#6 Mankato West @ #3 New Prague 2-25

R1nk Rat 174 · Post by **R1nk Rat 174** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:28 pm

Both teams are hot and played very well down the stretch, with bigs wins over section opponents. The Trojans looking to bounce back after the loss to Shako

Who you taking??
ha these Section 1A quarterfinal matchups are going to be fun to watch

PoNd HocKey ChAmP67 · Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:39 pm

having a tough time picking the winner of this game, both are playing so well. Should be an exciting one though. This one could really go either way, but I think im going to go New Prague 4-2

GopherPuck15 · Post by **GopherPuck15** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:43 pm

My upset of the quarterfinals: #6 Mankato West over #3 New Prague 4-2.

watchthis · Post by **watchthis** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:33 am

New Prague will win.. play very storng at home. beat farmington 6-0 redwing 6-2 hutchinson 3-0
all home games. should be interesting but i think NP will take this one 5-2

Chalk_Talk · Post by **Chalk_Talk** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:00 am

These two teams that are very similar. Both have good goal tending, and neither team is a high powered offense. I think there will be two major factors in the hame. Home ice and PP and PK. I also look for West to do something they have not done much this year. They will shorten the bench and roll two lines and spot in the third.

OU812 · Post by **OU812** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:03 pm

New Prague deserves to be favored in this game. They have the bigger wins, and are at home. I like the job Coach Lonke has done (btw, just think of the team he would have had if Darren Lapic and Seth Ambroz still played for the Trojans).

West could pull it off - Campbell and Jose are senior defensemen who are as good as any D pair in the Big 9, and Kaufman has been very good in net. The power play has come around. Like all season, a wild card for West could be the play of the five or six sophomores who get regular ice time.

Prediction: West 4-3

curtiscurve · Post by **curtiscurve** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:31 pm

Even though West has played well the last half of the year, I have to give the edge to New Prague. NP 4 MW 1

scarlethockey33 · Post by **scarlethockey33** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:39 pm

west 3-2

tightest quarterfinal game in section 1a. both teams have good goal tenders with Joe Morris and Jake Kaufman, either have an explosive offense, both have more of a balanced scoring attack.

key for mankato west:
keep it a low scoring game, play well in the defensive zone, don't let new prague get 30-40 on kaufman.

R1nk Rat 174 · Post by **R1nk Rat 174** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:01 pm

New Prague 3
Mankato West 2

JRdeeez · Post by **JRdeeez** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:54 am

NP 7-3

Chalk_Talk · Post by **Chalk_Talk** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:17 pm

Is this game on the radio? If so what station, and do they stream over the web?

cheese · Post by **cheese** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:45 pm

in my opinion this should be the best quarterfinal matchup in 1A. even though new prague is at home and was the better team most of the year, im gonna take MW in this matchup 3-2 in double OT. just a prediction

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:13 pm

Chalk_Talk wrote:Is this game on the radio? If so what station, and do they stream over the web?

It is on kchk radio 1350 am. Doesn't go much beyond New Prague at night.
They do stream some of their stuff. website is

http://www.kchkradio.net/

Chalk_Talk · Post by **Chalk_Talk** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:20 pm

hockeydad wrote:
Chalk_Talk wrote:Is this game on the radio? If so what station, and do they stream over the web?
It is on kchk radio 1350 am. Doesn't go much beyond New Prague at night.
They do stream some of their stuff. website is

http://www.kchkradio.net/

Thank you I will give it a try

Black Ice · Post by **Black Ice** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:09 pm

minnesota-scores.net has
New Prague 3 West 1 Final
can anyone confirm this

Sioux Fan · Post by **Sioux Fan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:20 pm

Did Sam Olson play for New Prague?

GopherHockey · Post by **GopherHockey** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:36 pm

NP 3
MW 1
Final

Olson played. Some kid for West took 5 penalties and the boot.

Sioux Fan · Post by **Sioux Fan** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:44 pm

Good to hear that Sammy is coming to Rochester I wanted to see him play this year.. Good luck to all the boys looking forward to some great games on Saturday.

Chalk_Talk · Post by **Chalk_Talk** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:49 pm

Can anyone give a recap of the game, shots, who scored, when, ect?

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:00 pm

Chalk_Talk wrote:Can anyone give a recap of the game, shots, who scored, when, ect?

New Prague came out flat... West dominated the first 10 minutes and took a 1-0 lead. Sorry, didn't get the name

New Prague scored two goals in less than a minute late int eh first. First Jordan Holicky, then Zach Adams on a power play.

The Trojans controlled the game most of the rest of the way... Tehre were a few times it looked like they were on the power play cuz West couldn't clear the zone.

Fadden got the final goal in the second period. A shot that went through traffic and might have been tipped.. couldn't tell for sure.

NP vs. a familiar nemesis Saturday. They lost to Lourdes in the semis each of the last two years. They've had two good games with them this year, 2-1 loss and 1-1 tie.
Didn't catch shots.

GopherHockey · Post by **GopherHockey** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:05 pm

Chalk_Talk wrote:Can anyone give a recap of the game, shots, who scored, when, ect?

West scored in the first for a 1-0 lead then, NP scored twice before the end of the period to lead 2-1 after 1. NP added another one midway through the second. No scoring in the third, but plenty of penalties. I think West took 9 penalties or something like that. NP had 4.
Shots favored NP 28-22.

Chalk_Talk · Post by **Chalk_Talk** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:08 pm

thanks hockeydad and gopher. Do you know who had 5 penalties and got the boot?

GopherHockey · Post by **GopherHockey** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:10 pm

Chalk_Talk wrote:thanks hockeydad and gopher. Do you know who had 5 penalties and got the boot?

#18 Tyler Resner for West, according to the Hub.

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:13 pm

Chalk_Talk wrote:thanks hockeydad and gopher. Do you know who had 5 penalties and got the boot?

Sorry, didn't catch who it was. On the fifth penalty, he took out a NP player nice, clean hard hit right in front of the scorer's table. Thought it was a bad call when the whistle blew, but I guess he got called for unsportsmanlike conduct for saying "unsportsmanlike" after the hit, with the ref right there to hear it. There were about 10 minutes left in the game at the time.

Rushin11 · Post by **Rushin11** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:14 pm

#18 for west