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March 7-10, 2007 Xcel Energy Center & Mariucci Arena


2007 State Tournament Leading Scorers

Player Class Team Goals Assists Total Points
Matt Reber Class AA Edina 1 6 7
Tyler Barnes Class AA Burnsville 4 3 7
Drew LeBlanc Class A Hermantown 4 4 8

PLANTING THE SEEDS

The seeding Era began with the top four teams seeded and the other four teams being placed by a blind draw.  Both classes had different experiences in the first year of it.  Seeds generally held in Class A, but not so much in Class AA.  The Class A championship featured schools that were located about eight miles apart: Hermantown and Duluth Marshall.  Hermantown was the top seed and Duluth Marshall was No. 3.  In the end, Hermantown with a season ending record of 29-0-1, recorded a 4-1 victory behind goalie Nathan Hardy, who made 32 saves for the schools 1st boys hockey state championship.  Duluth Marshall was the runner-up for the second consecutive season.  In Class AA, Roseau, the No. 2 seed, was the only seeded team to survive the quarterfinals.  In an all-northern final, and a rematch of the 1990 final, Roseau recorded a 5-1 victory.  Tyler Landman had two third-period goals for the Rams.  Seeded teams to lose in the quarterfinals were No. 1 Edina, No. 3 Hill-Murray and No. 4 Woodbury.

SLAP SHOTS

  • Woodbury makes the first of two consecutive state tournament appearances.
  • Roseau made its 31st state tournament appearance.
  • Tournament Attendance: 124,348

Rochester Century - Class AA Section 1

Roster Position Number
Mitchell Arens F 2
Bryan Frischmann D 3
Patrick Condon D 4
Tyler Sparks F 6
Joe Faupel D 7
Anthony Hahn D 8
Colin Briscoe F 9
Joe Knoepke F 11
Ryan Knutson F 14
Adam Broich F 15
Justin Phelps F 16
Chris Olfson D 17
Erik Ordahl D 18
Garrett Grimstad F 19
Matt Madden F 20
Bryce Wilcox D 21
Daniel Collins F 27
Josh Borgmann G 30
Jared Samuelson F 38
Kraig Ewing G 40
Kelley Link Manager
Hanna Stadsvold Manager
Bruce Frutiger Head Coach
Josh Klingfus Assistant Coach
Andy Roth Assistant Coach

Woodbury - Class AA Section 2

Roster Position Number
Greg Alexander D 2
Chris Gehrt D 3
Adam Koop F 6
Nick Sullivan F 7
David Eddy F 9
Andy Adair F 12
Ross Moris D 13
Owen Lu D 14
Ben Goff F 17
Zach Lindberg D 19
Zach Lacher F 20
Lucas Zwieg D 22
Dane Erickson F 23
Jimmy Syvertsen F 24
Dan Ogren F 25
Sam Foley G 31
Brandon Wigen G 33
Nick Jarrett F 36
Casey Diottel F 37
Lauren Engfer Manager
Tony Gand Manager
Wes Bolin Head Coach
Mike Tollefsbol Assistant Coach
Bryan Boreen Assistant Coach

Hill-Murray, Maplewood - Class AA Section 3

Roster Position Number
Dan McEnaney G 1
Logan Nugent D 6
Tyler Zepeda F 7
Tory Pearson F 9
Tony Danna D 10
Isaac Kohls F 11
Jake Lechner F 12
Delaney Metcalf F 13
Dave Cascalenda F 14
Jordan Johnson D 16
Nick Widing F 17
Nick Larson F 18
Jeff Westerhaus F 19
Bo Dolan D 20
Dan Cecka F 22
Dan Sova D 24
Jonathan Stadler D 25
Ryan Furne F 26
Andy Singerhouse F 27
Joe Phillippi G 33
Andrew Fangel Manager
Joseph M. Peschges Manager
Bill Lechner Head Coach
Pat Schafhauser Assistant Coach
Tony Flint Assistant Coach

Blaine - Class AA Section 4

Roster Position Number
Jared Thompson G 1
Ryan Johnson C 5
Steffen Hansen W 6
Mike Schaber W 7
Chaz Gerads C 8
Ben Lynch C 9
Mike Eggerichs C 12
Joe Beaudette W 15
Luke Bayer W 16
Matt Blomquist D 17
Zac Frischmon W 18
Brad Hicke D 19
Jay Wagamon D 20
Chris Elhardt D 21
Ryan Brockway D 23
Tyler Turnquist W 25
Nick Carson W 26
Brent Hollerud G 30
Rick Bailey W 33
Colten Schwartz G 34
Jenna Jorgenson Manager
Sammi Kolasa Manager
David Aus Head Coach
Steve Guide Assistant Coach
Darin Thompson Assistant Coach

