G - Matt
Lundin,
Apple Valley, Sr
D - R.J. Anderson, Centennial,
Jr D
- Alex Goligoski,
Grand Rapids, Sr F
- Tom Gorowsky,
Centennial, Sr F
- Chad Rau,
Eden Prairie, Jr F
- Blake Wheeler,
Breck, Jr *G
- Greg Stutz,
Centennial, Sr
SECOND TEAM
G - Alex Stalock,
South St. Paul, Jr D
- Jack Hillen,
Holy Angels, Sr D
- Matt Niskanen,
Virginia-Mt. Iron-Buhl,
Jr F
- Matt Greer,
White Bear Lake, Sr F
- Sam Kelly,
Hill-Murray, Sr F
- Brent Olson,
Lake of the Woods, Sr F - T.J. Oshie,
Warroad, Jr
THIRD TEAM
G - B.J. O'Brien,
Lakeville, Sr D - Brian
Connelly,
Blm
Jefferson, Jr D - Rob Page,
Blake, Sr F - Brian
Gifford,
Moorhead, Sr F - Mike
Kramer,
Como
Park, Jr F - Ryan
Thang, Edina, Jr F - Eli Vlaisavljevich,
St.
Bernard's/St. Agnes/Concordia,
Sr
HONORABLE
MENTION
FORWARDS: Drew
Akins, sr., Minnetonka; Dom Barber,
sr., Wayzata; B.J. Bayers, sr., St.
Louis Park; Joe Bluhm, sr., Red Wing;
Dan Bonne, sr., White Bear Lake;
Justin Bostrom, sr., Mounds View;
Mike Carman, soph., Holy Angels;
Robbie Dee, jr., Breck;
Nick Deutz, sr., Moorhead;
C.J. Doolittle, sr., Farmington; Pat
Dynan, sr., Orono; Will Engasser,
sr., Blake; Ryan Flynn, soph., Centennial;
Tom Freeman, sr., Eagan;
Jordan Fulton, sr., Breck; Jason
Gomez, sr., Holy Angels;
Nate Hedley, sr., Virginia;
Rob Johnson, jr., Duluth East; Nick
Kemp, sr., Hermantown; Eric Kliewer,
jr., Fairmont;
Adam Lawler, sr., Rochester Century;
Joe Long, sr., Elk River;
Cory Loos, jr., Moorhead; David
Martinson, sr., St. Louis Park; Nate Meinze, sr., St. Cloud Tech;
Joey Miller, soph., Wayzata;
Scott Motz, sr., Tartan; Tyler Neu,
sr., Wadena-Deer Creek;
Ben Ollila, sr., Centennial;
Tim Ornell, sr., Centennial; Mike
Pilot, jr., South St. Paul; Andy
Roberts, sr., Rochester Mayo;
Morgan Shepherd, sr., Brainerd;
Johnny Swanson, sr., St. Cloud Tech;
Mike Taylor, sr., Holy Angels;
Deven VanHouse, sr., Silver Bay;
Travis Vermeulen, jr., Centennial;
Drew Walters, sr., Hibbing; Shea
Walters, jr., Hibbing; Loren Wenzel, sr., Mankato East/Loyola;
J.T. Wyman, sr., Blake; Glen
Ylitalo, sr., Orono.
DEFENSEMEN: Jon
Ammerman, jr., Moorhead; Marcus
Bellows, sr., Breck; Chris Berenguer,
sr., Eden Prairie;
Mark Bernier, sr., South St. Paul;
Andy Bryan, sr., Edina; Jay
Cascalenda, sr., Hill-Murray; Matt
Case, sr., Maple Grove;
Adam Davis, sr., Lakeville;
Peter Engebretson, sr., Orono; Chase
Evertz, sr., Anoka;
Greg
Flynn, sr., Centennial; Blake Friesen, sr., Benilde-St. Margaret's;
Kyle Hardwick, jr, Warroad;
Andrew Hasbargen, sr., Warroad; Chris Johnson, sr., Duluth East;
Phil Johnson, sr., Duluth East;
James Laurinaitis, jr., Wayzata;
Brian Lee, jr., Moorhead;
Eric Olimb, sr., Warroad;
Chris Peluso, jr., Brainerd; Mike Schmidt, jr., St. Cloud Cathedral;
Matt Sorterberg, sr., Anoka.
