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2001-2002 Hill-Murray Hockey
State
2nd Place
Section 3AA Champion
Classic Suburban Champion
- Led by the goaltending of Tony Ciro, senior defensemen Matt Czech, Tyler Buckley, Tom Morrow, and Pat Daly, and the top line of Brian Kaufman, Garrett Regan, and Jay Cascalenda, Hill-Murray returned to the state championship game. A clear underdog against Holy Angels, the Pioneers lost 4-2 and finished second, the highest finish for the school since 1993.
- In the first year of the Classic Suburban Conference, Hill-Murray went 14-0-2, coming back twice to tie Mahtomedi in two tense games.
- This was also the first year that a holiday tournament (the Capital City Classic) was played at the Xcel Energy Center, which had opened in the fall of 2000. Periods were 18 minutes long.
- In the Dec. 1 game against Duluth East, Brian Kaufman scored the tying goal in the final minute and Tom Morrow got the winner off a faceoff as time expired. Both went on to play D1 hockey; Kaufman at Miami (Ohio) and Morrow at Boston University.
- Hill-Murray knocked out top-seeded White Bear Lake in the section final for the second time in three years. Tied 1-1 entering the third, the Pioneers scored three goals in the first five minutes, two finished with drives to the net by Garrett Regan.
- The 5-0
victory over Jefferson in the state semifinal was just the second
shutout in tournament history by Hill-Murray, the other coming in 1978.
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score | ||
| Sat | 11/24 | Johnson | Aldrich | 8:00 | 7-1 | W | |
| Tue | 11/27 | Jefferson | Ice Garden | 7:30 | 1-3 | L | |
| Sat | 12/1 | Duluth East | Aldrich | 6:00 | 5-4 | W | |
| Tue | 12/4 | White Bear Lake | Aldrich | 8:00 | 3-6 | L | |
| Thu | 12/13 | South St. Paul* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 7-1 | W | |
| Sat | 12/15 | Simley* | Aldrich | 3:00 | 8-1 | W | |
| Thu | 12/20 | Richfield* | Richfield | 7:00 | 6-1 | W | |
| Sat | 12/22 | North St. Paul* | Aldrich | 3:00 | 6-2 | W | |
| Thu | 12/27 | Edina | Xcel Center | 2:30 | 3-2 | W | |
| Fri | 12/28 | Roseville | Xcel Center | 6:00 | 1-10 | L | |
| Sat | 12/29 | Duluth East | Xcel Center | 3:00 | 1-4 | L | |
| Thu | 1/3 | Tartan* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 7-3 | W | |
| Sat | 1/5 | Henry Sibley* | West St. Paul | 8:00 | 6-2 | W | |
| Thu | 1/10 | St. Thomas Academy* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 9-0 | W | |
| Sat | 1/12 | Mahtomedi* | Stillwater | 3:30 | 3-3 | T (OT) | |
| Fri | 1/18 | Grand Rapids | Aldrich | 8:00 | 6-4 | W | |
| Sat | 1/19 | South St. Paul* | Wakota | 7:30 | 6-1 | W | |
| Thu | 1/24 | Simley* | Veterans Center | 7:30 | 5-2 | W | |
| Sat | 1/26 | Richfield* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 5-2 | W | |
| Thu | 1/31 | North St. Paul* | Polar | 7:30 | 3-1 | W | |
| Sat | 2/1 | Tartan* | Tartan | 3:00 | 4-0 | W | |
| Thu | 2/7 | Henry Sibley* | Highland | 7:45 | 6-3 | W | |
| Sat | 2/9 | St. Thomas Academy* | Veterans Center | 7:30 | 6-0 | W | |
| Tue | 2/12 | Mahtomedi* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 2-2 | T (OT) | |
| Sat | 2/16 | Moorhead | Moorhead | 7:30 | 0-3 |
L |
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| Section 3AA Playoffs | |||||||
| Sat | 2/23 | Tartan | Aldrich | 6:00 | 8-1 | W | |
| Wed | 2/27 | Centennial | Coliseum | 6:00 | 3-0 | W | |
| Fri | 3/1 | White Bear Lake | Coliseum | 6:00 | 4-1 | W | |
| State Tournament | |||||||
| Thu | 3/7 | Lakeville | Xcel Center | 9:45 | 3-2 | W (OT) | |
