Comments on: Hockey Day in America: Two tiny Minnesota towns present best rivalry in high school hockey

By: captjak69

captjak69 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:25:55 +0000

Wake UP Minnesota hockey is the best in the nation

By: captjak69

captjak69 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:24:41 +0000

Bring your Cake Eating Prep school Teams up North where the hockey is real and Warroad Roseau Thief River Falls and East Grand Forks Would ALL polish the ice with their Charmin ultra soft BUTTS all with LOCAL talent … the rivalry between these teams and the HOCKEY is TOP QUALITY

By: beantownbear

beantownbear — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:06:17 +0000

Think hockey talk should have looked at more than 1 state. Try Mount saint Charles vs Bishop Hendricken. As a New England resident I can’t think of a better 1. Not to mention 26 Titles to Mount and the players it has brought to the Nhl.

By: hawkey18

hawkey18 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:53:00 +0000

No I don’t think two towns that barely anyone outside of Minnesota has heard off is the best rivalry. Just because they have the highest NHL players per capita and thats the only stat??? More people used to come to my hometown rivalry games then are in these two towns combined. If your gonna say size doesn’t matter then I guess that throws out their per capita stat Rivalries are about bad blood and you can’t stand the other town for the simple fact their the other town.

BTW Im from New Hampshire and exeter academy sucks just about any prep school in MA and CT is better

By: johnnydillinger

johnnydillinger — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:13:59 +0000

There are a couple of solid rivalries in MA, too. ,Boston College High School (Pat Leahy, Jack O'Callahan, Mike Ryan, Mike Sullivan, BC coach Jerry York) -vs- Catholic Memorial (Jim Carey, Ted Donato, Jim Fahey, Chris O'Sullivan, BU coach Jack Parker) in MIAA hockey. St. Sebastian's (Brian Boyle, NYR, Rick DiPietro, NYI, Mike Grier, Sean Sullivan, Noah Welch) - vs - .Belmont Hill (Mark and Scott Fusco, Paul Mara, Ian Moran, Bob Cleary) for Prep schools (ISL).

By: charphel

charphel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:33:07 +0000

Shattuck would mop up Exeter.

By: charphel

charphel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:31:57 +0000

Actually, with open enrollment, Warroad had a Little Falls kid a few years back when his Mom got a job at Marvin Windws; correct?

…Also, look out for single A Breck this year – they just tied Shattuck at Shattuck!

By: Derek Felska

Derek Felska — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:19:00 +0000

They should add Wyatt Smith to the list of Warroad NHL players. Also, if Aaron Ness is included with Roseau, they should include Brock Nelson for Warroad. I would say this is the best rivalry in high school hockey. It is certainly the most heated, and the most historic, when you consider the size of the communities and their proximity its quite incredible what they’ve done both in terms of the quality of the players but also the state titles.

The Prep School garbage? Who cares, its apples to oranges. The Prep school recruit talent from all over the country and internationally as well. Shattuck-St. Mary’s is just as good as Exeter or any of the other school’s listed but they’re only loosely consider high school programs.

Warroad and Roseau can’t really recruit from anywhere, since there is nothing nearby. These two schools are the perfect personification of Minnesota High School Hockey in my opinion.

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:42:42 +0000

Who?

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:28:15 +0000

I guess the player most presumes in free agency this summer comes from shattuck too. Guess nobody has heard of Zach Parise.

Or coach Andy Murray who started at Shattuck

By: cgonz00cc

cgonz00cc — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:19:25 +0000

Detroit Catholic Central checking in

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:18:26 +0000

if you wanna compare prep schools, Minnesota has the best one too called Shattuck- St. Mary’s who has produced Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Towes just to name a couple.

By: eyoung11

eyoung11 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:03:23 +0000

What about Phillips Exeter Academy and Phillips Andover Academy. Sister schools that have been around way linger than either of these schools and have produced many nhl players and are the top prep schools in the country if not the world.

By: pavelfitzgerald

pavelfitzgerald — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:50:19 +0000

Great story & great comparison of Friday Night Lights