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Section 4A
St. Paul Highland Park vs St. Paul Johnson - Gustafson Phalen (Section 4A Quarterfinals) 6:00 PM CDT
St. Paul Academy vs Mahtomedi - St. Croix Rec Center (Section 4A Quarterfinals) 7:00 PM CDT
South St. Paul vs Tartan - Tartan Ice Arena (Section 4A Quarterfinals) 7:00 PM CDT
Henry Sibley vs Gentry Academy - TCO Sports Garden, Section 4A Quarterfinal 7:00 PM CDT

Section 6A
St. Cloud Cathedral vs Sartell-St. Stephen - Sartell - Bernick's Arena (Section 6A Quarterfinals) 7:00 PM CDT
Breckenridge/Wahpeton vs Fergus Falls - Fergus Falls Roosevelt School - Hockey Arena (Section 6A Quarterfinals) 7:00 PM CDT
Morris/Benson vs Alexandria - Alexandria - Runestone Community Center (Section 6A Quarterfinals) 7:00 PM CDT
Prairie Centre vs Little Falls - Little Falls Arena, Section 6A Quarterfinal 7:00 PM CDT

Section 3AA
Park of Cottage Grove vs St. Thomas Academy - St. Thomas Ice Arena, Section 3AA Semifinal 7:00 PM CDT
Burnsville vs Rosemount - Rosemount Community Center, Section 3AA Semifinal 7:30 PM CDT

Go Park of Cottage Grove!

Throwing darts at walls for possible upsets is fun. They had some success at the youth level and have been playing better down the stretch.

Come on Park. Give us some March Madness...

Go Park....

elliott70 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:58 amGo Park....

No chance, but we can all put some hope into Rosemount. STA, for whatever reason, quit playing disciplined defense and tight checking games in favor of trying to outscore their opponents. I'm not sure that will treat them well.

No disrespect intended to Sibley, but apart from everybody emerging healthy it's hard to see anything positive that could come out of having them play Gentry Academy. By way of comparing results against a common opponent, Sibley lost twice to Tartan by a combined 18-1; Gentry beat Tartan 8-1 and outshot them 45-12.

xy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:45 pm No disrespect intended to Sibley, but apart from everybody emerging healthy it's hard to see anything positive that could come out of having them play Gentry Academy. By way of comparing results against a common opponent, Sibley lost twice to Tartan by a combined 18-1; Gentry beat Tartan 8-1 and outshot them 45-12.

It's a valid concern and applicable to a vast majority of the 1/8 matchups in the quarterfinals.

Does anyone know when the last time an 8 seed beat a 1 seed in a section quarterfinal?

Cookster wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:56 pm Does anyone know when the last time an 8 seed beat a 1 seed in a section quarterfinal?

Not sure on 8 seeds, but this was my favorite ever 7 seed win. Down 5-1 with 4 minutes left in the 3rd. I'll never see this again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Z31jEuEYQ

Section 4A Quarterfinals - 2 Mahtomedi vs. 7 St. Paul Academy - will be streamed here:

https://youtu.be/95L9_KSwDDg

Watch Section 6A Quarterfinals #1 Little Falls vs #9 Prairie Centre 7pm. https://youtu.be/oDNJ-8gVajs

InThePipes wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:18 pm

xy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:45 pm No disrespect intended to Sibley, but apart from everybody emerging healthy it's hard to see anything positive that could come out of having them play Gentry Academy. By way of comparing results against a common opponent, Sibley lost twice to Tartan by a combined 18-1; Gentry beat Tartan 8-1 and outshot them 45-12.

It's a valid concern and applicable to a vast majority of the 1/8 matchups in the quarterfinals.

Some of these onesided matchups are an unintended consequence of going to two classes way back when. With one class there were more teams in sections and you could have preliminary rounds which eliminated teams that really couldn't compete; usually the top four seeds would automatically be in the region QF. Football has this problem as well with 7 classes and everybody making the playoffs.

Cookster wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:56 pm Does anyone know when the last time an 8 seed beat a 1 seed in a section quarterfinal?

