Minnesota high school boys ice hockey

The Minnesota High School Boys Hockey program is a high school ice hockey program in the State of Minnesota. Based on tournament attendance, ice hockey is the most popular high school sport in the state. 156 high schools (approximately 256 schools and over 6,500 participants in total due to cooperative team arrangements) field sanctioned varsity teams competing in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). These teams are divided into two classes, AA and A. Each class is also divided into eight sections.
== History ==
High school hockey players throughout Minnesota participate in a maximum of 25 contests, excluding the section tournaments and the Minnesota State Boys' High School Hockey Tournament. Teams currently play three 17-minute periods to comprise a game. A lengthened period time was recently adopted by the Minnesota State High School League.
Boys hockey concludes their season with a four day tournament in March that features sixteen teams competing for championships in both classes. From 1945 through 1991 the tournament consisted of a single class, eight team tournament instead of the present day two class (AA and A) tournament. Private schools were not allowed to play in the Tournament until the 1974-75 season. In 1992-93, the tournament was composed of Tier I and II teams. This two-year experiment sent the top teams from each of the eight sections to the Tier I portion of the tournament and the remaining teams conducted a playoff to determine who would be included in the Tier II tournament. In 1994, the dual class system was adopted and teams were placed into a class structure based on school enrollments. Attendance has been strong throughout the years with 22 tournaments eclipsing the 100,000+ barrier and in 2004 a record setting total of 120,114 (both classes). In the 2006 State Tournament, the average attendance per game in the championship brackets was 18,000 people. The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament is currently the largest state sports tournament in the United States in terms of viewing and attendance, beating both the Texas and Florida's State High School Football Tournament and the Indiana State High School Basketball Tournament.
Neal Broten, Herb Brooks, Phil Housley, Reed Larson, Tom Preissing, Doug Zmolek, John Mayasich, Craig Norwich, Mike Antonovich, Henry Boucha, Steve Janaszak, Brian Lee, John Pohl, Dave Spehar, Chris Locker Mark Parrish, TJ Oshie, and Blake Wheeler are among the many notable players that participated in Minnesota high school hockey.
Since 1994, the MSHSL's process to determine section assignments for boys' hockey is based on school enrollments and activity classifications. The basic premise is to place the largest 64 schools into Class AA and the remaining high schools in Class A. Both Classes are then divided into 8 Sections each. Teams are placed into their section assignments with geographic location as a primary consideration. High schools initially placed in Class A have the option to play at the Class AA level.
Beginning with the 2007 state tournament, the top four teams in each class will be seeded. Coaches of the participating schools will vote to determine the seeded teams the Sunday before the state tournament. The four teams are then bracketed so that if the seeded teams advance, the top seed will play the fourth seed while the second and third seeds will play each other. The quarterfinal opponents of the seeded teams will be determined by a blind draw.
== Historical timeline ==
* 1905 – Saint Paul Academy fields what is believed to be the oldest varsity team in the statehttp://www.mnhockeyhub.com/page/show/-paul-academy
* 1930s – High school hockey played at approximately 25 schools in Minnesota.
* 1945 – First MSHSL Boys State High School Hockey Tournament (the first of its kind in the United States) held at St. Paul Auditorium.
* 1949–1964 – Prep. School Hockey Tournament (for Private Schools)
* 1965–1970 – Catholic School Hockey Tournament
* 1969 – The tournament moves to Met Center in Bloomington, home of the Minnesota North Stars NHL team.
* 1970–1974 – Independent School Hockey Tournament
* 1974–Present public schools and private schools can play in the same tournament
* 1976 – The tournament moves to the St. Paul Civic Center.
* 1992 – Tier I and Tier II structure adopted; the Target Center in Minneapolis hosted the Tier II tournament.
* 1994 – Class AA and A structure adopted.
* 1999 – The tournament moved to the Target Center in Minneapolis.
* 2001 – The tournament moved to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, home of the new Minnesota Wild NHL team.
* 2003 – Period length changed from 15 to 17 minutes.
