What is the word on this years top 10. Defending state champs, will they be strong again? Is NT Green really all that? Any new comers? Will Barrington and Prairie Ridge continue their climb up the ranks? Please give your thoughts in the most positive manner and leave out the insults! Insider info needed.
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Don't see why they are thought to finish this high next season. Lost their 2 players that could scare you and a longtime top goalie. I don't see much help coming up from JV unless a new bunch of guys are coming in. They will struggle to finish top 3 in Metro Central.
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Like all teams seniors move on and new guys step in. E years ago they lost a few good players and all went well. This year will be the same. They had 1 goalie play Varsity for 2 years and last year they split time. No long time superstar. They both played very well, but were never truly tested till the end.they are gone, but I'm sure there is a plan. Again, every year brings a new adventure and this team will do just fine. This is good program that takes care of their kids. Coaching is top notch. And I'm sure they have some new stuff to show you.
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Without being negative, let's just say I disagree with several of the above comments on Prairie Ridge. We will see when the season starts.
1. Loyola (but what are they losing to CYA and TI MM?)
2. GBN (NB program will continue to keep them at the top)
3. St Rita (two top players can take you a long way, but not all the way)
4. NTG (no longer scary good, just good)
5. Fenwick ( did not lose a ton, and always reloads)
6. Barrington (lost alot, but fill in from a good JV team)
It's all a guess from here...have to wait and see who goes and who shows for tryouts.
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All right. Most have pretty much the same teams in the mix. Any inside info as to why they may be here, what/who they have and any other information. Again, please keep it positive.
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LA Gold is clearly #1 if their top 2 returning players are back. Rumour at the end of the year was they were going to tryout at AAA this year. Any word on what they decided to do?
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1 NTG-had a some players playin AAA spring, and still fielded a strong HS HIT spring team
2 Barrington-combination of 2 JV state championship teams, with a few viator steals thrown in, will return top netminder
3 Loyola Gold-bringin back their top line from last year that took em to the final 4...doubt the AAA possibles will actually ditch gold
4 Rita-i predict rita, if anybody, to show up everyones rankings and upset NTG, Barrington, Loyola...#16 is lethal
5 GBN-defending state champs on both varsity and JV...but Barrington surely had a better JV team and GBN JV just pulled some "miracle" bullshit in the 3 OT championship...and whats left of the Varsity is garbage
the rest dont even matter...namely stevenson,fenwick, PR, and anyone else people threw in
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from what i have heard they lost their two top guys to AAA, i think CYA, but i also heard they a lot of kids that got cut from AAA teams are now going to play for LAG because they have nowhere else to play
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I say going from LAG to CYA is a pretty good step up considering all the boys CYA sent to juniors last year. I din't see LAG or for that matter any pure HS player going to juniors. I don't know what you've been smoking moron
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No matter who graduates or who leaves to AAA , NTG and LAG always have excellent players on their roster and just when you think you know their line up ,kids come out of the wood work to play for these 2 schools. That wood work being AAA.In addition, each of these schools have feeder teams to compliment the existing players like blue, white and maroon. That is the reason why they will always be there at the end of the season as they always have been. Nothing will change.
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Who is gbn what have they done lately?
loyola you have got to b kidding
Fenwick???? really thats all i got to say
I heard sandburg got rid of the old coach and got a new coach that could take them to state
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I had the opportunity to see them play 07/08 several times and against some really tuff teams. If they do not loose any players from last year they will be a contender.
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Im pretty sure sandburg didnt win a serious game against any of the top 4 or 5 teams. LA Gold has 14 seniors and nearly an entire returning team. Plus some AAA additions. Sandburg is not going to be competitive this year in HIT or state.
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Do you know what you are talking about. Sandburg beat New Trier, Glenbrooknorth, lost to Loyola Gold twice by 1 goal each time.Talk about what you know.
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Playing for any of these top 10 HS programs is worth it. Good coaching, good competition, great fun. If you have a good coaching staff and you have talent you can continue to play after HS. Let your coach know what you want and they should help you get some looks. But the most important thing is always "play hard". By the way, there is alot of good Junior hockey out there. One does not need to make the USHL or NAHL to succeed. Go play, go to school and have a fun life! I care!
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Its pretty open at the top. Gold and GBN will be a lock for the final 4. GBN returns 4 or 5 seniors I believe but may struggle offensively if Lowell doesn't come back. Green lost basically its whole team they may struggle if their freshie goalie left as well. Rita will struggle unless Cimoch carries them. Barrington should be there as well. NPC appears to possibly have a good team. We will see what happens at the Great Eight tourney early in the year.
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Gold is by far #1 with many AAA cuts going there and also very few graduations. GBN lost the most important piece THE GOALIE but will still be top 4. Green lost everyone except 4 skaters and goalies. Goalies should keep them around. Rita, has most explosive offense in C'Moch but no goalies. Barrington will be competetive but won't crack top 4. Lake Forest, Fenwick, NPC, should also win some games.
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Why Does LAG have a shot at the final 4? They always are competitive but will they be competitive and agressive enough as well, will they have the scorers to get the job done?
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I need a qiuck fix on lag. What are they bringing to the State Table this year? Are they going to be as good as all these blogs say they are? I've been away for some time and if any one can answer these questions, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you to who ever responds.
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GBN will not be as strong as they werer last year as top forwards graduated and its doubtful that lowell, possibly the best player in the state, will return. Loyolas top 2 returners both left to go play AAA but wills till be strong as other players who were cut went to LA. Green may have graduated a lot of players but 2 of their top goal scorers come back and the top half of a solid blue team should be able to fill in nicely, and the sophomore goalie is one of the best in the state. Regardless these will be the 3 top teams in state
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hate to say it but a lot of years people write off green and say they wont dominate (last year being one of them) and what always happens? they dominate. Green and LAG will once again rule the hockey world as always
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right, and you cleary have no idea about green this year because you obviously havent looked at the talent that will take the place of those kids. first of all, 2 of the returners were both top scorers on the team last year and one was a top defensemen. Green draws from the blue team, whcih last time i checked was a VARSITY team last year that won about 45 games. I think most of us would agree that blue would beat any jv team by about 10 goals, which is weird because those are the teams that high schools besides green have to draw from, jv. so your right, im the one whose actually seen the kids that will be on green play, but youre the one who knows how good they will me...my bad
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idc what any of u say sandburg will make a run depending on how they do in the bartlett tourney
a coach who has people skills and can connect to the kids
6 returning varsity skaters
2 players from state championship teams (huskies Major and vikings Minor?
a solid goalie from vikings
a some decent jv call ups
this will be the last year sandburg has a chance to make a name for them selfs and they are going to take advantage of it.
