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March 4-7, 2020 Xcel Energy Center & 3M Arena at Mariucci


2020 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Class Team Goals Assists Total Points
Joe Miller Class AA Blake School 5 4 9
Grant Slukynsky Class A Warroad 5 7 12

EAST METRO REIGNS SUPREME

Three Metro East Conference schools made deep tournament runs, with Zephyrs of Mahtomedi capturing schools 1st ever State Championship in Class A, and Pioneers from Hill-Murray ousted Saint Thomas Academy to reach the 2A championship game then defeated Eden Prairie 4-1 for the schools 4th MSHSL title.  "There's certainly a lot of pride in the East Metro", Mahtomedi Head Coach Jeff Poeschl said.  "For as much as we hear about the West metro, the East is in the shadows of Edina, Wayzata, Benilde, Eden Prairie and so on.  I'm awfully proud of the East metro and the way we represented our conference".

SLAP SHOTS

  • Warroad senior centerman - Grant Slukynsky tied a 69 year old tournament record set by legendary Eveleth Golden Bear John Mayasich in the 1951 Tournament with his matching 5 points (3 goals 2 assists) in the quarterfinal 1st period vs. Hutchinson in Class A.
  • #1 ranked Andover was knocked off by unranked Saint Thomas Academy 3-2 in the quarter-final round in Class AA.
  • Mahtomedi Head Coach - Jeff Poeschl appeared in the 1978, 1979, and 1980 Tournaments as goaltender with Hill-Murray, and finished as runner-up in 1980.
  • Mahtomedi mustered only 12 shots on goal in the championship game setting a record for fewest shots on goal in a title game (previous was 14 S.O.G. in Rochester J.M. 1977 Championship game over Edina East 4-2).
  • 2020 Tourney finished just prior to the U.S. National Emergency Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, that led to MSHSL cancellations for several Tournaments less than one week upon completion of Boys Hockey Tournament, and Governor mandated statewide school closures.  MN 1st confirmed COVID case was reported on semi-final Friday of the Tourney.
  • Tournament Attendance: 106,123

Lakeville South - Class AA Section 1

Roster Position Number
Tommy Kroll C 2
Griffin Ludtke D 3
Tanner Ludtke W 4
Caden Rubischko D 6
Zack Oelrich C 7
Jacob Gunderson D 8
Cam Boche W 9
Reis Calderon C 10
Jed England W 12
Jack Novak C 14
Cade Ahrenholz W 19
Ryan Williams W 20
Jack Malinski D 21
Ashton Dahms W 22
Brett Johnson D 23
Mason Johnson D 25
Cody Ticen G 30
Ethan Dahlmeir G 35
Eli Miller W 37
Camden Dean W 38
Chaz Obermeier Manager
Charlie Marble Manager
Janne Kivilhalme Head Coach
Corey Campbell Assistant Coach
Lee Engstrom Assistant Coach

Eden Prairie - Class AA Section 2

Roster Position Number
Eli Andrews G 1
Tyler Johnson F 3
Kai Stansberry F 4
Ben Steeves F 6
Luke Busby D 7
Drew Holt F 8
John Mittelstadt F 9
Jackson Blake F 10
Carter Batchelder F 11
Canyon Pergande F 12
Will Britton D 15
Jake Luloff F 17
Jake Casey D 20
Riku Brown F 21
Mason Langenbrunner D 22
Kam Langefels D 24
Luke Mittelstadt D 27
Axel Roselund G 30
Reagan Sheperd F 33
Oliver Jorgenson F 45
Michael Pashina Manager
Noah Picco Manager
Luke Young Manager
Jack Engelbrekt Manager
Lee Smith Head Coach
Paul Ranheim Assistant Coach
Tom Gerdes Assistant Coach

