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March 4-7, 1998 St. Paul Civic Center & Mariucci Arena


1998 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Class Team Goals Assists Total Points
Jeff Taffe Class AA Hastings 3 4 7
John Pohl Class A Red Wing 3 8 11

IT'S REGION 7 AGAIN

Two teams that used to reside in Region 7 met for the Class A championship.  It was Eveleth-Gilbert defeating Hermantown 4-2 for its second title during the two-class era.  Jeff Dolinsek led the way for the Golden Bears with two goals.  When Eveleth-Gilbert won the Tier I title in 1993, it entered the tournament with an 11-14 record.  This season, the Golden Bears qualified with 19 victories.  On the way to the championship game, Hermantown dethroned Red Wing with a 2-1 victory in the first semifinal.  Duluth East made it a sweep for Region 7 with a 3-1 victory over Anoka in the Class AA championship game.  Gabe Taggart, Ross Carlson and Chad Roberg scored for the Greyhounds.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Six of the teams in the Class AA field entered with 20 wins.
  • This would be the last state tournament that a private school was not in the Class A field.  There were also no private schools in the Class AA field during the 1998 state tournament.
  • This marked the last hockey tournament at the formidable St. Paul Civic Center, and in St. Paul for two years.
  • Local sports artist Terrence Fogarty artwork adorned the cover of the tournament program - a tradition that has continued for both Boys & Girls hockey tournaments since.
  • Tournament Attendance: 116,155

Owatonna - Class AA Section 1

Roster Position Number
Packy Sarazine W 2
David VonRuden C 3
Matt Homuth W 4
Matt Boeke D 6
Phil Thompson W 7
Bill Miller W & D 9
Matt Kruckeberg C 10
Trevor Olson W 13
Josh Frisbie W 14
Phil McDonald D 15
Rob Donahue W & C 16
Aaron Busch D 17
Eric Pearson W 21
Daren Ignaszewski C 22
Mike Pegg D 25
Mike Sarazine W 29
David Warner G 31
Jesse Cashman W 36
Mark Meier W & D 37
Adam Hanna G 40
Dennis Will Head Coach
John Hines Assistant Coach

Hastings - Class AA Section 2

Roster Position Number
Corey McKenzie W 5
Bobby Swanson W 6
Josh Canniff W 7
Mark Jones D 8
Derek Garcia D 10
Dustin Vogelgesang W 11
Bobby Miller D 12
Nick Husting W 15
Adam Gerlach C 16
Cody Swanson C 17
Pete Swanson W 19
Blake Bartelma C 20
Greg Jacobson W 21
Jeff Taffe C 22
Dan Welch W 23
Jake Majeski D 24
Mike Krauth D 25
Ben Tharp D 26
Jason Slattum G 29
Ben Utecht G 33
Jon Krauth Manager
Justin Lawrence Manager
Russ Welch Head Coach
Jerry Meier Assistant Coach

White Bear Lake - Class AA Section 3

Roster Position Number
Bryan Hedenstad G 1
Jesse Anderson D 2
Steve Collova D 3
Paul Thomas D 4
Joe Dustin D 5
Dustin Combs D 6
Tony Lawrence D 7
Josh Liebenow F 8
Ryan Connelly F 9
Nick Kling F 10
Tim Skaar F 11
Mike Esty F 12
Marco Naylon F 14
Billie Luger F 15
Scott Kaupp F 16
John Godbout F 17
Brendan Connelly F 18
Jon Hurt F 19
Tim Olsen F 20
Erik Young G 30
Nicole Hurt Manager
Robert Gindorff Manager
Steve Hurt Head Coach
Ben Butters Assistant Coach

Anoka - Class AA Section 4

Roster Position Number
Brandon Greb G 1
Adam Reid D 2
Dan Scott G 3
Scott Krzmarzick F 4
Pavel Hlavacek F 5
Chad Zwerling D 8
Mike Johnson D 9
Bryan Talbot F 10
Joe Johnson F 11
Gabe Hilmoe D 12
Jesse Wesp F 13
Ryan Johnson D 14
Adam Sharratt F 15
Rick Talbot F 16
Jeff Turnquist F 17
Ryan Krzmarzick D 18
Jesse Fish F 19
Jerrid Reinholz F 20
Scott Lichter D 21
Ryan Eason G 30
Aaron Eason Manager
Renee Butler Manager
John Birrenkott Head Coach
Pete Hayes Assistant Coach