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When you lose almost an entire team to graduation and have just 4 skaters returning, to expect that the Blue players will fill the void after they had many many struggles in Metro North is just foolish. This green team went to the UC last year remember? The saving grace for this team is the sophomore goalie. He will hide many mistakes.
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Spartans will struggle early this year as new additions find their feet. Rookie goaltending is the biggest question mark. Decent goaltending and they could be top 5. Poor tending will
sink them lower just as it will any team.
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I believe that the NT Blue team won 3 out of 4 of their tournaments, one of them being the Stevenson tournament another being a Midget tournament in Colorado with tough competition. Their record in Metro North was decent although a few too many tie games cost them. They were consistent. As a previous poster mentioned, Green is fed by two other varsity teams rather than a mere JV team at every other high school except for Loyola. Lots of talent at NT and now that tryouts are over, it looks to be a solid team. And FYI, Blue went 3-0 against their own white team last year.
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Green will be a decent team this year. They lost 5 of 6 D and most of their skill players. Their record could be very good if the rest of the teams aren't that good. Simple as that. They should have won the last three state champs easy if they had a different person running the show. That's not a crticism of the current guy just that he didn't get it done and the talent was there. Knowing what I know as to the results of those last three teams there was probably a better coaching staff out there that would have achieved the desired results.
The last truly great NT Green team was the 05 team that lost to LAG 1-0 in the semis. A lot of speed and heart, 6 big and mobile D man and a good goalie in Ingram. How they didn't get that last game is still a mystery to a lot of people that discuss that team. I think that teams record was 64-5 or something like that. Last year LAG looked terrific yet they couldn't get by Green at the end and the end result was GBN and their unselfish team winning their second champ in a row. My guess is LAG finally gets over the hump and wins State this year.
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To WOW! The comment about Blue vs. White was in response to the idiot that wrote that green would be better off with last year's white players than the blue players. If white can't beat blue, which never happens anyway, how would anyone expect them to make green. Two D and one forward from white were lucky enough to crack the roster this year.
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Two D and one Forward were "Lucky enough" to make Green. I didnt know it was luck that determined who made the cut at New Trier.
Im sure the parents of those 3 Ex White players would agree it was simply by chance they passed by some blue players.
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Metroman,
Perhaps the word "lucky" was used in the wrong context. Those 3 players deserve to be on green. The point is that "luck" sometimes plays a part as coaches can overlook players and make mistakes in their picks. Know from first hand experience in that department.
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Lowell now plays for CYA MM... he would easily take anyone on anyteam this year at the high school level. he was just smart enough to get out of joke hockey with that coach over there. Green will be a tough team as always and so will LAG.. rita will have to prove itself with just that one kid. Stevenson is going to be a joke. best player who is now captain is a stupid player. saw a game last year where he went and celebrated at the st. viator bench and forwards losts all good seniors and another kid went AAA i think CYA mm... HP might steal a few more games this year they got a few good players. lake forest is also a sleeper wont be suprised if they upset a few top teams.
Top 10:
1. Green
2. Gold
3. Rita
4. GBN
5. Barrington (strong JV team coming up)
6. Lake Forest
7. Highland Park
8. Blue
9. GBS
10. ? WONT BE STEVENSON, JUST HAVE A WEAK TEAM WITH BAD COACHING, might be Fenwick
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Neuqua only has 2 good kids returning smythe and a new comer from TI mm. No goaltending and a lot of jv kids. They team will be young with a rumored few other aa/aaa kids that didnt make mm or MM. May contend for first spot in MW.
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Neuqua made coaching changes, and picked up kids from the u16 TI team from last year, such as Ammendola. Did Neuqua loose a lot of there players or did most return.
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Smythe at NV is the real deal. Other than that, including the TI mm kid, the rest are average at best with a new coach. They have weak goaltending and lost their top scorer for the last two years to the Huskies. The rest of the roster is new. They will be average this year at best.
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first of all hs hockey is a joke and it absolutely sucks, but of all team u ranked highland park at fuckin 7, the only good players in hp are playing csdhl or AAA (cya and Falcons midget minor csdhl) btw hp lost a tournament with midget minor A teams in it AKA worse than midget minor nihl almost house league
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What happened to GBN-NTG? Why is LAG so good. Why is Sanberg so good? I would have to believe NTG is in the top 2 or 3 as well GBN.Is anyone out there close to these teams and wanna give up some info. on this?
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NTG only returns 4 skaters. Balance is made up of NTB which had a .500 record in MN and White who was awful. NTG will be in top 5 but one of the weakest Green teams of all time.
GBN won back to back Titles for one reason and one reason only. They had the best goalie in the State 2 years in a row (Will Dodge). He graduated so GBN will also be top 5 but won't 3 peat.
LAG is cream of the crop with 5 players coming from CYA.
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Dear in the know,
Lag has 3 players from CYA 07 not 5. 1 is a fwd.[2nd line] and the others are good defensemen. LAG has some very good returners but lost 2 to CYA MMa.The combination of returners who have played varsity since freshman year, the addition of the 3 CYA players and the strongest of the Maroon team make a very solid Gold team. If they play as a team they will be very tuff to beat.They should have 3 very solid lines and a 4th that can play with any team in the state. It seems as though other teams are banking on 1 or 2 players to carry the load. The top 2 players at LAG will carry the load because they are surrounded with highly skilled players that will share in on that load.All LAG games will be tuff because each team comes with their A game,fully amped upand ready to play.
In the know even more.
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LAG lost the best two kids they had in Obrien and Fallon. Those were the only two kids that stood out to me last year. That was their O last year. They lost their goalie as well.
The CYA kids that made the team are way below what they got and I don't even know the 3 new kids.
I thought LAG was the best team last year but they ended up losing to Green the last three times they played. The State game was dominant on Greens part even though the score was close.
I just don't see them being as good as last year without those two guys and the goalie being gone. The Maroon team was terrible. There is nothing there that stood out as well.
That being said LAG has a better chance than anybody to win State. The play has gone down so much in the last three years that it is almost ridiculous. Most of these kids should be playing another sport.
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nt blue last year= average team unless they all got better i juss dont see green being that amazing. they would fit right in with the top half of metro north
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k i could care less about ntg but thats one of the stupider things ive ever seen posted. green would maybe lose one game the entire metro north season, and thats a maybe considering gbn stev and gbs are all down this year. Green definitely wont be the green of old but theyre still top 2-3 in state jsut because they have so much to pull from. and their goaile is one of the bestin state
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I think Rita is a team that a lot of people are underestimating with Cimoch back and (from i saw) strong goalie play from number 31 i think this team has a legit shot at state
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Rita has some of the worst goaltending in the state. One big guy but hes slow, rebounds will kill him, and any good shot will be in. rita just does a great job of keeping men out of the middle. all the shots that are on net are from the point or the boards. Rita's goalies will carry them no where.