Saint Thomas Academy - Class AA Section 3

Roster Position Number
Carsten Lardy G 1
Charlie Killian D 2
Nick Owens D 3
Tristan Thilmany F 4
McClain Beaudette D 5
Connor O'Brien F 6
Max Nagel F 7
Tanner Brouwer F 8
Tyler Grahme F 9
Tommy Deverell F 10
Noah Rauschenberger D 11
Tommy Stattine D 12
Will Soderling F 14
Jackson Hallum F 15
Jared Wright F 16
Andrew Boemer D 17
Josh Schurrer F 18
Riley O'Brien F 19
Bjorn Kilen F 20
Tommy Aitken G 30
Max Carver Manager
John Herzog Manager
Trent Eigner Head Coach
Niko Kapetanovic Assistant Coach
Jimmy McCusker Assistant Coach

Hill-Murray - Class AA Section 4

Roster Position Number
Remington Keopple G 1
Joe Palodichuk F 2
Henry Eischen F 6
Nick Pierre F 7
Triston Tabucol F 8
Nick Mountain F 9
Nate Hardy D 10
Leo Gruba D 11
Jared Jensen F 12
Matthew Fleishhacker D 14
Tommy Michelsen F 16
Dylan Godbout F 17
Max Zupfer F 18
Seamus O. Regan D 20
Owen Quast F 21
Hunter Laschinger F 22
Luke Hause D 24
Axel Begley D 26
Charlie Strobel F 27
Nick Erickson G 30
Andrew Schlundt Manager
Connor Laschinger Manager
Bill Lechner Head Coach
Pat Schafhauser Assistant Coach
Mark Tollefsbol Assistant Coach
Tony Flint Assistant Coach

Maple Grove - Class AA Section 5

Roster Position Number
Jack Wieneke G 1
Grant Zick F 3
Parker Wente D 5
Benjamin Leafblad F 7
Henry Nelson D 12
Tyler Oakland F 15
Ethan Elias D 16
William Peeler F 18
Joshua Giuliani F 19
Chayton Fischer F 20
Sam Jacobs F 21
Cal Thomas D 22
Jacob Hicks D 23
Matthew Gruss F/D 24
Ian Barbour D 25
Spencer Dahlquist D 26
Chris Kernan F 27
Parker Slotsve G 32
Landen Gunderson F 37
Sawyer Skanson F 40
Ryan Reid Manager
Jackson Shipley Manager
Todd Bergland Head Coach
Tom Miller Assistant Coach
Tom Adolph Assistant Coach
Ryan Coyne Assistant Coach

Blake School - Class AA Section 6

Roster Position Number
Lachen Reid D 2
Ben Dexheimer D 4
Eli Daniel F 5
Brett Witzke F 6
Ryan Ressemann D 7
Gavin Best F 8
Jack Sabre F 9
Connor Mahony F 10
Thomas Nelson F 13
Nate Heithoff F 15
Carter Krenke F 16
Will Svenddal D 19
Joe Miller F 20
Theo Crosby D 22
Anderson Blum F 24
Jake Svenddal D 26
William Matzke F 27
Aksel Reid G 30
Jonah Spaeth G 31
Rowan Heitoff F 36
Sam Hykes Manager
Landon Peterson Manager
Jack Richardson Manager
Rob McClanahan Head Coach
Jay Phillips Assistant Coach
Tom Doyle Assistant Coach
Nick Oslund Assistant Coach
Dan Delianedis Assistant Coach
Corbin Chapman Assistant Coach
Kasey Boyd Assistant Coach
JT Wyman Assistant Coach

Andover - Class AA Section 7

Roster Position Number
Wes Swenson G 1
Nate Bauer F 3
Mitchell Wolfe D 4
Wyatt Kaiser D 5
Weston Knox D 6
Luke Kron F 7
Eric Chartier D 9
Hunter Jones F 11
Gunnar Thoreson F 12
Tommy Nowacki D 14
Garrett Schifsky F 17
Hunter Zinda F 19
Michael Clough F 20
Harrison VanderMey F 21
Mason Cotter D 23
Cade Williams F 24
Ethan Lindahl F 26
Hayden Masloski F 29
Gavin DeBettignies F 34
Will Larson G 35
Parker Norling Manager
Ryan Koltes Manager
Mark Manney Head Coach
Brett Barta Assistant Coach
Bill Thoreson Assistant Coach

