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March 3-6, 1999 Target Center & Mariucci Arena


1999 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Class Team Goals Assists Total Points
Mike Klema Class AA Roseau 7 2 9
Troy Riddle Class A Benilde-St. Margaret’s 7 2 9

TEMPORARY HOME

The Target Center, home of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, also became the home of the MSHSL's boys hockey state tournament for two seasons while the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul was being built.  Benilde-St. Margaret's became the first private school, and the first metro-based school, to win the Class A championship.  The Red Knights did so with a 4-2 victory over East Grand Forks in the title game.  Benilde-St. Margaret's erased a 2-1 deficit with three goals in the third period.  Troy Riddle had a goal and an assist, and Joe Schuman had two assists in the outburst.  Roseau, a Class A school by enrollment size, opted to play in Class AA and the move paid off with a 4-0 victory over Hastings in the championship game.  Josh Olson, David Klema, Mike Klema and Matt Erickson all contributed a goal and an assist for the Rams.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Roseau and Holy Angels were the only teams in the Class AA field with one loss.  It became two for Holy Angels after Roseau's 6-2 win in the semifinals.
  • Dan Welch of Hastings scored two goals in a 40-second span, including the winner with one second left in regulation time, that gave the Raiders a 7-6 victory over Blaine in the Class AA quarterfinals.
  • Only one penalty was whistled in the Class AA championship game and it was assessed to Hastings.
  • Saint Thomas Academy makes its state tournament debut.
  • Tournament Attendance: 106,307

Rochester Mayo - Class AA Section 1

Roster Position Number
Jeffery Jakaitis G 1
Andy Canzanello D 2
Joe Cicora D 4
Collin Nash W 5
Ben Fjerstad C 6
Brandon Buskowiak C 7
Ben Larson D 8
Mike Vlasak W 9
Max Bahr C 10
Travis Krahn W 11
Brian Fisher W 12
Mark Pettis D 14
Nick Harper D 15
Brandon Wiltgen D 16
Jeff Schafer C 17
Matt Notermann W 19
Mitch Hanson C 20
Sage Swanson W 21
Sam Everson W 22
Mike Quast G 30
Joe Eveslage Manager
Andy Huseth Manager
Lorne Grosso Co-Head Coach
Jeff Whitney Co-Head Coach
Dustin Hookom Assistant Coach

Hastings - Class AA Section 2

Roster Position Number
Luke Welch D 5
Casey Welch C 7
Kyle Kallas W 9
Derek Garcia D 10
Dustin Vogelgesang W 11
Bobby Miller D 12
Adam Gerlach C 16
Cody Swanson C 17
Travis Kieffer W 18
Pete Swanson W 19
Matt Van Der Bosch W 20
Erik Aarness W 21
Jeff Taffe C 22
Dan Welch W 23
Jake Majeski D 24
Nick Husting W 25
Ben Tharp D 26
Joe Stewart D 27
Matt Klein G 29
Ben Utecht G 33
Cory Kochendorfer Manager
Tim Lawrence Manager
Russ Welch Head Coach
Jerry Meier Assistant Coach

Hill-Murray - Class AA Section 3

Roster Position Number
Landon Franzmeier G 1
Casey O. Regan D 7
Ted Dickhudt W 8
Kyle Holzinger W & C 9
Christian Toll W 10
Andy Nolan C 11
Matt Krengel D 12
Tom Dickhudt W & C 14
Steve Czech D 16
Matt Shillings W 17
Adam Nelson W 18
Bobby Ahmann W 19
Brad Holzinger - Captain D 20
Dan Kehler G 21
Adam Rhein D 22
Matt Koalska - Captain C 24
Derek Larson - Captain W 25
Mitch Frokjer D 26
Joe Kaufman C 27
Dan Miller W 28
Steve Gahler Manager
Bill Lechner Head Coach
Pat Schafhauser Assistant Coach

Blaine - Class AA Section 4

Roster Position Number
Steve Witkowski G 1
Doug Witkowski W 3
Eric Johnson D 4
Trevor Frischmon W 6
Tony Nelson D 7
Scott Foyt C 9
Matt Hendricks C 10
Brandon Bochenski W 14
Sean Kneeland W 15
Scott Romfo W 20
Greg Zemple D 21
Adam Holmgren W 22
Erik Johnson W 23
Nate Kortuem D 24
Matt Moore C 26
Mike Johnson D 27
Chris Brown D 28
Drew Palmgren D 32
Justin Johnson G 33
Jim Nordstrom W 36
Dan Grassman Manager
Ben Kelly Manager
Steve Larson Co-Head Coach
Scott Bjugstad Co-Head Coach
Steve Guider Assistant Coach

