D-1 Talent = State Title?

[PuckU126]

All right, this is for all of the HS Hockey researchers out there.

Can anyone identify teams that won a State Title that DID NOT have ANY players who went D-1? (regardless of what grade)

I've read some posts lately that speculate teams without D-1 talent cannot win a State Title.

Let's see if that is true thus far.

[gopherpuck516]

Did Anoka's 2003 championship team have any D1 players?

[hshockeyfan8]

Do you mean that there were no commitments at the time, or no one do go D-1 at all? For instance, if a sophomore is on the team when they win it, and then ends up playing college would you consider that D-1 talent?

[PuckU126]

Do you mean that there were no commitments at the time, or no one do go D-1 at all? For instance, if a sophomore is on the team when they win it, and then ends up playing college would you consider that D-1 talent?

No one to go D-1 at all is the intended criteria to the question.

I hope that clarifies my question.

[flatontheice]

Do you mean that there were no commitments at the time, or no one do go D-1 at all? For instance, if a sophomore is on the team when they win it, and then ends up playing college would you consider that D-1 talent?

No one to go D-1 at all is the intended criteria to the question.

I hope that clarifies my question.

1998 Eveleth?

[WCHBlog]

Did Anoka's 2003 championship team have any D1 players?

Tim Manthey-Army
Matt Sorteberg-Quinnipiac

[karl(east)]

I can't think of a AA champion since the 2-class split that hasn't had a D1 player.

I can think of one that came close: Moorhead, 2009. They still have a couple of kids who have a shot (most notably their current goalie, Bitzer, who was a freshman backup on that team), but I'm pretty sure no one has made it yet.

And if any team were to do it, those Spuds are probably the model. They were deep and played great defense and had a hot goalie. They played the game of their lives in the upset win over Edina in the quarterfinal, and though they were overmatched in the final against Eden Prairie, they did have a game-tying goal reversed by replay...had that gone the other way, who knows what momentum would have done.

Like any Cinderella story, they had some luck on their side--they came out of a weak section, and Cretin's upset of Duluth East ( ) gave them an easy semifinal. But it's the sort of script that some other team could follow.

[TheSiouxSuck]

Totino in 02? I know Piper and McCauley played D3 but no one that I can recall from their roster made it d1.

[Little King]

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1998 Eveleth?[/quote]

I beleive both goalies from that team, Samargia(Minn), and Sikich(Air Force) both went to D1 schools before transfering to St. Thomas.

[drop the puck]

Great post. Hockey is a team sport, but requires a couple difference makers to take your team to the next level. Universally true whether it is NHL, college, HS, association or AAA.

I will add a side bet, a team having a D1 forward will most often trump a team with a D1 defenseman.

Goalies ??

[DubCHAGuy]

Did Anoka's 2003 championship team have any D1 players?

Tim Manthey-Army
Matt Sorteberg-Quinnipiac

That's about as close as you'll get on the AA side. Also Elk River 2001. That was one of the better teams of the last 20 years, (but not as good as the 2000 team that lost in sections) and I think they only had Joel Hanson who played 3 years in the USHL before going to Mankato and Trevor Stewart who played at Connecticut.

[Little King]

I'm drawing a blank, but what about Edina 97???

[grindiangrad-80]

This is just a guess- I would doubt any team has won the state championship without at least 1 D1 player.

[DubCHAGuy]

I'm drawing a blank, but what about Edina 97???

Dan Carlson (Notre Dame) is one that stands out, i'd bet there were more. Edina has had so many, it is tough to keep the years straight.

[MHGr8ness]

Great post. Hockey is a team sport, but requires a couple difference makers to take your team to the next level. Universally true whether it is NHL, college, HS, association or AAA.

I will add a side bet, a team having a D1 forward will most often trump a team with a D1 defenseman.

Goalies ??

Under what reasoning? I'd take a defenseman. They can be out every other shift and still play effectively, sometimes even more than that. A forward can't do that.

[Sats81]

I'm drawing a blank, but what about Edina 97???

Yep. Danny Carlson 97(Notre Dame), Ben Stafford who was 97 grad too (Yale), Sam Cornelius 98 (Notre Dame) also best d-man on 97 team, and Jeff Yurecko 99 played at both Wisconsin and North Dakota, was one of only 2 sophs on 97 team.

[WarmUpTheBus]

Slightly off topic.
Which State Champion had the most NHL players ?

[grindiangrad-80]

'76 GR team had 3.
'80 GR team had 3.
I don't know if any other teams had more or not.
I do remember that the '80 championship game against Hill Murray had an unbelievable amount of D1 and NHL players with the two teams combined.

[TheSiouxSuck]

I wanna say 93 Jefferson produced... Mark Parrish, Mike Crowley, Dan Trebil, Toby Peterson, and Ben Clymer.

[mnmouth]

I wanna say 93 Jefferson produced... Mark Parrish, Mike Crowley, Dan Trebil, Toby Peterson, and Ben Clymer.

Throw in Ian Petersen, Toby's brother, and Joe Bianchi.

[Sats81]

I wanna say 93 Jefferson produced... Mark Parrish, Mike Crowley, Dan Trebil, Toby Peterson, and Ben Clymer.

Throw in Ian Petersen, Toby's brother, and Joe Bianchi.

Ben Clymer was a freshman in 93, am almost positive he played bantams that yr. Toby was an 8th grader in 93. He did play bantams that yr. Also, Ian Peterson and Joey Bianchi never played in the NHL.

[Sats81]

'76 GR team had 3.
'80 GR team had 3.
I don't know if any other teams had more or not.
I do remember that the '80 championship game against Hill Murray had an unbelievable amount of D1 and NHL players with the two teams combined.

Was Lucia a jr or sr on 76 GR team? How good of a HS player was the Don?

[grindiangrad-80]

I think he was a junior in '76.
Very good high school player.
Played for Notre Dame after that.

[Sats81]

I think he was a junior in '76.
Very good high school player.
Played for Notre Dame after that.

Did he have pretty good size in HS? I heard he was an All-State LB in football too?

[mnmouth]

I wanna say 93 Jefferson produced... Mark Parrish, Mike Crowley, Dan Trebil, Toby Peterson, and Ben Clymer.

Throw in Ian Petersen, Toby's brother, and Joe Bianchi.

Ben Clymer was a freshman in 93, am almost positive he played bantams that yr. Toby was an 8th grader in 93. He did play bantams that yr. Also, Ian Peterson and Joey Bianchi never played in the NHL.

The original post did not ask if any player made the NHL. To paraphrase, it was whether a team ever won state without a D-I player.