Moorhead - Class AA Section 8

Roster Position Number
Wyatt Gunkel D 2
Luke Gramer D 3
Kai Holm F 5
Jonny Franklin F 6
Jonas Spicer F 7
Luc Mjoen D 8
Carter Johnson F 10
Jackson Score F 11
Grant Frisch D 12
Maccoy Gregoire D 13
Cullen Gess F 14
Carson Triggs F 16
Michael Overbo F 19
Lukas Feir F 20
Cade Moilanen D 21
Max Dronen F 26
Caden Triggs F 27
Gavin Lindberg F 28
Will Kunka G 30
Hudson Hodges G 31
Caden Howell Manager
Colton Westra Manager
Ian Simonich Manager
Jon Ammerman Head Coach
Tony Kunka Assistant Coach
Derek Thompson Assistant Coach
Sam Walstad Assistant Coach
Joel Ferrie Assistant Coach

Mankato East/Loyola - Class A Section 1

Roster Position Number
Daniel Bequette F 2
Carson Graves F 3
Zach Lebens F 5
Matthew Salzle F 6
Parker Anthony F 7
Brett Borchardt D 8
Hayden Guillemette F 9
Jake Schreiber D 11
Jacob Wood F 14
Mark Williams F 15
Quintin Steindl D 16
Noah Homich F 17
Aiden Prochaska D 18
Shae Gavin F 20
Garrison Beckius D 21
Layten Liffrig F 22
Jake Kanzenbach D 23
Mason Pin-Bowder F 26
Jaden Kragh G 29
Caelin Brueske G 30
Jackson Faust Manager
Rainah Laughlin Manager
Adam Fries Head Coach
Jeff Humble Assistant Coach
Jalen Long Assistant Coach
Jake Anderson Assistant Coach
Zach Duberry Assistant Coach

Delano - Class A Section 2

Roster Position Number
Jack Keranen D 3
Will Brown F 4
Collin Pettit D 6
Kory Dunnigan - Captain F 7
Brad Pinoniemi F 8
Mark Halonen D 9
Jesse Peterson F 11
Gunnar Paulson F 12
Adam Brown - Captain F 13
Tyler Selstad F 14
Trevor Oja F 18
Braeden Collings F 19
Chuck Campion - Captain D 22
Bruce Halonen F 26
Michael Weber F 27
Colin Rowbotham G 29
Colin Lommel D 33
Cade Lommel G 35
Thomas Huotari G 38
Craig Halonen D 39
Jon Kraus Manager
Gerrit van Bergen Head Coach
Ron Guild Assistant Coach
Kevin Johnson Assistant Coach
Adam McLain Assistant Coach
Chad Wagner Assistant Coach

Hutchinson - Class A Section 3

Roster Position Number
Griff Telecky G 1
Alex Staples D 2
Blake Schmidt F 4
Logan Holtz F 5
Ty Glaser D 7
Brady Knorr F 8
Austin Jozwick F 9
Mitchell Piehl F 10
Hayden Jensen F 11
Riley Anderson F 12
Brennan Niska F 13
Jack Jaeger F 14
Cam Longie D 16
Nik Johnson F 18
T.J. Tydlacka D 19
Tristan Hoppe D 20
Jacob Huls G 21
Gavis Hutchins D 22
Joey Croatt F 27
Austin Hagen G 33
KK Starrett Manager
Tate Renning Manager
Matt Telecky Head Coach
Matt Penner Assistant Coach
Nick Nelson Assistant Coach
Todd Grina Assistant Coach

Mahtomedi - Class A Section 4

Roster Position Number
Justin Lallak D 2
Grant Dardis D 3
Colin Hagstrom F 4
Tony Neubeck D 5
Ethan Peterson F 6
Ryan Berglund F 7
Cole Klingbeil F 8
Nikolai Dulak F 9
Adam Johnson F 10
JD Metz F 11
Max Pieper D 12
Ty Decker F 13
Nathan Gruhlke D 14
Blake Hansen F 19
Billy Buttermore F 20
Dylan Duckson F 22
Owen Harrod D 25
Ray Olson F 27
Cole Barre G 29
Ben Dardis G 32
Leo Bustos Manager
Blake Hogan Manager
Jeff Poeschl Head Coach
Tom Strelow Assistant Coach
Alex Rogosheske Assistant Coach

