Hockey Hub Top 100 Players

northwoods oldtimer · Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:15 pm

elliott70 wrote:Top Ten (alphabetically)

Antonovich
Boucha
N. Broten
Crowley
Housley
Matchefts
Mayasich
Sheehy
Spehar

and a player to be named later.

Joel Otto or Gary Sargent
Hey elliot70 nobody but old men recall those names from the past

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:26 pm

Serious question, what did Joel Otto do in HS?

Mike Ramsey at #27.

Since I can't seem to figure out who the Top 25 are, I wonder if they are going to throw a wrinkle in by having Krissy Wendel or something. Sometimes these lists are to generate discussion and that would certainly do it.

Did Cammi Granato suit up for the Burnsville Varsity? She certainly went on to a lot of success.

How about Jack Carlson or Mike Peluso as we pay tribute to the Enforcer role? Maybe there are a few more old-timers from the early days of Minnesota HS hockey.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:54 pm

northwoods oldtimer wrote:
elliott70 wrote:Top Ten (alphabetically)

Antonovich
Boucha
N. Broten
Crowley
Housley
Matchefts
Mayasich
Sheehy
Spehar

and a player to be named later.
Joel Otto or Gary Sargent
Hey elliot70 nobody but old men recall those names from the past

Yeah, you are right about that.
Otto, no, HS wsa not that great.
Sargent, I wiould liek to think so, but I am thinking I am missing someone and am leaving room for someone more recent.

Then again, I may be off on 5 of them.

PanthersIn2011 · Post by **PanthersIn2011** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:55 pm

O-townClown wrote:Maybe there are a few more old-timers from the early days of Minnesota HS hockey.

Two names from the early 70's:

Seems like there needs to be another goalie in the top 25 besides Ikola. Doug Long (Johnson) hasn't been mentioned. I think he still holds the tournament record for most saves (all games).

Warren Miller was outstanding at SSP ... played well in the tournament ... 4-year Gopher (including two nat'l championships) ... and had a nice NHL career.

Gopher Blog · Post by **Gopher Blog** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:02 pm

O-townClown wrote:How about Jack Carlson or Mike Peluso as we pay tribute to the Enforcer role? Maybe there are a few more old-timers from the early days of Minnesota HS hockey.

How about all the Carlson brothers? They were very good players at Virginia. I remember going to some Blue Devils games as a kid in the 80s and their record book was filled by Carlson brothers (and I am not meaning record penalty minutes!

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green4 · Post by **green4** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:48 pm

O-townClown wrote:Doc: Green: I can't recall, but he probably has state tournament experience with St. Thomas Academy as well. I think he was a Varsity player in 8th grade.

ya i cant remember exactly but i bealive he won a state title with them

hipcheck · Post by **hipcheck** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:26 pm

From what I am seeing on the 100 list is a great number of players that deserve to be there. Now, as I can relate to the older players and the current players, what I am seeing is a list, that is not nesessarily in the order of 1-100. I think many of the older players are difficult to compare to the current player. I will give just one example: Alan Hangsleben and Gary Sargeant were as as talented as any of the defense of today.

So, I guess they all deserve to be there, but in any given order.

PanthersIn2011 · Post by **PanthersIn2011** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:04 pm

PanthersIn2011 wrote:Seems like there needs to be another goalie in the top 25 besides Ikola. Doug Long (Johnson) hasn't been mentioned. I think he still holds the tournament record for most saves (all games).

Right year ... wrong team ... Brad Shelstad comes in at 26.

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:15 pm

Somebody named Bob Young is at #25. I don't know who that is. Makes me wonder if someone from the 1972 Silver Medal team makes an appearance. Some Minnesotans were on the team like Bruce McIntosh and Craig Sarner.

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:38 pm

O-townClown wrote:Somebody named Bob Young is at #25. I don't know who that is. Makes me wonder if someone from the 1972 Silver Medal team makes an appearance. Some Minnesotans were on the team like Bruce McIntosh and Craig Sarner.

