie hockey "team".
Yea I would love a cited source on Rogge going to Shattuck, 'cause well he's not. He's rostered on the section 6 elite II team. Good try though?

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:02 pm**

FREDFLINTSTONE wrote:
Overieskin4pres your right. EP has no young and up coming talent.

EP has back to back Bantam A state titles, I think that should give them some recognition for young talent?

Also player Mitch Rogge is back at EP being he did not make the top Shattuck team.

Jason Clark is currently at Shattuck

Blake Thompson is playing with the Stampede and doing very well as now he is one of the top fighters in the league. He is now being recruited by the gophers
http://www.gostampede.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=246

Also, Alec Rush has left to play for Tri-City Storm in Kerney, NE

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:09 pm**

You can say that again!

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:38 pm**

Looks like a wide open section. Hopkins is loaded with seniors and may be the pre-season favorite.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:52 pm**

They also have the mega talented Travis Boyd! They will be fun to watch.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:36 pm**

I still think Ep is going to have a lot of talent this year.

Posted: **Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:34 pm**

Maybe EP wont make the tourny this year, but the next two years look very good for them when those great bantams become juniors and seniors. They have plenty of talent, just one year away.

Posted: **Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:44 pm**

EP always finds a way not to make the state tournamnet so until they do go I'll expect Benilde or Tonka or even Hopkins to make it instead......

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:21 am**

dynamicD wrote:EP always finds a way not to make the state tournamnet so until they do go I'll expect Benilde or Tonka or even Hopkins to make it instead......

I remember watching Eden Prairie on T.V. at least two times in the state tournament. I believe Erickson, who was drafted by the Wild was on one of thos teams. Don't know what happened to him after his very short stint with the Gophers.

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:44 pm**

Not sure about EP. They have the young Bantams coming in but they were successful as a "team" with a great, dedicated coach. Not so sure there was really that much individual talent. Don't get me wrong - I would prefer the strong "team" approach versus individual hockey, but when you add them to a high school team with 3 years of kids, I doubt you can get similar results. At that point you may need a little more depth in talent in the sophomore class, and I don't think you have it at EP.

I say Hopkins will be a force to deal with and EP will continue to struggle at the HS level especially with some of the player losses they've had - Thompson, Clark and others. Doubt Benilde will be too tough even with a wicked goalie and some strong talent but they could surprise us.

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:35 pm**

Agree that EP will be young and will likely struggle this year. However, coaches don't win state titles (Doglover), players do.

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:57 pm**

A talented goalie never hurts either right?

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:00 pm**

Doglover wrote:A talented goalie never hurts either right?

I'm not sure I get your point. Explain?

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:45 pm**

gerryodrowski wrote:
Doglover wrote:A talented goalie never hurts either right?
I'm not sure I get your point. Explain?

Andrew Ford? Not often does a sophomore take a team to state.

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:28 pm**

I thought Benilde had a great year last year with a soph in the nets. He did quite well. What's your point papa?

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:30 pm**

FREDFLINTSTONE wrote:I thought Benilde had a great year last year with a soph in the nets. He did quite well. What's your point papa?

yeah ford is good but not as good as meyers was

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:57 pm**

Papa Bergundy wrote:
gerryodrowski wrote:
Doglover wrote:A talented goalie never hurts either right?
I'm not sure I get your point. Explain?
Andrew Ford? Not often does a sophomore take a team to state.

Agreed (except for last year). I said before that it's likely that EP could struggle with a young team. Doglover contends (as usual) that EP's success at the bantam level is due to superior coaching and that EP's sophomore class is short on talent and depth. This group won the '06 Pee Wee state title (with another coach) had at a number of players on the '07 Bantam championship before winning the '08 Bantam title.

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