North Dakota Preps

Hockey titles

Grand forks- 35

Rest of ND- 12

 

West Nd- 1

East- 46

Is it really that interesting considering there's only 18 high school hockey programs in the state of North Dakota and for years there were far fewer? 

but you also have to look at how long the west has been playing high school hockey. The east has better programs then the west cause the west is very young. but the should keep on developing as the years go on. but compared to the state titles, of course the east is gonna win more, and prolly gonna keep winnin more.

I just thought the grand forks stat was more interesting.

You can't argue GF's hockey dominance.  They always find a way to win, at every level.  Grand Forks is a true hockey town and that's all there is to it.  There are other teams that should be more consistent, however it isn't happening.

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1961 - Grand Forks Central

1962 - Grand Forks Central

1963 - Grand Forks Central

1964 - Grand Forks Central

1965 - Grand Forks Central

1966 - Grand Forks Central

1967 - Grand Forks Central

1968 - Grand Forks Central

1969 - Grand Forks Central

1970 - Grand Forks Central

1971 - Grand Forks Central

1972 - Grand Forks Central

1973 - Grand Forks Central

1974 - Grand Forks Red River

1975 - Grand Forks Central

1976 - Grand Forks Central

1977 - Grand Forks Central, Grand Forks Red River

1978 - Grafton

1979 - Grand Forks Central

1980 - Grand Forks Central

1981 - Fargo North

1982 - Fargo North

1983 - Grand Forks Central

1984 - Grand Forks Central

1985 - Grafton

1986 - Fargo North

1987 - Grand Forks Red River

1988 - Grand Forks Red River

1989 - Grand Forks Red River

1990 - Grand Forks Red River

1991 - Grafton-Park River

1992 - Minot

1993 - Grand Forks Central

1994 - Fargo South

1995 - Grand Forks Central

1996 - Grand Forks Red River

1997 - Grand Forks Red River

1998 - Grand Forks Red River

1999 - Fargo South

2000 - Grand Forks Red River

2001 - Grand Forks Red River

2002 - Grafton-Park River

2003 - Grand Forks Central

2004 - Grand Forks Central

2005 - Grand Forks Red River

2006 - Fargo South
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1977 Central and Red River were co champs.

RazorsEdge wrote:1977 Central and Red River were co champs.

co champs? how does that happen?

After the seventh overtime they announced that if no one scored in the eighth, the teams would be declared co-champions. The Central and Red River goalies carried the trophy around  the rink together. IT WAS AWESOME!

that is absolutely crazy. did the game get over with at like 4 in the a.m.?

idk about that one but when RR and Fn played in like 6 overtimes i think it was got over around 1.

Appears to me this Tournament needs to get MOVED OUT OF GRAND FORKS and rotated around the State like ALL the Others.

hcky1616 wrote:Appears to me this Tournament needs to get MOVED OUT OF GRAND FORKS and rotated around the State like ALL the Others.

they have it in grand forks because thats where the best arena in the state is and its the center of interest for hockey in north dakota.

SO,  So was the Bismarck Civic Center back in the 70's yet they only hosted the "Big One" (Class B Basketball Tourney) once every 4 years.

hcky1616 wrote:SO,  So was the Bismarck Civic Center back in the 70's yet they only hosted the "Big One" (Class B Basketball Tourney) once every 4 years.

They have it in GF because if they had it in the west, no fans from the east would show up for their first round cake walks.  :D

Minnesota has their tourney in the Xcel every year.  Should they move it around the state to rinks of far lower quality?  The Ralph is one of the best arenas in college hockey and I am pretty sure it does the job for the high school tourney.

Wouldnt you as a player wanna play in one of the most elusive arenas in the country jsut say you have played there? or woudl u wanna go play at shome craphole in the west and peopel ask u what arena u played in the state championship and they woudlnt no waht ur talkin abotu but if u said the ralph they would most liekley no.