Academy Of Holy Angels - Class AA Section 5

Roster Position Number
Justin Hauge C 4
Matt Logan D 6
Josh Singer D 7
Mike Reierson D 8
Connor Phippen D 9
Mike Jewison W 10
Adam Kaiser W 11
Justin Metz W 12
Cory Garven C 14
Andrew Cooney C 15
Ryan LaMere D 16
Tyler Howells W 19
Billy Hengen C 20
Casey Garven W 21
Jon Fleming W 21
Rod Wimberly D 23
Mike Draper W 24
Chris Nelson W 26
Justin Eddy G 33
Ryan Ess G 35
Tom Solum Manager
Tim Rollwagen Manager
Greg Trebil Head Coach
Guy Olson Assistant Coach

Eden Prairie - Class AA Section 6

Roster Position Number
Dan Kuhl G 1
Colin Peters D 2
Dan Kolbo D 3
Ryan Anderson F 4
John Wilson F 5
Chad Fifield F 6
Luke Flaig F 7
Dan Krmpotich F 8
Matt Johnson F 9
Mike Hawkins D 10
Nick Hanson D 11
Dave Siler F 12
John Heinmiller F 14
Mike Erickson F 15
David Olson D 16
Garrett Smaagaard F 17
Frank McQuillan D 18
Brian Rassmussen F 19
John Kalligher D & F 20
Jon Volp G 30
Jason Greer Manager
Chris Carlson Manager
Lee Smith Head Coach
Brent Bovitz Assistant Coach

Elk River Area - Class AA Section 7

Roster Position Number
Mitch Glines G 1
Ryan Milless W 2
Bryan Nathe D 3
Nick Droogsma D 5
Andy Holmes D 6
Nate Droogsma C 7
Jake Lemke D 8
John Brumer W 9
Joey Bailey W 10
Andy Crook D 11
Paul Martin D 15
Kelly Plude C 16
Justin Nikle W 17
Trevor Stewart C 18
Carson Ezati W 19
Chris Nathe W 20
Jed Leonard C 21
Joel Hanson W 29
Tom Aulik G 31
Eric Hanson W 33
Katie Fenton Manager
Erika Hudson Manager
Tony Sarsland Head Coach
Rob Loftus Assistant Coach


Used By Permission - Mike Thill Let's Play Hockey Photographer

Roseau - Class AA Section 8

Roster Position Number
Tony Erickson G 1
Derrick Byfuglien D 2
Paul Baumgartner D 3
Nathan Berry D 4
Ross Miller D 5
Josh Grahn D 6
Josh Olson W 7
Matt Erickson W 8
Aaron Degerness C 9
Parry Eidsmoe D 10
David Klema C 11
Jesse Modahl C 12
Phillip Larson W 14
Mark Fabian W 15
Mike Klema W 16
Erik Fabian W 17
Ryan Fevold C 18
Bobby John Byfuglien W 19
Luke Erickson W 20
Jake Brandt G 30
Frank Wookey Manager
Bruce Olson Head Coach
Jim Lundbohm Assistant Coach

Red Wing - Class A Section 1

Roster Position Number
Gabe Kinney G 1
Mike Wooden D 3
Derek Kuglin D 4
Erik Miner D 5
Luke Torvold F 6
Brad Cashman D 7
Sam Phillips D 8
Andy Bang F 9
Reid Cashman D 10
Matt Dugstad F 11
Curt Caverly F 12
Sam Stechmann F 13
Mark Pohl F 14
Ben Bluhm F 15
Jake Bluhm F 16
Neal Speetzen D 17
Nick Haase F 18
Jordan Anderson F 19
Nate Anderson F 20
Mike Anderson G 30
Clare Cook Manager
Matt Jagusch Manager
George Nemanich Head Coach
Kevin Larson Assistant Coach

Hermantown - Class A Section 2

Roster Position Number
Andrew Weber G 1
B.J. Radovich C 2
Dan Knapp D 3
Peter Eng D 4
Steve Henry D 5
J.R. Bradley D 6
Billy Patton W 7
Clint Vanlseghem W 8
Dane Johnson W 9
Scott Chilberg W 10
Jesse Stokke D 11
Scott Arras D 12
Jon Francisco C 13
Eric Larson C 14
Jeremy Byrnes RW 15
Chris Baron C 16
Reid Amborn LW 17
Loren Kaake RW 18
Andy Corran RW 19
Allen Knowles G 30
Kris Bjonskaas Manager
Britt Sandstrom Manager
Bruce Plante Head Coach
Guy LeBlanc Assistant Coach