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I agree rita hasn't looked great but after seeing them in these first 2 tourneys I don't think the big guy will be there go to guy. The smaller one looked better being able to move and make 2nd and 3rd saves. Last year rita didn't need to rely on their goalie to win most of their games. this year will be a different story
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could a team from south of of glenview besides fenwick make it to the UC?
Look for Hins Cent(i know pretty random but wait and see) or Rita( very much underestmated)
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York is the real deal, and will only get better. They also could add a great deal of talent next year, if they can pick up those Blues players who chose to stay at the Blues. Next years soph class could be good with some convincing.
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Rita beat a very good Barrington team 4 to 3 in the Great eight championship game last weekend.Will get the forward that was headhunted and put in the hospital by a very cheap Nequa team at same tourny Back today. had six points in 2 games and he will be a top player in the league. York played a very strong team game and looked real good doing it .Cary grove game was the worst game ever witnessed made worse by some moron refs.Bad calls against both teams from the start,game took over 2 hours.All in all its a long season ,teams will have there ups and downs as it goes along. The better teams will learn from the experience of winning and losing and improve upon that .
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Barrington green was an excellent game. Green outplayed them in my opinion as they outshot them about 2-1 but barrington burried the pucks when they needed to and their goalie is outstanding. top 3 teams in state are lag ntg and barrington and well have to see the order. after watching rita and sandburg play i honestly think those are by far the top 3 teams
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Watched Game and Barrington was in penalty box all game. Green should have easily out shot them. Bottom line is Green choked again just like last year in the state finals. Maybe the goalie isn't what they paid for? The Top teams are as follows.
LAG
Barrington
NTG
GBN
Stevenson
Fenwick
Rita
GBS
MtCarmel
York
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completely agree taht green choked, had countless opppurtunities to put barrington away and the green goalie did let in two weak goals at the end that he probably should have stopped. also id slide york out of the top 10 and move rita down a bit. also i was unimpressed with stevenson. They only lost by 2 to green but were completely outplayed and could barely get the puck out. shots must have been around 40-15
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hinsdale central has not played anybody good yet this season. sure york got their a***Es kicked by NTG but they did make more of a statement than hinsdale central did in their b3nder tourney. Should be 2 good teams competing for MW
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In spring league York had their full varsity team, while Hinsdale Central was missing 5 of their best 7 players, and only lost in overtime. York is overhyping themselves, and no Metro West team is top 10.
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I had the chance to watch some of the games this weekend and I must say, HS hockey has fallen but it may be for the better. NTG this year is comparable to a NTW of last year. Which in a way makes sense bc i assume most of greens players were on white last year. But anyway, if green has mangaed to get this bad, I can only assume the other teams that I havnt seen, GBN and LAG. will also be worse. In a way I'm glad to see this because it will make games more interesting and people won't be able to predict outcomes as well as they would have been able to last year. Good Luck to all teams this year!
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dude are you kidding me. i dont even live on the north shore and still tip my hat to NTG. they play so fast, you can say how they will be down and this and that but it's bs. they have an awesome coach, and what are you talking about. all the kids from Green this year played on Blue, not White.
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There is no way to compare teams from five years ago to teams of today. There are just too many variables like speed and passing, stickhandling and goaltending. Overall, hockey is better today than it was years ago and anyone who ever played thinks it peaked when they played, or when their kid played!
This year there will be a pretty competitive top ten and you'd be crazy not to include LAG, NTG, GBN, Rita and Barrington in that mix. I am sure there will be a few others so I left room for all of you to put your favorites in.
There is enough parity that no team will "coast" to the United Center. It will come down to team play, work ethic, discipline and coaching. None of these teams can win shorthanded!
And for the record, there will always be a few teams that surprise (PR last two years, who knows this year?), a few that are full of themselves (Fremd, York, etc.)and are all talk, and a few that need some time to re-build (NPC last year and Providence this year).
Should be a good year. Man is it a lot easier to watch once your kid is off to college!
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I have to disagree with you. I saw games at Great 8 and now Bartlett. There is a top and then a HUGE Middle. The Middle is where you will find the Parity. We all know that anything can happen on any given day (Bartlett Ship) but most of the time the best teams win. I see the the top ten like this
1. LAG
2. Barrington (until they meet NTG again)
3. NTG
If what I hear each year were true, then high school hockey ten years ago was like today's NHL and today's high schoolers play like mites did ten years ago. Everyone thinks hockey is getting worse every year, but the problem is the eyes and brains of those making that statement. And more the brains.
You can't compare what you remember from yesteryear to now, because all you remember is how those teams played at the end of the season. It's not fair to compare a finished product to September hockey. Let them have a little time to come together and relax.
As a coach, every year at the beginning of a new season, I can't believe the drop in talent from what I just had. But by the end of the year, it's a different story. Give it time.
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great raknkings. i agree those 3 teams are far and away the best. barrington, nice win but im in terms of sheer talent and as soon as green learns to score on even 1 out of every 5 of their chances you wont be able to play with them. the rankings look like this:
1. LAG
2. NTG
3. Barrington
everyone else
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THE GLORY DAYS OF FREMD HAVE RETURNED< THE SPIRIT OF MEWS GUIDES US IN OUR ULTIMATE GOAL FOR HOCKEY SUPREMECY, ALL WILL BOW ONCE THEY HAVE FACED A TEAM THAT SPORTED SUCH HOCKEY LEGENDS AS BUD BRADLY(RAGS,BLOODY RAGS,SID VICIOUS, SID RAGLY, BUDDY BUDHOLE,) CRAZY STEVE DECARLO, FRANKY CHAMBERS, JOEY F*CK'n MACARTHUR, and not to mention other countless hockey greats
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Fremd is back alright. Back on this message board making a disgrace of the program, as you do every year. Congratulations. I guess the new coach is no more into discipline than the old.
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I think everyone is underestimating Fenwick. As much as people like to think that their glory days are over, overall they have a stronger team than last year. They lost their number one goaltender and that is their only problem. The rest of the team is much stronger than last year. They lost to barrington 6-4 with some weak goaltending.
Fenwick will definately win Kennedy cup and should make a run at state.
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Fenwick is a bit overrated. Yes they have a good chance to win the the Kennedy cup in the cch,. but there not just going to walk into every game and win. They will lose 2 out of 3 to Rita and could even lose 2 of 3 to MC and viator. All 4 of these teams have a shot at the Kennedy cup just a matter of who comes to play.
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everybody thinks that york is full of themselves. they have not even been talking about winning state or MW or any of that. many players on the team know that their program is notorious for being awful or hacks. why is everyone saying they are full of themselves? ps they dont talk sh1t like fremd
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fremd is obviously not even close to being the best team in state. there not even in HIT. good luck showing everybody that fremd is the best team in state
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watched 2 periods of the GBN-vikings game at edge. GBN's d is extremely weak except for their two seniors. The team is full of JV kids and it was obvious by their play. May struggle to break top 10 this year.