* 2007 – Coaches seed top four teams in each class.Coaches seed top four teams in each class
* 2008 – 19,559 fans attended the 2008 State Boys' Hockey Tournament Class AA semifinals at Xcel Energy Center, March 7, setting a new record for the largest crowd to ever attend a hockey game in the state of Minnesota.
*2015 – 21,609 fans attended the 2015 State Boys' Hockey Tournament Class AA semifinals at Xcel Energy Center, March 6, setting a new record for the largest crowd to ever attend a hockey game in the state of Minnesota.
*2016 – 22,244 fans attended the 2016 State Boys' Hockey Tournament Class AA semifinals at Xcel Energy Center, March 4, setting a new record for the largest crowd to ever attend a hockey game in the state of Minnesota.
== Championship games ==
Legend for "Championship Games" Tables Below
Indicator	Meaning
* 	Game was decided in an overtime period
** 	Game was decided in two overtime periods
*** 	Game was decided in three overtime periods
Record 	Win-Loss-Tie record entering championship game
Single Class/Tier I/Class AA Championship Games
Year	Record	Winning Team 	Score 	Losing Team 	Record 	Third Place 	Consolation
1945	11-0 	Eveleth 	4–3 	Thief River Falls 	 	Saint Paul Washington 	White Bear Lake
1946	23-4 	Roseau 	6–0 	Rochester 	 	Eveleth 	Saint Cloud
1947	34-1 	St. Paul Johnson 	2–1 	Roseau 	 	Minneapolis West 	South Saint Paul
1948	15-0 	Eveleth 	8–2 	Warroad 	 	Saint Cloud 	Saint Paul Harding
1949	13-0 	Eveleth 	4–1 	Williams 	 	Warroad 	Minneapolis Washburn
1950	22-0 	Eveleth 	4–3 	Williams 	 	Saint Paul Murray 	International Falls
1951	19-0 	Eveleth 	4–1 	St. Paul Johnson 	 	Thief River Falls 	Saint Paul Murray
1952	12-2 	Hibbing 	4–3 	Eveleth 	 	Minneapolis Southwest 	Thief River Falls
1953	29-2 	St. Paul Johnson 	4–1 	Warroad 	 	Eveleth 	Saint Paul Humboldt
1954	20-0 	Thief River Falls 	4–1 	Eveleth 	 	Saint Paul Johnson 	Saint Paul Harding
1955	26-1-2	St. Paul Johnson 	3–1 	Minneapolis Southwest 	 	South Saint Paul 	Thief River Falls
1956	19-1 	Thief River Falls 	3–2 	International Falls 	 	Eveleth 	Saint Paul Johnson
1957	23-2 	International Falls 	3–1 	Roseau 	19–4–1 	Minneapolis South 	Edina Morningside
1958	22-4-1	Roseau 	1–0 	St. Paul Harding 	13–7–2 	South Saint Paul 	Minneapolis Roosevelt
1959	30-0 	Roseau 	4–2 	Minneapolis Washburn 	12–6 	International Falls 	Thief River Falls
1960	23-3 	Duluth East 	3–1 	St. Paul Washington 	11–4 	Minneapolis Patrick Henry 	Minneapolis Roosevelt
1961	21-3-2	Roseau 	1-0 	South Saint Paul 	17-2-2 	Duluth East 	Saint Paul Johnson
1962	23-2-1	International Falls 	4–0 	Roseau 	19–2–1 	South Saint Paul 	Edina Morningside