GOALIES: Dustin
Carlson, sr., Forest Lake; Max Dodds,
sr., Eden Prairie; Luke Edwall, sr.,
St. Louis Park;
James Fangel, sr., Hill-Murray;
Casey Geissler, sr., Duluth Marshall;
Drew Glowa, sr., Jefferson;
Eric Hylok, sr., Edina;
Tyler Johnson, sr., East Grand Forks;
Kevin Jonassen, sr., Eveleth-Gilbert;
Justin Klinkhammer, sr., Thief River Falls; Justin Kowalkoski, sr., Blake;
Jason Krueger, sr., Wayzata;
Jake Liesen, jr., Spring Lake Park;
Matt Loken, sr., International Falls;
Jake Maida, sr., Duluth East;
Kyle Olstead, sr., Anoka; Anders
Peterson, sr., Orono; Kyle Ratalsky,
sr., Shakopee;
Alec Richards, jr., Breck;
Tony Sorrels, sr., Warroad.
*Greg Stutz had been all but written off
in regard to the 2003-04 all-state boys *
hockeyteam. He
made it anyway.
Unfair as it is, one of the unwritten guidelines of
selecting all-star hockey teams is that goalies who play
for teams with overpowering offenses often are
disqualified. The theory is that no matter how good
those goalies are, they aren't required to do enough to
be picked for all-metro or all-state.
That's why the goalies for Bloomington Jefferson during
the Jaguars' dynasty from 1992-94 never made the short
list of candidates for the Pioneer Press all-state
teams. And it's why one week ago Stutz wasn't on this
year's all-state team, either. But
the Centennial senior set an unbreakable state
tournament record with three consecutive shutouts and
made it impossible not to pick him. With Stutz in the
goal, Centennial swept through the Class AA field last
week, blanking Holy Angels 2-0 on Thursday, Wayzata 3-0
on Friday and Moorhead 1-0 in Saturday's championship
game. Stutz
was in the Cougars' goal for all nine periods and 153
minutes of the state tournament at the Xcel Energy
Center, and the puck never got past him. That
explains why four goalies, not three, are on the first
three teams of this year's all-state roster. Two of
them, Stutz and Apple Valley's Matt Lundin, the Frank
Brimsek Award winner as senior goalie of the year, made
the first team. Alex Stalock of South St. Paul made the
second team, and B.J. O'Brien of Lakeville is on the
third team. St. Paul Pioneer Press 3-16-2004
*
MNPuck Reconsiders Greg Stutz, Centennial
*
Centennial was an Offensive
Superpower, out-scoring their opponents: 255-33.
Centennial averaged 46 shots-on-goal per game, while
their opponents averaged 15.
In the defensive end, Stutz was protected by the likes
of
R.J. Anderson, First Team All-State.
Greg Flynn, Honorable Mention All-State.
In the State Tournament:
Contennial was out-shot 16-22 by Holy Angels.
Stutz saved 22 of 22 shots. Rating:
"Good"
Contennial out-shot Wayzata 39-17. Stutz
saved 17 of 17 shots. Rating:
"Adequate".
Centennial out-shot Moorhead 29-15. Stutz
saved 15 of 15 shots. Rating:
"Adequate".
These three ratings do not justify
the Pioneer Press' elevating Stutz from "Not Noticed"
to "First Team All-State".
Honorable Mention, yes. But not First Team.
Associated Press 2003-2004 All-State
team
First team F - Tom Gorowsky, Centennial, sr.
F - Blake Wheeler, Breck, jr.
F - Brian Gifford, Moorhead, sr.
D - R.J. Anderson, Centennial, jr.
