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March 11-12-13, 1971 Metropolitan Sports Center

1971 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Team Goals Assists Total Points
Jerry Meier Hastings 3 2 5
Dave Otness Edina 2 3 5

CLOSE MARGINS

Edina captured the state championship with a 1-0 victory over Roseau in the title game.  But for the Hornets, it was a tense, heart-pounding journey.  For the fifth consecutive state tournament game dating to the 1969 event, Edina needed overtime to get past neighborhood rival, Minneapolis Southwest, 4-3, in the quarterfinals.  The Hornets then skated past St. Paul Johnson for a 4-2 victory in the semifinals before an all-green clad championship game with Roseau.  Edina's Rick Wineberg scored the game's only goal in the third period.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Periods moved to 15 minutes from 12 adding nine total minutes to the game.
  • The only 20-win teams of the tournament were International Falls and Roseau.
  • This was the fourth 1-0 finish in a championship game.
  • Tournament Attendance: 79,362

hastings - region 1

Roster Position # White # Blue
Ron Savage G 1 1
Greg Gerths D 3 2
Rory Johnson W 2 3
Ron Regenscheid W 4 4
Dean Talafous C 5 12
Jerry Meier W 7 7
Rick Reamer W 8 8
Gary Wytaske W 9 9
Andy Seleskie C 10 10
Jeff Horsch W 11 11
Bob Nelson D 13 13
Doug Leibbrand D 14 14
Augie Larenzie W 15 15
Dave Knoll D 16 16
Rick Kochendorfer C 17 17
Bruce Horsch G 18 18
Dale Cyszewski D 12 6
Steve Caneff Manager
Donald Saatzer Coach
Donald Sagissor Assistant Coach

Roseville alexander ramsey - region 2

Roster Position # White # Blue
Doug Madole G 30 1
Steve Fisher D 2 2
Steve Curley D 3 3
Brad Rasmussen D 4 4
Dave Miller G 1 5
Rich Kelly F 6 6
Terry Carlin F 7 7
Bob Czech C 8 8
Steve Short D 10 10
Mark Narum C 11 9
Dave Kath C 12 12
Carl Brandt D 13 13
Pat Phippen F 14 14
Mike Garcia F 15 15
Bob Graiziger F 16 16
Mark Eagles C 17 17
Craig Arvidson F 18 18
Jim Bertleson Manager
Gordon Genz Coach
Rich Kuehne Assistant Coach

east grand forks - region 3

Roster Position # White & Green
Gordy Hangsleben G 1
Gary Metcalf G 1
John Kelly W 2
Jeff Smith C 3
Tom Wold W 4
Al Havig D 5
Bill Mero D 6
Tim Schroeder D 7
Tim Hussey W 8
Dale Pesch W 9
Lynn Olson C 10
George Weber W 11
Chuck Hughes W 12
Mark Hughes C 13
Curt Knutson W 14
Guy Monson W 15
Dave Flom D 16
Charlie Bridgeford Manager
Rick Budge Coach
Buzz Olson Assistant Coach

ST. PAUL JOHNSON - REGION 4

Roster Position # White & Maroon
Doug Long G 1
Frank Mastro G 1
Les Auge D 4
Tom Anderson D 6
Bill Nyquist D 3
Grant Barrette D 5
Bob Peltier C 9
Stan Blom W 14
Tom Holm W 12
Terry Landucci C 18
Scott Klinkerfues D 2
David Stolpestad W 19
Kevin Pederson C 11
Jim Joslin W 20
Dave Bonne W 17
Mike Yurek W 15
Dave Peterson W 10
Mark Wahman Manager
Lou Cotroneo Coach
Dale Carmichael Assistant Coach

Minneapolis Southwest - Region 5

Roster Position # White & Purple
Gary Fredrickson G 1
Mike Dibble G 1
Ray Eliason D 2
Terry Nichols D 4
John Taft D 5
Everett Lange W 6
Tom Mitchell C 7
Terry Nagel D 8
William Shaw W 9
Brad Richards C 10
Scott Rosequist W 11
James Moore D 12
Dave Lundeen C 13
Dave Newman W 14
Greg Page W 15
Robert Lundeen D 16
Doug Robbins W 17
Roger Werner Manager
David Peterson Coach
Larry Larson Assistant Coach

EDINA - REGION 6

Roster Position # White & Green
Dave Bremer G 1
Dave Geving D 2
Todd Nieland D 4
Scott Nieland D 5
Bill Broback W 6
Steve Eichorn C 7
Rick Wineberg C 8
John McMorrow W 10
Ron Sorem W 11
Dave Otness W 12
Tim Carlson C 13
Rick Cabalka W 15
Charlie Kelly D 16
Jeff Baker W 17
John Engquist W 18
Dan Finke W 19
Jeff Tscherne G 30
Mike Schmunk Manager
Willard Ikola Coach
Bart Larson Assistant Coach

International Falls - REGION 7

Roster Position # White # Purple
Peter Waselovich G 0 30
Tom Sutch G 1 1
Dan Ysen D 2 2
Jim Knapp D 3 3
Mark Skrien D 4 4
Mike Dalton D 5 5
Paul Green D 6 6
Ron Bernard W 7 7
David Hanson C 8 8
Jeff Lindvall W 9 9
David Brown C 10 10
Mike Holland W 11 11
Allan Karsnia W 12 12
Craig Dahl W 13 13
Brian Briggs W 14 14
John Prettyman C 16 16
Jeff Boyum W 17 17
Alan Westberg Manager
Larry Ross Coach
Terry Burns Assistant Coach

ROSEAU - REGION 8

Roster Position # White & Green
Tim Delmore G 1
Mitchum Brandt D 2
Kent Langlie D 3
Gary Ross D 4
Arlan Tviet D 5
Dana Byfuglien D & W 6
Tim Fevold C 7
Mike Hallie W 8
Paul Brandt W 9
Rick Vatnsdal W 10
Bill Lundbohm W 11
Willard Comstock G 12
Jeff Tangen C 13
Merlin Nelson W 14
Robert Harris C 15
Rick Burggraf C 16
Mike Broten W 17
John Magnusson Manager
Terry Abram Coach
Gary Hokanson Assistant Coach