Burnsville - Class AA Section 5

Roster Position Number
Ryan Benedict G 1
Aaron Schlink G 1
Cullen Rowley F 2
Ben Branson D 3
Scott Ames F 4
Andy Pearson F 5
Zack King F 6
Tyler Barnes F 7
Adam Perisic F 9
Alex Johnson F 10
Chris Franks D 12
Zach May F 14
Jake Hendrickson F 15
Tony Anderson D 17
Lane Gustavson D 17
Mike Comstock F 19
Matt Mosell D 20
Chad McDuff D 21
Danny Hanson F 22
Randy Johnson G 30
Josh Bonewell Manager
Justin Jach Manager
Janne Kivihalme Head Coach
Frank Senta Assistant Coach
Brandon Steege Assistant Coach

Edina - Class AA Section 6

Roster Position Number
Derrick Caschetta G 1
Kevin Wilson D 3
Matt Leer C 5
Casey Gaarder W 6
Patrick Regan D 7
Connor Gaarder W 8
Dan Jarrett W 9
Matt Reber W 10
Sam Cowan C 13
Brendan Baker D 14
Greg Brill W 15
Jack Jorgensen D 16
Joey Brehm D 17
David Pearson C 18
Sam MacDonald W 19
Joe Gleason D 20
Marshal Everson W 21
Zach Budish C 22
Brandon Mestler G 30
T.J. Boehland Manager
Steve Davis Manager
Curt Giles Head Coach
Dave Terwilliger Assistant Coach
Dick Blooston Assistant Coach

Grand Rapids - Class AA Section 7

Roster Position Number
Nick Serratore D 2
Rob Roy C 3
Tony Palkki W 5
Patrick White C 6
Jason Makinen W 7
Sam Rendle D 8
Matt Alstad D 9
Sam Sparen W 10
Grant Prokop C 11
Ben Cahill W 14
Brett Cone D 15
Zach Morse W 16
Eric Glorvigen D 17
Joe Stejskal D 18
Corey Kosak D 19
Shane Greniger W 20
Kyle Welliver C 21
Jack Moore W 23
Reidar Jensen G 30
Tim How G 35
Brad Dick Manager
Bruce LaRoque Head Coach
Steve Anderson Assistant Coach
Todd Peart Assistant Coach

Roseau - Class AA Section 8

Roster Position Number
Martin Opheim D 2
Mitch Martinson D 4
Tyler Landman F 7
Ben Johnson F 8
Adam Knochenmus F 9
Aaron Ness D 10
Nathan Voll F 11
Alex Orgon D 12
Jason Fabian F 15
Ryan Larsen F 16
Kurt Weston F 22
Nick Oliver F 23
Sam Carr D 24
Kyle Bodell F 25
Dustin Moser F 26
Ben Nelson F 27
Mike Lee G 30
Alex Bjerk G 35
Adam Lykken F 38
Austin Mekash Manager
Joe Haugen Manager
Scott Oliver Head Coach
Andy Lundbohm Assistant Coach
Jim Lundbohm Assistant Coach

Albert Lea - Class A Section 1

Roster Position Number
Clay Casanova G 1
Andrew Weisert D 2
Dustin Arendt W 3
Mark Walton C 5
Lucas Hanson W 6
Adam Royce D 7
Evan Hegwood W 8
Blake Adams D 9
Casey Woodside W 10
Logan Ferrie W 11
Mitchell Sorenson W 12
Zach Schumaker D 13
Chris Dokken C 14
Matt Hobbie C 15
Grant Stadheim W 16
Jordan Prescher-Smerud W 17
Jared Bowman C 18
Jared Hughes W 19
Tyleer Prihoda D 20
Ben Waalkens G 30
Mike Falk Manager
Alicia Anderson Manager
Roy Nystrom Head Coach
Marty Anderson Assistant Coach
Fred Nelson Assistant Coach

Marshall School, Duluth - Class A Section 2

Roster Position Number
Jesse Behning G 1
Scott Michela D 2
Derek Randall D 3
Matt Dodd F 4
Zach Mausolf F 6
Justin Lee D 7
Ian Guzzo F 8
Brian Erola F 11
John Lane F 12
Mark Laskowski F 14
Ian Stauber D 15
Pat Mahoney F 16
Bob Gutsch F 17
David Hafferty F 18
Tom Paine F 19
Jack Connolly F 20
Derek Stauber D 21
Bill Hurley F 22
Dano Jacques D 27
Willie Paul G 35
Tony Hanson Manager
Jimmy Kaake Manager
Brendan Flaherty Head Coach
Dave Grannis Assistant Coach
Ian Kidd Assistant Coach