Saint Thomas Academy - Class A Section 3

Roster Position Number
Scott Kispert W 2
Dusty Wilhelmy D 5
Joe Forliti D 7
Brett Mackenzie W 9
Kevin Devoy C 10
Brian Clevenger W 12
Matt Langevin W 14
Brian Linscheid D 15
Ryan Inman D 16
Mick Deslauriers C 17
Mike Fretschel D 18
Nate Howard W 19
Matt Bennett C 20
Bill Filkeid W 21
Anthony Blumer W 22
Ryan Rutzick W 25
Nick Closmore D 26
John Funk C 27
Ethan Keller G 31
Brian Monahan G 35
Tad Conroy Manager
Kevin Dobie Manager
Bill McCarthy Head Coach
Darrin Janisch Assistant Coach

Fergus Falls - Class A Section 4

Roster Position Number
Chester Raguse G 1
Ben Brimhall D 2
Nate Townsend D 3
David Karst D 4
Justin Stock D & RW 5
D.J. Ecker D 6
Rob Myster LW 7
Christian Riba LW 8
Zack Olson LW 9
Cory Donnay C 10
Aaron Olson RW 11
David Lindblom D 12
Jason Lee RW 14
Josh Anderson C 15
Chad Hopponen RW 16
Ryan Miller C 17
Josh Shol C 18
Sam Zender LW 19
Ben Shaw D 20
Kevin Ackley G 35
Joe Schiedecker Manager
Ryan Johnson Manager
Brad Bergstrom Head Coach
Scott Bjerke Assistant Coach

Benilde-Saint Margaret's - Class A Section 5

Roster Position Number
Jake Schuman G 1
Luke Irwin D 2
Tony Kerssen C 3
Mike Grobe D 4
Billy Rodgers W 5
Garrett Gruenke D 6
Joe Schuman D 7
Travis Veit W 8
Troy Riddle W 9
Nick Hoiseth W 10
Mike Tyree W 13
Andrew Mosher W 14
Rastislav Valko C 16
Adam Ahern W 17
Chris Wickersham D 18
Kyle Danaher W 19
Jake Riddle W 20
Ryan Hopkins C 21
Andrew Alberts D 22
David Rogalski G 29
Brannon Garvert Manager
Elliot Botten Manager
Ken Pauly Head Coach
Jack Blatherwick Assistant Coach

Blake School - Class A Section 6

Roster Position Number
Ryan Yazdi G 1
Win Hornig F 4
Sean Kennedy D 5
Joe Levitt D 6
Ryan Carlson F 7
Jon Reigstad F 9
Brian Chandler F 10
Eric Ramsay D 11
Chris Norqual D 12
Matt Frauenshuh F 14
Tyler Deans F 15
Derrick Fansler-Wald D 16
Jordan Wilhelm F 17
Michael Polansky F 20
Charlie Engasser D 22
David Moos F 23
Steve Nelson F 25
Tobias Johansson F 26
Carl Hensel F 27
Eric Dayton G 29
Shane Goodman Manager
Jeff Lindquist Head Coach
John Russo Jr. Assistant Coach

Silver Bay - Class A Section 7

Roster Position Number
Greg Buell G 1
Benji Klemmer D 3
Jake Byrnes D 4
Jared Conboy D 5
Andy Martinson W 6
Luke Mattila W 7
Sean Buckley W 9
Nic Johnson C 10
John Conboy D 11
B.J. Larson D 12
Tracy Pearson W 13
Tanner Paulseth C 14
Kyle Osmundson C 15
Andy Johnson C 17
Dan Timm W 19
Tom Christensen W 20
Eric Berquist W 23
Matt Cook W 24
Earl Nikula D 26
Kasey Harling G 29
Jeni Goutermont Manager
Stacy Johnson Manager
Mike Guzzo Head Coach
Gary Gustafson Assistant Coach

East Grand Forks - Class A Section 8

Roster Position Number
Mike Olson G 1
Sam Brown D 2
Keith Johnson D 3
Jonathon Hussey W 7
Scott Johnson D 8
Adam Hanson W 9
Neil Purcell D 10
Kyle Cash C 11
Matt Hangsleben D 12
Shawn Bartlette W 13
Patrick Knutson W 14
Mike Carlson W 15
Ryan Boline W 16
Ryan Gregoire C 17
Justin Hecht W 18
Ryan Blazek C 19
Jon Stordahl C 20
Aaron Eckhoff W 21
Mitch Skyberg D 22
Tommy White G 35
Nate Johnson Manager
Ross McMahon Manager
Jim Scanlan Head Coach
Jason Mack Assistant Coach