Monticello/Maple Lake - Class A Section 5

Roster Position Number
Michael Biller G 1
Jesse DeChene D 3
Jeffrey Henrikson F 5
Cooper Landkammer F 6
Gavin Simon D 8
Huntley Hinz F 9
Jacob Sorenson D 10
Brian Cornelius F 11
Gavin Brooks F 12
Spencer Lewis F 13
Riley Ronayne F 15
Braden Bitz F 16
Jacob Peterson D 17
Brooks Wilson F 19
Gunnar Sibley F 21
Wilson Dahlheimer F 22
Alex Opatz F 23
Ben Miller D 24
Nash Wilson G 33
Chase Bocken D 34
Abby Bergstrom Manager
Tehya Martines Manager
Eric Nelson Head Coach
Dan Miller Assistant Coach
Dylan Nelson Assistant Coach
Nate Sunderman Assistant Coach

St. Cloud Cathedral - Class A Section 6

Roster Position Number
Reid Bogenholm D 2
Jacob Hirschfeld F 3
Jon Bell D 4
Nolan Widman F 5
Cullen Hiltner F 6
Nate Warner F 8
Marcus Hjort F 10
Ethan Cumming D 11
Josh Minkkinen D 12
Jackson Henderson F 13
CJ Zins D 15
Mack Motzko F 18
Jack Smith F 20
Bradyn Balfanz F 22
Kyle Longstrom F 26 & 7
Blake Perbix F 27
Chandler Hendricks F 28
Bradon Hemmer D 29
Ian Strong G 30
Grant Martin G 35
Brock Van Halbeck Manager
Nathan Budde Manager
Derrick Brown Head Coach
Tom Bruce Assistant Coach
Ron Brown Assistant Coach
David Spethmann Assistant Coach
Jake Van Halbeck Assistant Coach
Cal Herold Assistant Coach

Hermantown - Class A Section 7

Roster Position Number
Jackson Lucia D 4
Aydyn Dowd F 6
Michael Graves D 8
Gavin Blomdahl F 9
Zach Kilen F 10
Aaron Pionk F 11
Beau Janzig F 13
Cole Antcliff F 14
Drew Sams D 16
Matt Erickson F 17
Joey Pierce D 18
Jack Mathison F 19
Cayden Sunde F 20
Ethan Lund F 24
Blake Biondi F 27
Jack Glockle D 29
David Rutka G 31
Jacob Backstrom G 32
Zach Carson D 37
Indio Dowd D 44
Alexis Wiese Manager
Natalie Evanson Manager
Charlie Trachsel Manager
Patrick Andrews Head Coach
Nate Buck Assistant Coach
Chad Huttel Assistant Coach
Joe Muehlbauer Assistant Coach
Matt Swanson Assistant Coach
Christian Wasbotten Assistant Coach

Warroad - Class A Section 8

Roster Position Number
Emmett Marvin F 2
Blake Norris D 5
Luke Erickson F 7
Sky Solig F 8
Luke Johnson F 9
Vance Kleinschmidt D 11
Gage Wilmer D 13
Jayson Shaugabay F 17
Matthew Hard F 18
Anthony Foster F 19
Cooper Cole F/D 20
Saizha Norwegian F 21
Owen Meeker F 23
Mason Skogman F 24
Grant Slukynsky F 27
Jack Kotlowski D 28
Jack Orchard G 34
Zach Foster G 35
Carson Reed D 37
Todd Powassin D 38
Iver Hanson Manager
Jay Hardwick Head Coach
Darrell Shaugabay Assistant Coach
Michael Tveit Assistant Coach
Scott Knutson Assistant Coach
Dane Shaugabay Assistant Coach