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yes north beat sandburg... happen to notice there top player was in the stands? last year sandburg lost to naperville central 5-1 metro opener and finished top 3 in metro lets just wait til feb. and see were north stands in the metro playoffs
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once again, green dominates a game (don't let the score fool you, sandburg had zero scoring chances and maybe one shot inside the top of the circles) and cant bury the puck. from what ive seen no one can play with greens speed and they have good defense, but if they dont start burying the puck all that talent will go to waste.
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lag was playing with 14 kids and there returning goalie from last year was out because of injury. Lag dominated the second and third periods but a bad call resulting in a penalty shot ruined the game for lag. Lag also out shot barrington by 10. when lag has a full roster and some games under their belt, they will deffinitely be a team to be reckoned with!
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Who cares? It's the beginning of October. The fact of the matter is that it's early and no matter how you want to rank the top 5 teams I think it's safe to say that based on pre-season action that in alphabetical order the top teams are:
Barrington
GBN (Current State Champions)
Loyola Gold
New Trier Green
St. Rita
Should be an entertaining season which will come down to whichever team can peak in March and get the goaltending and bounces.
In the meantime, who gives a hoot how many players Loyola was missing tonight? Barrington won, Loyola lost, it's one game and it's October 2nd.
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Easy Barrington! You have a lot to show to everyone. I agree that you are solid. Your goalies are the question? You out shot them bad in the 1st and 2nd they outshot you. 3rd period goes to you on a lucky break. Whatever beat us in HIT and then talk smack. BTW our coaches where not at the game.
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i know rita beat barrington but that game appears more and more as a fluke. the other time they played barrington smoked them 6-1 and rita looked very average in the bartlett tourny. no top team should lose to york by 5 goals. they are not the dominating team we thought and not in the top 5 until they start beating good teams consistently and beating all the bad ones
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please stop making excuses. that lat post just admitted he was a part of the team by saying "us". no one is doubting that you are a solid team, you lost the game, chill out
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Does anyone know what the two Glenbrook schools look like this year? GBN has had quite a run the last couple of years but did graduation hit them hard? They seem to know how to play and beat the NTG and LAG's of the world in big games. GBS was pretty weak last year, do they even have a shot? Need some feedback people...
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Skokie was more physical than NTG, very small and not physical. Goaltending for NTG was weak at best. Each team was missing 3-4 players it seemed, but unless some of those missing for NTG are lights out studs, they are a very average team and will go nowhere.
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Well there was a time when Green wouldn't play Skokie because the disparity was too great. I saw one of their games about three years ago and green beat them 11-1. The salad days appear over for NT. Probably time for a change in coaches at the top as well.
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Is skokie a hs team? Why do we care about NTG and some jackass MM team? The only team anyone needs to worry about this year is the mighty fresh Titans of GBS. The rest of you DB's got nothing. North sucks this year. Their run is over.
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GBS
Watched last night as GBS shorthanded ( 5 players )
Lost to DF 5 - 3
GBS led 3-2 after 2 but gave a goal up in first 10 sec of the period and downhill from there.
Even with the 5 additional they are a mid level team.
Defense suspect,goaltending poor and no " STARS " upfront.
GBN
It will take the So & Jr to carry this team
The Flying V's will make their presence felt.
Have not been dazzled by 2 x State Champion yet.
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The teams are well distributed with their talent this year, though not seeing much with NTG, Barrington, and Rita. I havent seen GBN and LAG yet this year, but I hear that they are have a down year also. GBNs third line from last year, who sucked, is now their first line. NTG is probably the most talented team, with no goal scorers. Green has out shot every team by a large amount, especially the Barrington game which i heard was a fluke. SOG NTG-45, Barrington-15? Come on. Barrington is good only because of their goalie, and Rita has literally one good player, Simmach. NTG is sucking terribly losing to skokie? Thats awful, but after watching NTG they are by far the best i have seen, though they cant score which they really need to work on.
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Scorers are developed a long time ago, one does not become a scorer at 17 or 18 years old. If NTG is by far the best team you've seen, there are going to a lot of shocked people before this season is over.
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cant argue with the fact that green is talented and can dominate any game but it doesnt matter if they cant score. true they can get a million shots on you but if they dont score they wont win. theyll have a good year as always but no title for green unless some people step up
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Why is nobody putting Rockford Icemen in the mix?
Beat Loyola Gold 4-1 and beat vikings 2-0.
Plus have won combined state for the past 12 YEARS!
You can say that its a weak league but to stay on top for that long says something.
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What Rockford does in Illinois H.S. hockey should be embarrassing to them at the least. How can you expect any other school to give you any respect, when you pick your team from all elidgeable players in your City!!!!, not your school, not your district, Your entire City!!. Then you take that team and play a high tiered club program along side it. I would like to see the Catholic league pick its finest 18 players and give you the but-kicking your ego needs!!!!!!!!
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Hinsdale Central is not going anywhere until 1)there two team players are actually available on a consistant basis and 2)find goaltenders who can stop more than a beach ball, their save percentage is around 60%
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If that score is true, Foreman's top 10 in Hockey stop is crap. I'm sure GBN will drop 1 spot with a tie to Maroon since Foremans nose is ducktaped to Brunners arse!
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o yea for sure those rankings are shit. he has Providence ranked ahead of Stevenson. As we all know Providence is one of the worst Varsity teams around!
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Hey Jimmy, Lake Park just handed it to Saint Charles North tonight 6-3, with a sophomore goalie sporting a 102 temperature. I guess they move up to #4 on the list.
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and then everyone else because it doesn't matter. no one else sports the skill this year to hang with these three teams. also, according to the metro north website, it is true gbn did tie maroon, and stevenson and gbs lost to deerfield.
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Everyone knows that the talent level throughout the state is way down. Forget about the Maroon goalie. He has to stink because the two guys on Gold stink. The eventual state champ will probably come out of no where because the talent is so thin and parity exists. Some of the coaches at some of the previous "top" teams may have to actually be forced to teach their players how to win a faceoff or learn how to hold a lead in the last minute 10 different times in one freakin season.
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It's interesting to see these posts where everyone talks about how great it was when they played. I played 20 years ago and am not afraid to admit that with very little variation, it has gotten better every year. The kids today are better than I was and better than any of the rest of us men's league benders want to believe. At the end of the day it is one of the dumbest serial posts in that it is impossible to resolve. Be here now Snippy. Last time I checked, your team from a few years ago is not competing for the state this year. And whoever wins will be a worthy champion just as others before them. It is true that there is much more parity now so it should be fun to watch and enjoy. And if you want to focus on things that don't or won't matter, focus on your fantasy football team. That is the only place that things that don't matter, do matter. Peace.
