Minnesota State Tournament

[10coach*]

Not NHL but this is one of the best amateur events around. It's quite the experience
https://twitter.com/tourney_16/status/705937396295008257

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[Moveslikejagr247]

it's Insane how different high School hockey is in the states than In canada

 

[TaLoN]

This is the first year I'm missing the State Tournament in over 15yrs... I usually take the week off work, but this year I just needed to save those days off for other things. So here I am stuck at work whilst great hockey is being played in it's purest form...

 

[gphr513]

Love the State Tournament. A ton of fun watching these kids playing for the pride of their home town.

It's good hockey, too. Saw it yesterday during one of the intermissions; a pretty impressive list of NHL players that have gone through The Tourney.

 

[Flipper Anderson]

Hope to catch this live one year, its beautiful.

No better time to post this, saw it on twitter when it happened. One of the Section Final games. Great long ice saucer pass, great finish and great celebration with crowd.

Someone who knows what they're doing can fix it for me. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4rywz1HiyeQ

 

[BackHandShelf22]

it's Insane how different high School hockey is in the states than In canada

Not exclusive to hockey. High School sports in general is alot more competitive.


Juniors is where it's at for most canadian kids of that age.

 

[Knave]

it's Insane how different high School hockey is in the states than In canada

To be fair our most talented highschool kids would be in CHL leagues which can draw decent crowds.

That being said - the US definitely supports its highschool/college sports beyond what I've seen anywhere else in the world.

 

[10coach*]

it's Insane how different high School hockey is in the states than In canada

High school hockey is really only popular/good in Minnesota. Everywhere else they play Tier1/AAA hockey. Fox Motors, Little Caesars, Boston Advantage, Honey Baked, Jr Kings, Etc.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

High school hockey is really only popular/good in Minnesota. Everywhere else they play Tier1/AAA hockey. Fox Motors, Little Caesars, Boston Advantage, Honey Baked, Jr Kings, Etc.

Prep/School is pretty popular in Massachusetts as well.

And I know that there are quite a few NHL scouts in the Minn HS circuit and this is their premier event.

 

[TaLoN]

New record for attendance in a single session!

The tweet was incorrect on the old record though, as that was set just last year at 21,609 as seen in the link below...

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/high-school-hockey/2015/3/7/8167923/2015-minnesota-boys-high-school-total-attendance-record-135618

The total also includes a Minnesota indoor hockey record 21,609 for the Friday evening session.

The Wild will never be able to match those numbers at the X, because the Fire Marshall is waiving the legal building capacity to get these people in... something they will ONLY do for High School Hockey, and will never do for the Wild and the NHL.


The Wild regularly get 19,000+ each night... but that High School Attendance number is insane! New indoor hockey record for Minnesota.

 

[TaLoN]

Mittelstadt Hat Trick, 5 points Send Eden Prairie into AA Title Game

Check it out, there's a nice highlight video from the game. Casey Mittelstadt is a very talented kid... same school as Kyle Rau came out of, and the coach said, even though Rau scored a greater number of clutch goals, he thinks Casey may be more skilled.

 

[Chungo]

I was travelling in Minnesota last year during this tournament. Amazing culture in Minnesota. Definitely want to see one of these games.

 

[PWJunior]

The best part are the critiques of all the awesome hockey flow of some of the kids. Don't they usually have a video that highlights the best of them after the tourney? The commentators are great about that too. So funny.

 

[Jacques The Mayor]

The best part are the critiques of all the awesome hockey flow of some of the kids. Don't they usually have a video that highlights the best of them after the tourney? The commentators are great about that too. So funny.

Oh yes. The all hair team is what they call it. Lots of great flow this year.

 

[Jacques The Mayor]

I wish this thread would've stayed on the mainboard. I know it's not nhl but I think it's worthy of a thread over there.

 

[gphr513]

Ok apparently this got moved here even though we already have a thread on it. Let's use that one.