A Hill guy, I thought Langevin in 1972 was better, but a good player, none the less.
(I have a high opinion of my own opinions.)

northern_guy · Post by **northern_guy** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm

Herb Brooks at #100? I think he was a great/the best coach, but as a player was he deserving to be on this list? The sport has grown tremendously since his playing days in both the number of players and caliber of players. Seeing him on this list makes me feel like he was put here for nostaligic reasons and to make people feel warn and fuzzy. The article supporting his admission on this list of the best isn't very convincing.

“Herbie was a hard working guy,” McCartan said. “He would get his points, but he wasn’t a prolific goal scorer. He was a good skater and a great team man.”

“He would be the first to tell you he may not have been the best player on his (high school) line."

The list is titled the 100 Best High School Hockey Players....sorry, I just dont see it here but then again how do you leave his last name off this list I guess. I am not here to argue who should be ahead of who, but looking at once place above Herb makes my point at #99. Locker was a great high school player....what did he do past high school?...not much that is notable, but he was a GREAT high school player and deserves to be on the list.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:30 pm

No. 24: Reed Larson

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article ... r_id=32760

HockeyMN1 · Post by **HockeyMN1** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm

Slap Shot wrote:He has suited up for three varsity seasons - so have others
Has won 2 state championships - ok
Led team in points all three years (52, 81, & 81) 214 total - ok
Leads Eden Prairie HS in all-time points - irreleveant, its EP hockey
All-State Junior and Senior year - ok
AP Player of the Year - ok
Mr. Hockey - ok
Minnesota Gophers Commit - so what?
3rd Round Draft Pick by Florida Panthers - so what?

You say "ok" to him doing things only a handful of people have ever done. Won 2 championships in 3 years and led his team in scoring EVERY year. ok? Mr. Hockey, ok? Leads EP in all-time scoring. Why is EP irrelevant? Isn't that the team with 2 out of the last 3 state championships and 2 out of the last 3 Mr. Hockey's? Another Rau hater I guess.

green4 · Post by **green4** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:43 pm

HockeyMN1 wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:He has suited up for three varsity seasons - so have others
Has won 2 state championships - ok
Led team in points all three years (52, 81, & 81) 214 total - ok
Leads Eden Prairie HS in all-time points - irreleveant, its EP hockey
All-State Junior and Senior year - ok
AP Player of the Year - ok
Mr. Hockey - ok
Minnesota Gophers Commit - so what?
3rd Round Draft Pick by Florida Panthers - so what?
You say "ok" to him doing things only a handful of people have ever done. Won 2 championships in 3 years and led his team in scoring EVERY year. ok? Mr. Hockey, ok? Leads EP in all-time scoring. Why is EP irrelevant? Isn't that the team with 2 out of the last 3 state championships and 2 out of the last 3 Mr. Hockey's? Another Rau hater I guess.

im guessing that he is saying ep hockey is irrelevant because he is the all time leading score of a high school team that besides those last 2 championships in 3 years has really done nothing and hassent produced many great players.

BodyShots · Post by **BodyShots** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:32 am

green4 wrote:
HockeyMN1 wrote:
Slap Shot wrote:He has suited up for three varsity seasons - so have others
Has won 2 state championships - ok
Led team in points all three years (52, 81, & 81) 214 total - ok
Leads Eden Prairie HS in all-time points - irreleveant, its EP hockey
All-State Junior and Senior year - ok
AP Player of the Year - ok
Mr. Hockey - ok
Minnesota Gophers Commit - so what?
3rd Round Draft Pick by Florida Panthers - so what?
You say "ok" to him doing things only a handful of people have ever done. Won 2 championships in 3 years and led his team in scoring EVERY year. ok? Mr. Hockey, ok? Leads EP in all-time scoring. Why is EP irrelevant? Isn't that the team with 2 out of the last 3 state championships and 2 out of the last 3 Mr. Hockey's? Another Rau hater I guess.
im guessing that he is saying ep hockey is irrelevant because he is the all time leading score of a high school team that besides those last 2 championships in 3 years has really done nothing and hassent produced many great players.

I'm usually not big on the spelling police, but what the heck is that?