1-seed Little Falls lost to a 9-seed, St. Cloud Apollo, in 2011.

Otherwise, the answer is St. Paul Johnson over Tartan, 2009.

Alexandria scores 3 in the first 1:11 to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission against Morris/Benson.

Rosemount 3-0 after 1.
SOG: 18-8

Levandowski with 2

Bville only suited up 14 kids we are told

After 2:
St. Thomas 3
Park 1

St. Thomas is clearly the faster team but Park has had a few chances. Honestly I only saw the last 6 minutes of the 2nd period as I just hopped on the Park bandwagon today. Love their unis. One period for the rest of your lives, Wolfpack...

Stream here: http://cadetbroadcasts.com/

Alexandria 4, Morris/Benson 1, end of 2

xy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:57 pm

InThePipes wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:18 pm

xy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:45 pm No disrespect intended to Sibley, but apart from everybody emerging healthy it's hard to see anything positive that could come out of having them play Gentry Academy. By way of comparing results against a common opponent, Sibley lost twice to Tartan by a combined 18-1; Gentry beat Tartan 8-1 and outshot them 45-12.

It's a valid concern and applicable to a vast majority of the 1/8 matchups in the quarterfinals.

Some of these onesided matchups are an unintended consequence of going to two classes way back when. With one class there were more teams in sections and you could have preliminary rounds which eliminated teams that really couldn't compete; usually the top four seeds would automatically be in the region QF. Football has this problem as well with 7 classes and everybody making the playoffs.

Yes and no. The early rounds in the single class era generally helped separate the wheat from the chaff, but there were still some ugly blowouts. Hill brutalized Brooklyn Center 17-2 (it was 4-2 after one) on their way to the 1991 championship. Section 8 had some bad mismatches every year. In 1990 alone there were scores for 14-1, 15-0, and 19-0. Yikes.

Oh, and bad blowouts aren’t limited to early rounds. Remember that Maple Grove dismantled Blaine 15-1 in the 2012 section final?!

Brodziak Fan Club wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:12 pm After 2:
St. Thomas 3
Park 1

St. Thomas is clearly the faster team but Park has had a few chances. Honestly I only saw the last 6 minutes of the 2nd period as I just hopped on the Park bandwagon today. Love their unis. One period for the rest of your lives, Wolfpack...

Stream here: http://cadetbroadcasts.com/

Go figure, the lead balloons to 5-1 shortly after I tune in.

Alexandria 7, Morris/Benson 2, final

Class A quarterfinal blowouts:
Gentry 9, Sibley 0
Little Falls 10, Prairie Centre 0
Sartell 8, Cathedral 1

Fergus Falls 8
Breckenridge 1
Final

So the combined scores of the 6A quarterfinals were 33-4. I’m guessing the semifinals will be a bit more exciting.

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:39 pm

Brodziak Fan Club wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:12 pm After 2:
St. Thomas 3
Park 1

St. Thomas is clearly the faster team but Park has had a few chances. Honestly I only saw the last 6 minutes of the 2nd period as I just hopped on the Park bandwagon today. Love their unis. One period for the rest of your lives, Wolfpack...

Stream here: http://cadetbroadcasts.com/

Go figure, the lead balloons to 5-1 shortly after I tune in.

Yep, so far this week I've had a propensity to tune in right when the wheels are coming off for the lower-seeded team.

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:06 pm Class A quarterfinal blowouts:
Sartell 8, Cathedral 1

Wow. What happened to Cathedral this season?

Teak wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:20 am

Stang5280 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:06 pm Class A quarterfinal blowouts:
Sartell 8, Cathedral 1

Wow. What happened to Cathedral this season?

That was actually Cathedral’s second 8-1 loss to Sartell in the last week. Partially it seems like Sartell really has their number, but Cathedral also wasn’t very good.

Everyone from the great run over the past few years graduated or left early, and they were left with very little talent. The top three scorers from this season will graduate as well, and there doesn’t seem to be much coming up in the pipeline. I’m reasonably sure that Cathedral will return as a factor in 6A, but there will likely be a few lean years ahead.