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March 8-9-10, 1973 Metropolitan Sports Center

1973 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Team Goals Assists Total Points
Joe Micheletti Hibbing 7 4 11

FINAL BACK DOOR CHAMP

This season's tournament marked the last time a back door region representative would advance to the championship game and win it.  That answer to a trivia question is Hibbing, who recorded a 6-3 victory over Alexander Ramsey in the championship game.  Hibbing scored a state-record three goals in a 23-second span.  George Perpich had two goals in the flurry that snapped a 2-all tie.  Hibbing had lost to International Falls, the 1972 state champion, in the Region 7 final.  At the state tournament, the Bluejackets represented Section 3.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Hibbing had the tournament's two top goal scorers with Joe Micheletti (seven) and George Perpich (four).
  • Edina East makes the first of five state tournament appearances. The Edina School District had two high schools, Edina East and Edina West.
  • Kevin Nagurski, the youngest son of football Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski, played for International Falls, and had a goal and an assist during the tournament.
  • Tournament Attendance: 84,039

henry sibley - region 1

Roster Position # White # Red
Joe Farrington G 1 1
Mike Clemens D 2 2
Gary Myhrman D 18 3
Joe McGough W 5 5
Mark Lewis C 6 6
Joe Hauck W 7 7
Mark Lau W 8 8
Mark Stevens D 9 9
Chris Walker W 10 10
Tim Salscheider W 11 11
Mark Kuckler D 12 12
Mark Prettyman D & W 13 13
John Albers D 14 14
Dick Novak C 15 15
Bob Baumgartner W 16 16
Doug Spoden C 17 17
Paul Rutherford G 30 30
John Mansur Manager
Gary Ustruck Manager
Bob Boysen Coach
Leo Collins Assistant Coach

Roseville alexander ramsey - region 2

Roster Position # White # Blue
Dave Tegenfeldt G 1 1
Steve Fischer D 2 2
Mike Green D 4 4
Corey Bertleson D 5 5
Pat Reilly D 6 6
Ken Porten C 7 7
Pat Graizinger C 8 8
Bob Richards W 9 9
Tom Zweber D 10 10
Mike Bailey W 11 11
Tim Orr C 13 13
Mike Cody W 14 14
Tom Williams W 15 15
Tom Fitzsimmons W 17 18
Craig Branson W 19 19
Rick Cox W 20 20
Jim Carlson G 30 30
Mike Harkins Manager
Bob Mueller Manager
Gordon Genz Coach
Bill Jurney Assistant Coach

Hibbing - Region 3

Roster Position # White & Blue
Marc Sterle G 0
Tim Pogorels G 1
Jim Perpich D 2
Dave Herbst C 3
Dan Perell W 4
Jim DeLuca D 5
Frank Techar D 6
Joe Micheletti C 7
Tom Schieppegrell W 8
Mike Crea W 9
George Perpich Jr. W 10
Bill Kern W 13
Jim Weber W 14
Gary Samson D 15
Ken Simberg D 17
Tim Minelli D 18
Tim Torrell D 19
Larry Ness Manager
Bruce Zanoni Manager
George Perpich Coach
William Olson Assistant Coach

ST. PAUL HARDING - REGION 4

Roster Position # Maroon # Gold
Helmer Satter G 1 30
Gary Flasch G 1 1
Tom Wiener D 2 2
Joe Casey W 3 3
Brad Johnson D 4 4
Ron Brown W 5 16
Scott Ziemer W 6 6
Mike DiSanto C 7 7
Steve Brandt D 8 8
Ken Sundberg C 9 9
Ron Shimon D 11 11
Nick Schwartz D 13 13
Tom Glancey W 14 14
Paul Holmgren C 15 15
Mike Carlson W 16 5
Brian Erickson W 17 17
Tom Redmann W 18 18
Mel Bakken Manager
Charles Lachowitzer Manager
Dick Anderson Coach
Dean Shawbold Assistant Coach

Minneapolis Southwest - Region 5

Roster Position # White & Purple
Gene Tierney G 1
David Miller G 1
Mark Johnson W 2
Bob Bonin D 3
Tim Grande W 4
Jim Lieb W 5
Tom Paulson C 6
Mark McGowan W 8
Gary Anderson W 9
Gary Hughes D 10
Tom Lundeen D 11
Tom Pontinen C 12
Craig Jensen D 13
Scott Johnson C 14
Brad Johnson D 15
Murray Johnson W 16
Jeff Huspeni W 17
Mike Pommer Manager
Doug Carolus Manager
Dave Peterson Coach
Larry Larson Assistant Coach

edina east - region 6

Roster Position # White & Green
Frank Zimmerman G 1
Bob Frawley D 3
Lewis Curry D 4
Craig Norwich D 5
Larry Johnson W 7
Jerry Johnson C 8
Bill Thayer W 9
Mike Kelly W 10
Tim Anderson W 11
Dave Otness W 12
Steve Nichols C 13
Charlie Peterson C 14
Steve Polsfuss W 15
Steve Roberts D 16
Jim Anderson W 18
Rich Risvold G 30
John Senior Manager
Dave Weatherhead Manager
Willard Ikola Coach
Ed Zinz Assistant Coach

International Falls - REGION 7

Roster Position # Purple & Gold
Charles Holland G 1
Steve Johnson D 2
Cal Sandbeck D 4
Jim Lundquist D 5
Tim Raboin D 6
Gary Beck C 7
Lyle Johnston W 8
Kevin Nagurski W 9
David Brown C 10
Dave Peters C 11
Allen Karsnia W 12
Paul Brown W 13
Todd Loney W 14
Buzzy LaFond W 15
Bob Gunther W 16
Pat Fulton W 17
Pete Waselovich G 30
Mark Carrier Manager
Rick McBride Manager
Larry Ross Coach
Terry Burns Assistant Coach

bemidji - region 8

Roster Position # White & Blue
Kim Garrett G 1
Randy Beck W 2
Bob Johnson W 3
Dave Hemp W 4
Lee Olson C 6
Mike Fairchild W 7
Chuck Prichard W 8
Andy Kannenberg C 9
Earl Sargent W 10
Ed Webb C 11
Dick Howe D 12
Bill Israelson D 13
Bill Himmelright D 14
Jim Conway W 15
Jeff Hoffman D 16
Brian Nelson W 17
Jeff Wizner G 20
Dennis Moe Manager
Jeff Harrom Manager
Jim Smalley Coach
Chuck Grillo Assistant Coach