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High school boys beat womens US hockey team

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ABErickson

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They played last night (Wednesday) in Minnesota. Here's the link on the story from our local paper. Sounds like it would have been a good game to watch.

http://www.startribune.com/120/story/164082.html

And a good quote:

Team captain Bobby Anacabe, a senior left wing, said, "It was awkward to go into a corner and not look for the big hit." But he added that the boys found they were less handicapped than they thought they would be by not being able to check.
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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: gopunk
i'm thinking the no-check rule hurt the women's team more than the high school team...
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Even so, checking shouldn't be a make-or-break part of the game.
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Checking is very much part of the game. It rushes passes and keeps players out of the play... so if the checking team plays good position to support, they have a great chance of owning the puck the majority of the time.

Run-n-gun (without checking) is mostly about who can complete passes and finish better. And clearly the HS team isn't your avg HS since they got this opportunity to play a national team. EDIT>>> And this is in Minnesota... hockey capital of the US.

I'm still surprised a nationally-trained team lost to amateurs.
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
i'm thinking the no-check rule hurt the women's team more than the high school team...
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That makes no sense. The only reason it was no checking is because they don't have checking in womens hockey, at least not at the Olympic or high school level.

"Checking is illegal in women's hockey"
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It must have been a fast game with no checking being played on Olympic size sheet of ice. That is one of the very few arenas that I know of in MN that has Olympic size ice for a high school team.

 
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: gopunk
i'm thinking the no-check rule hurt the women's team more than the high school team...
Click to expand...

Even so, checking shouldn't be a make-or-break part of the game.
Click to expand...
Checking is very much part of the game. It rushes passes and keeps players out of the play... so if the checking team plays good position, they have a great chance of owning the puck the majority of the time.

Run-n-gun (without checking) is mostly about who can complete passes and finish better. And clearly the HS team isn't your avg HS since they got this opportunity to play a national team. EDIT>>> And this is in Minnesota... hockey capital of the US.

I'm still surprised a nationally-trained team lost to amateurs.
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Meh, seems cheap and dirty to me. I love the fights though 😀
 
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: gopunk
i'm thinking the no-check rule hurt the women's team more than the high school team...
Click to expand...

Even so, checking shouldn't be a make-or-break part of the game.
Click to expand...
Checking is very much part of the game. It rushes passes and keeps players out of the play... so if the checking team plays good position to support, they have a great chance of owning the puck the majority of the time.

Run-n-gun (without checking) is mostly about who can complete passes and finish better. And clearly the HS team isn't your avg HS since they got this opportunity to play a national team. EDIT>>> And this is in Minnesota... hockey capital of the US.

I'm still surprised a nationally-trained team lost to amateurs.
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i wouldn't call a minnesota guys HS hockey team amateurs
 
Originally posted by: fitz4521

i wouldn't call a minnesota guys HS hockey team amateurs
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Do they get paid to play? No? they're amateurs.


So, looks like Canada will be winning the Women's Hockey Gold again then. 😀
 
Originally posted by: fitz4521
Originally posted by: Kenazo


So, looks like Canada will be winning the Women's Hockey Gold again then. 😀
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...beat Team Canada last weekend in a warmup to the 2006 Winter Olympics
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not so sure about that
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The CDN's beat the US two days earlier, in Minnesota 4-2, so I'm sure it'll be a tight race.
 
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