{"id":28605,"date":"2006-10-30T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/30\/200607-minnesotacrookston-preview\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:40","slug":"200607-minnesotacrookston-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/10\/30\/200607-minnesotacrookston-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-07 Minnesota-Crookston Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Eagles are only two seasons removed from back-to-back MCHA tournament championships.  After falling on harder times over the past to years, Minnesota-Crookston will attempt to get back to the top with vastly revamped lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Eagles will welcome 21 new faces to this season&#8217;s lineup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boxleft\" style=\"width: 142px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"boxgif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/images\/logos\/minncr.gif\" width=\"140\" height=\"74\" alt=\"logos\/minncr.gif\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Good news, however, is that three of Crookston&#8217;s top four scorers are among those who do return for the 2006-07 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Among these are seniors Teal Plaine and Ryan Leadens, who &#8212; along with juniors Matt Hann and Brent Groenke &#8212; will be looking to jump start an offense that ranked fifth in the MCHA with 3.55 goals per game last season.<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, the Crookston defense ranked last in the MCHA in 05-06, allowing goals at a rate of 5.55 per game.<\/p>\n<p>The first line of defense for a team looking to improve defensively is the return of two goalies who both have earned valuable MCHA experience.  Senior Kyle Knudsen (1-5-1, 5.63, .850) and junior Jaden Isakson (3-5-0, 5.77, .825) will be expected to carry the load and protect an unproven defensive unit.<\/p>\n<p>On defense, the Golden Eagle do return juniors Ryan Tucker (2-7-9) and Kyle Sponholtz (0-2-2), but they are the only players to return who did see significant time on defense last season.<\/p>\n<p>As the only Division II team in the MCHA, and therefore ineligible for the NCAA Division III tournament, Crookston is often unwarrantedly labeled as being &#8220;that other team.&#8221;  With the current changes occurring in the MCHA however, along with their recent application for Division III status, the Golden Eagles and their history of success are back with a new-look team looking to jump back into the conference race &#8212; and fully into the world of Division III hockey.<\/p>\n<p><b>Most intriguing storyline<\/b>:  Everyone knows this program knows how to win.  With an influx of new faces, will the Golden Eagles be able to win right away?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Eagles are only two seasons removed from back-to-back MCHA tournament championships. After falling on harder times over the past to years, Minnesota-Crookston will attempt to get back to the top with vastly revamped lineup. The Golden Eagles will welcome 21 new faces to this season&#8217;s lineup. 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