The following is a list of athletes who have been selected over the years to receive the Mr. Hockey award as the most the outstanding senior high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota.
Year | Recipient | School |
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2023 | Jayson Shaugabay | Warroad |
2022 | Max Strand | Roseau High School |
2021 | Jack Peart | Grand Rapids H.S. |
2020 | Blake Biondi | Hermantown H.S. |
2019 | Bryce Brodzinski | Blaine High School |
2018 | Sammy Walker | Edina High School |
2017 | Casey Mittelstadt | Eden Prairie H.S. |
2016 | Riley Tufte | Blaine H.S. |
2015 | Jake Jaremko | Elk River H.S |
2014 | Avery Peterson | Grand Rapids |
2013 | Grant Besse | Benilde-St. Margaret's |
2012 | Justin Kloos | Lakeville South |
2011 | Kyle Rau | Eden Prairie |
2010 | Nick Bjugstad | Blaine |
2009 | Nick Leddy | Eden Prairie |
2008 | Aaron Ness | Roseau |
2007 | Ryan McDonagh | Cretin-Derham Hall |
2006 | David Fischer | Apple Valley |
2005 | Brian Lee | Moorehead |
2004 | Tom Gorwsky | Centennial |
2003 | Nate Dey | North St. Paul |
2002 | Gino Guyer | Greenway (Coleraine) |
2001 | Marty Sertich | Roseville |
2000 | Paul Martin | Elk River |
1999 | Jeff Taffe | Hastings |
1998 | Johnny Pohl | Red Wing |
1997 | Aaron Miskovich | Grand Rapids |
1996 | David Spehar | Duluth East |
1995 | Erik Rasmussen | St. Louis Park |
1994 | Mike Crowley | Bloomington Jefferson |
1993 | Nick Checco | Bloomington Jefferson |
1992 | Brian Bonin | White Bear Lake |
1991 | Darby Hendrickson | Richfield |
1990 | Joe Dziedzic | Minneapolis Edison |
1989 | Trent Klatt | Osseo |
1988 | Larry Olimb | Warroad |
1987 | Kris Miller | Greenway (Coleraine) |
1986 | George Pelawa | Bemidji |
1985 | Tom Chorske | Minneapolis Southwest |
1985
Winner - Tom Chorske - Minneapolis Southwest
Dave Espe - White Bear Lake
Tom Hanson - Hibbing
Todd Richards - Robbinsdale Armstrong
Dan Tousignant - Boomington Kennedy
1986
Winner - George Pelawa - Bemidji
Scott Bloom - Burnsville
Lance Pitlick - Robbinsdale Cooper
Tom Quinlan - Hill-Murray
Blaine Rude - Fergus Falls
1987
Winner - Kris Miller - Greenway
Ken Gernander - Greenway
Mike Vukonich - Duluth Denfield
Joe Decker - Bloomington Kennedy
Jason Miller - Bloomington Kennedy
1988
Winner - Larry Olimb - Warroad
Chad Erickson - Warroad
Sean Hill - Duluth East
Tom Pederson - Bloomington Jefferson
Jeff Saterdalen - Bloomington Jefferson
1989
Winner - Trent Klatt - Osseo
Doug Zmolek - Rochester John Marshall
Bryan Schoen - Minnetonka
Jon Brill - Grand Rapids
Tom Newman - Blaine
1990
Winner - Joe Dziedzic - Edison
Billy Lund - Roseau
Mike Muller - Wayzata
Craig Johnson - Hill-Murray
Tom Nevers - Edina
1991
Winner - Darby Hendrickson - Richfield
Steve Magnusson - Anoka
Brad Konik - Bloomington Kennedy
Rusty Fitzgerald - Duluth East
Joe Tamminen - Virginia
1992
Winner - Brian Bonin - White Bear Lake
Bobby Dustin - Roseville
Kirk Nielson - Grand Rapids
Jeff Romfro - Blaine
Dan Trebil - Bloomington Jefferson
1993
Winner - Nick Checco - Bloomington Jefferson
Pat Brownlee – Blake
Fran Bussey – Duluth East
Brent Godbout – Hill Murray
Tim Harberts - Wayzata
Ben Nelson - Wayzata
Mike Maristuen - Roseville
Rick Mrozik - Cloquet
Stewart Swenson - St. Cloud Apollo
1994
Winner - Mike Crowley - Bloomington Jefferson
Joe Bianchi - Bloomington Jefferson
Brian Bolf - Hibbing
Woody Glines - Elk River
