gfhockey wrote:Grand Forks isnt that good?
Im pretty sure they have 80% of hockey titles in north dakota. Like i said earlier, they havent missed a title game since 92. Both teams are undefeated even though they havent played anyone. (except for according to u an awesome wf team which both beat handily)
GFC has only allowed one goal all year. Then u may make the argument that they only get 10-12 shots a game. well yeh they are that good defensively where other teams dont get the chance to shoot the puck.
Grand Forks isthat good.. sorry to burst your bubble.
Idk why fargo cant catch GF.. they have 2 public high schools, 1 private school and a suburb wiht a high school. isnt the metro population like 200,000 or somewhere close to that... idk that might count moorhead but i dont feel like doing research.
Ignorance is bliss. My entire point is the reason why North Dakota isn't recognized is because of GF's dominance and arrogance to their entitlement as the only thing out of North Dakota. Far worse teams out of Minnesota get better coverage, acknowledgment, and recruiting than your 'superstar' GF teams because they are in a state where talent is prevalent. The only thing you're representing is the sense of entitlement that a lot of people from Grand Forks get because they were born or live there. Yes, you have a pretty good hockey program. But maybe you should flip the coin a little bit and see it from the other side. Instead of bloating your ego by saying how much better your teams have done and how well they still do, maybe you should contribute to giving a little bit of props to other teams in the state, that far more than Grand Forks will do, will provide this state with the recognition it deserves by creating a player base that is consistent and reliable.
As for the population thing, maybe if you realized something about hockey other than what you know, you'd see that hockey is something that is taught and learned, not something you pick up at a high school level. People are put into it traditionally, the players that play on say South's hockey team may not be the best players that could have come out of there, but just the players that were introduced to hockey at a young age and kept with it. If Fargo put every single kid into hockey (or the same percentage as GF did) and provided an equal quality youth program, they would put out better talent year in and year out simply because of a higher talent pool. Unfortunately, Fargo doesn't supplement itself with this kind of admiration for the sport so they are shorthanded, probably actually less players than the GF programs do. A good example of this is Grafton, where nearly every kid is introduced to hockey. In Fargo, this is only going to get worse with FIVE public schools in the metro area (Moorhead, South, Davies, West, North), and Shanley as a private school. Yes, that's SIX options for hockey players to go to; being that the metro population of this F-M area is more around 120-140k people, not near 200k. And on top of this, because of the issue with ND hockey, any parent that wants their kid to go somewhere will say bye to North Dakota and jump the border to Moorhead where they provide much better opportunities.
Instead of pumping your head full of GF pride, take a look at other towns from their perspective. It's not hard and maybe you'd learn something about how we can improve the state, not just your city. GF isn't a national powerhouse, it's just a good hockey city in a state of comparative underachievement.