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:43 am

It is the past tense of 'WTH' or for the more vulgar 'WHAT".

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:27 pm

Corey Millen at #23.

green4 · Post by **green4** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:19 pm

BodyShots wrote:
green4 wrote:
HockeyMN1 wrote: You say "ok" to him doing things only a handful of people have ever done. Won 2 championships in 3 years and led his team in scoring EVERY year. ok? Mr. Hockey, ok? Leads EP in all-time scoring. Why is EP irrelevant? Isn't that the team with 2 out of the last 3 state championships and 2 out of the last 3 Mr. Hockey's? Another Rau hater I guess.
im guessing that he is saying ep hockey is irrelevant because he is the all time leading score of a high school team that besides those last 2 championships in 3 years has really done nothing and hassent produced many great players.
I'm usually not big on the spelling police, but what the heck is that?

my apologies, hassent was meant to be has not glad we could get off the point to clear that up

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:15 pm

O-townClown wrote:Corey Millen at #23.

Never saw him play in high school, but he sure was fun to watch in his four years at Minnesota.

Slap Shot · Post by **Slap Shot** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:13 pm

HockeyMN1 wrote:You say "ok" to him doing things only a handful of people have ever done. Won 2 championships in 3 years and led his team in scoring EVERY year. ok? Mr. Hockey, ok? Leads EP in all-time scoring. Why is EP irrelevant? Isn't that the team with 2 out of the last 3 state championships and 2 out of the last 3 Mr. Hockey's? Another Rau hater I guess.

Ok meaning I agree with the accomplishment working in his favor. Yes outside of the past few years EP hockey has been irrelevant. No, not a hater. Get a grip and learn to look past your provincialism.

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:27 pm

Top 22 will include:

John Mayasich
John Matchefts
Willard Ikola
Scott Bloom
Dave Spehar
Phil Housley
Neal & Aaron Broten
Henry Boucha
Kyle Rau
Mike Antonovich
George Pelawa
Tom Chorske
Mike Crowley
Johnny Pohl
Tim Sheehy
Ben Clymer

That's 17.

Others mentioned:

Paul Butters
Doug Long
Gary Sargent
Toby Petersen
Matt Niskanen

Interested in seeing who and in what order.

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:25 am

Here's a list of AP Players of the year...

2011_Kyle Rau, F, Eden Prairie
2010_Nick Bjugstad, F, Blaine
2009_Ben Hanowski, F, Little Falls
2008_Aaron Ness, D, Roseau
2007_Patrick White, F, Grand Rapids
2006_David Fischer, D, Apple Valley
2005_Brian Lee, D, Moorhead
2004_Tom Gorowsky, F, Centennial
2003_Mike Lundin, D, Apple Valley
2002_Gino Guyer, F, Greenway
2001_Gino Guyer, F, Greenway
2000_Paul Martin, D, Elk River
1999_Dan Welch, F, Hastings
1998_John Pohl, F, Red Wing
1997_Dylan Mills, D, Duluth East
1996_Dave Spehar, F, Duluth East
1995_Matt Cullen, F, Moorhead

Here's a list of Mr. Hockey candidates...

1985 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Tom Chorske - Minneapolis Southwest
Dave Espe - White Bear Lake
Tom Hanson - Hibbing
Todd Richards - Robbinsdale Armstrong
Dan Tousignant - Boomington Kennedy

1986 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*George Pelawa - Bemidji
Scott Bloom - Burnsville
Lance Pitlick - Robbinsdale Cooper
Tom Quinlan - Hill-Murray
Blaine Rude - Fergus Falls

1987 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Kris Miller - Greenway
Ken Gernander - Greenway
Mike Vukonich - Duluth Denfield
Joe Decker - Bloomington Kennedy
Jason Miller - Bloomington Kennedy

1988 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Larry Olimb - Warroad
Chad Erickson - Warroad
Sean Hill - Duluth East
Tom Pederson - Bloomington Jefferson
Jeff Saterdalen - Bloomington Jefferson

