1. Ben Hanowski - Sr. - F - Little Falls Flyers
Ben Hanowski converted two hat tricks during the three-day Little Falls Tournament. He finished with seven goals and five assists overall in the Flyers three wins.
2. Tom Alexander - Sr. - F - Rochester Mayo Spartans
Tom Alexander scored six goals and assisted on two others during the Kiwanis/Wells Fargo Tournament in Rochester. One win was in the consolation semifinal against rival Rochester Century. Alexander scored the only three goals in the game in the Spartans 3-0 win. He then assisted on the game-tying goal in their regular season match-up on Saturday where they were again victorious 4-3.
3. Riley Bengsten - Sr. - F - Hutchinson Tigers
Riley Bengsten had two hat tricks, one natural, in two games and added one goal and three assists in another game while leading the 8-0 Hutchinson Tigers to a championship at the AmericInn/Silver Bay Blue Line Club Tournament in Silver Bay.
Picking three stars was not an easy task this past week. There was a long list of outstanding performances.
Some (just some) stand-out honorable mentions:
Joey Benik (again) - Jr. - F - St. Francis - Benik scored 11 goals and had seven assists for 18 total points in three games during the St. Paul Academy Tournament.
Andrew Bruggeman - Sr. - F - Mankato West - Bruggeman had two hat tricks at the Fergus Falls Tournament.
Dan Anderson - Sr. - C - Moose Lake Area - Anderson had two hat tricks at the Pine City Tournament.
Matt Straate - - Sr. - F - Wayzata - Hat Trick, short-handed goal, game-winning goal, and two assists in leading the Trojans to the Schwan Cup Silver Bracket Championship.
Other players that had very good weeks:
Riley Horgan - Mound-Westonka
Aaron Jamnick - Hibbing/Chisholm
Sam Rendle - Grand Rapids
Brock Nelson - Warroad
Chris Sylvester - Warroad
Dane Shaugabay - Warroad
Brett Hebel - Warroad
Johnny Ankeny - Edina
Anders Lee - Edina
Marshall Everson - Edina
Ben Marshall - Mahtomedi
Ben Persian - Orono
Tommy Malone - Maple Grove
Josh Gross - Maple Grove
Matt Dee - Maple Grove
Nick Eisenmenger - Windom Area
TJ Belisle - St. Francis
Chris Westin - Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl
Matt Grove - Crookston
Alex Whitney - Rochester Mayo
Ryan Suess - Forest Lake
Willie Corrin - International Falls
Matt Hemingway - Alexandria
Cole Peterson - Rochester Lourdes
Sam Coatta - Minnetonka
Max Gardiner - Minnetonka
Kevin Blackley - Wayzata
Max Tardy - Duluth East
Andy Osborne - Mounds View
Eric Bradley - Mounds View
Mike Seipel - Meadow Creek Christian
Joe Schlagel - Meadow Creek Christian
Andy Henkemeyer - Sauk Rapids-Rice
Jonathan Mavetz - St. Cloud Tech
Andrew Deters - Sartell-St. Stephen
Jace Leiferman - Mankato West
Wyatt Wenzel - St. Paul Academy/MPA
Logan McCallister - Moose Lake Area
I apologize if I am missing a few more deserving players, especially some worthy goaltenders and a bunch of game-winning heartattack-type performances.
Ben Hanowski converted two hat tricks during the three-day Little Falls Tournament. He finished with seven goals and five assists overall in the Flyers three wins.
2. Tom Alexander - Sr. - F - Rochester Mayo Spartans
Tom Alexander scored six goals and assisted on two others during the Kiwanis/Wells Fargo Tournament in Rochester. One win was in the consolation semifinal against rival Rochester Century. Alexander scored the only three goals in the game in the Spartans 3-0 win. He then assisted on the game-tying goal in their regular season match-up on Saturday where they were again victorious 4-3.
3. Riley Bengsten - Sr. - F - Hutchinson Tigers
Riley Bengsten had two hat tricks, one natural, in two games and added one goal and three assists in another game while leading the 8-0 Hutchinson Tigers to a championship at the AmericInn/Silver Bay Blue Line Club Tournament in Silver Bay.
Picking three stars was not an easy task this past week. There was a long list of outstanding performances.
Some (just some) stand-out honorable mentions:
Joey Benik (again) - Jr. - F - St. Francis - Benik scored 11 goals and had seven assists for 18 total points in three games during the St. Paul Academy Tournament.
Andrew Bruggeman - Sr. - F - Mankato West - Bruggeman had two hat tricks at the Fergus Falls Tournament.
Dan Anderson - Sr. - C - Moose Lake Area - Anderson had two hat tricks at the Pine City Tournament.
Matt Straate - - Sr. - F - Wayzata - Hat Trick, short-handed goal, game-winning goal, and two assists in leading the Trojans to the Schwan Cup Silver Bracket Championship.
Other players that had very good weeks:
Riley Horgan - Mound-Westonka
Aaron Jamnick - Hibbing/Chisholm
Sam Rendle - Grand Rapids
Brock Nelson - Warroad
Chris Sylvester - Warroad
Dane Shaugabay - Warroad
Brett Hebel - Warroad
Johnny Ankeny - Edina
Anders Lee - Edina
Marshall Everson - Edina
Ben Marshall - Mahtomedi
Ben Persian - Orono
Tommy Malone - Maple Grove
Josh Gross - Maple Grove
Matt Dee - Maple Grove
Nick Eisenmenger - Windom Area
TJ Belisle - St. Francis
Chris Westin - Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl
Matt Grove - Crookston
Alex Whitney - Rochester Mayo
Ryan Suess - Forest Lake
Willie Corrin - International Falls
Matt Hemingway - Alexandria
Cole Peterson - Rochester Lourdes
Sam Coatta - Minnetonka
Max Gardiner - Minnetonka
Kevin Blackley - Wayzata
Max Tardy - Duluth East
Andy Osborne - Mounds View
Eric Bradley - Mounds View
Mike Seipel - Meadow Creek Christian
Joe Schlagel - Meadow Creek Christian
Andy Henkemeyer - Sauk Rapids-Rice
Jonathan Mavetz - St. Cloud Tech
Andrew Deters - Sartell-St. Stephen
Jace Leiferman - Mankato West
Wyatt Wenzel - St. Paul Academy/MPA
Logan McCallister - Moose Lake Area
I apologize if I am missing a few more deserving players, especially some worthy goaltenders and a bunch of game-winning heartattack-type performances.