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Not talking about twenty years ago. Talking three years ago. 2006 season. You had more than a handful of terrific teams. Necqy, NPC, LAG, GBN GBS Green. Even Blue won 50 games that year. The Blue team from three years ago would run everyone off the ice today. Including Green.
And I don't play the game. Other than those points your post was right on the money.
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and you dont include green? green has played some bad games against some MM teams but against high school teams they have dominated every game except for barrington, who they still outplayed if you were at the game. Also, green just beat pheonix aaa twice, 2-1 and 4-2, a team that loyla beat by 1 and tied. not sure ive forgiven rita for the blowout they recieved by fremd
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based off what? they completely outplayed barrington and outshot them at least 2-1 at bartlett and only lost due to great goaltending and 2 weak goals let in late in the third. and they beat a team twice that loyola beat by one and tied...but youre right there's no wayy they are top 3?
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yea i was at the barrington feenwick game. barrington goalies played awful and was the reason they lost. otherwise barrington would have beat fenwick 5-0
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ntg!!! you lost to barrington, you lost to skokie's MM nihl team, and it doesn't matter what you did against some team lag played. the only thing that matters is head to head. face it, you're not that good!
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you say green just isnt that good...i could care less about what htey did against skokie and beating pheonix for the first time in a while is great but i could care less about that either. the bottom line is that against illinois high school teams green is 6-1, the one loss coming to barrington. And if you claim NTG is bad then why did barrington only beat them 2-1, why were the shots 35-14 or whatever they were. Green is fine. They are not as good as past green teams but they still green, still top 3, and still will be there at the end, and thats all there is to it.
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just because you beat a team once doesnt mean youre better. build a body of work, beat them a few teams, beat other good teams, and then talk. no one really can claim the top spot right now. i will agree, however, that fenwick, green, barrington, rita, and loyola are easily the top 5 teams in the state.
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The top five are NTG, Barrington, LAG, St. Rita and Fenwick. Barrington is the only one that has beaten the other four. But they are clearly not dominant. NTG is the best "team" from a fundamental point of view but they give up more goals than they have in the past, and they miss more chances so they are beatable. It looks like there will be at least five and possibly ten viable contenders for State depending on how the brackets come out and who shows up on what day. Should be fun to watch!
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Loyola did look anything special last night when they played sandburg the score was 4-1 but 2 controversial goals for Loyola, yes sandburg lost to another good team but showed more promise then they have earlier this year
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Yes Sandburg is going to be a top team in the end. They will be able to play with any team when they have a full bench. Whoever thinks Fenwick is top 5 look to find a new team.
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sandburg a top team this year? ntg beat em and i'm sure many other schools can also
i'd give any team a chance right now becuase there is clearly no 'top' team. based on from what ive heard and seen gbn is not even in the mix with a tie to loyola maroon. ntg has rebounded from early losses, beating that phoenix team twice. loyola is always a contender so don't count them out. but if i were to pick a state champ in october, i'd go with ntg
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Stevenson is absolutely horrible this year, they lost their whole team in Croft and Wood to graduation. Also Maine is wayyyyy overrated as well, they always start their year strong and then fade dramatically as the season goes on. PR isn't as good as everybody thinks they are with their best returning player, DK, quitting before the season even started. I'm not sold on Rita being a strong team this year as Cimoch will wear down trying to carry the team. Barrington, Gold, and Green are the three powers this year as long as injuries or locker room problems don't derail them.
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green played excellent despite the dirty plays by the blues. heard about the game, and understand that the blues are one dirty team. anyways green beat them and no other team could.
1.NTG
2.LAG
3 to.. who cares...
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if green plays the way they did against the blues for the rest of the year, they wont lose to another illinois high school team. Well have to see if they can keep that up
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the blues are the top MM team in illinois. green is a defferent team now than they were 3 weeks ago. got some players back form injury and look like the green team we expected
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green is a different team than 3 weeks ago, if skokie played green again my guess is that green would win. the only downside to green now is i heard that green lost a top defenseman in the state due to a dirty blues team? is that true? will that stop green's domination so far?
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saw the game and yes greens top defenseman was injured on what was a blatant check from behind. Not sure on the extent of the injury but he left the game immedeately after and was taken to the hospital
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greens top defenseman is gone, so why does everyone think they are so good? Until this kid, forget his name, number 62 gets back green will be back to like the way they were in the beginning of the year
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The word is that the Green defenseman has a slightly separated shoulder. Good player and will be missed but plenty of good D to cover. To the post that said they won't be the same without him......you must not have watched any of their games. Defense is solid up and down and one other player that is still out...will soon return.
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You are correct that the green defenseman has a separated shoulder. However, as you mentioned, green has a wide array of solid defensemen who will certainly be able to cover until his return. Loyola Plays the blues on Thursday so we'll see if they live up to their number one prediction.
P.S. For anyone who didn't see the game the second goal against NTG never went in the net. The puck bounced off the crossbar and straight out. NTG's senior goalie Parsons was so upset that he received a ten minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for swearing profusely at the refs. Also The refs had just reffed a girls U-10 hockey game beforehand begging the question of who let them ref a real hockey game?
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I don't know why everyone keeps listing Sandburg in the top 10 in state. They are 3-3-2 in MW with losses and ties to some schools that a true top 10 would have run over. I also saw Hinsdale Central beat them 3-1 with about half their team missing and JV players on the ice. Speaking of Hinsdale Central, I saw them beat Naperville North easily 4-0 last night. It appeared they had most of their team there and it is a totally different team although it looked like they still had some guys out. Having seen most teams play so far, when HC has their full roster with AAA and AA guys out there they are for sure able to be mentioned in the top 10 discussion. That being said, who knows how many games they will get out of their full roster.
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Who cares about the top 10, there are only 5 relevant teams this year.
NTG LAG and Barrington are the 3 top teams, with NTG being the most talented team I've seen thus far.
Fenwick and St. Rita also seem like they can play at the top when they play their best but aren't as consistent. These are really the only 5 teams i see having any shot at playing at the UC
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Ahhhh blazing speed?? Thats a good joke. The only reason why loyola did half way decent last year was because of fallon and obrien so stop thinking that your team is good.
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Let's say got a little help to pull this one out. 2 periods, minimal penalties. Score 1-0 Maine.
3rd period starts the parade to the penalty box for Maine. Several 5 on 3 for Barrington, results in 4 PP goals. Oh yeah, Barrington also got a penalty,with less than a minute to go. Mighty convenient, along with all the chit-chat by the bearded ref with the Barrington players.
If they're 1 or 2 in state, Maine has to be Top 5.