Jason Godbout - Hill-Murray
Clint Johnson - Duluth East
Ryan Kraft - Moorhead
Jesse Sampair - Mahtomedi
Jason Sells - South St. Paul
Jason Stewart - Simley
1995
Winner - Erik Rasmussen - St. Louis Park
Mike Anderson - Bloomington Jefferson
Richie Anderson – Elk River
Matt Baily – Elk River
Matt Cullen - Moorhead
Mark Parrish - Bloomington Jefferson
Peter Roed – White Bear Lake
Wyatt Smith – Warroad
Matt Taus – Elk River
Brian Urick – Minnetonka
1996
Winner - David Spehar - Duluth East
Ben Clymer - Bloomington Jefferson
Brad Defaw – Apple Valley
Nick Gretz – Apple Valley
Chris Loeker – Duluth East
Bryan Lundbohm – Roseau
Mike Lyons - St. Paul Johnson
Erik Maksimenko - Elk River
Nate Mauer – Hill Murray
Shawn Pogreba - St. Paul Johnson
1997
Winner - Aaron Miskovich - Grand Rapids
Dan Carlson - Edina
Ryan Coole – Duluth East
Trevor Hammer – Roseau
Matt Leimbeck - Rochester Mayo
Jon Maruk – Breck
Dylan Mills - Duluth East
Brandon Sampair – Hill Murray
Stuart Senden – Alexandria
Erik Westrum - Apple Valley
1998
Winner - Johnny Pohl - Red Wing
Nick Angell - Duluth East
Sam Cornelius - Edina
Dave Hergert - Bloomington Jefferson
Tim Horst – South St. Paul
Kurt Knott – Red Lake Falls
Joe Motzko – Bemidji
Mark Nenovich - Wayzata
Patrick O'Leary - Robbinsdale Armstrong
Erik Wendell - Maple Grove
1999
Winner - Jeff Taffe - Hastings
Derrick Byfuglien - Roseau
John Conboy – Silver Lake
Jay Dardis - Proctor
Rico Fatticci – Hibbing
Jon Francisco - Hermantown
Matt Koalska - Hill-Murray
Andy Sacchetti – Eveleth
Ben Tharp - Hastings
Dan Welch - Hastings
2000
Winner - Paul Martin - Elk River
Andy Canzanello – Rochester Mayo
Ross Carlson – Duluth East
Ryan Connelly – White Bear Lake
Jon Hart – Park Center
Matt Hendricks - Blaine
Tim Jackson - Park Center
Ryan Langenbrunner - Cloquet
Colin Peters - Eden Prairie
Aaron Slattengren - Proctor
2001
Winner - Marty Sertich - Roseville
John Adams - Breck
Jake Brenk - Breck
Matt Duncan – Bloomington Jefferson
Mike Erickson - Eden Prairie
Tom Gilbert – Bloomington Jefferson
Tim Hambly - White Bear Lake
Aaron Johnson - Robbinsdale Armstrong
Kelly Plude – Elk River
Judd Stevens - Wayzata
2002
Winner - Gino Guyer - Greenway
David Backes - Spring-Lake Park
Tom Biondich - International Falls
Ryan Carter - White Bear Lake
Tommy Kolar - Duluth East
Nick Licari - Duluth East
Travis Morin - Osseo
B.J. Radovich - Hermantown
Mark Van Guilder – Roseville
Andy Sertich - Coleraine
2003
Winner - Nate Dey - North St. Paul
Brent Borgen - Mahtomedi
Sean Garrity - North St. Paul
Ben Gordon - International Falls
Ryan Hawkins - Eden Prairie
Jimmy Kilpatrick - Academy of Holy Angels
Mike Lundin - Apple Valley
Brad Peterson - Bloomington Jefferson
Garrett O. Regan - Hill-Murray
Scott Thauwald - Rochester Mayo
2004
Winner - Tom Gorowsky - Centennial
Will Engasser - Blake
Blake Friesen - Benilde-St. Margaret
Brian Gifford - Moorhead
Alex Goligoski - Grand Rapids
Jack Hillen - Academy of Holy Angels
Sam Kelly - Hill-Murray
Rob Page - Blake
Mike Taylor - Academy of Holy Angels
J.T. Wyman - Blake
2005
Winner - Brian Lee - Moorhead
Matt Ambroz - New Prague
R.J. Anderson - Centennial
Brian Connelly - Bloomington Jefferson
Robby Dee - Breck
Jared Hummel - Academy of Holy Angels
Matt Niskanen - Virginia
Mitch Ryan - Cloquet
T.J. Oshie - Warroad
Chris VandeVelde - Moorhead
2006
Winner - David Fischer - Apple Valley
Jay Barriball - Academy of Holy Angels