Bloomington Jefferson - Class AA Section 5

Roster Position Number
Erik Anderson G 1
Mike Ramthun W 2
Christian Koelling W 3
Bryan Schmidt D 4
Dave Hergert W 5
Kevin Allen D 6
Jake Heisler W 7
Ryan Mack W 8
Ryan Lenton D 9
Erik Ste. Marie D 10
Jon Corbett W 11
Bryan Kranz C 12
Todd Koehnen W 14
Brian Dahlen C 16
Adam Lati D 17
Nick Oprish D 18
Andy Kranz W 19
Lee Brooks C 21
Jim Haugen C 22
Mike Stansberry G 35
Kevin Vranicar Manager
Josh Steinhouse Manager
Tom Saterdalen Head Coach
Mike Thomas Assistant Coach

Edina - Class AA Section 6

Roster Position Number
Jeff Hall G 1
Sam Cornelius D 2
P.J. Atherton D 3
Nate Mitchell D 5
Matt Hansen W 6
Peter Fitzgerald W & C 7
Andy Budish W & C 8
Justin Kapsen D & W 9
Dan Freeman D 10
Cam McCambridge W & C 11
Josh Budish W 12
Brian Ginkel W 14
Christian Olson W & C 16
Dustin Heigl C 17
Anthony Masotto C 19
Peter Caspersen D 20
Jeff Yurecko W & C 21
Geoff Kragness W & C 22
Joey Gorman W 23
Rick Chihi G 30
Mirko Dehring Manager
David Fischer Manager
Bart Larson Head Coach
Rob Little Assistant Coach

Duluth East - Class AA Section 7

Roster Position Number
Tyler Olson G 1
Jon Hedberg D 2
Mark Anunti D 4
Gabe Taggart C 9
Dan Roman W 10
Chad Roberg C 11
Jesse Hagadorn C 12
Mike Marshall W 14
Zach Burns W 15
Nick Angell D 20
Patrick Finnegan D 22
Mike Salmela D 23
Jesse Karich D 25
Justin Patterson W 26
Nick Licari W 27
Nick Serre W 28
Ross Carlson W 31
Rheese Carlson W 32
Adam Coole G 35
Kevin Oswald W 36
Jim Randolph Manager
Mitch Pitoscia Manager
Mike Randolph Head Coach
Terry Johnson Assistant Coach

Roseau - Class AA Section 8

Roster Position Number
Kevin Baugher G 1
Derrick Byfuglien D 2
Paul Baumgartner D 3
Nathan Berry D 4
Lance Novacek W 5
Josh Grahn D 6
Josh Olson W 7
Matt Erickson D 8
Aaron Degerness C 9
Parry Eidsmoe D 10
David Klema C 11
Jesse Modahl W 12
Phillip Larson W 14
Mark Fabian W 15
Mike Klema W 16
Nate Gustafson D 17
Bobby John Byfuglien W 19
David Lundbohm C 20
Tony Erickson G 21
Jake Brandt G 30
Neal Dieter Manager
Bruce Olson Head Coach
Jim Lundbohm Assistant Coach

Red Wing - Class A Section 1

Roster Position Number
Andrew Trapanese G 1
Brian Cashman D 3
Derek Kuglin D 4
John Radmer D 5
Mark Bang F 6
Travis Trembath D 7
Sam Phillips D 8
Andy Bang F 9
Jesse Borseth F 10
Johnny Pohl F 11
Tom Moore F 12
Sam Stechmann F 13
Mark Pohl F 14
Seth Larson F 15
Josh Vonch F 16
Bryan O'Donnell D 17
Nick Haase F 18
Jordan Anderson F 19
Nate Anderson F 20
Joe Edstrom G 30
Joanna Bang Manager
Victoria Losinski Manager
George Nemanich Head Coach
Kevin Larson Assistant Coach

Hermantown - Class A - Section 2

Roster Position Number
Chris Oppel G 1
Rob Wittwer D 2
Reed Malvick D 3
Zach Graves W 4
Andy Lane D 5
J.R. Bradley D 6
Pat Andrews W 7
Clint Van Iseghem D 8
John McGovern W 9
Jason Allen W 10
Jesse Stokke W 11
Nick Dolentz W 12
Jon Francisco C 13
Tim Rust C 14
B.J. Knapp D 15
Chris Baron C 16
Kyle Dammer W 17
Jeff Skur C 18
Andy Corran W 19
Allen Knowles G 30
Chris Bjonskaas Manager
Heather Mell Manager
Bruce Plante Head Coach
Guy LeBland Assistant Coach

