Minnesota Youth Hockey PeeWee & Bantam State Champions

The first state Pee Wee tournament was held at the Hippodrome in White Bear Lake on February 10-11, 1951, under the direction of MAHA Secretary-Treasurer Don Clark. White Bear Lakes high school hockey coach Pete Loricas acted as local tournament chairman. Duluth Glen Avon narrowly edged host White Bear Lake 3-2 in the finals of the eight team event before a crowd of 700 fans. Other teams entered in the tournament were: Grand Forks, Wayzata, South St. Paul, East Grand Forks, Minneapolis Loans and St. Paul Como. The statewide event was the first state youth (under high school age) tournament to be held in the United States. Duluth, under coach Bob Fryberger and led by his three sons’ line of Jerry, Bob and Dates, continued on to win the 1951 AHAUS National Pee Wee Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

In addition to the Senior and Pee Wee class tournaments, the next category to be formed a was Juvenile, which was restricted to players 18 years of age and under. This class was adopted in 1956 and the initial tournament held at Duluth was won by St. Paul Arlington, who defeated Mountain Iron in the finals of the four team event. Presently, this class corresponds to Junior Gold, which nomenclature was selected in 1984.

For the season of 1960-61, Minnesota adopted the classes and nomenclature that the AHAUS, the national governing body, has decided to employ. The system, which had been borrowed from Canada, included Junior, Juvenile, Midget, Bantam, Pee Wee and Squirt classes. In 1961, the agent for the Minnesota Pee Wee class was lowered one year and the name of the class changed to Bantam. For the sake of the lists below - that is different that what is shown on MinnesotaHockey [If the Tournament was called a PeeWee, or Bantam State Tournament, the lists below depict the result as PeeWee or Bantam in the appropriate column and year]

Duluth Lower Chester defeated Owatonna in the finals of MAHA’s first state Midget tournament, held a Duluth in 1961. In 1966, Grand Rapids hosted the first state Pee Wee tournament while the initial Junior B Championship was staged at Polar Arena in North St. Paul in 1974

Pee-Wee State Champions

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-Up	Score
2024 AA	Shakopee	Minnetonka	Woodbury	9-3
2024 A	Shakopee	Thief River Falls	Warroad	7-4
2024 B	Cloquet	Osseo-Maple Grove Black	Eden Prairie	5-3
2023 AA	New Ulm	Moorhead	Osseo/Maple Grove	2-1
2023 A	New Ulm	Hibbing/Chisholm	Warroad	8-2
2023 B	Warroad	Woodbury	Hermantown	3-0
2022 AA	Cottage Grove	Moorhead	Edina	5-1
2022 A	Woodbury	East Grand Forks	Warroad	5-0
2022 B	Blaine	Edina Green	Edina White	5-0
2021 AA	St. Michael-Albertville	Edina	Osseo/Maple Grove	5-1
2021 A	Monticello	Hibbing	Northfield	7-1
2021 B	New Ulm	Edina Green	Farmington	9-3
2020 AA	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2020 A	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2020 B	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2019 AA	Stillwater	Eden Prairie	Woodbury	2-1
2019 A	Stillwater	Orono	Edina	7-1
2019 B	Plymouth	Orono	Eden Prairie	4-3
2018 AA	Duluth	Woodbury	Hermantown	4-2
2018 A	Duluth	Warroad	Sartell	6-3
2018 B	St. Cloud	Edina Green	Farmington	7-2
2017 AA	Blaine	Chaska Chanhassen	Osseo/Maple Grove	3-2 (OT)
2017 A	Blaine	Johnson/Como/NSP	Edina	4-2
2017 B	Prior Lake	Edina Green	Moorhead Black	5-1
2016 AA	Grand Rapids	Osseo/Maple Grove	Duluth East	3-2
2016 A	Coleraine	Mound Westonka	Johnson/Como/NSP	4-2
2016 B	Moorhead	Edina Green	Osseo/Maple Grove	4-1

