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2008 Associated Press All-State boys' hockey team

The Associated Press 2008 All-State team for Minnesota boys' hockey, as voted on by statewide media.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Aaron Ness, Roseau

FIRST TEAM
F-Zach Lehrke, SR, Park Rapids
F-Beau Hanowski, SR, Little Falls
F-Zach Budish, JR, Edina
D-Aaron Ness, SR, Roseau
D-Jake Gardiner, SR, Minnetonka
G-Mike Lee, JR, Roseau

SECOND TEAM
F-Jake Youso, SR, International Falls
F-Tyler Barnes, SR, Burnsville
F-Ricky Litchfield, SR, Mankato West
D-Joe Gleason, SR, Edina
D-Drew Olson, SR, Brainerd
G-Joe Phillippi, SR, Hill-Murray

HONORABLE MENTION
FORWARDS
Tom Alexander, JR, Rochester Mayo; Seth Ambroz, FR, New Prague; Kevin Anderson, SR, Robbinsdale Armstrong; Korby Anderson, SR, Owatonna; Ryan Anderson, SR, Mankato West; Blake Appelhof, SR, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Jace Baldwin, JR, International Falls; Cory Belisle, SR, Anoka; Matt Berglund, SR, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Josh Birkholz, JR, Blake; Sam Blaisdell, JR, Minnehaha Academy; Ryan Bohrer, SR, Cretin-Derham Hall; Jared Bowman, SR, Albert Lea; J.T. Brown, SR, Rosemount; Dan Cecka, SR, Hill-Murray; Sam Coatta, JR, Minnetonka; Ladd Corrin, SR, International Falls; Anthony DeCenzo, SR, Hibbing; David Eddy, SR, Woodbury; Marshall Everson, JR, Edina; Chris Fiala, SR, White Bear Lake; Taylor Funk, JR, Rochester Lourdes; Ryan Furne, SR, Hill-Murray; Joe Frazer, SR, Brainerd; Lucas Gervais, SO, Fergus Falls; Devon Grossell, JR, Winona; Cole Gunner, JR, Richfield; Ben Hanowski, JR, Little Falls; Jake Hendrickson, SR, Burnsville; Jake Johnson, SR, Duluth Denfeld; Rob Johnson, SR, Duluth East; Ryan Johnson, SR, Blai ne; Justin Jokinen, SR, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton; Ryan Kesti, SR, Red Wing; Tony Krogen, SR, Marshall; Trenton Krueger, SR, St. Paul Johnson; Tyler Landman, JR, Roseau; Jared Larson, SR, Eastview; Anders Lee, JR, Edina; Corey Leivermann, SR, Mankato West; Danny Mattson, JR, Holy Angels; Adam Mueller, SR, Roseville; Joey Nadeau, SR, Winona; Ben Nelson, SR, Roseau; Nick Oliver, JR, Roseau; John O'Neill, SR, Anoka; Cody Peck, SR, Fergus Falls; Bryce Ravndalen, SR, Warroad; Brock Pederson, SR, Mounds View; Ben Persian, JR, Orono; Tyler Pitlick, JR, Centennial; Sean Randall, SR, Coon Rapids; Bryce Ravndalen, SR, Warroad; Kyle Reinarts, JR, New Ulm; Conor Rooney, SR, St. Thomas Academy; James Saintey, SR, St. Thomas Academy; Mike Schaber, SR, Blaine; Blake Schammel, JR, Red Wing; Berkley Scott, JR, Anoka; Chris Stafne, SR, Duluth Denfeld; Sean Stewart, JR, New Ulm; Charlie Thauwald, JR, Rochester Mayo; Nick Thielen, SR, Moorhead; Cory Thorson, SR, Robbinsdale Armstrong; Zach Vierling, SR, Coon Rapids; Tyler Voigt, JR, Rochester Lourdes; Ryan Walters, SO, St. Thomas Academy; Casey Woodside, SR, Albert Lea; Steve Zierke, SR, Benilde-St. Margaret's.

