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The two frontrunners in 8AA collide for the first of two (perhaps three) meetings this season. The Spuds are two-time defending champs and return some good firepower, but the Rams are probably a bit more balanced and have some great top-end players, though they are a bit thin. Who wins?

Sheep haven't beaten the Taters since Dec, 2010 (last 5 games) - they're probably about due. Think I just might go watch & see.

SPUDNUT wrote:Sheep haven't beaten the Taters since Dec, 2010 (last 5 games) - they're probably about due. Think I just might go watch & see.

You "might go watch and see"? I think that "might" be an understatement.

Gotta give a shout out to my boys back home!


Go Rams!

Sheep in OT

Tony Uglem scores for Mhd just :45 into the first and the Rams tie it up with 14:32 to go in the first.

Aaron Herdt scores for Mhd on a breakaway, 2-1 Spuds. Still in the 1st period.

Moorhead - 2
Roseau - 1

After 1 period

Spuds with a slight edge in shots, 11-10.

Moorhead - 2
Roseau - 2

After 2 periods.

Roseau ties it up with just :25 left in the period.

Shots were 12-7 for the Spuds. Looks to be a great 3rd period... maybe even OT?

Power play goal for Roseau just :40 into the 3rd and then Leif Johnson ties it up for the Spuds again with 15:32 to go. Great game going on.

So far this season, Roseau has outscored their opponent in the first and second periods, but have been outscored in the third. Hopefully they can turn around that trend in this game.

Going to OT! Shots were 9-9 in the 3rd period.

Thomas Carey with the game winner for the Spuds.

Moorhead - 4
Roseau - 3

Final/OT

Round 1 goes to the Spuds. Round 2 in Roseau should be another great game (and possibly Round 3 in the sections).

starmvp wrote:Sheep in OT

There went that theory !

SPUDNUT wrote:

starmvp wrote:Sheep in OT

There went that theory !

Not a fan of either team SPUDNUT, don't worry... Just a prediction

From what I hear if Rams don't start to move the puck they won't get past the Spuds. Saw the same issue with Cloquet when they played WBL.

Vapor wrote:From what I hear if Rams don't start to move the puck they won't get past the Spuds. Saw the same issue with Cloquet when they played WBL.

They both moved the puck well, forchecked well & made good transitions. The only "flaw" I saw was that, at times in their own zone, the Taters let too many Sheep gather in the slot down low. Otherwise, I watched a well-played game between two hard-working, evenly matched teams. Best one I've seen in a while & it could have gone either way.

how are did the rookie goalies look?

Coach Watkins wrote:how are did the rookie goalies look?

I thought both played well. McFarlane made some huge saves down the stretch of the third period and overtime. Anderson for the Rams has been solid in all six games this season.

Saw Roseau play Rapids and Hibbing last weekend. Not impressed with the Rams at this point in the season, especially against a Bluejackets team missing a boatload of players. If Adam Johnson's shot, which he roofed off the back of the crossbar, deflects in instead of out, that game is tied 2-2 midway thru the 2nd. To their credit, they did shut out the Jackets on two, abbreviated 5 on 3s, though the game was slow and ugly due to penalty after penalty after . . .

Johnson played most of that game at defense and he looked as if he was saving himself. He made a couple nice rushes towards the end of the game, though.

mnmouth wrote:Saw Roseau play Rapids and Hibbing last weekend. Not impressed with the Rams at this point in the season, especially against a Bluejackets team missing a boatload of players. If Adam Johnson's shot, which he roofed off the back of the crossbar, deflects in instead of out, that game is tied 2-2 midway thru the 2nd. To their credit, they did shut out the Jackets on two, abbreviated 5 on 3s, though the game was slow and ugly due to penalty after penalty after . . .

Johnson played most of that game at defense and he looked as if he was saving himself. He made a couple nice rushes towards the end of the game, though.

FYI: It's physically impossible for a puck that deflects off the "back of the crossbar" to deflect "out". It's already in the net and accross the goal line at that time.

SPUDNUT wrote:

mnmouth wrote:Saw Roseau play Rapids and Hibbing last weekend. Not impressed with the Rams at this point in the season, especially against a Bluejackets team missing a boatload of players. If Adam Johnson's shot, which he roofed off the back of the crossbar, deflects in instead of out, that game is tied 2-2 midway thru the 2nd. To their credit, they did shut out the Jackets on two, abbreviated 5 on 3s, though the game was slow and ugly due to penalty after penalty after . . .

Johnson played most of that game at defense and he looked as if he was saving himself. He made a couple nice rushes towards the end of the game, though.

FYI: It's physically impossible for a puck that deflects off the "back of the crossbar" to deflect "out". It's already in the net and accross the goal line at that time.

I can't argue with you, Spud. I'm just relaying to you what I saw. But if the ref and the goal judge don't see it that way, it ain't gonna be called a goal. And if the whole puck is not over the line, it also ain't a goal.