D - Alex Goligoski, Grand Rapids, sr.
G - Matt Lundin, Apple Valley, sr.
Second team F - Robbie Dee, Breck, jr.
F - Chad Rau, Eden Prairie, jr.
F - T.J. Oshie, Warroad, Warroad, jr.
D - Matt Niskanen, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl, jr.
D - Jack Hillen, Holy Angels, sr.
G - Alex Stalock, South St. Paul, jr.
Honorable
mention
Forwards: Robbie Amundson, Rochester J M,
sr.; B.J. Bayers, St. Louis Park,
sr.; Aaron Bendickson, Thief River
Falls, sr.; Joe Bluhm, Red Wing, sr.; Dan Bonne,
White Bear Lake, sr.; Justin Bostrom,
Mounds View, jr.; Jay Cascalenda,
Hill-Murray, sr.; Ryan Cramer, International Falls, sr.;
Nick Deutz, Moorhead, sr.;
Trevor Doden, Red Wing, soph.;
Cody Drysdale, Mankato East/Loyola, sr.; Will
Engasser, Blake, sr.; Drew Fisher,
International Falls, jr.; Tom
Freeman, Eagan, sr.; Jason Gomez, Holy Angels, sr.;
Ross Grant, Mankato East/Loyola,
sr.;Matt Greer, White Bear Lake,
sr.; Nate Hedley, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl, sr.; Nick
Hedley, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl, sr.;Sam Kelly, Hill-Murray, sr.; Nick Kemp, Hermantown, sr.; Jake
Hovick, Rochester J M, sr.; Erich
Kliewer, Fairmont, jr.; Mike Kramer,
St. Paul Como Park, sr.; Graham Kuehner, Mankato West, sr.;
Tyler Lehrke, Park Rapids, sr.;
David Martinson, St. Louis Park,
sr.;
Andrew Murray, Wadena-Deer Creek, sr.; Tyler
Neu, Wadena-Deer Creek, sr.; Brent
Olson, Lake of the Woods, sr.; Andy Roberts, Rochester Mayo, sr.; Morgan
Shepherd, Brainerd, sr.; Johnny
Swanson, St. Cloud Tech, sr.; Mike Taylor, Holy Angels, sr.; Ryan
Thang, Edina, sr.; Deven VanHouse,
Silver Bay, sr.; Eli Vlaisavljevich, St. Bernard's/St.
Agnes, sr.; Drew Walters, Hibbing,
sr.; Shea Walters, Hibbing, jr.;
Logan Wenzel, Mankato East/Loyola, sr.; J.T. Wyman, Blake,
sr.; Glenn Ylitalo, Orono, sr.
Defensemen: Jon Ammerman, Moorhead, jr.; Chris
Berenguer, Eden Prairie, sr.; Brian
Connelly, Bloomington Jefferson, jr.; Adam Davis, Lakeville, sr.;Blake
Friesen, Benilde-St. Margaret's, sr.; Kyle
Hardwick, Warroad, jr.; Phil
Johnson, Duluth East, sr.; Brian Lee, Moorhead, jr.;
Rob Page, Blake, sr.;
Chris Peluso, Brainerd, jr.; Mike Schmidt, St. Cloud Cathedral, jr.;
Matt Sorteberg, Anoka, sr.
Goalies:
Luke Edwall, St. Louis Park, sr.; James
Fangel, Hill-Murray, sr.; Casey
Geissler, Duluth Marshall, sr.; Tyler Johnson, East Grand Forks, sr.; Kevin
Jonassen, Eveleth-Gilbert, sr.; Justin
Klinkhammer, Thief River Falls, sr.; Jason Krueger, Wayzata, sr.; Matt
Loken, International Falls, jr.; Jake
Maida, Duluth East, sr.; B.J.
O'Brien, Lakeville, sr.;
Alec Richards, Breck, jr.; Greg
Stutz, Centennial, sr.
2004 Top Players [as
selected in the NHL Entry Draft]
