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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 @ Hibbing
Hibbing Memorial Building, Hibbing, MN-7:30 p.m.
1/18/2008
Game Preview:
Grand Rapids and Hibbing settled absolutely nothing
in their two meetings last season. Not only did the teams play 118 minutes of
hockey in two games and still tie twice, but they split the Iron Range
Conference title. The Hibbing Blue Jackets sit at 7-9 on the season and come
into this game on a two game losing streak. Hibbing is 1-2 vs. Iron Range
Conference opponents. Grand Rapids has an 8-6-1 record and is coming off of
their biggest win of the season, a 4-2 victory at Cloquet. The Thunderhawks are
2-0 in Iron Range Conference games. Grand Rapids has eight players in double
digits for points: Robb Roy (6-17=23), Sam Sparen (5-13=18), Jack Moore
(8-9=17), Sam Rendle (4-11=15), Tony Palkki (10-2=12), Corey Kosak (4-8=12),
Grant Prokop (7-4=11), and John Skrbec (4-7=11). Hibbing has four double digit
scorers of their own: Aaron Jamnick (13-23=36), Anthony DeCenzo (19-16=35), Ryan
Hanegman (9-10=19), and Mack Estey (6-12=18). Hibbing's Todd Sandstrom and Tim
Larson have mainly split duties in goal. Tim Larson is 3-5 with a 3. 84 GAA and
an 86.3 save %. Todd Sandstrom is 3-4 with a 3.60 GAA and an 88.8 save %. Andrew
Vadis has also played two periods in goal and stopped all nine shots he has
seen. For Grand Rapids it is between A.J. Underwood and Trevor Tabaka in goal.
Underwood is 4-5 with a 2.91 GAA and a 90.7 save %. Tabaka is 1-1-1 with a 2.19
GAA and a 91.5 save %. Iron Range Conference Standings:
Iron Range
Conference
International Falls 5- 0-0 10 14- 1-0
Grand Rapids
2- 0-0 6 8- 6-1
Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl 2- 2-0 4 10- 6-0
Hibbing/Chisholm 1-
2-0 2 7- 9-0
Greenway 0- 3-0 0 4-10-0
Eveleth-Gilbert/Mesabi East 0- 3-0 0 5-13-0
*Courtesy of
www.geocities.com/dent0110
Last meeting:
Grand Rapids 3, Hibbing 3 F/OT (2/6/2007 @ Hibbing). Zach Morse scored all three
goals for Grand Rapids as the Thunderhawks skated to a 3-3 tie with Hibbing for
the second time last season.
Notes: Robby Roy has three assists in four
career games vs. Hibbing. Sam Sparen is the only Thunderhawk that has a goal vs.
Hibbing in his career. Grand Rapids averages 3.87 goals per game on an average
of 33 shots per game. They hold opponents to just 2.73 goals per game on an
average of 28.73 shots per game. The Thunderhawks are 4-2 on the road, 2-0 vs.
IRC teams, 3-0 vs. A teams, and 2-0 vs. teams from section 7A.
Special Teams: The Thunderhawk power play is 15/73 (20.55%) on the
season. The penalty kill sits at 81.82% (54/66) on the year. Tony Palkki, Robb
Roy and Sam Sparen all have three power play goals this year. Sam Rendle and
Corey Kosak have each scores twice with the man advantage. Billy Shaw and John
Skrbec have each added on power play tally.
Line Score: Goals (top), Shots (bottom)
| Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Final |
| Grand
Rapids |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Hibbing |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Team |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Final |
| Grand
Rapids |
11 |
3 |
6 |
20 |
| Hibbing |
8 |
18 |
7 |
33 |
Box Score:
1st Period-1. GR, Matt Jerulle (J.R. Mackey, Shane Greniger)
1:54; 2. H, Aaron Jamnick (Logan Klobuchar) 4:20
2nd Period-3. H, Aaron Jamnick (Ryan Hanegman, Anthony DeCenzo) 1:51; 4. H, Drew
Vechell (Mack Estey, Aaron Jamnick)
3rd Period-5. GR, Corey Kosak (Grant Prokop, Jack Moore) 14:01; 6. H, Aaron
Jamnick (ENG) 16:28
Saves-A.J. Underwood (GR) 29, Todd Sandstrom (H) 18
Three Stars:
3. A.J. Underwood (GR)
2. Drew Vechell (H)
1. Aaron Jamnick (H)
Game Summary:
Official start time: 7:31 p.m.
Official end time: 9:34 p.m.
Official game time: 2 hours and 4 minutes
Grand Rapids got off to a great start in their Iron Range Conference battle with
the Hibbing Blue Jackets when Matt Jerulle tallied his first career goal just
1:54 into the game. J.R. Mackey and Shane Greniger assisted on the goal. Aaron
Jamnick tied things up for Hibbing just under two and a half minutes later as he
slipped a pass from Logan Klobuchar past A.J. Underwood for the goal. Grand
Rapids outshot Hibbing 11-8 in the first period despite having to kill three
penalties and only having one power play of their own. Jamnick started the
second period in a big way for Hibbing. Jamnick scored his second goal of the
game just 1:51 into the middle frame. Ryan Hanegman and Anthony DeCenzo assisted
on the goal. Drew Vechell gave Hibbing a 3-1 lead in his first game back from
injury just over nine minutes into the period. Mack Estey and of course, Aaron
Jamnick assisted on the Vechell goal. Hibbing dominated the middle frame by
outshooting Grand Rapids 18-3. Corey Kosak started one of the wildest endings in
Grand Rapids history with 2:59 remaining in the third period. Kosak scored the
second Grand Rapids goal and Grant Prokop and Jack Moore picked up assists. The
dramatics began with just under a minute to go when A.J. Underwood vacated the
Rapid's goal for an extra attacker. After a turnover, Aaron Jamnick shot the
puck and the red light never came on and the ref waved off the goal. Jamnick and
the Jackets thought it was a goal and started celebrating. Five of the Grand
Rapids players skated towards their bench, but Corey Kosak didn't. He picked up
the puck and skated down the ice. No whistle had been blown at this point and
Kosak beat Hibbing goalie Todd Sandstrom for what appeared to be the game tying
goal. Bedlam ensued. Kosak and the Thunderhawks went crazy while Hibbing sat
stunned. The three refs got together and also got the goal judge involved. After
a very lengthy discussion, it was determined that Jamnick's shot had gone in.
Hat trick for Jamnick and a 4-2 win for Hibbing. Hibbing outshot Grand Rapids
33-20 in the game. A.J. Underwood was hit with another tough luck loss by
stopping 29/32 shots and Todd Sandstrom earned the win by stopping 18/20 for
Hibbing.
Photos are now up.
Photo of the game:
Courtesy of Shannon Merritt
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