DEFENSEMEN
David Brown, SR, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton; Brandon Burrell, SR, North Metro; Will Corrin, SO, International Falls; Bo Dolan, SR, Hill-Murray; Cory Fienhage, SR, Eastview; Noah Greene, SR, Hopkins; Matt Grose, SR, Lakeville North; Dano Jacques, SR, Duluth Marshall; Nick Jensen, JR, Rogers; Nick Leddy, JR, Eden Prairie; Jeff Lesmeister, SR, Anoka; Luke McManus, SR, Rosemount; Eric Olson, SR, International Falls; Zach Palmquist, JR, South St. Paul; Grant Paulson, JR, Owatonna; Anthony Raiola, SR, Minnetonka; Adam Royce, SR, Albert Lea; Joe Rubbelke, SO, St. Paul Johnson; Alec Rush, JR, Eden Prairie; Dan Sova, SR, Hill-Murray; Pete Spratte, JR, Rochester Lourdes; Chris Student, SR, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Blake Thompson, SO, Eden Prairie; Rob Vannelli, SR, St. Thomas Academy; Matt Youso, SO, International Falls.

GOALIES
Mike Becker, SR, Burnsville; Tyler Bruggeman, JR, Mankato West; Matt Buonomo, SR, Minnetonka; Derrick Caschetta, SR, Edina; Matt Cooper, JR, Duluth East; Alex Fons, SO, Hopkins; Mike Hart, SO, International Falls; Tom Horner, SR, North St. Paul; Brandon Jaeger, SR, Champlin Park; Steve Loyd, JR, Eden Prairie; Matt Messina, JR, Duluth Marshall; Kyle Moody, SR, Osseo; Ben Podobinski, JR, Roseville; Mike Shibrowski, JR, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Brandon Wigen, SR, Woodbury; Hakan Yumusaklar, SR, Lakeville South.

Nice....thanks mama

This list is a little better than the Pioneer press list. Some good players listed.

No one answered in the other thread, so I'll ask again. Is hockey a sport you can attain an All-American honor in?

was this the ballot that the station in north dakota put together and we saw on another post? If so, the ballot was hilarious.
maybe the media was presented with something different but here is what the website had.
example summary of an out-state player:
Beau Hanowski, SR, Little Falls: Four-year player. Through 27 games, leads Little Falls and Section 6-1A with 44 goals and 46 assists for 90 total points. He has 14 power-play goals and four short-handed goals. Little Falls is 24-3 and ranked fourth in 1A and is playing in the fifth straight section final. Has helped Little Falls advance to the last three state tournaments. Hanowski has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at South Dakota State University next year.
example summary of a metro player:
Ryan Furne, SR, Hill-Murray
hmm? like i said maybe they saw something different but if not, how do you think the voting would end up? looks favored to the north/northwest and to the small schools.
barnes is a good second team choice but no forwards from Hill, benilde, tonka, HA, rosemount, no lee or everson, and a bunch of other good citiot schools.
I guess on an individual basis a lot of our best players are hidden in towns like park rapids (didn't know they had hockey), little falls, and mankato. I haven't seen a lot of those guys play but it seems to me like a lot of the voting was based on points.

hwkfan wrote:was this the ballot that the station in north dakota put together and we saw on another post? If so, the ballot was hilarious.
maybe the media was presented with something different but here is what the website had.
example summary of an out-state player:
Beau Hanowski, SR, Little Falls: Four-year player. Through 27 games, leads Little Falls and Section 6-1A with 44 goals and 46 assists for 90 total points. He has 14 power-play goals and four short-handed goals. Little Falls is 24-3 and ranked fourth in 1A and is playing in the fifth straight section final. Has helped Little Falls advance to the last three state tournaments. Hanowski has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at South Dakota State University next year.
example summary of a metro player:
Ryan Furne, SR, Hill-Murray
hmm? like i said maybe they saw something different but if not, how do you think the voting would end up? looks favored to the north/northwest and to the small schools.
barnes is a good second team choice but no forwards from Hill, benilde, tonka, HA, rosemount, no lee or everson, and a bunch of other good citiot schools.
I guess on an individual basis a lot of our best players are hidden in towns like park rapids (didn't know they had hockey), little falls, and mankato. I haven't seen a lot of those guys play but it seems to me like a lot of the voting was based on points.

You may need to read up on some of those players then huh?...

HShockeywatcher wrote:No one answered in the other thread, so I'll ask again. Is hockey a sport you can attain an All-American honor in?

No, not at the high school level.

HShockeywatcher wrote:No one answered in the other thread, so I'll ask again. Is hockey a sport you can attain an All-American honor in?

