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Grand Rapids Hockey Offseason News
-Sam Rendle, Tony Palkki, and John Skrbec have been named captains for the
2008-2009 season.
-J.R. Mackey has been awarded the 2007-2008 Grand Rapids Hobey Baker Award.
-Corey Kosak was named Player's Choice team MVP for the 2007-2008 season.
-Sam Sparen was named Player's Choice team Most Determined Player for the
2007-2008 season.
-Pat Rendle has been named Grand Rapids High School Athletic Director as Wayne
Pender is set to resign at the end of the school year.
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Grand Rapids @ Edina (Edina
Holiday Classic)
Braemar Arena, Edina, MN-8:30 p.m.
12/19/2007
Game Preview:
Grand Rapids (3-2-1) and #1 Edina (6-0-0) split the season series
last year, but Grand Rapids won the more important game. Edina beat Rapids 4-3
in their holiday tournament, but the Thunderhawks beat the Hornets 3-1 in the
state semi-finals. Edina is undefeated and ranked tied for first in the state
with Roseau. The Hornets have an outstanding core of young players such as
Anders Lee, Marshal Everson, Connor Gaarder, Matt Leer, and more. Grand Rapids
will again look to Robb Roy, Sam Sparen, and Tony Palkki to shoulder the load
against Edina. Grand Rapids is 3-0-0 in road games this season compared to 0-2-1
at home. The goaltending situation has yet to be solved for the Thunderhawks,
but whether Kyle Figgins, Trevor Tabaka, or A.J. Underwood play, they will have
to be on the top of their game for Grand Rapids to pull off the upset. Of
course, Edina will be seeking revenge after the Thunderhawks knocked off the #1
seeded Hornets in last years state tournament. Expect a very physical game
played in front of a rowdy crowd. This game will have a live web stream at
www.myfoxhockey.com.
Last meeting:
Grand Rapids 3, Edina 1 (3/8/2007-State
Semi-Finals). Patrick White scored the first two goals and Zach Morse assisted
on both of them and that would be all Reidar Jensen needed for Grand Rapids.
Brett Cone would add a beautiful goal late in the 3rd period when he fired a
shot from a bad angle into the upper corner. Edina would get a goal late from
Connor Gaarder, but it wasn't enough. Reidar Jensen made 28 saves to help lead
Grand Rapids to the upset over the #1 seeded Edina Hornets.
Notes: Sam Rendle is the only Thunderhawk
that returns a point in games against Edina. He had an assist in the 4-3 loss at
Braemar Arena last season.
Special Teams: The Grand Rapids power play is 7/33 (21.21%) this season
and has tallied at least one goal in every game. The penalty kill is 26/29
(89.66%) on the season.
Line Score: Goals (top), Shots (bottom)
| Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Final |
| Grand
Rapids |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Edina |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Final |
| Grand
Rapids |
9 |
8 |
4 |
21 |
| Edina |
13 |
13 |
8 |
34 |
Box Score:
1st Period-1. GR, Robb Roy (Corey Kosak, Matt Jerulle) (PP)
16:50
2nd Period-2. E, Marshall Everson (Zach Budish) (SH) 7:10; 2. E, Marshall
Everson (Joe Gleason, Brendan Baker) (PP) 13:03
3rd Period-4. E, Joe Gleason (Anders Lee, Connor Gaarder) (PP) 5:35; 5. GR,
Shane Greniger (Nate Dumm) 14:48
Saves-A.J. Underwood (GR) 31, Derrick Caschetta (E) 19
Three Stars:
3. Joe Gleason (E)
2. A.J. Underwood (GR)
1. Marshall Everson (E)
Game Summary:
Official start time: 8:35 p.m.
Official end time: 10:20 p.m.
Official game time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
The Edina Hornets won possibly their toughest game of the year with a 3-2 win
over Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids netted the first goal in a very high flying,
entertaining hockey game. Robb Roy shoved in a rebound from a Corey Kosak shot
with just ten seconds remaining in the first period. It was the eighth power
play goal of the year for Grand Rapids and Matt Jerulle tallied his first career
point by adding the second assist. Edina answered back in the second period by
scoring two special teams goals of their own. Marshall Everson would score a
short handed goal and a power play goal in the frame. The Hornets headed to the
third period with a 2-1 lead. Joe Gleason would score the eventual game winning
goal for Edina after a nifty passing play set him up back door. Connor Gaarder
pushed the puck across for former St. Thomas Academy standout Anders Lee. Lee
made a beautiful pass to Gleason back door and Gleason made it 3-1. Grand Rapids
would make it interesting in the game's final minutes. Nate Dumm and Shane
Greniger broke in on a two on one and Dumm made a great pass to Greniger who
beat Caschetta to make it 3-2. Dumm's assist was his first career point. Grand
Rapids pulled A.J. Underwood with 34 seconds left, but could not tally the game
tying goal. Underwood was fantastic in goal for Grand Rapids. He stopped 31/34
Edina shots and many of them were outstanding saves. Derrick Caschetta beats
Grand Rapids for the second straight year in the Edina Classic by stopping
19/21. Grand Rapids scored on the power play for the seventh straight game.
Grand Rapids falls to 3-3-1 on the year and will take on Eden Prairie at 6:00
p.m. tomorrow. Edina improves to 7-0 on the season and will battle Elk River at
8:30 p.m. tomorrow night.
Photos are now up.
Photo of the game:
Courtesy of Shannon Merritt
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