1963	24-2-1	St. Paul Johnson 	4–3* 	International Falls 	19–0–2 	Roseau 	Roseville-Alexander Ramsey
1964	22-3-1	International Falls 	7–3 	St. Paul Johnson 	20–0–1 	Minneapolis Patrick Henry 	Roseau
1965	26-0 	International Falls 	7–0 	Bloomington Lincoln 	8–8–4 	Saint Paul Johnson 	Roseville-Alexander Ramsey
1966	26–0 	International Falls 	5–0 	Roseau 	18–3–1 	South Saint Paul 	Greenway of Coleraine
1967	20-4-2	Greenway of Coleraine 	4–2 	St. Paul Johnson 	21–0 	Hibbing 	Roseau
1968	23-3 	Greenway of Coleraine 	6–1 	South St. Paul 	15–6–1 	Saint Paul Johnson 	Roseau
1969	26–1 	Edina 	5–4* 	Warroad 	18–3 	South Saint Paul 	Greenway of Coleraine
1970	24-0-1	Minneapolis Southwest 	1–0* 	Edina 	21–0–1 	Hibbing 	North Saint Paul
1971	22–2–3	Edina 	1–0 	Roseau 	19–3 	International Falls 	Hastings
1972	22–3–1	International Falls 	3–2 	Grand Rapids 	20–7 	Minneapolis Southwest 	Edina
1973	21–4–2	Hibbing 	6–3 	Roseville Alexander Ramsey	16–10 	International Falls 	Minneapolis Southwest
1974	23–0 	Edina East 	6–0 	Bemidji 	19–1–3 	Grand Rapids 	Hibbing
1975	23–4 	Grand Rapids 	6–1 	Minneapolis Southwest 	21–5 	Hill-Murray 	Duluth East
1976	22-5 	Grand Rapids 	4–3 	Richfield 	 	Hill-Murray 	Bloomington Kennedy
1977	25–2 	Rochester John Marshall	4–2 	Edina East 	24–1 	Grand Rapids 	Hill-Murray
1978	25–1 	Edina East 	5–4** 	Grand Rapids 	19–3–2 	Roseau 	Hill-Murray
1979	22–4 	Edina East 	4–3* 	Rochester John Marshall 	21–4–1 	Roseau 	Grand Rapids
1980	21–5 	Grand Rapids 	2–1 	Hill–Murray 	27–0 	Bloomington Jefferson 	Irondale
1981	17–8–1	Bloomington Jefferson 	3–2 	Irondale 	20–6 	South Saint Paul 	Grand Rapids
1982	22–4 	Edina 	6–0 	White Bear Mariner 	22–4–1 	Hibbing 	Cloquet
1983	28–0 	Hill–Murray 	4–3 	Burnsville 	20–5–1 	Henry Sibley 	Edina
1984	21–4–1	Edina 	4–2 	Bloomington–Kennedy 	16–8–1 	Hibbing 	Roseau
1985	24–1–1	Burnsville 	4–3 	Hill–Murray 	21–4–1 	Anoka 	Hibbing
1986	20–5–1	Burnsville 	4–1 	Hill–Murray 	24–2 	Duluth Denfeld 	Bemidji
1987	25–1 	Bloomington Kennedy 	4–1 	Burnsville 	19–6 	Greenway of Coleraine 	South Saint Paul
1988	21–5–1	Edina 	5–3 	Hill–Murray 	22–5 	Bloomington Jefferson 	Duluth Denfeld
1989	25–3 	Bloomington Jefferson 	5–4* 	Rochester John Marshall 	23–4–1 	Duluth Denfeld 	Edina
1990	26–2 	Roseau 	3–1 	Grand Rapids 	26–1 	Minnetonka 	White Bear Lake
1991	23–6 	Hill–Murray 	5–3 	Duluth East 	22–6 	Burnsville 	Richfield
1992	25–2–2	Bloomington Jefferson 	6–3 	Moorhead 	24–3 	Blaine 	Apple Valley
1993	28–0 	Bloomington Jefferson 	4–0 	Hill–Murray 	23–3 	Moorhead 	Cloquet/Esko/Carlton
1994	28-0 	Bloomington Jefferson 	3–1 	Moorhead 	25–2 	Duluth East 	White Bear Lake
1995	25–3 	Duluth East 	5–3 	Moorhead 	24–3 	Edina 	Bloomington Jefferson