MN PeeWee State Champions Coat Patch

1951 First PeeWee MAHA Tournament

1951 State PeeWee White Bear Lake

1952 State PeeWee Warroad

Pee-Wee State Champions

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-Up	Score
2015 AA	Woodbury	Prior Lake	Minneapolis	3-2
2015 A	Lakeville	Highland Central	Warroad	8-4
2015 B	Rochester	Edina White	Orono White	5-2
2014 AA	Thief River Falls	Edina	Rochester	6-2
2014 A	Crookston	Highland Central	Mahtomedi	2-1
2014 B	Two Harbors	White Bear Lake	Edina White	5-4
2013 AA	Edina	Edina	Wayzata	7-0
2013 A	Faribault	Minneapolis	Orono	5-4
2013 B	Cottage Grove	Edina	Johnson/Como	5-0
2012 A	Alexandria	Prior Lake/Savage	Hermantown	9-4
2012 B	Hoyt Lakes	Prior Lake/Savage	Osseo/Maple Grove	5-4 (3OT)
2011 A	Bloomington	Edina	Farmington	7-3
2011 B	Stillwater	Wayzata Blue	Rosemount	6-1
2010 A	Faribault	Edina	Elk River	5-3
2010 B	Roseau	Edina Green	Edina White	3-0
2009 A	New Hope	Roseau	Woodbury	6-1
2009 B	St. Cloud	Elk River	Edina Green	5-2
2008 A	Willmar	Edina	Grand Rapids	5-2
2008 B	New Ulm	Edina Green	Edina White	2-1 (OT)
2007 A	Oakdale	Wayzata	Apple Valley	3-2
2007 B	Plymouth	Wayzata Gold	Wayzata Blue	3-2
2006 A	Duluth	Eden Prairie	Wayzata
2006 B	Buffalo	Chaska	Wayzata Blue
2005 A	Blaine	Centennial	Chaska
2005 B	Burnsville	Wayzata Gold	Eden Prairie
2004 A	Virginia	Edina	White Bear Lake
2003 A	South St. Paul	White Bear Lake	St. Cloud
2002 A	Warroad	Duluth East	Bloomington Jefferson
2001 A	St. Paul Highland	Bloomington Jefferson	Bloomington Kennedy
2000 A	Brainerd	Edina	White Bear Lake
1999 A	Burnsville	White Bear Lake	Eden Prairie
1998 A	Mankato	Bloomington Jefferson	Hastings
1997 A	New Hope	Rochester North	Duluth East
1996 A	Willmar	Eden Prairie	Wayzata
1995 A	Roseville	Osseo/Maple Grove	Elk River
1994 A	Hermantown	White Bear Lake	Duluth Staubers
1993 A	Blaine	Bloomington Jefferson	Anoka	5-2
1992 A	Chisholm	Hibbing	Anoka
1991 A	South St. Paul	Duluth Stewarts	Bloomington Jefferson	9-3
1990 A	Coleraine	Moorhead	White Bear Lake
1989 A	Minneapolis	Cottage Grove	Hibbing
1988 A	Brainerd	Bloomington Jefferson	Edina	4-3
1987 A	Burnsville	Grand Rapids	Roseau	3-2
1986 A	Duluth	Roseau	Duluth Stewarts
1985 A	Litchfield	Roseau	Grand Rapids	5-2
1984 A	Warroad	Roseau	Rochester	2-1
1983 A	Austin	Crookston	Greenway of Coleraine	2-1
1982 A	Virginia	Greenway of Coleraine	Brooklyn Park	5-3
1981 A	Minneapolis	Duluth Strewarts	White Bear Lake	4-3
1980 A	International Falls	International Falls	New Hope	6-3
1979 A	Albert Lea	Duluth Stewarts	Minnetonka	3-2
1978 A	Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	Duluth Stewarts	5-4
1977 A	Cottage Grove	Rochester	South St. Paul
1977 B	Duluth	Edina West	St. Anthony
1976 A	Thief River Falls	Irondale	Duluth Stewarts
1976 B	Minneapolis	Edina West	North St. Paul
1975 A	Minneapolis	White Bear Lake	St. Croix	4-2
1975 B	Litchfield	Edina West	South St. Paul
1974 A	Hoyt Lakes	Duluth Stewarts	St. Croix	8-4
1973 A	Bloomington	Grand Rapids	Hopkins-Glen Lake-Lindberg	4-1
1972 A	Bloomington	Edina	Roseville	5-4
1971 A	Bloomington	Mounds View	Roseau	7-1
1970 A	Roseville	Edina	Virginia	9-1
1969 A	International Falls	Edina	Duluth East	5-2
1968 A	Bemidji	Edina	Grand Rapids	6-0
1967 A	Duluth	Grand Rapids	International Falls	3-2
1966 A	Grand Rapids	Duluth Zephyr	Anoka	6-2
1960 A	St. Louis Park	White Bear Lake	Duluth Glen Avon	3-2 (OT)
1959 A	St. Paul	Roseau	Eveleth	2-1 (OT)
1958 A	Warroad	Duluth Glen Avon	St. Paul Shop Pond	3-2
1957 A	Duluth	Minneapolis Harriers	Duluth Irving	4-1
1956 A	Hibbing	Eveleth	International Falls	3-2
1955 A	Thief River Falls	Duluth	International Falls	2-1
1954 A	Rochester	Eveleth	Minnehaha Falls A.C.	4-3
1953 A	Eveleth	Eveleth	Duluth Glen Avon	4-3
1952 A	Warroad	Eveleth	Warroad	5-4
1951 A	White Bear Lake	Duluth Glen Avon	White Bear Lake	3-2

