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March 5-8, 2003 Xcel Energy Center & Mariucci Arena


2003 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Class Team Goals Assists Total Points
Josh Frider Class AA Moorhead 4 1 5
Shea Walters Class A Hibbing 3 6 9

ONE-GOAL ODYSSEYS

This was the tightest Class A tournament with seven games that were decided by just one goal.  Three of the quarterfinal games were 2-1 decisions with two of them needing overtime.  The Class A championship game wasn't a one-goal margin, but it was tight nonetheless.  Warroad notched another championship with a 3-1 victory over Simley.  James Knudsen supplied the winner at the 11 mark of the third period before the Warriors got an empty-netter to seal their title.  In Class AA, Anoka resumed a northwest suburban run of dominance with a 3-1 victory over Roseville.  Andrew Johnson, Craig Chapman and Derek Johnson netted goals for the Tornadoes.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Hibbing's Drew Walters led Class A scorers with five goals during the tournament Moorhead's Josh Frider led Class AA with four.
  • Future NHL 1st round overall pick - Erik Johnson with Academy of Holy Angles played in the Tourney as a freshman.
  • Tournament Attendance: 115,524

Lakeville - Class AA Section 1

Roster Position Number
Ted Henderson D 3
Erik Solberg F 4
Tony Clemons F 11
Bart Daniels D 12
David Olson F 13
Eric Nygren F 14
Aaron Larson F 16
Sig Berg F 17
David Rosen D 20
Cody Traxler G 21
Jon Ongjoco F 22
Jason Wong D 23
Ryan Jacobus F 25
Tony Altavilla F 26
Aaron Weber F 27
Adam Davis D 28
Brandon O'Brien G 30
Nathan Cathcart D 32
Mike Vanasek F 33
Spencer Ancel F 38
Will Forbord Manager
Ryan Morris Manager
Randy Schmitz Head Coach
Paul Rutt Assistant Coach
Darrin Sawchuck Assistant Coach

Roseville Area - Class AA Section 2

Roster Position Number
Kellen Chamblee F 3
Taylor Cox D 4
Tom Kreuser D 7
Pat Eagles F 9
Brandon Svendsen F 13
Kyle Odegaard F 14
Andy Carroll F 15
Neal Carlson D 17
David Anderson F 18
Mike Sertich F 19
Tucker Babbington F 20
John Kretchmer F 21
Justin Hanna D 22
Collin Cody F 23
Sam Dorr D 24
Peter Morrison F 27
John Schlosser D 28
Patrick Kriegler G 29
Blake Twardowski F 31
Jerad Kaufmann G 33
Megan Schlossmacher Manager
Maggie Weinke Manager
Steve Sertich Head Coach
Wayne Nelson Assistant Coach
Paul Bailey Assistant Coach

White Bear Lake - Class AA Section 3

Roster Position Number
Chris Anderson D 3
Dustin Mercado D 4
Shawn Wight D 6
Matt Anderson F 8
Troy Collova F 9
Chad Berger F 10
Lance Malark F 12
Matt Greer F 16
Pat Connelly F 17
Jeff Pauling F 18
Justin Braun D 20
Dan Bonne F 21
Cliff Burke F 26
Josh Erhardt D 28
Jon Anderson G 29
Zach Faust G 31
Josh Faust F 32
John Kovacs D 34
Justin Fuith F 39
Peter Majkozak F 40
Nick Oklobzija Manager
John Flater Manager
Tim Sager Head Coach
Ben Butters Assistant Coach
Jeff Martin Assistant Coach

Anoka - Class AA Section 4

Roster Position Number
Kyle Olstad G 1
Matt Sorteberg D 2
Ben Hendrick F 3
Joe Ganser D 8
Danny Hewitt D 9
Zach Nelson F 10
Eric Johnson D 14
Craig Chapman F 15
Chase Evertz D 19
Andy LaHoud F 22
Aaron LaHoud F 22
Sean Fish F 23
Tim Manthey D 26
Tyler Barclay F 27
Chad Olstad F 32
Kyle Augst G 34
Billy Becker F 36
Andrew Johnson F 37
Tony Loiuselle F 38
Derek Johnson D 40
Jeff Phelps Manager
Todd Manthey Head Coach
Paul Talbot Assistant Coach
Rick Wesp Assistant Coach