Michael Forney - Thief-River Falls
Jordan Fulton - Breck
David Grun - White Bear Lake
Kyle Medvec - Apple Valley
Joey Miller - Wayzata
Nick Oslund - Burnsville
Andy Sackirson - St. Louis Park
Carl Sneep - Brainerd
2007
Winner - Ryan McDonagh - Cretin-Derham Hall
Jordy Christian - Moorhead
Mike Dorr - Roseville
Tyler Johnson - Cloquet
Nick Larson - Hill-Murray
John Lee - Moorhead
Aaron Marvin - Warroad
Taylor Matson - Academy of Holy Angels
Matt Reber - Edina
Patrick White - Grand Rapids
2008
Winner - Aaron Ness - Roseau
Tyler Barnes - Burnsville
J. T. Brown - Rosemount
Corey Fienhage - Eastview
Jake Gardiner - Minnetonka
Joe Gleason - Edina
Justin Jokinen - Cloquet
Zach Lehrke - Park Rapids
Drew Olson - Brainerd
Jake Youso - International Falls
2009
Winner - Nick Leddy - Eden Prairie
Dan DeLisle - Totino-Grace
Marshall Everson - Edina
Ben Hanowski - Little Falls
Tyler Lapic - New Prague
Anders Lee - Edina
Danny Mattson - Holy Angels
Zach Palmquist - South St. Paul
Tyler Pitlick - Centennial
Max Tardy - Duluth East
2010
Winner – Nick Bjugstad – Blaine
Mark Alt – Cretin-Derham Hall
Joey Benik – St. Francis
Cal Decowski – Andover
Max Gardiner – Minnetonka
Caleb Herbert – Bloomington-Jefferson
Justin Holl – Minnetonka
Christian Isackson – St. Thomas Academy
Adam Krause – Hermantown
Brock Nelson – Warroad
2011
Winner – Kyle Rau – Eden Prairie
Josh Archibald – Brainerd
Ben Bahe – Hill Murray
Jon Brodzinski – Blaine
Tony Cameranesi – Wayzata
Patrick Daly – Benilde St. Margaret's
Max Everson – Edina
Steven Fogarty – Edina
Garrett Hendrickson – Virginia Iron-Mountain-Buhl
Joseph LaBate – Holy Angels
2012
Winner -Justin Kloos - Lakeville South High School
Will Merchant - Eagan High School
Grant Opperman - Breck School
Judd Peterson - Marshall School, Duluth
Jake Randolph - Duluth East High School
Charlie Sampair - Hill-Murray
Eric Schurhamer - Saint Thomas Academy
Jared Thomas - Hermantown High School
Dom Toninato - Duluth East High School
Michael Zajac - Eagan
2013
Winner - Grant Besse - Benilde St. Margaret
Jake Bischoff - Grand Rapids
Zach Glienke - Eagan
Jake Jackson - Tartan
Adam Johnson - Hibbing/Chisholm
Dan Labosky - Benilde St. Margaret
Zach Lavalle - Hill Murray
Parker Reno - Edina
TJ Roo - Totino-Grace
Tommy Vannelli - Minnetonka
2014 Winner - Avery Peterson - Grand Rapids H.S.
2015 Winner - Jake Jaremko - Elk River H.S.
2016 Winner - Riley Tufte - Blaine H.S.
2017 Winner - Casey Mittelstadt - Eden Prairie H.S.
2018 Winner - Sammy Walker - Edina High School
2019 Winner - Bryce Brodzinski - Blaine High School
2020 Winner - Blake Biondi - Hermantown High School
2021 Winner - Jack Peart - Grand Rapids High School
2022 Winner - Max Strand Roseau High School
EDEN PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL FORWARD KYLE RAU NAMED 2011 MR. HOCKEY
ALEX LYON WINS FRANK BRIMSEK AWARD AS STATE’S TOP GOALTENDER
SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. –The Minnesota Minute Men announced today that forward Kyle Rau from Eden Prairie High School is the recipient of the 27th Annual Mr. Hockey Award, given to the outstanding senior boy’s high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota. Alex Lyon from Lake of the Woods High School received The Frank Brimsek Award, in recognition of Minnesota’s top senior goaltender. Mark DeCenzo (Hibbing High School), Bruce Plante (Hermantown High School) and Tom Sager (White Bear Lake High School) received The John Mariucci Award, given to the Class A and Class AA high school coaches of the year. Jeff Whisler (Hill Murray/Mahtomedi) received The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the “Old Timer Coach” of the year.