1954 State PeeWee Tournament Telephone Pole Sign

1953 State PeeWee Eveleth Hippodrome

1954 State PeeWee Rochester Mayo Civic

1955 State PeeWee Thief River Falls

1957 State PeeWee Duluth Curling Club

1958 State PeeWee Warroad

1960 State PeeWee St. Louis Park

1974 State PeeWee Hoyt Lakes Arena

1976 State PeeWee B Augsburg Ice Arena

1979 State PeeWee Albert Lea

1981 State PeeWee VMIA Minneapolis

1984 State PeeWee Warroad

State PeeWee East Grand Forks Unknown Year

Bantam State Champions

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-Up	Score
2024 AA	Grand Rapids	Moorhead	Hermantown	7-0
2024 A	Virginia	Warroad	Hopkins	3-0
2024 B	Proctor	Roseville	Mahtomedi	6-2
2023 AA	Prior Lake	Edina	Moorhead	3-2 (2OT)
2023 A	Prior Lake	Hibbing	Delano	8-1
2023 B	Bemidji	Prior Lake/Savage	Edina White	6-2
2022 AA	Baudette	Moorhead	Eden Prairie	5-3
2022 A	East Grand Forks	East Grand Forks	Northern Lakes	7-0
2022 B	Blaine	Prior Lake/Savage	Lakeville South	4-1
2021 AA	Edina	Wayzata	Osseo/Maple Grove	2-1 (2OT)
2021 A	Edina	East Grand Forks	Warroad	6-3
2021 B	New Ulm	Alexandria Black	Mahtomedi	2-1
2020 AA	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2020 A	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2020 B	Cancelled/COVID	-	-	-
2019 AA	Moorhead	Osseo/Maple Grove	Chaska Chanhassen	5-0
2019 A	Moorhead	Warroad	Osseo/Maple Grove	2-0 (OT)
2019 B	Plymouth	Edina Green	Rogers	3-0
2018 AA	Minneapolis	Osseo/Maple Grove	Eden Prairie	7-2
2018 A	Minneapolis	Edina	Cottage Grove	2-1
2018 B	St. Cloud	Edina White	Osseo/Maple Grove	5-0
2017 AA	Marshall	White Bear Lake	Osseo/Maple Grove	5-2
2017 A	Marshall	Edina	Orono	2-1
2017 B	Prior Lake	Edina Green	Edina White	3-2
2016 AA	Stillwater	Minnetonka	Moorhead	3-2 (2OT)
2016 A	Stillwater	Orono	Warroad	6-5
2016 B	Moorhead	Edina Green	Elk River Black	2-1
2015 AA	Duluth	Minnetonka	Edina	3-1
2015 A	Duluth	Orono	Edina	4-2
2015 B	Rochester	Wayzata Blue	Elk River Black	7-2
2014 AA	Rogers	Grand Rapids	Stillwater	3-2
2014 A	Coon Rapids	Highland Central	Wayzata	3-2
2014 B	Silver Bay	Wayzata Navy	North St. Paul	4-3 (OT)
2013 AA	Edina	Edina	Duluth East	4-3 (OT)
2013 A	Buffalo	Mahtomedi	Edina	6-0
2013 B	Woodbury	Wayzata Navy	North Metro	4-3 (OT)
2012 A	Cottage Grove	Edina	East Grand Forks	5-1
2012 B	Coleraine	Duluth Denfeld	Osseo/Maple Grove	2-1
2011 A	Virginia	Eden Prairie	Woodbury	4-3
2011 B	Marshall	Osseo/Maple Grove	Edina White	3-0
2010 A	Richfield	Woodbury	Richfield	2-1
2010 B	Bemidji	Tartan	Blaine	3-2
2009 A	Thief River Falls	Wayzata	Rochester	3-1
2009 B	St. Cloud	Duluth East	Wayzata Blue	3-2