Saint Thomas Academy - Class A Section 3

Roster Position Number
Kurt Altrichter G 1
Foley Schmidt D 2
Ryan Stepan D 3
Mike Mulally D 4
Tony Mergens F 5
Jon Schreiner D 6
Kevin Sienko F 7
Jack Geiser F 8
Anders Lee F 9
Noah Gavin F 10
Nick Larson F 11
Marcus Prokop F 12
Christian Isackson F 14
J.C. Blaisdell D 16
Ryan Walters F 17
Conor Rooney F 18
Rob Vanelli D 20
James St. ey F 21
Marc Haverkamp F 22
Aaron Crandall G 30
Tom Vannelli Co-Head Coach
Greg Vannelli Co-Head Coach
Jerry Maybrey Assistant Coach

Little Falls - Class A Section 4

Roster Position Number
Michael Sperl G 1
Izaak Berglund D 2
Logan Kalis D 3
Justin Piotrowski D 4
Dan Stoerzinger D 5
Jordan Gosiak D 6
Ben Hanowski F 9
Ben Nelson F 10
Jared Festler F 11
Wesley Waytashek F 12
Zak Laird F 13
Beau Hanowski F 14
Chris Sylvester F 16
Andrew Lange F 18
Lukas Jorgenson F 19
Riley Hirsch F 20
Luke Faufau F 21
Matt Anez D 26
Zak Klosowski F 31
Michael Whitlow G 36
Noah Peterschick Manager
Kelly Stoy Manager
Tony Couture Head Coach
Bob Stark Assistant Coach
Jon Majerle Assistant Coach

The Blake School - Class A Section 5

Roster Position Number
Peter Johnson G 1
Brent Dolan D 4
Sean McMahon D 5
Erik Olson F 8
Mike Louwerse F 9
Ben Hughes F 10
Blake Doerring D 11
Merrit Jackley F 12
Joshua Birkholz F 14
Jack Barnes F 15
Jordan Seivold F 16
Stephen Steinhauser D 20
Kyle Boyd D 21
Blake Dressen F 22
Nick Brunette F 23
Charlie DeVries F 25
Mark Turak F 26
Sam McNerney D 27
Colin Anson G 35
John Hamre Head Coach
Jesse Bull Assistant Coach
Jon Sturgis Assistant Coach

Orono - Class A Section 6

Roster Position Number
Taylor Peterson G 1
Pat McClure D 2
Michael Giesler D 3
Jake Smith D 4
Tommy Fisk D 5
Brett Stensrud D 7
Ted Schmitt D 8
Zach Barnum F 9
Jacob Stickney F 11
Brett Skoog F 12
Hayden Hanson D 14
Ben Persian F 15
Brian Knight F 17
Ted Ylitalo D 18
Alex Pacovsky F 20
Chris Hanson F 21
Eric Johnson F 22
Tyler Hartlein F 23
Adam Randall F 29
Luke Gardner G 35
Tommy Peterson Manager
Mike Becker Manager
Brad Ryan Head Coach
Ken Eddy Assistant Coach
Jay Young Assistant Coach

Hermantown - Class A Section 7

Roster Position Number
Andrew Christensen W 3
Koby Wargin W 4
Brett Granmo C 5
Ryan Schmidt W 6
Chad Huttel D 7
Kaelen Hady W 8
Mat Solberg W 9
Kurt Peterson C 10
Kyle Lonetto D 11
Steve Bockovich D 12
Mike Boese D 13
Justin Baker D 14
Joe Krause W 16
Tommy Engseth C 17
Branden Perrault W 18
Drew LeBlanc C 19
Matt Engelmeier D 22
Grant Huttel W 26
Jessup Pelkey G 33
Nathan Hardy G 35
Brad Peterson Manager
Aaron Rossiter Manager
Bruce Plante Head Coach
Craig Peterson Assistant Coach
Daryl Illikainen Assistant Coach

Warroad - Class A Section 8

Roster Position Number
Jared Paquin G 1
Allen McBride D 3
Michael Pieper D 4
Andy Larson D 5
Tai Larson D 6
Ian Mosher F 8
Brett Hebel F 9
Mark McDonald D 10
Micky Knox F 11
Dane Shaugabay F 12
James Erickson F 14
Andy Stoskopf F 17
Aaron Marvin F 18
Bryce Ravndalen F 19
Chris Caskey F 21
Andy Pelland F 22
Jeremy Hahn F 27
Jake Vatnsdal G 32
Eric Milbridge D 33
Jon Hellquist F 37
Justin Olson Manager
Nick Borowicz Manager
Albert Hasbargen Co-Head Coach
Bruce Olson Co-Head Coach
Adrian Hasbargen Assistant Coach