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March 11-14, 1992 St. Paul Civic Center & Target Center


1992 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Tier Team Goals Assists Total Points
Joe Bianchi Tier I Bloomington Jefferson 6 1 7
Tim McDonald Tier I Bloomington Jefferson 4 3 7
Jon Hillman Tier I Blaine 3 4 7
Mike O’Connell Tier I Apple Valley 3 4 7
Scott Lynch Tier II Minneapolis Roosevelt 4 5 9

A NEW PATH

The Minnesota State High School League's board of directors approved a two-year experiment by dividing the boys hockey tournament into two groups.  But instead of dividing by enrollment size as in other activities, boys hockey was configured based on performance and ability.  Teams were not in classes, but tiers.  The tournament was also divided between two sites.  Target Center hosted the semifinals and championship for the Tier II tournament while Tier I remained at the St. Paul Civic Center.  Bloomington Jefferson won the Tier I title with a 6-3 victory over Moorhead in the championship game.  Joe Bianchi scored three unanswered goals in the second period.  Greenway-Coleraine/Nashwauk-Keewatin captured the Tier II crown with a 6-1 victory over Rosemount.  Rosemount, which entered the tournament with a 4-20-1 record, was a member of the tough Lake Conference, which made it tournament ready.  The Irish defeated Minneapolis Roosevelt in overtime in the quarterfinals and then Cambridge in the semifinals.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Blaine, Eden Prairie, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, Mahtomedi, Moorhead, Orono, Alexandria and New Ulm all made their state tournament debuts.
  • Alexandria and Orono had 18 victories entering the tournament, the best in the Tier II field.
  • Tournament Attendance: 117,563

Rochester Mayo - Tier I Section 1

Roster Position Number
Brian Nelson G 1
Kevin Truax G 2
Josh Rohrbach D 3
Jason Hicks D 4
Sean Tarpenning C 6
Arick Hammon W 7
Chad Leqve W 9
Bryan Schell W 10
Adam Patterson D 11
Tony Grosso C 12
Todd Vessey W 14
Brian Hartman W 15
Jason Rush D 16
Matt Hiley W 17
Dennis Jones G 18
Chad Schneider C 19
Shawn Leimbeck W 20
Mark Smith C 21
Mike Rippentrop W 22
Ben Hammes G 30
Aaron Dube Manager
Scott Maloney Manager
Lorne Grosso Head Coach
Jeff Whitney Assistant Coach

Apple Valley - Tier I Section 2

Roster Position Number
Deuce Wynes D 2
Chad Engelbrecht D 3
Brett Larsen W 4
Dan Iaquinto W 5
Dave Huber W 6
Joe Halbmaier D 10
Graham Lomen D 12
Chad Carlson D 13
Ryan Johnson W 14
Andy Gross C 15
Paul Sander W 16
Matt Sandnas C 17
Matt Priester C 20
Erik Stiehm D 21
Mike O'Connell C 22
Jared Trine W 23
Matt Berg W 24
Charlie Graves G 27
Mark Siefert W 28
Matt French G 30
Vern Sluiter Manager
Mark DeCenzo Head Coach
Mike Taylor Assistant Coach

Hill-Murray - Tier I Section 3

Roster Position Number
Kevin Powell G 1
Dan Hurley F 2
Cory Baron D 3
Jeff Blossom D 4
Nick Maksimenko D 5
Shawn Gosselin D 6
Brent Godbout F 7
Aaron Laszlo F 8
Brad Dopp F 9
Brad Marshall F 10
Steve Pignato F 11
Chad Brennan F 12
Matt Mauer F 14
Alex Huff F 15
Matt Johnson F 16
Jason Godbout D 17
Mike Goveronski F 18
Bryan Zollman F 19
Jerry Wukawitz D 20
Dave Gilbert G 21
Dan Erding Manager
Brian Fleming Manager
Bob Schwartz Head Coach
Dennis Schueller Assistant Coach

Blaine - Tier I Section 4

Roster Position Number
Jim Moellman G 1
Shannon Lacina W 4
Steve Ochu D 6
Jim Garbe W 8
Brian Parmley D 9
Brian Baker W 10
Al Richels W 11
Dan Jablonic W 12
Ben Vold D 15
Jeff Zouski D 17
Chad Marlow C 18
Steve Larson D 19
Mike Reimann W 22
Ryan Nelson C 23
Todd Youngberg W 25
Jeff Romfo C 26
J.J. Zinken C 28
John Hillman W 29
Bart Palmgren G 31
Rob Skiba D 33
Amy Riddle Manager
Tawnya Basney Manager
Curt Johnson Head Coach
Jim Roo Assistant Coach

