No Brainer Central!! They will be better than RR last year. Undefeated? In ND they will be. There will be a lot of ugly games. Maybe RR or Bismarck can give them a game? Just my opinion. Maybe a Fargo team might put up a fight?hockeynut wrote:So who is the favorite to win it all this year?
madseason wrote:Bismarck 24 Hazen/Beulah 1. Why didn't they send their JV? Isn't that what they usually do? I think it is time to look at an A/AA High school system. Take the Hazen, Beulah , Bottineau ,Rugby,Park River, Grafton Programs and add the JR gold schools Langdon, Mayville, Crosby, Watford city, Richland . Then you have a class that will compete year in and year out with each other for a state championship. And actually have a shot. I think it would grow hockey at the lower levels when these programs have their own HS teams.
madseason wrote:Bismarck 24 Hazen/Beulah 1. Why didn't they send their JV? Isn't that what they usually do? I think it is time to look at an A/AA High school system. Take the Hazen, Beulah , Bottineau ,Rugby,Park River, Grafton Programs and add the JR gold schools Langdon, Mayville, Crosby, Watford city, Richland . Then you have a class that will compete year in and year out with each other for a state championship. And actually have a shot. I think it would grow hockey at the lower levels when these programs have their own HS teams.
madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
heck Ya! Best barn in the east!.hockeynut wrote:madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
Does Park River still have the barn I played in back in the 70's?
madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
madseason wrote:heck Ya! Best barn in the east!.hockeynut wrote:madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
Does Park River still have the barn I played in back in the 70's?
Unity77 wrote:madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
Grafton won two, solo titles 78 and 85 and three as GPR (91, 02, 08). Look it up. Also, if you think Park River has added that much to the program, you're wrong. Park River had some decent players on the 91 team, but most of the standouts were from Grafton. The 2002 state championship team was dominated by Grafton players. There were 13 seniors that year and all but two were from Grafton - one grew up on a farm between Grafton and Park River and the other was a transfer from Williston. All the standouts on that team, including Drew Sando (Mr. Hockey), Jesse Lindenberg (Mr. Hockety candidate), etc... were Grafton kids. The 2008 team was carried by Grafton's Chad Demers. Park River has had some great players, but it hasn't been consistent at all. Also, don't forget that the co-op also includes Minto, Drayton, and Cavalier who have also added some talent.
Let's say ND decides to move to a two-class hockey system. It wouldn't just be a Grafton-Park River, Hazen-Beulah, and Bottineau-Rugby splitting up and moving down. You would also see Devils Lake and Jamestown who are also experiencing declining enrollments wanting to move down. Wahpeton would more than likely want to join as would Valley City.
The following list is based on current high school hockey co-ops and schools with Junior Gold programs. Enrollment numbers represent recent 7-10 male enrollments:
Jamestown (Medina, Pingree-Buchanan, Montpelier, Carrington) - 494
Devils Lake (Minnewaukan, North Star, Lakota, New Rockford-Sheyenne) - 438
Grafton - (Minto, Drayton, Cavalier) - 306
Valley City (Maple Valley, Griggs Co.) - 240
Watford City - 204
Wahpeton (not including Breckenridge) - 188
Beulah - 118
Park River (Valley-Edinburg) - 114
Rugby (Rolette) - 105
Hazen - 100
Langdon - 100
Bottineau - 97
May-Port - 72
Divide County (Crosby) - 51
Its funny how Crosby, the smallest school has great numbers in their program. (have had jr gold and won state and competed for it every year) No Co-Op? When Park river started co-op at the pee wee and bantam level the numbers in PR hockey went down. No one wants to travel 30 miles three times a week to bring their kid to practice!. PR and Grafton couldn't agree on a coop this year because Grafton wanted to coop from Termites!! Dumbest idea ever IMO! Keep the HS coop until a class A-AA is figured out. Every PROGRAM IMO should be able to play in the state tournament (pee wees, Bantams) Gives your hockey program an identity. We need to GROW hockey in ND and coops are not the way IMO.Unity77 wrote:madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
Grafton won two, solo titles 78 and 85 and three as GPR (91, 02, 08). Look it up. Also, if you think Park River has added that much to the program, you're wrong. Park River had some decent players on the 91 team, but most of the standouts were from Grafton. The 2002 state championship team was dominated by Grafton players. There were 13 seniors that year and all but two were from Grafton - one grew up on a farm between Grafton and Park River and the other was a transfer from Williston. All the standouts on that team, including Drew Sando (Mr. Hockey), Jesse Lindenberg (Mr. Hockety candidate), etc... were Grafton kids. The 2008 team was carried by Grafton's Chad Demers. Park River has had some great players, but it hasn't been consistent at all. Also, don't forget that the co-op also includes Minto, Drayton, and Cavalier who have also added some talent.
Let's say ND decides to move to a two-class hockey system. It wouldn't just be a Grafton-Park River, Hazen-Beulah, and Bottineau-Rugby splitting up and moving down. You would also see Devils Lake and Jamestown who are also experiencing declining enrollments wanting to move down. Wahpeton would more than likely want to join as would Valley City.
The following list is based on current high school hockey co-ops and schools with Junior Gold programs. Enrollment numbers represent recent 7-10 male enrollments:
Jamestown (Medina, Pingree-Buchanan, Montpelier, Carrington) - 494
Devils Lake (Minnewaukan, North Star, Lakota, New Rockford-Sheyenne) - 438
Grafton - (Minto, Drayton, Cavalier) - 306
Valley City (Maple Valley, Griggs Co.) - 240
Watford City - 204
Wahpeton (not including Breckenridge) - 188
Beulah - 118
Park River (Valley-Edinburg) - 114
Rugby (Rolette) - 105
Hazen - 100
Langdon - 100
Bottineau - 97
May-Port - 72
Divide County (Crosby) - 51
Whaaa! Whaaa! Crybaby! Devils lake still uses one I think? in the Burdick.hockeynut wrote:madseason wrote:heck Ya! Best barn in the east!.hockeynut wrote:madseason wrote:Grafton can stay AA if they want. Park river will get THEIR HS team back. Only reason Grafton has won since 78 is PR!!! 85 was GPR! Hockey costs too much to begin with. If you have to travel for practices And all the games are in Grafton? Great Job PR for ending the younger years coop.
Does Park River still have the barn I played in back in the 70's?
I remember choking on the fumes from the tractor they used for a Zamboni. No ventilation in there at the tin whatsoever
Yea I remember playing games on a few outdoor rinks. One time it was snowing and our goalie started to make a wall out of snow in front of his nethockeynut wrote:Yeah we were wimps back then practing outside when it was -20 and blowing to beat heck. We were happy as heck to play in any kind of indoor rink. The old DL rink may still use a tractor but the Burdick doesn't.
Just quit crying. Or I'll slap you in the head. Its not that cold. I think Grafton Park river should practice outside? The wussiest team I've ever seen out of GPR! They should practice outside and let the younger kids get the indoor ice time?hockeynut wrote:Yeah we were wimps back then practing outside when it was -20 and blowing to beat heck. We were happy as heck to play in any kind of indoor rink. The old DL rink may still use a tractor but the Burdick doesn't.
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