Academy Of Holy Angels - Class AA Section 5

Roster Position Number
Jeff Frazee G 1
Jared Hummel D 3
Jack Hillen D 4
Jimmy Kilpatrick F 7
Ross Cooney F 8
Erik Johnson D 9
Mike Taylor F 10
Nick Ames F 11
Kevin Huck F 12
Mike Krempa D 15
Jay Barriball F 16
Andy Cameron F 17
Trevor Bruess F 19
Erik Heltne F 20
Kevin Rollwagen F 21
Doug Nelson D 22
Jason Gomez F 23
Nate Elsen F 24
Dan Brown D 25
Ben Luth G 35
Tim Madsen Manager
Kevin Cline Manager
Greg Trebil Head Coach
Guy Olson Assistant Coach
Jeff James Assistant Coach

Eden Prairie - Class AA Section 6

Roster Position Number
Max Dodds G 1
Jason Olsen W 4
Matt Rau D 5
Nick Peters D 7
Pat Siering D 8
Pat Byers W 9
Ryan Hawkings C 10
Joe Beck D 11
Nate Hanson W 12
Kevin Szarzynski W 15
Jordan Iverson W 16
Joe Pierce W 17
DJ Dassenko D 18
Chad Rau C 19
Chris Berg W 21
Dave Watters W 22
Marcus Paulson G 30
Chris Berenguer D 33
Brandon Dean C 39
Brady Miller C 40
Nick Michelson Manager
Chelsie Hamsa Manager
Lee Smith Head Coach
Mike Terwilliger Assistant Coach
Dave Anderson Assistant Coach

Duluth East - Class AA Section 7

Roster Position Number
Chris H. Johnson D 2
Chris Aro D 3
John Jacques D 4
Eric Dahlberg D 5
Pete Hansen D 6
Reed Lally F 9
Blaine Gamst F 10
Brian Lasky F 12
Louis Krenzen F 13
Morrie Hennessy F 14
Brian Stovern F 16
Dave Plaunt F 16
Tom Knutson F 19
Charlie Butterworth F 20
Andy Sternberg F 21
Phil Johnson D 22
Rob Johnson F 26
Jake Maida G 30
Matt Polzin F 42
Chris Sall G 45
Tony Murray Manager
Mike Randolph Head Coach
Larry Trachsel Assistant Coach
Terry Johnson Assistant Coach

Moorhead - Class AA Section 8

Roster Position Number
Tyler Johnson D 3
Jon Ammerman D 4
Jordan Mackner F 5
Joe Emmerich D 7
Chris Henry F 8
Nick Deutz F 11
Cory Johnson F 12
Matt Becker F 15
Josh Frider F 17
Blake Johnson F 19
Bryan Becker F 20
Brian Gifford F 21
Brian Lee D 22
Nolan Oliver F 23
Chris Vandevelde F 24
Brent Miller D 25
Jace Foss D 26
Adam Rogalla F 27
Sam Walstad G 30
Spencer Deutz F 31
Matt Stenerson Manager
Dave Morinville Head Coach
Terry Shercliffe Assistant Coach
Greg Salvevold Assistant Coach

Rochester Lourdes - Class A Section 1

Roster Position Number
Andy Wright G 1
Josh Duncan D 4
Nick Forliti F 5
Travis Heim F 6
Jason DeVinny F 7
Dan Murray F 8
Kevin Croal F 9
Brandon Harrington F 10
A.J. Smith F 11
Mark Koehler D 12
Mike Tieskoetter F 14
Neil Murray F 15
Christopher Kern F 16
Mark Battista D 17
Aaron Dahl D 19
Corey Ruff D 20
Mike Sparks F 21
John Brunkhorst F 22
Jamie Ruff F 24
Ben Alker G 30
Mike Alker Manager
Joe Powers Manager
Bob Haskins Head Coach
Paul Wertzler Assistant Coach
Steve Forliti Assistant Coach

Princeton - Class A Section 2

Roster Position Number
Jared Culver G 1
Kyle Jorgenson D 2
Kevin Englund F 3
Joey Bacon F 4
Andrew Jerde C 5
Cass Bowen F 6
Steve Braun F 9
Jamey Dufner F 10
Ryan Cross D 11
Karl Larsen D 12
Ryan Fuller F 16
Brandon Pangerl C 19
Bryan Osmondson F 20
Charlie Ross F 21
Travis Schneider F 25
David Braun D 27
Tony Osmondson G 29
Derrick Brown D 33
Adam Miron F 36
Kyle Buffington F 40
Luke Kalland Manager
Chad Brinkman Manager
Todd Frederick Head Coach
Steve Bratulich Assistant Coach
Jesse Zimmer Assistant Coach
Terry Mason Assistant Coach

