Hockey Hub Top 100 Players

[northwoods oldtimer]

Link?

From the 1995 championship game against Moorhead. If you saw the game, then you remember the celebration Dave did after his penalty shot goal.

Lee

I'll have to ask him about it. Im surprised there is no YouTube. Have they run it in highlight videos during the state tourney?

How about number 8? Enough talk about East hockey already

[The Exiled One]

Mike Crowley is #8

[The Exiled One]

Mike Antonovich
Henry Boucha
Neal Broten
Phil Housley
Willard Ikola
John Mayasich
Tim Sheehy

So here are your top seven. Anybody want to take another stab at the order?

[Benito Juarez]

3.Mike Antonovich
4.Henry Boucha
2. Neal Broten
5.Phil Housley
1. John Mayasich
6.Tim Sheehy
7. Ralph Engelstad

[east hockey]

Ike should be #7.

Lee

[Snap Happy]

Mike Crowley is #8

Man was Crowley fun to watch. And even more fun to play. A great competitor.

Eden Prairie seems to be landing a few of the Jags from this era. Should be fun in a few years as their kids grow up.... assuming they'll play hockey

[elliott70]

Ike should be #7.

Lee

Yup!

[elliott70]

1. John Mayasich
2. Neal Broten
3. Tim Sheehy
4. Henry Boucha
5. Phil Housley
6. Mike Antonovich

[mulefarm]

Housley
Boucha
Antonovich
Sheehy
Mayasich
Broten

[MNHockeyFan]

1. John Mayasich
2. Neal Broten
3. Henry Boucha
4. Phil Housley
5. Tim Sheehy
6. Mike Antonovich

[TTpuckster]

1. Henry Boucha
2. John Mayasich
3. Neal Broten
4. Phil Housley
5. Mike Antonovich
6. Tim Sheehy

I could not decide #1 between Henry and John.
Went with Henry.

[northern_guy]

Anton #6.

Great guy and a very fun coach to play for.

[Puckguy19]

Mike Antonovich
Henry Boucha
Neal Broten
Phil Housley
Willard Ikola
John Mayasich
Tim Sheehy

So here are your top seven. Anybody want to take another stab at the order?

Mayasich
Boucha
Broten
Housley
Sheehy

[The Exiled One]

Boucha #5

[The Exiled One]

According to their scoring system, Boucha got 187 points. Broten and Housley can do no better than 190.

[Puckguy19]

Boucha #5

That's just wrong! Plain and simple, wrong!

[MNHockeyFan]

No. 4: Tim Sheehy

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article ... _id=359644

[politicalpuck]

One player not on the Hockey Hub list that deserves at least honorable mention is Ron Beck, who tended net for the International Falls Broncos during their first power trip in the mid-1960s. Beck played goalie during a three year stint and never lost a game for the Broncos dynasty. All-state and All-tournament honors. Beck also was an all-state baseball player. After high school, he played goalie for UMD and semi-pro hockey for the Green Bay Bobcats.

There are four players left to name, and any kind of list like this is going to be debated. My guess is that John Mayasich will be No. 1. He should be, but we'l see.

[The Exiled One]

Housley is #3

According to their scoring system, Housley earned 184 of 185 HS points and 5 of 5 post HS points. Neal Broten will either have 184 or 185 HS points and 5 post HS points too, so he'll either tie or be ahead of Housley by one point. Mayasich will be #1.

[UpNorthMom]

Neal Broten #2

[northern_guy]

i cannot believe mayasich is put above broten or housley....oh well..it made me feel all warm and fuzzy anyways...i enjoyed reading the bios on each player but putting mayasich and ikola in the top 10 is something i just dont agree with as i have said before. they didnt play 1/10 of the competition those other guys did.

[Shinbone_News]

Ach. Mayasich is like The Beatles of minnesota hockey. He is, by definition and into perpetuity, the Best Ever just because. More than anything, it shows that hockey reveres its own history, and I'm cool with that. Comparing Mayasich to Broten or Housley is apples to oranges, and the apples ~always~ come first. What Mayasich did in his time is simply not possible in this time because of changes in equipment, competition, AAA summer hockey, 9/11, and the price of tea in China.

Now if you wanted to start a list of the best 100 Minnesota hockey players ever, post-high school -- that would, I think, be a much different list.

Well, maybe not that different. But in a different order

[stpaul]

My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.

[elliott70]

My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.

What was Spehar HS state tournemant record?
More than Mayasich, Sheehy, Antonovich, some of the great Jefferson or Hill guys?

[karl(east)]

My opinion - I would give more weight to winning state championships. That would move Broten & Housley down and Crowley, Antonovich, Sheehy, Rau & especially Spehar up. I would put him at #1. He had an incredible career with 163 goals and those great 3 nights in March 1995.

What was Spehar HS state tournemant record?
More than Mayasich, Sheehy, Antonovich, some of the great Jefferson or Hill guys?

From the write-up on Spehar:

Spehar was named to the all-tournament team for a third consecutive year and finished his career with 20 goals and nine assists in nine state tournament games. Only Eveleth’s John Mayasich, with 46 points in 12 games from 1948-51, has more state tournament points.

Also, his 13 points in the 96 tourney are tied with Sergei Petrov and Jamie Langenbrunner for the most by anyone in a single tournament since Mayasich. Petrov and Langenbrunner both put up 13 in 1993.