You're right, that was a stupid thing to post and I apologize. Why would you NOT want to play in one of the Finest Facilities in the Country. Even the OLD Ralph was the best in North Dakota, back in the day. I know playing in the Ralph is a big incentive for teams to make it to State, especially in the West. There was talk several years ago about having ALL teams stay in hotels to somewhat offset any home town advantage, but that impressive record of championships can only mean a real tradition of hockey excellence for the GF schools. Congratulations !

RR and GFC used to play regular season games at the new ralph cuz purpur couldnt hold that many people but that got outlawed so its no ones advantage really.

So the question remains, From a competation standpoint, what can be done with the West. North/South as in NDAHA Peewee A & Bantam A youth ?  Travel is an issue, but "A" teams from GF have been traveling to Williston, Minot and Hazen for years prior to High School. Perhaps a Power Ranking like the BCS in College Football, but then Eastern teams should still have to travel West for some comparison.

Here is what i think but this isnt what others should think:

If the west wants to play the east so bad, then i think it is there responsibilty to travel here or to persuade other teams to travel to there rinks.

If game starts at 730 and ur from GF and its a tuesday nite, u wont get back till the wee hours of the next mornign and most kids wont be able to get up off of 4-5 hours of sleep maximum especially after a game. Same for the west kids too. Overall its not a good idea. Considering people think school comes first which in most cases isnt true

gfhockey wrote:Here is what i think but this isnt what others should think:

If the west wants to play the east so bad, then i think it is there responsibilty to travel here or to persuade other teams to travel to there rinks.

If game starts at 730 and ur from GF and its a tuesday nite, u wont get back till the wee hours of the next mornign and most kids wont be able to get up off of 4-5 hours of sleep maximum especially after a game. Same for the west kids too. Overall its not a good idea. Considering people think school comes first which in most cases isnt true

dumbest thing i have ever seen on here

u really think school comes first for a lot of kids? So why do kids start leaving high school early to go to ushl and attend school there? u think they care? why do kids leave college early not even finishng there sophmroe year? they dont give a sweet about school. so ur tellin me thats the dumbest thing on here, think again

cdub1 wrote:

gfhockey wrote:Here is what i think but this isnt what others should think:

If the west wants to play the east so bad, then i think it is there responsibilty to travel here or to persuade other teams to travel to there rinks.

If game starts at 730 and ur from GF and its a tuesday nite, u wont get back till the wee hours of the next mornign and most kids wont be able to get up off of 4-5 hours of sleep maximum especially after a game. Same for the west kids too. Overall its not a good idea. Considering people think school comes first which in most cases isnt true

dumbest thing i have ever seen on here

Cdub your a basketball guy, so tell me why they banned coming from high school right to the draft? Most of those kids didn't care about school its just to make the money quicker and not waste their time

gfhockey wrote:Here is what i think but this isnt what others should think:

If the west wants to play the east so bad, then i think it is there responsibilty to travel here or to persuade other teams to travel to there rinks.

If game starts at 730 and ur from GF and its a tuesday nite, u wont get back till the wee hours of the next mornign and most kids wont be able to get up off of 4-5 hours of sleep maximum especially after a game. Same for the west kids too. Overall its not a good idea. Considering people think school comes first which in most cases isnt true

Coming from the west i think the west doesn't have the respect yet to get a east team to travel to the west, and they shouldn't teams like south and red river would just send there JV team mostly, and proboly third line Varsity. West needs to prove somthing before the big schools need to even think of traveling west.

 I dont really care who plays who and the fact of the matter still remains that you guys from the east are just such studs and your poop dont stink whatever just stay on you high horses but i strongly feel that if the NDHSAA wanted to spread out the accumulation of state championships that they would make a mandatory hotel rule in which GF Fargo's and grafton would all have to stay in hotels because as most people would know it absolutly not cool to sleep in a hotel with 2 to a bed and a 4 man room people are too hot or too cold where as whomever commutes to GF has the luxery of sleeping in their own beds and a good breakfast and whatnot and now if you add that and remove ohh say the first 20 state champions i feel that this interesting stat would be rather different than what it is now maybe not so much from the west standpoint but more spread out in the east