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First off, you're Maine! This means that you are combination of schools, so stop trying to rank with schools that actually can field their own teams. 2nd off, You're Maine! You guys used to lose to Barrington by 15 and now just because the clock isn't running everytime you think that makes it any better. In a 2-1 game maybe you could claim the ref assisted. But 4 unanswered goals, simply means you are terrible under pressure and that Barrington is better than you. Maine in the Top 5? Really?
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There was no pressure except from being shorthanded the whole period. Last year's games were 2-2 and Barrington win 5-2 or 5-3. You got help last night that's all. Deal with it, even the parents and Hutson looked kinda sheepish in the lobby after.
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Maine is a decent team that ran out gas in the third and got caught chasing and got a lot of penalties. Barrington converted. That's what good teams do. Maine deserves credit for a well played game through two periods. Get 'em next time if you're that good.
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The Maine kids had their hands full because while you weren't watching, Barrington slanted the ice toward the Maine goal too. And they used a magic puck. And the Maine kids forgot to take their skategaurds off. Seriously. Maine couldn't keep up. Their goalie kept them in it. And then once Barrington got on the power play, Maine was overwhelmed. It's not like the penalties weren't obvious. And its hard to get penalties when you have the puck the whole time. Get over it.
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Maine is a nice little team. The MM Express kids do make them quite competitive, those are good hockey players. Barrington is a well coached, solid team and they took advantage of what the refs called. We'll see what Barrington is about when they play in the LAG tourney in a couple of weeks. They have a good chance to take it. Depends on their goaltending.
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according to Barrington, and most of the people who post on this site, it doesn't really matter who dominated play they tied in the end. Only the end result matters.
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theres no reason viator should be in anyones top ten
they are scrapin the bottom of the catholic league
look for ND to be the suprise team this year
fenwick and PR are highly overrated
rita has one line.. which can actually carry them pretty far
not a chance barrington will choke
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whoever said barrington will choke? and in order to choke you have to be the best team...whcih remains to be seen. and also, jsut because youre winning your garbage league doesnt mean youre in the top 10. and who cares, there is only a top 5 this year that matters
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There must be an error on the score sheet. the final score was rita 7 ND 3. After being tied at 1 Rita scored next 2 goals the game never got closer than a 2 goal game. If you follow the scoresheet it shows the score being 4-3 in the third and that is wrong
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Saw the game. Green dominated both defensively and offensively. Great game by the goalie, he made some great saves and really took control of the game. Seems to me that green is the team to beat right now.
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ND has Barrington and Prairie Ridge coming up on their schedule, lets see what they do with those two teams. sorry icedons but beating grayslake doesn't put you in the top 10.
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Is a joke
Get 'em out of your rankings
The only game that looks good for them this year is their 3-3 tie against Barrington, but that was obviously a total fluke; revealed by their 7-0 ass-whoopin
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They may be no1. in the sun times, but everyone knows the top 2 in state are NTG and LAG. Gbn lost too many players and wont contend in state this year.
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The Sun Times, and the other guy who commented on the top 10 teams below you are pussies. Ranking the defending champs number one is a super conservative move especially when they have tied Loyola Maroon. Glenbrook North plays a weak schedule, playing few if any games against MM or out of state teams. Congrats on beating the crap out of the bad teams in state, but good luck beating NTG and LAG, and the Barrington and Rita games should be interesting.
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thats an embarassment of a ranking. GBN tied maroon and yet they rank them 4 places in front of gold. GBN is a mediocre team and this guy clearly hadn't watched anyone play before he made those. Top 4 are rita, loyola, barrington and ntg in no order. fewick falls from being considered after being smoked by both NTG and LAG
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Though I'm not sure if GBN is the team to beat, they certainly run deep in talent. Though they've lost players, they brought up players from a JV team that won the state championship last year. If those JV players beat the other JV players brought up to Varsity then whose to say they won't do it again? We'll have to wait and see who is the top when NTG, LAG and GBN play each other. As for Barrington, they'll choke as they always do because of their selfish players and dirty style of play.
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"If those JV players beat the other JV players brought up to Varsity then whose to say they won't do it again? We'll have to wait and see who is the top when NTG, LAG and GBN play each other."
that is absolutely the most idiotic thing i have ever heard. Both NTG and Lag pull from another Varsity team not JV. They are both goin to walk all over GBN. and wasnt it GBN that tied loyola maroon
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has anyone actually seen gbn play or are all these comments just stemming from one game where they tied maroon? From what i heard the game against maroon they had more than 3-1 shots and tons of scoring chances, but simply couldnt put it away. As for strength of schedule, why would they play practice games against MM and other teams when they already play over 60 games a year? We should see on sunday when they play fenwick.
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well thats not really a fair test considering fenwick just got pounded by both lag and ntg. no top team should ever tie maroon...ever. gbn lost all of its skilled player and not to mention the best goalie in the state. putting them at number 1 is a joke. and to the point about winning the jv championsjip....its jv. have you ever seen a jv game? its a joke. ntb or maroon would beat every jv team by about 5 goals. gbns third line who couldnt do anything last year...is now theyre fist line. they just aren relevant this year
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Having GBN as the top team in state is a bit of a joke as they should barely be in the top ten at all but the bigger joke is the honorable mention of Providence. I have nothing against Providence but they are just plain bad this year. Prairie Ridge could be in the top ten but not Cary Grove.
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I agree that Barrington has had its troubles with head cases and selfish players in the past but this team is very different. I have seen them twice and both times they had maybe three penalties. Both times they controlled the puck and they moved the puck better than they ever have. They still have a ways to go but they don't seem to have the head cases they have had in the past. They still don't move the puck as well as NTG or LAG, but don't bet on them folding. They don't look like a team that will beat itself in the penalty box and they are deep enough that the coach can sit kids who don't pass. Look at the stats on Metro...they are the LEAST penalized team in the league!
They are beatable as everyone seems to be. But it sure looks like their best players are setting a much better example. They will be a final eight team...it's anyone's guess after that.
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only some scored are reported so its flawed. also the records are misleading since green and gold both play much tougher schedules than anyone else. clear that ntg lag barrington and rita are the top teams. green seems to be the one leading the way right now
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So turn the scores in. Play the games and let the chips fall.
The difference between 1-5 is small past the top ten forget about it.
Name me one team below 10 that will compete in march?
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that website makes absolutely no sense. Green doesn't play in a league, and plays much harder teams that those rockford benders. Gold is the same way. Despite losing to Rockford twice, they are still a good team and are top three. I have yet to see Rockford so I don't know much about them, but I don't think Green plays them. Glenbrook North is a fluke, and you will see that in a month once they start playing solid teams and not New Trier White.
NTG
Rockford (until they meet NTG or LAG)
LAG
RITA
BARRINGTON
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p.s. the best team doesn't always win and rankings don't mean sh*t till all the games are done, then blow your your own horn.
p.s.s. remember, it's HS hockey and it's for pride and bragging rights within the HS forum, there are plenty of AA and AAA teams that can and will knock you silly at times.
shut up and play the game
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so youre saying the third team got beat by the number 1 and 2 teams a combine 11-1. kinda hard to believe. also rita deserves to be up higher and gbn got smoked by fenwick.
