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March 12-13-14, 1981 St. Paul Civic Center

1981 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Team Goals Assists Total Points
Tony Kellin Grand Rapids 3 6 9

FRESH FACES

Two first-time championship entrants were featured in this tournament with Irondale (New Brighton) and Bloomington Jefferson.  Bloomington Jefferson emerged with a 3-2 victory.  The Jaguars scored three unanswered goals after Irondale had opened with the game's first goal.  Bloomington Jefferson's journey to a state championship began with a 4-3 victory over defending champion Grand Rapids in the quarterfinals.  It continued with a 4-1 victory over upstart Apple Valley.  Irondale needed victories over two traditional powers to advance: 7-3 over Roseau in the quarterfinals and a 5-3 in over South St. Paul in the semifinals.

SLAP SHOTS

  • This was the third and final state tournament appearance for Irondale.
  • This was the only time Edina West Cougars qualified for the state tournament.
  • Apple Valley qualified for its first state tournament with a 10-13 record.
  • Tournament Attendance: 100,914

Apple Valley - Section 1

Roster Position # Brown, Gold & White
Chris Hagen G 1
Al Yetzer D 2
Steve Calhoun D 3
Roger Grillo D 4
Jeff Michaelson D 5
Mike Theodorson D 6
Mike Beaudry C 7
Bruce Hegland W 9
Rene Comeault D 10
Scott Mayer W 11
Keith Substad W 12
Phil Herman C 15
Darcy Gryba C 16
Mike Lebens W 17
Mike Johnson W 18
Deno Pelligrino W 19
John Theodorson C 20
Joe Ciernia G 30
Shan Huber Manager
Larry Hendrickson Coach
Dave Ottness Assistant Coach

Irondale - Section 2

Roster Position # Maroon & Gold
Jon Downing G 1
Erik Sjodin D 2
Dave Kirwin D 3
Dana Hildreth C 4
Steve Checco C 6
Steve Hoppe W 7
Steve Witucki W 8
Ken Brovold W 9
Mike Manley W 10
Mark Smith W 11
Lou Hedberg D 12
Clayton Keister D 13
Dan Lode W 14
Mike Bjugstad W 15
Mark Bader C 16
Loren Bayer W 17
Bill Burns D 18
Jeff Kaiser G 20
Mark Bucko Manager
Carl Dahl Manager
Dave Manley Coach
Dick Neilsen Assistant Coach

North St. Paul - Section 3

Roster Position # White & Red
Josh Anderson G 1
Dave Jawish D 2
Mike DiMartino D 3
Mark Sandberg D 4
Garret Hendrickson W 5
Mark Wilhelmy D 6
Ed Charpentier C 7
Bing Voss W 8
Craig Campbell C 9
Todd Carlile D 10
Jack Benson W 12
Tom Parenteau D 14
Carl Kreiger C 16
Doug Bird W 17
Mike Anderson C 18
Leo Hanna W 19
Dan Peterson W 20
Mike Moline G 30
John Docken Manager
Bob Pogalz Manager
William Halbrehder Coach
Crist Langelett Assistant Coach
Pat McKuskey Assistant Coach

South St. Paul - Section 4

Roster Position # White & Maroon
Tom Seaberg G 1
Tom Mikutowski D 2
Randy Schueller D 3
Eric Flom D 4
Steve Zwieg D 5
Phil Housley D 6 & 20
Paul Gallus W 7
Herb Badalich W 8
Rick O'Brien W 10
Larry Housley C 11
Jaime Roberts W 12
Tom Stiles W 14
Peter Bauer W 15
Dave Sobaski W 16
Tom Dalzell C 17
Charlie Gorman W 18
Jeff Dolby C 19
Greg VanDeWalker G 30
Scott Running Manager
Bob Pieper Manager
Doug Woog Coach
James Jacobson Assistant Coach
Donald Willer Assistant Coach

Bloomington Jefferson - Section 5

Roster Position # Columbia Blue & Silver
Chris Robideau G 1
Tom Kelly D 2
Chris Gram W & D 3
Jim Becker D 4
Kirk Nelson D 5
Jim Gess D 6
Dan Beaty W 7
Scott Myklebust C & W 8
Kyle Kranz W & C 9
Rob Ohno D 10
Steve Nornes W 11
Lee Fjellman W & C 12
Terry Sullivan W & C 13
Tony Mazzu W 14
Steve Bianchi C 15
Joe Wech C 16
Paul Gess W 17
Scott Schoening G 35
Craig Havlicek Manager
Randy Thompson Manager
Tom Saterdalen Coach
John Bianchi Assistant Coach

Edina West - Section 6

Roster Position # White # Green & Gold
Jim Lozinski G 1 1
Tom Rzeszut D 2 2
Wally Chapman W 3 3
Mike Spear D 4 4
Mike Roberts D 6 6
Paul Fee W 8 8
Mike O'Connor C 9 9
John Deasey W 10 7
Tom Frisk W 7 11
Tom Vidmar W 12 12
Pat Rolfes C 13 13
Mike Oliver W 14 14
Wes Olsen W 15 15
Jeff Kloewer D 16 16
Scott Ferguson D 17 17
John DeVoe W 18 18
Dave Maley C 18 18
John Basill G 30 30
Brad Bredehoft Manager
Dan Moran Manager
Bart Larson Coach
Bob O'Connor Assistant Coach

Grand Rapids - Section 7

Roster Position # Orange & Black
Paul Kaczor G 1
Darrel Solem W 2
Brian Crippa D 3
Marty Pirjevec D 4
Glenn Palso D 5
Tony Kellin D 6
Pat Bowe W 7
Dave Casey W 9
Eric Lempe W 10
Steve LaRoque C 11
Chris LeVasseur C 12
Rian Reed C & W 13
Ron Renner D 15
Jim Malwitz C 16
Mike Gibeau W 17
Ron Holum W 18
Bruce LaRoque W 19
Todd Laudenback G 30
Bob Dunnell Manager
Greg White Manager
Jim Nelson Coach
Lyn Ellingson Assistant Coach
Ted Brill Assistant Coach

Roseau - Section 8

Roster Position # White & Green
Allan Desrosier G 1
Paul Erickson D 2
Steve Huglen D 3
Bill McDonald D 5
Lyndell Vatnsdal D 6
Billy Yon C 7
Chad Johnson C 8
Perry Espe W 9
Jay Ness D 10
Keith Beito W 11
Sheldon Weston C 12
Jay Otto W 14
Steve Storo W 15
Shawn Hallie W 16
Mike Vacura W 17
David Provance W 18
Larry Goos W 19
Mark Amundson G 30
Larry Row Manager
Jerry Skoglund Manager
Gary Hokanson Coach
Gary Ross Assistant Coach