Simley - Class A Section 3

Roster Position Number
Matt Nitti G 1
Paul McGrath D 2
Dan Gallahue F 5
Ben Beaudoin F 6
Tom Schadegg F 7
Aaron Pennington D 8
Bill Rouse F 9
Andrew McLean D 10
Cole Deutsch F 11
Mike Bailey F 13
Matt Johnson F 14
Johnny Rouse F 15
Kevin Vaughan F 16
Adam Hoaglund F 17
P.J. Rimstad D 18
Zach Weber F 19
Brandon King F 20
Nick Ablan D 24
Dan Ohmann D 27
Troy Davenport G 30
Lisa McLain Manager
Shannon Woods Manager
Chris Lonke Head Coach
Dan Schaefer Assistant Coach
John Raymond Assistant Coach

Fergus Falls - Class A Section 4

Roster Position Number
Josh Lehn G 1
Jake Axell D 2
Adam Barker D 3
Jack Underwood W 4
Trevor Brennan D 5
Ryan Schiesser W 6
Ryan Sampson C 7
Mike Gaustad C 8
Tyler Gagner W 9
Kyle Rohlfs W 10
Chris Orcutt W 11
Mike Rieken C 12
Mike Schwarz D 14
Dan Perry W 15
Matt Brekke W 16
Jon Hazelhoff W 17
Mic Johnson D 18
Jed Melbolstad D 18
Josh Whipple C 20
Clay Nestor G 35
Adam Schiedecker Manager
Zach Eifert Manager
Tim Bergland Head Coach
Scott Bjerke Assistant Coach
Jeff Storhaug Assistant Coach

Saint Louis Park - Class A Section 5

Roster Position Number
Ben Mauer F 2
Ben Levy G 3
Lucas Johnson D 4
Mitch Carlson D 5
B.J. Bayers F 6
Matt Skolnick F 7
R.J. Tolchiner F 9
David Martinson F 10
Jimmy Boyle F 11
Andrew Yaeger F 12
Zach Meyer D 13
Andrew Peterson D 14
Chris Flatten D 15
Kevin Ward F 17
Alec Rabine F 18
Brian Rose F 19
Joe Brandt F 20
Jon Keseley F 21
Danny Bissonnette F 22
Matt Nuerenberg G 35
Jake Fobbe Manager
Evan Malenius Manager
Tim Donahue Head Coach
Paul Olson Assistant Coach
Donnie Williams Assistant Coach

Orono - Class A Section 6

Roster Position Number
Tripp Standa D 1
Jon Radloff D 3
Drew Armstrong F 4
Collin Smith D 5
Jonny Jochims F 6
Eric Fleming D 7
Jonathan Skoog F 8
Morgan Nelson F 9
Josh Pauer F 10
Andrew Graf D 14
Glenn Ylitalo F 16
Bobby McGinty F 17
Will Smith F 18
Sam Kelley F 19
Pat Dynan F 22
Joe Bass F 23
Matt W. Johnson D 25
Peter Engebretson D 27
Anders Peterson G 30
Ryan McClure G 31
Kevin Armstrong Head Coach
John Klaers Assistant Coach
Joe Sass Assistant Coach

Hibbing - Class A Section 7

Roster Position Number
Trevor Northagen D 3
Mike Kniffin F 6
Mike Modich F 7
Chris Modich F 8
Andy Carlson F 9
Drew Walters F 10
Shea Walters F 11
Troy King F 12
Graham Parson F 13
Travis Grahek D 14
Tony Novak D 17
Tom Waseleski F 19
Brad Kern D 21
Ben Kapella D 22
Jake Klobuchar F 23
Derek Lundquist D 25
Jesse Vesel F 27
Dan Tomassoni G 31
Tony Trenberth G 35
Jordan Hodge F 36
Jarod Hyduke Manager
Mark DeCenzo Head Coach
Oren Bottoms Assistant Coach
Pete DeCenzo Assistant Coach

Warroad - Class A Section 8

Roster Position Number
Tony Sorrels G 1
Eric Olimb D 2
Gabe Harren F 3
Jeremy Sorrels D 4
Michael Tveit D 5
Andrew Hasbargen D 6
Kyle Krahn W 8
Tony Selvog C 9
Alex Mohrbacher D 10
Andy Brandt C 11
Tyson Gravelle W 14
James Knudsen C 18
T.J. Oshie C 19
Nathan McMillin C 21
Tony Thortsen C 22
Ben Hamlin C 25
Bryan Hamlin C 26
Mark Thiele G 30
Josh Brodeen W 33
Kyle Mohrbacher W 37
Adam Anderson Manager
Evan Wilmer Manager
Cary Eades Head Coach
Dennis Fermoyle Assistant Coach
Scott Knutson Assistant Coach