Friday, January 24, 2003

Mis-Informed Website of the Week

William S. Purdy of South St. Paul Minnesota has some disturbing ways of getting his point across on the abortion issue. Purdy has been in court recently and was told that he has to stop using trademarked names like "lovemcdonalds.com" and "washingtonpostchristian.com" to promote his anti-abortion views. If you enter in www.lovemcdonalds.com it will take you directly to www.robbinsdale.org where Purdy will tell you the city of Robbinsdale has blood on their hands because it promotes the killing of unborn babies. Purdy also makes reference to the belief that abortion and the September 11th terrorist attacks are linked. That God is somehow punishing Americans for allowing abortions to be legal. Beware of some grusome pictures on this site as well. To top it all off, Purdy and his son are Johnnies. Figures.

Trojans seize control of the Classic Lake
By Matt Thomas (From 01/28 edition of The Lakeshore Weekly News)

With half the conference season in the books, the Wayzata Trojans have rebounded from a down year in 2001-2002 to take sole possession of first place in the Classic Lake Conference. With one round of games left to go, five teams still have a chance at the conference crown.
Wayzata 5-0-1 (12-5-1)
The Trojans secured first place last week with a 6-3 victory over the second place team from St. Louis Park. After grabbing a 4-1 lead, the Trojans allowed the Orioles to get within one in the third period.
Junior Dominique Barber gave the Trojans a 5-3 lead with an insurance goal at the 11:45 mark and sophomore Tom Cekalla sealed the deal with an empty net goal.
The Trojans are currently unranked in the latest Lets Play Hockey poll despite their 5-0-1 conference record.
While nobody stands out on the roster as a prolific goal scorer, the Trojans have had somebody different step up each night. Senior goaltender Kevin Johnson has been more than solid in net with a 2.50 goals against average.
St. Louis Park 4-2 (11-4-2)
The Orioles have opened some eyes this season and have been ranked as high as third in the Class A rankings.
Impressive results include a 5-4 overtime win over Edina, a 5-2 win over Blake and a four-all tie against Rochester Lourdes.
The Orioles are still looking for some consistency as they have lost two conference games to Wayzata and Armstrong by three goal margins.
The Orioles have plenty of talented goal scorers including David Martinson, Alec Rabine, Jon Kesely and Brian Rose, but need to look to improve their defense if they want to be contenders in Class A.
If the Orioles can give talented goaltender Ben Levy more support, they could return to the State Tournament for the first time since 1998.
Armstrong 4-2 (10-8-1)
The Falcons took a hit when three players left the team to play junior hockey after last season.
The team recently followed a disappointing 1-0 loss to Minnetonka with a 4-2 upset over Edina.
Senior forward Evan Kaufmann sparked the victory with a hat trick including the game-winner in the third period.
Junior Erik Dahl has stepped in as the team’s full-time goaltender and seems to be improving game by game.
The Falcons will need players like Kaufmann, Mike Hosfield and Dan Batdorf to continue to step up if they want to make a run for the conference title.
Edina 3-2-2 (14-2-2)
After a terrific non-conference season that saw the Hornets rack up an 11-0-1 record, the team has stumbled to a 3-2-2 conference record.
The overtime loss to St. Louis Park was the first loss of the season for the Hornets. The team managed only nine shots on goal in their 4-2 loss to Armstrong on Jan. 18.
Despite their recent struggles, the Hornets are still rated second in the latest Lets Play Hockey Poll.
While they may not be able to recover to win the Classic Lake title, you can guarantee head coach Curt Giles will have them ready to play come section playoff time.
Minnetonka 3-3 (8-10)
The Skippers have shown some signs of life in the recent weeks under the direction of head coach Tim Hanus.
Senior goaltender Dan Steinkamp came up huge with 24 saves in a 1-0 shutout over Armstrong on Jan. 16.
After a 4-2 start to the season, the Skippers went through a nine game stretch where they went just 3-6.
Senior forward Brent Hanus is the teams leading scorer with eight goals and 11 assists. Junior Drew Aikins is next with seven goals and five assists, while senior Peter Shenk has five goals and seven assists.
Hopkins 1-5 (3-15)
Wins have been few and far between in Royals camp as the teams lone conference victory came in a 3-0 win over Cooper on Jan. 18.
Junior wing Ryan Doyle scored all three goals for the Royals in that victory, while junior goaltender Luke Edwall made 16 saves to earn the shutout.
The win snapped a six game losing streak for the Royals.
Cooper 0-6 (5-11)
The Hawks look like they will be hard pressed to earn a conference victory this season. The Hawks have been outscored 32-5 in six conference contests thus far this season.
The team’s best chance to snag a conference victory will be the last game of the regular season on February 13 against Hopkins.

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