| Fri | 3/8 | Jefferson | Xcel Center | 9:45 | 5-0 | W | |
| Sat | 3/9 | Holy Angels | Xcel Center | 7:00 | 2-4 | L | |
Final Record 23-6-4
Classic Suburban Conference Standings
| Team Stats | Wins | Goals | PP % | PPG | ESG | SHG | ENG | Shots | Sh % |
| Hill-Murray | 23 | 141 | 32.9% | 28 | 106 | 7 | 2 | 907 | 15.5% |
| Opponents | 6 | 69 | 15.7% | 16 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 682 | 10.1% |
Varsity Roster
Coach:
Bill Lechner
Assistants: Pat Schafhauser, Tony Flint, Tom Quinlan
Assistants: Pat Schafhauser, Tony Flint, Tom Quinlan
| No. | Name | Pos. | Grade | Height | Weight | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 7 | Jeff Klosner | D | 11 | 6' 1" | 170 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Bob Hejny | F | 12 | 5' 11" | 175 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Tom Heimel | F | 11 | 5' 4" | 150 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 11 | Tony Rawlings | F | 11 | 5' 11" | 155 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | Pat Daly | D | 12 | 6' 1" | 175 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Jay Cascalenda | F | 10 | 5' 10" | 155 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 15 | Brian Kaufman | F | 12 | 6' 4" | 195 | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| 16 | Mike Feesl | D | 11 | 5' 7" | 150 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Brian Koneczny | F | 11 | 5' 10" | 160 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Tyler Buckley (C) | D | 12 | 5' 9" | 190 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | Pat Conway | F | 11 | 5' 10" | 160 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 20 | Matt Czech (C) | D | 12 | 5' 9" | 185 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 21 | Tom Morrow | D | 12 | 6' 5" | 200 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 22 | Garrett O. Regan | F | 11 | 5' 11" | 170 | 37 | 32 | 69 |
| 24 | Peter Allen | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 155 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | Tim Dickhudt | F | 10 | 5' 8" | 165 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 27 | Nate Kohler | F | 10 | 6' 0" | 190 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Trevor Thurston | F | 11 | 5' 8" | 165 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| No. | Name | Pos. | Grade | Height | Weight | Save % | Record | GAA |
| 2 | James Fangel | G | 10 | 5' 4" | 150 | 90.3 | 5-0-0 | 1.60 |
| 33 | Tony Ciro (C) | G | 12 | 5' 11" | 175 | 90.1 | 18-6-2 | 2.21 |
All-tournament team: Matt Czech, Garrett Regan, Tony Ciro
Coach: Rick Brosseau
Assistant: Robb
Quinlan
| No. | Name | Grade | Pos. | Height | Weight |
| 1 | Mike Gatzke | 11 | G | 6' 0" | 175 |
| 6 | Nate Kohler | 10 | F | 6' 0" | 190 |
| 7 | Jeff Heimel | 10 | F | 5' 3" | 130 |
| 8 | James Fangel | 10 | G | 5' 4" | 150 |
| 9 | Justin Horwath | 9 | F | 5' 7" | 140 |
| 10 | Matt Butchko | 9 | F | 6' 0" | 145 |
| 11 | Casey Gresback | 10 | F | 5' 10" | 165 |
| 12 | Alex Spies | 9 | F | 5' 6" | 145 |
| 15 | Matt Johnson | 9 | F | 5' 11" | 165 |
| 16 | Jim Clements | 11 | D | 5' 10" | 165 |
| 17 | Mike Butchko | 9 | D | 5' 11" | 145 |
| 18 | Mike Phillippi | 9 | D | 5' 7" | 135 |
| 20 | Matt Cermak | 10 | F | 5' 11" | 165 |
| 21 | Matt Rog | 10 | G | 5' 9" | 145 |
| 22 | B.J. Thompson | 10 | F | 5' 8" | 150 |
| 24 | Eric Joyce | 10 | D | 6' 1" | 180 |
| 25 | Derek McCallum | 8 | D | 5' 6" | 130 |
| 27 | Zach Larson | 9 | D | 5' 10" | 145 |
| 28 | Craig Kaufman | 10 | F | 6' 0" | 160 |
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