1989 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Trent Klatt - Osseo
Doug Zmolek - Rochester John Marshall
Bryan Schoen - Minnetonka
Jon Brill - Grand Rapids
Tom Newman - Blaine

1990 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Joe Dziedzic - Edison
Billy Lund - Roseau
Mike Muller - Wayzata
Craig Johnson - Hill-Murray
Tom Nevers - Edina

1991 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Darby Hendrickson - Richfield
Steve Magnusson - Anoka
Brad Konik - Bloomington Kennedy
Rusty Fitzgerald - Duluth East
Joe Tamminen - Virginia

1992 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Brian Bonin - White Bear Lake
Bobby Dustin - Roseville
Kirk Nielson - Grand Rapids
Jeff Romfro - Blaine
Dan Trebil - Bloomington Jefferson

1993 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Nick Checco - Bloomington Jefferson
Tim Harberts - Wayzata
Mike Maristuen - Roseville
Rick Mrozik - Cloquet
Stewart Swenson - St. Cloud Apollo

1994 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Erik Rasmussen - St. Louis Park
Mike Anderson - Bloomington Jefferson
Matt Cullen - Moorhead
Mark Parrish - Bloomington Jefferson
Wyatt Smith - Warroad

1996 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*David Spehar - Duluth East
Ben Clymer - Bloomington Jefferson
Mike Lyons - St. Paul Johnson
Erik Maksimenko - Elk River
Shawn Pogreba - St. Paul Johnson

1997 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Aaron Miskovich - Grand Rapids
Dan Carlson - Edina
Matt Leimbeck - Rochester Mayo
Dylan Mills - Duluth East
Erik Westrum - Apple Valley

1998 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Johnny Pohl - Red Wing
Nick Angell - Duluth East
Dave Hergert - Bloomington Jefferson
Patrick O'Leary - Robbinsdale Armstrong
Erik Wendell - Maple Grove

1999 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Jeff Taffe - Hastings
Derrick Byfuglien - Roseau
Jay Dardis - Proctor
Matt Koalska - Hill-Murray
Dan Welch - Hastings

2000 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Paul Martin - Elk River
Matt Hendricks - Blaine
Tim Jackson - Park Center
Colin Peters - Eden Prairie
Aaron Slattengren - Proctor

2001 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*Marty Sertich - Roseville
Jake Brenk - Breck
Mike Erickson - Eden Prairie
Tim Hambly - White Bear Lake
Aaron Johnson - Robbinsdale Armstrong

2002 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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

2003 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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 MR. HOCKEY FINALISTS
*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

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Nick Bjugstad. It makes me wonder if neither Nick nor Kyle Rau will make the list at all.

O-townClown · Post by **O-townClown** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:42 am

The Exiled One wrote:I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Nick Bjugstad. It makes me wonder if neither Nick nor Kyle Rau will make the list at all.

If Kyle Rau isn't on the list, why have one? He played on two state title winners, carried more than his share of the load as a senior, and provided some of the most memorable moments in both the Section and State finals.

Are you serious?

Bjugstad is obviously a very good player, but it won't surprise me at all if he doesn't make the list. Sometimes there's a difference between being a great HS player and a top NHL prospect.

Considering the titles won by Edina East, is there possibly one of their players missing? There are a lot of players from the 70s that made the list in general; only Mike Lauen has made the list so far.

What kind of HS player was Bill Nyrop? Maybe he gets on from the late 60s Edina teams.

The Exiled One · Post by **The Exiled One** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:23 pm

MNHockeyFan wrote:O-townClown, I believe we will see Phil Hoene, who starred for Duluth Cathedral back in the late 60's, somewhere in the Top 30. He's mentioned in the write up of Mike Randolph at #80.

Good call.

Post by **east hockey** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:28 pm

The Exiled One wrote:
MNHockeyFan wrote:O-townClown, I believe we will see Phil Hoene, who starred for Duluth Cathedral back in the late 60's, somewhere in the Top 30. He's mentioned in the write up of Mike Randolph at #80.
Good call.

A nice write up on Phil. Even the part where he scored three goals in 27 seconds against East.

Lee

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