1.NTG
2.LAG
3.Barrington
4.Rita
5.Fenwick
6.GBN
7.PR
8. ND
dont care after that
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If you believe that either of the prior two posts is close, there is a real shift to strenth in the the Metro Central. Barrington, PR, ND, and probably Maine, Cary Grove and Crystal Lake South could all argue top twenty status. The rest suck, but I don't recall seeing that depth in Metro Central ever. NT, LAG and the Catholic schools holding strong. If this were the rider cup, the MC might actually have a shot for the first time ever!!!
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york that high okay w.e, lets just say if you really look at that its all done off the record and what not but the lower seeded teams have beat some higher seeded teams head to head which would rank them higher some times
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if you think GBN is really that good, then there is an issue cuase they lost to maroon. also there third line from last year is there first line this year and the rest is JV players
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gbn isnt that good, theyre bad, but the bottom line is they will beat most of the teams below them because there is huge talent drop off from the first 4-5 teams.
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yes seriously the LAG Tourney has changed the brackets, so if GBN can even make it out of there bracket, NTG will be waiting for them. And oh, they will be ready you fucken benders
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You sir are a douchebag and even worse a dumb shit. GBN has twice now stolen the state championship from better teams but they have never walked over them. Good work beating blue, but without anyone good on your team you'd better pray that you get knocked out of the LA tourney before New Trier goes to work. Your goalies are shit, your defense is average thanks to Chero and your offense consists of last years 4th line. You play the easiest schedule in state and couldn't pull off a W against Fenwick. Your time for talking shit was last march. Now you should stop embarrassing yourself. Bragging after beating blue is like NTG bragging about beating Geneva. If your on the team is time to come to reality if your a fan is time to sit down. Thanks
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ph and to be clear, the score was only 5-1 due to very poor goaltending on blues part, shots were dead even. GBN if you honestly get smoked by fencwick and then start talking shit after beating blue that is sad. you have played one team this year, and lost badly. stop talking. youre awful this year. i really hope you do somehow make it out of your bracket to play green, just so we can finally show just how far youve fallen
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GBN has to make it out of their joke of a bracket then face green. flat out no chance. congratulations you beat blue 5-1 when the shots were dead even, play a real team then come talk to me. NTG ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Green stop posting on this board. every year you dont win the state championship it is a disgrace if you combined North and south for hockey and got 4 teams. they would woop the shit out of Nt each and every year. but that is rhetorical idea
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what the fuck are you talking about? GBN stop talking about past years. This is a new year and there will be a new champ. You can talk shot when you got beat by frnwick 6 to 1. You beat new tried's second team due to awful goaltending. Please make it to the semi's so I can come watch your game with green
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yes it is true that we have twice as many students as GBN. Thats why we field 4 hockey teams as opposed to two. Quit crying and just accept the fact that you are not good this year. You have yet to beat a real hockey team and are treating the blue victory as a huge win. (its not)
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If Culver can get beat by NTG by a combined score of 16-2 what does that say about the future military leaders of our country? Better yet how will our country be defended when the likes of these guys will directly defend our sacred soil?
Just look at the 10-0 game. Did these Culvers lads quit? Are these kids going to be defending or borders in a few short years?
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Your message is totally inappropriate. How dare you impugned the courage and bravery of young men who want to serve our country. Protecting and defending our country is a little different than playing a high school hockey game. My guess is that you have never raised your hand to serve. My guess is that you are a coward.
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Remember, NT Greem just beat Culver's 3rd team....what they consider their JV team. No. 1 team: Prep No. 2 U16 No. 3 High school. The roster is made up mainly of Frosh, s0ph and some Juniors.
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Desmet? good joke. desmet may have had an average height of about 7 feet but that doesnt make them a good team. They were dirty, slow, unskilled, and had an awful goalie. like i said before, gbn has played 2 top 10 teams, and got smoked by both
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I am not from NTG but after seeing them play have to admit they are #1 until someone knocks them out. CLS and Maine need to wake up and realize that while they are decent teams, they are not top ten. Neither is GBS. Get serious.
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"1.Barrington
2.Rockford
3.LAG
4.GBN
5. St. Rita
6. NTG
7.Maine Township
8. GBS
9. Prarie Ridge
10. Crystal Lake South"
(taken from above)
So NTG blows GBN out of the water and wins against Barrington (admittedly a close and good game)and gets ranked below Rita and LAG who didn't make it out of their bracket and Rockford who lost to Barrington...makes perfect sense. NTG is once again a dominant team in this years state race. Barrington is a close contender, give them credit they built a very good team out of last years mediocre team. Rockford can not compete in the state tourny so they should not be on the list, but again, admittedly a good team. The two major forces are NTG and Barrington. Maybe if NTG's goalies and top two forwards suddenly break all their limbs then they might be #6, but until then they rank in at #1. You may not like them, but that's no reason to make such a bad ranking.
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Everyone who has responded to that top ten list has the IQ of the average 2nd grader. NTG is a bunch of benders and would I would like to see them play a game against a real competitor and not in that gongshow league (metro north or whatever it is).
Oh and as for NT girls, who gives a fuck about girls hockey, especially from some faggot school like New Trier. I mean come on, we all know that anyone that the kids at New Trier (and most kids at Loyola) are HUGE tools.
-Blind Squirrel.
P.S. please respond to this (and make it very harsh!), its always funny to see how pissed people get.
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Maine was down by 1 vs Barrington before the refs took over in the third, split their games with PR. CLS only lost 3-2 to Barrington last time out. Both teams can play.Hockey rankings have CLS @ #11 and Maine @ #12. Anything can and probably will happen in the last half of the seaon.
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Added a few new faces, but very little contributions from the new ones except for one d.
CLS could be much better, but problem is not with the kids.
They have some very strong smaller soph kids and the new sr. d that can play.
Look at the stats and you can see who is leading this group.
Get yourself a coach and you will be much better off.
Should be tops in the division this year, but you will not pass the top dogs.
Losing to PR when they have several freshman making contributions for them and this coaching staff only plays a few kids during the game. Really great deal paying all those $$$s and time to a coach that allows you to warm the bench all year.
BTW - isnt the roster frozen already?
How do you get to add new kids in the middle of the season?
I am sure the bench warmers love that one.
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CLS added new kids and by the looks of it they have problems with math.
I was under the impression you could only roster 20 kids on a team.
They now have 41 kids rostered between JV & V.
Did kids quit or get hurt?
Unsure if someone quits if you can open your roster up to add players.
