Official 2018 HS Hockey Tourney Thread

[gphr513]

Wow, 2 on 1 for Hill results in a goal. Tied up.

 

[gphr513]

Wow, blasted from the blue line. 2-1 Skippers.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Already 4-1. HM's goalie's pads are pretty sweet, though.

 

[gphr513]

Welp. Hill got to cheer at least once tonight. Tonka already running away with it.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Unsustainable shooting percentage.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Jeez that HM pep band is tiny.

 

[gphr513]

Lol, every time Hill scores, Tonka answers right back.

 

[gphr513]

5 minute PP for Hill. This is the game right here. Get one and they have life. Get 2 and they'll be in business.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Good win.

 

[TaLoN]

7-1

What's the worst defeat in State history? I'm curious..

They probably aren't even close to it...I'm still curious.

Not even close.

In fact, twice since the turn of the century, a team in the tournament has scored 7 goals in a single period, let alone the game. Eveleth has the record for the tournament with 16 goals scored in a shutout victory.

Funny thing, that same tournament in '45 Thief River Falls had a 12-0 victory and Eveleth had another big 10-0 victory. Those two met for the title which Eveleth won 4-3.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

I respect the heck out of Lou Nanne, but man I do not enjoy listening to him in the booth.

 

[BagHead]

So many blowouts this year in the first round for AA. Seemingly there is always at least one blowout, but I don't remember basically every game being one. Am I remembering wrong? Is this normal?

 

[TaLoN]

So many blowouts this year in the first round for AA. Seemingly there is always at least one blowout, but I don't remember basically every game being one. Am I remembering wrong? Is this normal?

No, not a lot of competitive games... usually there is one maybe two blowouts, but we really only have one competitive game today, and it's the current game.

It's the result of changing to seeding through 5 now.

In the past they used to seed through 4 and the other 4 were luck of the draw creating some interesting matchups. Seeding through 5 prevents the 1 or 2 seed from facing the best of the remaining 4 which almost always seemed to happen in the past, often resulting in first round upsets.

So go figure #4 vs #5 is resulting in the closest game.

 

[TaLoN]

Wow what a play by STA, and HUGE save!

Goaltending in this game is not for the faint of heart! Both teams crashing the net hard!

 

[TaLoN]

STA had the goaltender beat, lucky or heads up deflection on the pass buy Francis for Centennial saved the day. . that net was wide open, but the pass deflected just over the STA player's stick.

 

[TaLoN]

Centennial ties it up shorthanded!

 

[gphr513]

Wow, Centennial!! Tie game!

 

[TaLoN]

2-2 just under 9 minutes to go.

 

[gphr513]

Centennial is buzzing

 

[melinko]

I like how connected Centennial looks as a unit, everyone looks committed to the style they need to play to win.

 

[TaLoN]

Centennial takes the lead!

 

[tomgilbertfan]

What a gane

 

[gphr513]

Wow, Centennial in the lead! This Brickner kid is having himself a game

 

[TaLoN]

3 minutes to go, Centennial leads 3-2

 

[TaLoN]

1:55 left, STA goes on the pp...