Yes, at the Collegiate level.

wow only three underclassmen!

where did you find this infro

dirtyniper wrote:where did you find this infro

the infromation desk

little better.

happymama wrote:2008 Associated Press All-State boys' hockey team

The Associated Press 2008 All-State team for Minnesota boys' hockey, as voted on by statewide media.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Aaron Ness, Roseau

FIRST TEAM
F-Zach Lehrke, SR, Park Rapids
F-Beau Hanowski, SR, Little Falls
F-Zach Budish, JR, Edina
D-Aaron Ness, SR, Roseau
D-Jake Gardiner, SR, Minnetonka
G-Mike Lee, JR, Roseau

SECOND TEAM
F-Jake Youso, SR, International Falls
F-Tyler Barnes, SR, Burnsville
F-Ricky Litchfield, SR, Mankato West
D-Joe Gleason, SR, Edina
D-Drew Olson, SR, Brainerd
G-Joe Phillippi, SR, Hill-Murray

Hard to argue with these lists....granted there are a few other players out there who are deserving as well, but most of these guys are commited already to a Div 1 school. Personally the only question mark out of the whole group i feel is Litchfield, but then again he had a good season.

The only other uncommited Players are Lehrke, Hanowski and Philippi

Lehrke will make his Div 1 commitment here in the wcha in next few weeks i am sure..

Hanowski is a great baseball player and is taking that route

And everyone saw just how good Philippi was this yr last wknd.....

happymama wrote:Matt Messina, JR, Duluth Marshall

Interesting that Matt Messina made Honorable Mention as a goalie from the Marshall School, Duluth and he didn't even get a start in the State Tournament for the Hilltoppers.

Zamboni Guy wrote:

happymama wrote:Matt Messina, JR, Duluth Marshall

Interesting that Matt Messina made Honorable Mention as a goalie from the Marshall School, Duluth and he didn't even get a start in the State Tournament for the Hilltoppers.

Some people on the list..their team didnt even go to state....so that may help ya out

SiouxRecruit wrote:

Zamboni Guy wrote:

happymama wrote:Matt Messina, JR, Duluth Marshall

Interesting that Matt Messina made Honorable Mention as a goalie from the Marshall School, Duluth and he didn't even get a start in the State Tournament for the Hilltoppers.

Some people on the list..their team didnt even go to state....so that may help ya out

Making the State Tournament isn't and shouldn't be a requirement for being voted to the All-State team, I was just commenting that it's interesting that a team that did make the State Tournament and had an All-State Honorable Mention goalie didn't find it in the teams best interest to start him in any of their three games in the tournament. This is meant to take nothing away from Willie Paul (Paul Willie if you're Phil Housley) just find it interesting that the coaching staff of the Marshall School, Duluth chose to go the way they did with an All-State Honorable Mention goalie sitting on their bench even after he got the team to the tournament with the win in the Section 7A Championship Game.

I have to laugh when I see NSP's goalie get honorable mention but not St Thomas' goalie, even though they won state...

HShockeywatcher wrote:I have to laugh when I see NSP's goalie get honorable mention but not St Thomas' goalie, even though they won state...

That is actually pretty crazy....how did he do in regular season?

Zamboni Guy wrote:

SiouxRecruit wrote:

Zamboni Guy wrote: Interesting that Matt Messina made Honorable Mention as a goalie from the Marshall School, Duluth and he didn't even get a start in the State Tournament for the Hilltoppers.

Some people on the list..their team didnt even go to state....so that may help ya out

Making the State Tournament isn't and shouldn't be a requirement for being voted to the All-State team, I was just commenting that it's interesting that a team that did make the State Tournament and had an All-State Honorable Mention goalie didn't find it in the teams best interest to start him in any of their three games in the tournament. This is meant to take nothing away from Willie Paul (Paul Willie if you're Phil Housley) just find it interesting that the coaching staff of the Marshall School, Duluth chose to go the way they did with an All-State Honorable Mention goalie sitting on their bench even after he got the team to the tournament with the win in the Section 7A Championship Game.

very true same thing happened to marshall with older brother jason paul messing up and costing marshall a title should have gone with matt he served a start it will haunt flaherty for a long time

ColdasIce wrote:[very true same thing happened to marshall with older brother jason paul messing up and costing marshall a title should have gone with matt he served a start it will haunt flaherty for a long time

Cold as ice-
What is your problem with Marshall and their players anyway? It's fine to dislike a team or program but you don't need to come on here and bash players and bash the Marshall program in every thread. It is just disrespectful and immature. If you are an adult (which I am pretty sure you are ) then you really should be ashamed of yourself. I'm not sure how you could possibly have this much hate towards a bunch of kids. So in the future, just stay away from Marshall threads if all you are going to do is put down individual players and have a negative post for everything. Grow up.

why would you laugh? Tom Horner is a great goaltender he just as NO team to help him out guarenteed if he was at STA he would have gotten them the same state championship altrichter did. Congrats to Tom and good luck in the future!

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