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to the poster who was ripping on green...wont make it harsh but they dont play in metro north, play the hardest schedule in the state except for loyola who plays a similar schedule, beaten all the teams you listed in the top 10 and lost to one of them, as well as beating several out of state teams and MM teams, so youre argument i just funny and im glad you had fun with it. as for the other ranking, fenwick should be ahead of gbn as they beat them and gbn is very overrated. gbs should be out they are awful this year
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CLS - Pulled this same crap last year.
The twins played MM Leafs until Christmas and then they were allowed to be on the roster.
it was "well, they had a change of heart"
What is Ahai policy?
Or do they really care at all.
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Both teams have 4 losses in Metro Central. End of story. While they both have bright spots and did have some good games, only losing by a little isn't good enough. In a 60 to 70 game season, the top teams are going to have a few off nights. But they aren't going to lose 4 games in their division in the first half of the season.
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Well South could win out, they've got their games against Barrington and Ridge already out of the way. Not that finishing third in MC makes them a top ten team, but..
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Maine had 6 kids out on suspension (2 captains, one of their top defensenmen, and their starting goaltender). Also one of their best players left the game in the first period with an illness.
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What happened that got two Captains suspended along with a few others? Sounds like Barrington fell asleep which can happen with some of the laugher games in Metro. Were they missing anyone good? Sounds like they played down to the competition. Either way, 4 losses and a tie in conference does not make Maine a top ten team...sorry.
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Praire Ridge has weak goaltending. They also only beat providence 6-5 now that means they suck. But poor provi kids have to deal with a coaching staff like non other. AWFUL
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Why would anyone come on here and brag about beating ND? One would brag about beating good teams not average teams. ND beat PR 2-1. No excuses, bad play!
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Seriously dude. Are you sitting in the basement of a house in bumf*ck playing for a Juniot team and reminscing about a game that took place a few years ago. You are an idiot? Who the hell cares?
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Maroon is not number 1, infact they suck. Barrington did beat NT, but it was a very early game. Championships are not won in september. We are getting to see each team's strengths and weakness', so based on all my knowledge and scouting of the top Illinois teams, I rank them:
1). New Trier Green
2). Loyola Gold
3). Barrington
4). Glenbrook North
5). Fenwick
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Maroon is not number 1, infact they suck. Barrington did beat NT, but it was a very early game. Championships are not won in september. We are getting to see each team's strengths and weakness', so based on all my knowledge and scouting of the top Illinois teams, I rank them:
1). New Trier Green
2). Loyola Gold
3). Barrington
4). Glenbrook North
5). Fenwick
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what is all this talk about barrington
i happen to know they arent that good
and as for LA Gold....they may be number one or two or whatever but they are beatable and it will happen eventually
(fyi sandburg beat barrington and played a close game with LA Gold)
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After the loyola tourny this past weekend. How about we rerank the top 10. We all know NTG is number one. It is all over this site, so lets hold on the NTG talk. So what do we got?
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NTG is #1 the rest of the year. Some HS team will beat them in a single game. Green can't "get up" for 60 plus games. I feel there is a log jam from #2 - #10. Here is what I think. I'm leaving Rockford out because they are combined.
1. NTG
2 Stevenson
3. LAG
4. St. Rita
5. St. Viator
6. Fenwick
7. GBN
8.Prairie Ridge
9. York
10. GBS
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You're right. I'm not from GBS but I try and give them benefit of the doubt. They have some injuries / suspensions right now but should sneak in top 15 by end of the year.
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Silly statement. Scores against teams listed top ten or your suggested 10th spot. GBS 5-5 vs Stevenson, 3-4 vs Stevenson, 3-1 vs NTB, 1-3 vs. GBN, 3-3 vs Sandburg, etc.
Probably not top 10 right now, but top 15. They have had a lot of players out in the last month (8 in one game) but will be at full strength in the next couple of weeks.
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In the Stevenson Thanksgiving Tournament, St Viator beat GBN 2-0 in the semi's and lost to Stevenson 5-4 in the Championship game. Small, fast, deep and hard working.
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The Stevenson Thanksgiving championship game was more one sided than the score shows..
They were down 5-2 with about ten minutes left in the game. They rallied for a little but couldn't pull it off. They're good but not great.
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Apparently, Mark Cuban wasn't the only one playing make-believe on Monday.
Utah Flash owner Brandt Anderson pulled off a WWE-like scripted hoax last night to the disappointment of 7,500 fans who believed that Michael Jordan and Bryon Russell, the former Utah Jazz forward, were about to play a one-on-one game during halftime of an NBA Development League game.
As you might recall, Russell challenged Jordan to a battle after remarks that MJ made about Russ during his Hall of Fame speech in September. Always one to see dollar bills and free publicity in a situation, Andersen said he would pay the winner of the challenge $100,000 for the charity of his choice.
And then things got wacky.
According to Deadspin, the Flash went so far as to hire a Jordan look-alike to walk around Provo on Monday — and even uploaded a YouTube video of "Jordan," flanked by "bodyguards," eating at a quiet local restaurant — to build some buzz.
It worked ...
... and then completely backfired.
During halftime the lights were turned off and Russell came out asking for Jordan. Then from the other side of the court a Jordan impersonator came out surrounded by bodyguards. A few moments later Russell announced it was an impersonator and then left the court while the fans booed loudly.
Well, that didn't go as smoothly as some had hoped. Quick! Give 'em free swag!
The Flash employees tried to cheer the crowd up by throwing out free t-shirts, but the boos continued, and some people even threw the t-shirts back. Most left after halftime.
Damn.
"This was done in fun," Andersen wrote on his blog after the Flash beat the Dakota Wizards by 10 points. "If you did not see it as fun or you feel we went over the top I am sorry."
As part of his apology, Andersen offered tickets for a future Flash game for fans with tickets from Monday night's game.
He promises Orien Greene will be in attendance.
UPDATE: NBA D-League President Dan Reed has released a statement on the ill-conceived promotion:
"On behalf of the NBA Development League, I apologize to our fans for a Utah Flash promotion that never should have happened. [...] Brandt Andersen, the Utah Flash owner, has apologized to the Flash fans and has reached out to Michael Jordan to apologize to him as well.
The Flash will refund the price of the tickets and has also offered free tickets to an upcoming Flash game to everyone who was in attendance at Monday night's game."
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1. NTG-clearly a one-horse show this year.
2. LG-good,but too far away from NTG to make noise
3. PR-Beat everyone there are supposed to beat. Solid.
4. St. Viator-surprise of the year, discipline may sink them.
5. Fenwick-depth is not there, but the top are as good as any.
6. St.Rita-strong d and goalies keep them in games. O is truly offfensive
7. Stevenson-solid, but don't have a go to gamer.
8. York-can move up if d and g step up.
9. GBN-use to be a contender...
10. Barrington-if they could only keep themselves under control.
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