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March 10-11-12, 1983 St. Paul Civic Center

1983 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Team Goals Assists Total Points
Todd Okerlund Burnsville 2 6 8

ANOTHER TOURNEY FIRST

Hill-Murray capped an unbeaten (28-0) season with a 4-3 victory over Burnsville.  In doing so, the Pioneers became the first private school to win a boys' hockey state championship.  Hill-Murray opened with a 6-5 victory over Bloomington Kennedy in the final quarterfinal of the day.  Tony Curella completed a hat trick with a late third period goal for the win.  The Pioneers then topped Henry Sibley 3-1 in the semifinals.  Burnsville blanked International Falls in the quarterfinals and then bounced Columbia Heights 5-2 in the semifinals.

SLAP SHOTS

  • This was the only state tournament appearance for Columbia Heights.
  • International Falls run to state included a Section 7 quarterfinal upset, as the #6 ranked Broncos defeated the #1 ranked Hibbing in OT.  It was the 13th and final time that legendary Coach Larry Ross would take his team to state. 
  • In one of the tournament's most legendary tales, defending champion Edina lost 2-0 to Columbia Heights in the quarterfinals.  Columbia Heights goalie Reggie Miracle made 29 saves, many in spectacular fashion, in blanking the Hornets.
  • This was the first of five consecutive state tournament appearances and nine overall for Burnsville.
  • Tournament Attendance: 102,596

Burnsville - Section 1

Roster Position # Black, Gold, White
Jim Walker G 1
Jim DeGenaro D 2
Mark Olson D 3
Gil Dedrick D 4
Mike Lannon C 5
Mike Luckraft D 6
Todd Skime W 7
Todd Okerlund - Captain W 8
Tom Campbell - Captain C 9
Frank Cicerello D 10
John Theis W 11
Dave Thon W 12
Milan Mader W 13
Dave MacNulty W 14
John O'Brien D 15
Steve Mann W & C 16
Kevin Schrader D & W 17
Rich Krueger W 18
Louie Molnar C 18
John Olson G 30
Steve Kisch Manager
Eric Shover Manager
Tom Osiecki Coach
Ed Thomlinson Assistant Coach

Columbia Heights - Section 2

Roster Position # Blue & Gold
Dean Neisen W 1
D. J. Haller D 2
Gerard Cellette D 3
Todd McMurray W 4
Bill Peterson W 5
Brent Payne W 7
Brad Schlagel W 8 & 21
Barry Gerber C 9
Dave Olson D 10
Joe Mickelson W 11
Greg Larsen - Captain D 12
Tom Palkowski W 13
Tom Mrozka W 14
C.J. Kishish W 15
Matt Haller - Captain D 16
Mike Jones D 17
Dan Zych C 18
Tom Peterson C 19
Dick Cardinal W 20
Reggie Miracle - Captain G 30
Neil Corbett G 30
Scott Payne Manager
Elly Froiland Coach
Dennis Eissinger Assistant Coach

Hill-Murray - Section 3

Roster Position # White & Green
Mike Schwietz G 1
Mark Stonich D 2
Mark Nowicki D 3
Pat Heffernan D 4
Bob Leier D 5
Todd Norman C 6
Nick Belde D 7
Tom Follmer - Captain W 8
Mark Krois - Captain W 9
Tony Curella W 10
Tom Graske W 11
Jeff Thomas C 12
Paul Syfko W 14
Jeff Borndale W 15
Mark Horvath - Captain C 16
Mike Roth D 17
Jim Jirele C 18
Scott Faust W 19
Jim Boryczka W 20
Tim Galash G 21
John Rather Manager
Joe Giannini Manager
Terry Skrypek Coach
Bill Lechner Assistant Coach

Henry Sibley - Section 4

Roster Position # Red & Gold
Jon Stenhaug G 1
Greg Duckson C 2
Kevin Burth W 3
Gregg Kruse D 4
Bruce Datt C 5
Tom Sjodin D 6
Tom Genz C 7
Pat Herzog W 8
Brent Nagel - Captain D 9
Tim Erb W 10
Steve Fleming W 11
Pete Kaiser C 12
Gerold Pryor W 14
Troy Carlson W 15
Chris Kleineck C 16
Tim Ahern - Captain W 17
Bill Fillion D 18
Mike Thompson D 19
Paul Medernach - Captain W 20
Bill Korfhage G 30
Eric Breidel Manager
Tim Weber Manager
Joe Zywiec Head Coach
Jim Thomas Assistant Coach

Bloomington Kennedy - Section 5

Roster Position # Gold & Blue
Scott McWilliams G 1
Tim Cline W 2
Craig Dahlen C 3
Greg Snyder - Captain D 4
Jim Boyle W 5
Steve Biersdorf W 6
Dan Tousignant C 7
Pat Swetela - Captain W 8
Larry Leeman - Captain C 9
Dallas Miller W 10
Dave Barr C 11
Jeff Wenande D 12
John Reuder W 13
Jim Hartmann W 14
Kevin Zimmer D 15
Jeff Jungwirth W 16
Mike Murphy W 17
Budd Bergloff D 18
John Schmitz D 19 & 30
Jeff Mies G 35
Mark Maneval Manager
Jon Hatleberg Manager
Jerry Peterson Head Coach
Craig Hoffman Assistant Coach

Edina - Section 6

Roster Position # Green, Gold & White
John Basill G 1
Steve Enrico D 2
Tim Eickhoff C 3
Jon Foust D 4
Greg Dornbach C 5
Mark Humphrey W 7
Dave Sarp W 8
Bill Mork W 9
Paul Roff D 10
Paul Ranheim C 11
Steve Shaffer W 12
Andy Hatch C 13
Greg McKush W 14
Tom Terwilliger W 15
Dan Wurst D 17
John VanderVort D 18
Mike Roberts D 19
Dan Carroll - Captain W 20
Mike DeVoe W 21
Jeff Luger G 30
Sean Dodge Manager
Ted Cadwell Manager
Willard Ikola Head Coach
Bart Larson Assistant Coach

International Falls - Section 7

Roster Position # Purple & Gold
Larry Crosby G 1
Charlie Dalton - Captain D 2
Jay Schultz D 3
Todd Lepper D 4
Kevin Sullivan D 5
Troy Lepper F 6
Mike Fox F 7
Neil Kennedy F 8
Tom Lynch F 9
Jody Horn - Captain F 10
Andy Casareto F 11
Tony Borden F 12
Chris Anderson F 13
Kipp Raboin - Captain F 14
Tony Casareto F 15
Bob Elliott F 16
Jeff Witherspoon F 17
Terry Shold F 18
Brad Bergstrom G 30
Jeff Wickstrom D 37
Jeff Brouillard Manager
Hans Schumacher Manager
Larry Ross Head Coach
Terry Burns Assistant Coach

Roseau - Section 8

Roster Position # Green & White
Troy Olson G 1
Paul Erickson - Captain D 2
Steve Dorwart W 3
Scott Vatnsdal D 4
Mike Ross D 5
Russell Palm D 6
Chad Johnson - Captain C 7
Bruce Helgeson W 8
Brian Pastir - Captain W 9
Paul Broten C 10
Sean Bucy C 11
Perry Pastir W 12
Daron Grefthen W 14
Tom Pederson D 15
Kevin Dallum C 16
David Brown W 17
Kirby Espe C 18
Larry Goos W 19
Lyle Dahlgren W 20
Don Johnson G 30
Donald Monsrud Manager
Steve Aronson Manager
Gary Hokanson Head Coach
Gary Ross Assistant Coach