1996	27–1 	Apple Valley 	3–2 	Edina 	18–7–2 	Duluth East 	Alexandria
1997	25–3 	Edina 	1–0 	Duluth East 	26–0–1 	Moorhead 	Anoka
1998	25–3 	Duluth East 	3–1 	Anoka 	22–3–2 	Bloomington Jefferson 	Hastings
1999	27–1 	Roseau 	4–0 	Hastings 	23–4 	Elk River Area 	Blaine
2000	21–5–2	Blaine 	6–0 	Duluth East 	23–4 	Hastings 	Roseau
2001	29–1–1	Elk River Area 	8–1 	Moorhead 	22–6–1 	Greenway of Coleraine 	Eastview
2002	26–4–1	Academy of Holy Angels 	4–2 	Hill–Murray 	23–5–2 	Roseville/Saint Anthony Village	Elk River Area
2003	25–4–1	Anoka 	3–1 	Roseville 	25–3–2 	Academy of Holy Angels 	White Bear Lake Area
2004	30–1 	Centennial 	1–0 	Moorhead 	26–2 	Duluth East 	Academy of Holy Angels
2005	26-3-1	Academy of Holy Angels 	6–4 	Moorhead 	25–2–2 	Duluth East 	White Bear Lake
2006	27–4 	Cretin–Derham Hall 	7–0 	Grand Rapids 	21–8 	Blaine 	Minnetonka
2007	28–2 	Roseau 	5–1 	Grand Rapids 	19–7–4 	Rochester Century 	Edina
2008	27–3–1	Hill–Murray 	3–0 	Edina 	28–2 	Benile-Saint Margaret's 	Woodbury
2009	28–3 	Eden Prairie 	3–0 	Moorhead 	17–9–3 	Blaine 	Edina
2010	22–6–2	Edina 	4–2 	Minnetonka 	27–1–2 	Hill-Murray 	Duluth East
2011	23–5–2	Eden Prairie 	3–2***	Duluth East 	24–5 	Eagan 	Lakeville North
2012	25–6 	Benilde–St. Margaret's 	5–1 	Hill–Murray 	24–6 	Lakeville South 	Duluth East
2013	27–6 	Edina 	4–2 	Hill–Murray 	27–2–1 	Duluth East 	Moorhead
2014	25–4–1	Edina 	8–2 	Lakeville North 	20–4–1 	Eagan 	Roseau
2015	31–0 	Lakeville North 	4–1 	Duluth East 	16–10–4	Edina 	Saint Thomas Academy
2016	22–8–1	Wayzata 	5–3 	Eden Prairie 	18–8–2 	Grand Rapids 	Bemidji
2017	23–7–1	Grand Rapids 	6–3 	Moorhead 	19–4–3 	Eden Prairie 	Saint Thomas Academy
2018	24-2-2	Minnetonka 	5-2 	Duluth East 	22-2-3 	Edina 	Saint Thomas Academy
Single Class/Tier II/Class A Championship Games
Year	Record	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Record 	Third Place 	Consolation
1992	16–12 	Greenway of Coleraine 	6–1 	Rosemount 	6–20–1 	Orono 	Minneapolis Roosevelt
1993	14–14 	Eveleth 	3–2* 	Lake Of The Woods 	19–7 	Henry Sibley 	Orono
1994	24–4 	Warroad 	5–3 	Hibbing 	20–7 	Mahtomedi 	Minneapolis Edison
1995	20–7–1	International Falls 	3–2 	Totino-Grace 	26–1 	Warroad 	Hutchinson
1996	24–4 	Warroad 	10–3 	Red Wing 	24–3 	Breck School 	Simley
1997	28–0 	Red Wing 	4–3 	Warroad 	23–4 	Procter 	Breck School
1998	22–6 	Eveleth 	4–2 	Hermantown 	22–4–1 	Red Wing 	East Grand Forks
1999	26–2 	Benilde–St. Margaret's	4–2 	East Grand Forks 	16–10–2	Fergus Falls 	Saint Thomas Academy
2000	24–3–1	Breck 	3–2 	Warroad 	21–5–2 	International Falls 	Farmington
2001	22–9 	Benilde–St. Margaret's	2–1 	Rochester Lourdes 	24–5 	Hermantown 	East Grand Forks
2002	27–2–1	Totino-Grace 	3–2 	Red Wing 	24–5–1 	Rochester Lourdes/Plainview	East Grand Forks