2008 A	Edina	Eden Prairie	Centennial	2-0
2008 B	New Ulm	Blake	Wayzata Blue	2-1 (OT)
2007 A	Alexandria	Eden Prairie	Centennial	3-2
2007 B	Plymouth	White Bear Lake Orange	Eden Prairie Red	2-0
2006 A	New Hope	Centennial	Edina
2006 B	Buffalo	Wayzata Blue	Chaska
2005 A	New Ulm	Edina	Centennial
2005 B	Burnsville	Maple Grove	Centennial Red
2004 A	Stillwater	Moorhead	Duluth East
2003 A	Cloquet	White Bear Lake	Centennial
2002 A	Blaine	Wayzata	Roseville
2001 A	Willmar	Centennial	White Bear Lake
2000 A	South St. Paul	Eden Prairie	Alexandria
1999 A	International Falls	Rochester North	Brooklyn Park	2-0
1998 A	Minneapolis	Eden Prairie	White Bear Lake
1997 A	East Grand Forks	Osseo/Maple Grove	White Bear Lake
1996 A	Edina	Duluth East	Osseo/Maple Grove
1995 A	Moorhead	Anoka	Rochester John Marshall	5-0
1994 A	New Hope	Hibbing	Rochester John Marshall	4-1
1993 A	Albert Lea	Bloomington Jefferson	Duluth Perkins	4-1
1992 A	Roseville	St. Paul Johnson	Moorhead
1991 A	Cloquet	Moorhead	Anoka
1990 A	St. Cloud	Bloomington Jefferson	Moorhead
1989 A	Roseau	Richfield	Moorhead
1988 A	Cottage Grove	Bloomington Kennedy	Grand Rapids	6-1
1987 A	Eveleth	Grand Rapids	Roseau
1986 A	Minneapolis	Wayzata	International Falls	6-5
1985 A	Hibbing	Rochester	Bloomington Jefferson
1984 A	Edina	Bloomington Kennedy	Greenway of Coleraine
1983 A	Bemidji	St. Paul Johnson	Duluth Stewarts	4-3
1982 A	St. Paul	Park Cottage Grove	Burnsville
1981 A	Cloquet	Duluth Sports Locker	Fergus Falls	9-5
1980 A	Minnetonka	Columbia Heights	Minnetonka	4-3
1979 A	Fridley	Bloomington Jefferson	Minnetonka
1978 A	Roseville	Irondale	Fridley
1977 A	Eveleth	Greenway of Coleraine	Duluth Rotary
1977 B	Minneapolis	Duluth Heights	Phalen Park	6-5 (OT)
1976 A	New Hope	Edina West	Rochester	7-4
1976 B	Rochester	New Ulm	Falcon Heights
1975 A	Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	Rochester	5-4
1975 B	Brooklyn Park	Brooklyn Park	Roseville
1974 A	Roseville	Roseville VFW	South St. Paul	8-3
1973 A	Bloomington	Mounds View	Greenway of Coleraine	5-2
1972 A	Bloomington	Edina	Greenway of Coleraine	9-1
1971 A	Bloomington	Edina	Mounds View	4-1
1970 A	Edina	Edina	Grand Rapids	7-5
1969 A	South St. Paul	Grand Rapids	Roseville	3-2
1968 A	South St. Paul	Edina	South St. Paul	1-0
1967 A	South St. Paul	Edina	Eveleth	8-1
1966 A	South St. Paul	Eveleth	Minneapolis Lucky Leven	6-2
1965 A	South St. Paul	Mounds View	Minneapolis VFW
1964 A	South St. Paul	Warroad	Duluth Lower Chester	8-3
1963 A	South St. Paul	Duluth Lower Chester	South St. Paul	4-3
1962 A	Hibbing	Greenway of Coleraine	Duluth Steelers	4-1
1961 A	Duluth	International Falls	Duluth Lower Chester