Mahtomedi - Class A Section 3

Roster Position Number
Tim Fisher G 1
Erik Nelson D 2
Matt Sobieski D 3
Joe Hemmenway D 4
Alex Rogosheske C 5
Ryan Jeffrey W 6
Tom Powers W 7
Chad Knudson W 8
John Redpath C 9
Jono Semlak D 10
Jim Pratt C 11
Tom Stevens D 12
Mark Myhre D 14
Nick Marshall W 15
Bobby Kelly W 16
Bobby Schauer W 17
Matt Marshall W 18
Matt Sowada W 19
Joe Redpath D 20
Reed Martz G 30
Dan Kloek Manager
Jeff Poeschl Head Coach
Rick Strelow Assistant Coach

Fergus Falls - Class A Section 4

Roster Position Number
Louis Karsnia G 1
Ben Brimhall D 2
David Karst D 3
Mike Erstad D 4
Chad Hopponen C 5
Lindsay Horgen LW 6
Rob Myster LW 7
Christian Riba RW 8
Aaron Goepferd D 9
Cory Donnay C 10
Aaron Olson RW 11
Jason Scott LW 12
Jason Lee RW 14
Josh Anderson C 15
Chris Swanson LW 16
Brett Neuleib D 17
Brandon Crowser RW 18
Aaron Welle C 19
Ben Shaw D 20
Ross Baker G 35
Ben Thompson Manager
Joe Schiedecker Manager
Brad Bergstrom Head Coach
Scott Bjerke Assistant Coach

Saint Louis Park - Class A Section 5

Roster Position Number
Jim Vosika G 1
John Neff D 2
Steve Parsons D 3
Rob Alvarado W 4
Daner Strong W 5
Brian Buchosky W 6
David Weigle C 8
Ted Courneva W 9
Ben Nelson W 10
Chris Duda D 11
Ben Norton W 12
Rob Anderson D 13
Dan Halvorson C 14
Jace Anders D 16
Aaron McEachran W 17
Joe Weiss W 18
Dan Hlavka C 19
Travis Pearson D 20
Brad Thompson C 21
Brendan McLaughlin G 35
Ben Zinnel Manager
Sarah Meneely Manager
Tim Donahue Head Coach
Paul Olson Assistant Coach

Mound-Westonka - Class A Section 6

Roster Position Number
Jaime McGrath C 5
Grant Farmer C 9
Justin Fegers W 10
Tyler Blood D 14
Chris Geyen W 15
Josh Miller D 16
Niles Lewin W 19
Mike Bill D 20
Derek Buranen W 22
Cory Mortenson D 23
Paul Ashenfelter W 25
Mike Lind W 26
Matt Rasmussen C 27
Jeff Sherf G 30
Ryan Corbitt C 32
Adam Kaatz D 33
Jake Westman D 34
Hans Loven W 36
Matt Farley G 37
Jon Miller W 40
Leon Provencher Manager
Ryan Tripp Manager
Jeff Monsrud Head Coach
Bill Kreuser Assistant Coach

Eveleth-Gilbert - Class A Section 7

Roster Position Number
Pete Samargia G 1
Steve Denny W 3
Jim Barg W 5
William Denny C 6
Phil Perpich W 7
Ryan Hirsch W 8
Casey Rice D 9
Andy Sacchetti C 10
Dan Heitzman D 11
Chad Studier D 13
Nick Leoni W 14
Troy Korpi D 15
Jesse Carlson W 16
Nick Cossalter W 17
Steve Troutwine W & D 19
Jeff Dolinsek W 21
Tony Dolinsek C 22
Kyle Hawley C 23
Matt Uhan G 24
Zach Sikich G 31
Heidi Erjavec Manager
Matt McCarty Manager
Craig Homola Head Coach
Bob Pazzelli Assistant Coach

East Grand Forks - Class A Section 8

Roster Position Number
Keith Johnson D 3
David Blue D 4
Neil Purcell D 5
Jon McDonald D 6
Brian Bakken D 7
Jon Stordahl C 8
Tyler Palmiscno C 9
Adam Lind D 10
Kyle Cash W 11
Justin Hecht W 12
Justin Hillier C 13
Patrick Knutson W 14
Nate Metcalf D 18
Ryan Blazek C 19
Scott Mack W 20
Travis Cariveau W 21
Ryan Gregoire W 22
Nick Stengl W 24
Jared Kovar G 30
Wade Holtman G 35
Andrew Jabs Manager
Matt Buckalew Manager
Jim Scanlan Head Coach
Jason Mack Assistant Coach