Bloomington Jefferson - Tier I Section 5

Roster Position Number
Sean Glynn G 1
Cory Peterson D 2
Luke Murray W 3
Tim Krug W 4
Mike Crowley D 5
Joe Pankratz W 6
Bryan Young W 7
Matt Jones W 8
Brian LaFleur D 9
Jon De St. Hubert W 10
Ian Peterson W 11
Tim McDonald W 12
Dan Trebil D 14
Joe Bianchi C 15
Brandon Johnson C 16
Scott Hohag D 17
Cort Lundeen W 19
Nick Checco C 21
Dusty Anderson D 22
Randy Koeppl G 35
Jeff Anderson Manager
Jake Baukol Manager
Tom Saterdalen Head Coach
John Bianchi Assistant Coach

Eden Prairie - Tier I Section 6

Roster Position Number
Trent Fiedler G 1
Brent Lovett D 3
Steve Tripp D 4
Jamie Glood F 5
Phil Allen F 6
Chris Brown F 7
Joey Bodnar F 8
Jesse Ciminski F 9
Kendall Bailey D 10
Erik Tonkin F 11
Peter Sandness F 12
John Tushie F 15
Bryan Fritz D 16
Lance Needham D 17
Dan Fitzsimmons F 18
Greg Clark F 19
Jason Fier F 20
Charles Inshaw F 21
Chris Mizell D 22
Jamey Boots G 30
David Clarke Manager
Jill Clarke Manager
Wayne Eklund Head Coach
Greg Yee Assistant Coach

Cloquet/Esko/Carlton - Tier I Section 7

Roster Position Number
Dutch Barrett G 1
Mark Heehn F 2
Kyle Young D 3
Derek Fredrickson F 4
Tim Kulas D 5
Rick Mrozik D 6
Al Bowman D 7
Dean Schloer F 9
Jesse Bertogliat F 10
Jesse Crassweller F 11
Brad Chartier F 12
Aaron Novak F 13
Kyle Erickson F 14
Dave Michaud D 15
Jamie Langenbrunner F 16
Jim Bastien F 17
Adam Dake D 18
Darren Blauert F 19
Hennig Melhus F 21
Adam Pavlatos G 22
Pat Ellena Manager
Matt Montgomery Manager
Tom McFarlane Head Coach
Dick Bartholdi Assistant Coach

Moorhead - Tier I Section 8

Roster Position Number
Jeremy Gregoire G 1
Ryan Kappes W 2
Rob Gramer D 3
Thad Stafford W 4
Josh Arnold C 5
Justin Wegner D 6
Steve DiFiore W 7
Jim Jacobson W 8
Bill Opgrand D 10
Rhett Marsten D 11
Erik Steen D 12
Joel Jamison D 13
Brent Knutson C 14
John Haberlach W 15
Greg Salvevold W 16
Jason Blake C 17
Kurt Dwyer D 18
Ryan Kraft C 19
Louis Paquin W 20
Troy Brekke G 30
Dan Frisch Manager
Terry Cullen Head Coach
Terry Shercliffe Assistant Coach

New Ulm/Cathedral - Tier II Section 1

Roster Position Number
Jason Rewitzer G 1
Jeremy Reed D 2
Jamie Wieben W 3
Eric Manderfeld D 4
Grady Whittet W 5
Ryan Friederich W 6
Scott Schaefer D 7
Scott Abraham C 8
Eric Setterholm W 9
Jeremy Brennan C 10
Josh Hemingway D 11
Ryan Swenson C 12
Chad Zobel W 14
Landon Rathman W 15
Lonny Rathman W 16
Nate Smasal C 17
Chet Peterson W 18
Sam Jacobs W 19
Scott Macho D 20
David Bonnifield G 31
Mike Groebner Manager
Tom Macho Head Coach
Mike MacMillan Assistant Coach

Rosemount - Tier II Section 2

Roster Position Number
Matt Hanson G 1
Wade Knutson D 2
Travis Westbrook D 3
Ryan Feeser W 4
Ben Nagel W 5
Lynn Hanson W 6
Chris Hvinden C 7
Dave Ellingrud C 8
Jeremy Stier W 9
Jason Gusso D 10
Tom Hoene D 11
Nick Deutsch C 15
Joe Zeman D 16
Andy Larson D 17
Brian Schultz W 18
Mat Jacobson W 19
Alan Jorgenson W 21
Matt Hanson W 22
Erik Davis W 23
Corey Jorgenson G 35
Dawn Weasler Manager
Jessica Nelson Manager
Frank Senta Head Coach
Tom Doig Assistant Coach