2003	28-1-1	Warroad 	3–1 	Simley 	19–10–1	Orono 	Hibbing
2004	28–1–2	Breck 	7–2 	Orono 	26–3–1 	Hibbing 	Warroad
2005	26–0–2	Warroad 	4–3**	Totino-Grace 	27–3 	Duluth Marshall 	Albert Lea
2006	24–5–1	St. Thomas Academy 	4–3 	Duluth Marshall 	27–1–1 	Hermantown 	The Blake School
2007	29-0-1	Hermantown 	4–1 	Duluth Marshall 	24–4–2 	Saint Thomas Academy 	Orono
2008	26–5 	St. Thomas Academy 	5–1 	Duluth Marshall 	25–5 	Warroad 	Little Falls
2009	27–3–1	Breck 	7–3 	Warroad 	28–2 	Little Falls 	Rochester Lourdes
2010	28–2 	Breck 	2–1 	Hermantown 	27–3 	Warroad 	Rochester Lourdes
2011	24–6 	St. Thomas Academy 	5–4* 	Hermantown 	25–3–2 	Thief River Falls 	Rochester Lourdes
2012	26–4 	St. Thomas Academy 	5–1 	Hermantown 	30–0 	Breck School 	Little Falls
2013	27–2–2	St. Thomas Academy 	5–4 	Hermantown 	25–4–1 	Breck School 	Duluth Marshall
2014	28–2–1	East Grand Forks 	7–3 	Hermantown 	18–4–2 	New Prague 	Totino-Grace
2015	26-4 	East Grand Forks 	5–4* 	Hermantown 	27–3–1 	Mahtomedi 	New Prague
2016	27–2–1	Hermantown 	5–0 	Breck 	23–4–1 	Thief River Falls 	Saint Cloud Cathedral
2017	29–1–1	Hermantown 	4–3**	Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake	21–6–1 	Saint Cloud Cathedral 	Delano
2018	20-7-1	Orono 	2-1 	Alexandria 	16-10-1	Hermantown 	Thief River Falls
Minnesota Prep School Tournament(1949-1964)/State Catholic School Tournament (1965-9)/State Independent Tournament (1970-4)
Year	Winning Team 	Score	Losing Team 	Third Place 	Consolation
1949	Cretin 	5-3 	Saint Thomas Academy	Not Played 	Not Played
1950	Cretin 	7-1 	The Blake School 	Not Played 	Not Played
1951	Saint Thomas Academy 	5-3 	Cretin 	Not Played 	Not Played
1952	Cretin 	6-1 	Saint Thomas Academy	Not Played 	Not Played
1953	Cretin 	7-3 	Saint Paul Academy 	Not Played 	Not Played
1954	Cretin 	2-1* 	Minnehaha Academy 	Not Played 	Not Played
1955	Saint Thomas Academy 	6-1 	Breck School 	Not Played 	Not Played
1956	Cretin 	4-2 	The Blake School 	Not Played 	Not Played
1957	Cretin 	5-1 	Minnehaha Academy 	Not Played 	Not Played
1958	Cretin 	6-2 	Saint Thomas Academy	Not Played 	Not Played
1959	Cretin 	3-2* 	Breck School 	The Blake School 	Not Played
1960	Cretin 	8-3 	Minnehaha Academy 	De La Salle 	Not Played
1961	Saint Paul Academy 	2-1 	Cretin 	Minnehaha Academy	The Blake School
1962	Saint Paul Academy 	5-1 	The Blake School 	Minnehaha Academy	Cretin
1963	Cretin 	9-2 	Saint Paul Academy 	The Blake School 	Not Played
1964	The Blake School 	4-2 	Hill 	Cretin 	Not Played
1965	Duluth Cathedral 	3-2* 	Hill 	Not Played 	Not Played
1966	Duluth Cathedral 	9-0 	Saint Bernard 	Benilde 	Hill
1967	Duluth Cathedral 	4-2 	Benilde 	Saint Agnes 	Saint Bernard