The Mr. Hockey Award, given each year to the outstanding senior hockey player in the state of Minnesota, is selected by a panel of judges, including National Hockey League scouts, Division I coaches and selected media members from around the state. Other finalists for this year’s award were: Josh Archibald (Brainerd High School),Ben Bahe (Hill-Murray),Jon Brodzinski (Blaine High School),Tony Cameranesi (Wayzata High School),Patrick Daly (Benilde-St. Margaret’s),Max Everson (Edina High School),Steven Fogarty (Edina High School),Garrett Hendrickson (Virginia High School) and Joseph LaBate (Academy of Holy Angels).
JUSTIN KLOOS NAMED 2012 MR. HOCKEY AWARD WINNER
MICHAEL CHANCE BITZER WINS FRANK BRIMSEK AWARD AS STATE’S TOP GOALTENDER
SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Minnesota Minute Men announced today that Justin Kloos from Lakeville South High School is the recipient of the 28th Annual Mr. Hockey Award, given to the outstanding senior boy’s high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota. Michael Chance Bitzer from Moorhead High School received The Frank Brimsek Award, in recognition of Minnesota’s top senior goaltender. Ken Pauly (Benilde-St. Margaret’s School) and Bruce Plante (Hermantown High School) received The John Mariucci Award, given to the Class AA and Class A high school coaches of the year. Bart Larson (Edina East/West High Schools) received The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the “Old timer Coach” of the year.
Mr Hockey Award
The 32nd annual Minnesota Minute Men Mr. Hockey was presented to Blaine forward Riley Tufte at the St. Paul River Centre.
Tufte was chosen ahead of finalists Wyatt Aamodt (Hermantown), Chase Ellingson (Breck), Will Garin (Holy Family Catholic), Cade Gleekel (Benilde-St. Margaret’s), Michael Graham (Eden Prairie), Tyler Jette (Farmington), Mitchell Mattson (Grand Rapids), Luke Notermann (Blaine) and Casey Staum (Hill-Murray).
The selection was made by a committee of NHL scouts and junior hockey scouts and coaches plus media members.
Frank Brimsek Award
Additionally, Nick Althaus of St. Cloud Apollo was named the winner of the Frank Brimsek Award that goes to the state's top senior goaltender.
Cliff Thompson Award
John Bianchi received the Cliff Thompson presented to a past outstanding coach.
Eden Prairie forward Casey Mittelstadt has won the 2017 Mr. Hockey Award given to Minnesota's top senior skater. Mittelstadt tallied 23 goals and 49 assists in 30 games this season. He has committed to the Minnesota Gophers and is a projected first-round pick in the June NHL Draft.
The Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/2lRb85Y ) reports the other Mr. Hockey finalists were Matt Anderson of Holy Family, Noah Cates of Stillwater, Nick Leivermann of Eden Prairie, Ben Meyers of Delano, Micah Miller of Grand Rapids, Bauer Neudecker of St. Louis Park, Nick Perbix of Elk River and Hermantown teammates Dylan Samberg and Ryan Sandelin.
Hill-Murray's Jake Begley won the Frank Brimsek Award, given to the state's top senior goaltender. The other finalist was Hermantown's Cade McEwen.