Mahtomedi - Tier II Section 3

Roster Position Number
Rob Gilkerson G 1
Dave Stanko D 2
Jesse Dvorak W 3
Jason Harkness D 4
Nick Wosika C 5
Jeff Myhre W 6
Cory Comstock D 7
Nate DeMars C 8
Andy Semlak W 9
Matt Hemenway W 10
Greg Hedin D 11
Todd George D 12
Mike Schmidt W 14
Jesse Sampair W 15
Jim Anglo W 16
Scott Flynn D 17
Brent Fitzpatrick W 18
Ken McCarthy C 19
Andy Hemenway C 20
Eric DeMars G 30
Ben Ovaldson Manager
Leif Ovaldson Manager
Jeff Whisler Head Coach
Scott Hambly Assistant Coach

Cambridge - Tier II Section 4

Roster Position # Home # Away
Scott Killian D 2 2
Scott Westman W 3 6
Christian Conrad W 4 4
Darren Guimont W 6 16
Jared Ziebarth C 7 7
Nathan Carlson D 8 8
Bryan Calander F 9 9
Jason Hall W 10 10
Brandon Vandermey W 11 11
Mark Mellum D 12 12
Dennis Shaw D 13 23
Devlin Shaw C 18 22
Kyle Roddy W 15 15
Mike Szafranski D 16 26
Christian Norman F 17 17
Mark Sundstrom D 19 19
Jason Ziebarth F 20 20
Trig Laase C 21 21
Aaron Conrad G 30 30
Aaron Cronin G 35 35
Jill Misewich Manager
Kelli Thompson Manager
Bill Smrekar Head Coach
Dave Roddy Assistant Coach

Minneapolis Roosevelt - Tier II Section 5

Roster Position Number
Jason Bennett D 2
Tony Rich D 3
David Byhre D 4
Mike Ogdahl D 5
Jeff Burton D 6
Justin Anderson W 7
Ron Starr C 10
Chad Thier W 11
Dave Farwell C 12
Tony San Roman W 13
Rob Anderson D 14
Derrick Rollins W 16
Scott Lynch W 17
Ryan Kriech W 18
Greg Nelson C 19
Chad Bennett W 20
Per Karlsson W 21
Sean Lynch C 22
Mike Grover G 27
Andy Kruppa G 30
Beth Peterson Manager
Kim Blumke Manager
Tom Peart Head Coach
Bill Taleen Assistant Coach

Orono - Tier II Section 6

Roster Position Number
Coley Collins G 1
Peter Dunlap F 2
Lance Beaulieu F 3
Jason Butterfield F 4
John Zietlow D 5
Jess Quick D 6
Tim George F 7
Bjorn Wangsness F 8
Tim Sweezo F 9
Kevin Edworthy F 10
Dan Peschel D 11
Scott Greenley D 12
Colin Rhame F 13
Craig Johnson F 14
Andy Dunlap F 15
Bryan Benedict F 16
Jason Prodahl F 17
Mike Debner F 17
Adam Peterson F 19
Peet Moseley G 30
Amy Cagle Manager
Becky Danielson Manager
Kevin Armstrong Head Coach
Bill Rosatti Assistant Coach

Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin - Tier II Section 7

Roster Position Number
Jeremy Troumbly G 1
Bob Zuehlke D 2
Jerry Schaefer F 3
Jason Alto D 4
Mark Feldt D 5
Adam Buckley D 6
Steve Delich F 7
Mike Vekich F & D 8
Kelly Stephens F 9
Ryan Unger F 10
Jay MacNeil F 11
Jeff Antonovich F 12
Greg Johnson F 13
Tim Kalisch F 14
Ben Jerulle F 15
Tony Broberg D 16
Corey Brown D 17
Damian Fillbrandt D 18
Gabe Troumbly F 19
Jason Koski G 30
Cyle Kohlkoff Manager
Rick Flatley Manager
Pat Guyer Head Coach
Joe Miskovich Assistant Coach

Alexandria Jefferson - Tier II Section 8

Roster Position Number
Ryan Wilson G 1
Greg Nelson F 2
Mark Kloubec D 4
Adam Lee F 6
Ryan Hacker D 7
Chris Boesen F 8
Ryan Savageau F 9
Matt Bullard F 10
Steve Block D 11
Chad Getz F 12
Dan Ray F 14
Todd Wagner F 15
Chris Wessel F 16
Jim Cavers F 17
Brian Loch F 18
Getty Johnson F 19
Todd Lervick D 20
Andy Niskanen D 21
Scott Rhodes D 22
Shawn Cavers G 35
Heidi Hanson Manager
Jason Sinning Manager
Mike Donahue Head Coach
Doug Palm Assistant Coach