1968	Duluth Cathedral 	4-3 	Saint Agnes 	Saint Bernard 	Cretin
1969	Duluth Cathedral 	6-1 	Hill 	Cretin 	Not Played
1970	Hill 	5-4* 	Duluth Cathedral 	The Blake School 	Saint Thomas Academy
1971	The Blake School 	4-2 	Hill 	Benilde 	Duluth Cathedral
1972	Hill-Murray 	3-2 	Duluth Cathedral 	Archbishop Brady 	The Blake School
1973	The Blake School 	5-3 	Cretin 	Hill-Murray 	Saint Paul Academy and Summit School
1974	Saint Paul Academy and Summit School	2-1 	Hill-Murray 	The Blake School 	Duluth Cathedral
== List of state champions ==
List of Single Class/Tier I/Class AA Champions
Rank	School 	Championships	Last
1 	Edina / Edina East 	12 	2014
2 	Roseau 	7 	2007
3 	International Falls 	6 	1972
4 	Eveleth-Gilbert 	5 	1951
4 	Bloomington Jefferson 	5 	1994
6 	Grand Rapids 	4 	2017
6 	St. Paul Johnson 	4 	1963
8 	Duluth East 	3 	1998
8 	Hill-Murray 	3 	2008
10 	Burnsville 	2 	1986
10 	Eden Prairie 	2 	2011
10 	Greenway 	2 	1968
10 	Hibbing 	2 	1973
10 	Holy Angels 	2 	2005
10 	Thief River Falls 	2 	1956
16 	Anoka 	1 	2003
16 	Apple Valley 	1 	1996
16 	Benilde-St. Margaret's 	1 	2012
16 	Blaine 	1 	2000
16 	Bloomington Kennedy 	1 	1987
16 	Centennial 	1 	2004
16 	Cretin-Derham Hall 	1 	2006
16 	Elk River 	1 	2001
16 	Lakeville North 	1 	2015
16 	Minneapolis Southwest 	1 	1970
16 	Rochester John Marshall	1 	1977
16 	Wayzata 	1 	2016
16 	Minnetonka 	1 	2018
List of Tier II/Class A Champions
Rank	School 	Championships	Last
1 	St. Thomas Academy 	5 	2013
2 	Breck 	4 	2010
2 	Warroad 	4 	2005
4 	Hermantown 	3 	2017
5 	Benilde-St. Margaret's	2 	2001
5 	Eveleth-Gilbert 	2 	1998
5 	East Grand Forks 	2 	2015
8 	Greenway 	1 	1992
8 	International Falls 	1 	1995
8 	Red Wing 	1 	1997
8 	Totino Grace 	1 	2002
8 	Orono 	1 	2018
Minnesota Prep School Tournament(1949-1964)/State Catholic School Tournament (1965-9)/State Independent Tournament (1970-4)
Rank	School 	Championships	Last
1 	Cretin 	11 	1963
2 	Duluth Cathedral 	5 	1969
3 	The Blake School 	3 	1973
3 	Saint Paul Academy	3 	1974
5 	Hill-Murray 	2 	1972
== References ==
*Welcome to the Minnesota State High School League.
*Minnesota State High School League 2004-2005 Annual Report.
*John Rosengren's book Blades of Glory: The True Story of a Young Team Bred to Win (2003, Sourcebooks, Inc., ISBN 1-4022-0046-3) follows the 2000-2001 Bloomington-Jefferson Jaguars' season.
* 
== External links ==
* FollowThePuck.com - Minnesota High School Hockey
* MNHockeyHub.com - Minnesota Boys High School Hockey
* Minnesota Boys High School Hockey
* Minnesota Boys High School Hockey
* Minnesota High School Hockey Forum
* Minnesota Hockey Forums
==References==
Category:Ice hockey in the United States