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2005-2006 Hill-Murray Hockey
State
4th Place
Section 3AA
Champion
Classic
Suburban Champion
Schwan Cup Silver Division Champion
- The Pioneers won their first 16 games, finished the regular season 23-1-1, and were ranked #2 statewide for most of the year. They played #1 Holy Angels to a tie before a packed house at Aldrich Arena on January 21. The loss was to eventual Class A champion St. Thomas Academy.
- Hill-Murray took the top seed in Section 3 for the first time since 1999 and won it for the first time since 2002, but needed double overtime to do it. Bryant Skarda tipped Derek McCallum's long shot into the upper corner to put Hill-Murray in its 20th MSHSL state tournament.
- Junior Nick
Larson scored a hat trick in the state quarterfinal against Minnetonka,
had five goals overall in the tournament, and was named to the
All-tournament team.
- The team's top four defensemen - Bill Leier, Derek McCallum, Gabe Guentzel, and Mac Garceau - had already earned nine varsity letters among them prior to this season.
- The December
6 game against White Bear Lake was the first statewide telecast of a
high school hockey game by Fox Sports Net. Play-by-play was
done
by Anthony LaPanta, who had honed his skills broadcasting many
Hill-Murray games on local cable television in the '90s.
Color
commentator Kevin Gorg was the goalie for the Burnsville team that
defeated Hill-Murray 4-3 in the 1985 state championship game.
- The 6-3 win over Moorhead was the first by a
Minnesota team at Moorhead in over four years.
- Junior Mike Hoeffel amassed 114 points in two seasons and committed to the University of Minnesota.
- Sniper and shorthanded specialist Brian Arrigoni finished his three year career with 65 goals and 111 points.
- Defenseman
and captain Derek McCallum finished a four year career with 93 points
and went to the University of Minnesota on a baseball scholarship.
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score | |
| Thu | Dec 1 | Wayzata | Aldrich | 8:00 | 8-1 | W |
| Sat | Dec 3 | Johnson | Phalen | 3:00 | 4-0 | W |
| Tue | Dec 6 | White Bear Lake | Aldrich | 8:00 | 1-0 | W |
| Sat | Dec 10 | South St. Paul* | Wakota | 7:30 | 5-0 | W |
| Thu | Dec 15 | St. Thomas Academy* | St. Thomas | 7:30 | 8-5 | W |
| Sat | Dec 17 | Tartan* | Tartan | 3:00 | 4-2 | W |
| Tue | Dec 20 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | Aldrich | 8:00 | 7-2 | W |
| Thu | Dec 22 | North St. Paul* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 5-3 | W |
| Tue | Dec 27 | Maple Grove | Aldrich | 3:00 | 5-2 | W |
| Wed | Dec 28 | Edina | Aldrich | 6:00 | 7-1 | W |
| Thu | Dec 29 | Brainerd | Xcel Center | 6:00 | 6-1 | W |
| Thu | Jan 5 | Richfield* | Richfield | 7:30 | 7-0 | W |
| Sat | Jan 7 | Mahtomedi* | St. Croix Rec. Center | 3:00 | 7-4 | W |
| Thu | Jan 12 | Henry Sibley* | West St. Paul | 7:30 | 8-0 | W |
| Sat | Jan 14 | Simley* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 14-0 | W |
| Tue | Jan 17 | South St. Paul* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 12-0 | W |
| Sat | Jan 21 | Holy Angels | Aldrich | 8:00 | 3-3 | T (OT) |
| Thu | Jan 26 | St. Thomas Academy* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 4-5 | L |
| Sat | Jan 28 | Tartan* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 6-0 | W |
| Thu | Feb 2 | North St. Paul* | Polar | 7:30 | 8-1 | W |
| Sat | Feb 4 | Richfield* | Aldrich | 3:00 | 7-0 | W |
| Tue | Feb 7 | Mahtomedi* | Aldrich | 8:00 | 8-1 | W |
| Sat | Feb 11 | Henry Sibley* | Aldrich | 3:00 | 6-0 | W |
| Wed | Feb 15 | Simley* | Veterans Center (IGH) | 7:30 | 7-0 | W |
| Sat | Feb 18 | Moorhead | Moorhead | 7:30 | 6-3 | W |
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| Section 3AA Playoffs | ||||||
| Sat | Feb 25 | Mounds View | Aldrich | 12:00 | 6-0 | W |
| Tue | Feb 28 | Roseville |
Coliseum | 8:00 | 5-1 | W |
| Fri | Mar 3 | White Bear Lake | Coliseum | 9:00 | 5-4 | W (2OT) |
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| State Tournament | ||||||
| Thu | Mar 9 | Minnetonka | Xcel Center | 6:00 | 5-4 | W |
| Fri | Mar 10 | Grand Rapids | Xcel Center | 8:30 | 2-3 | L |
| Sat | Mar 11 | Blaine | Xcel Center | 4:00 | 2-4 | L |
Final Record 27-3-1
Classic Suburban Conference Standings
| Team Stats | Wins | Goals | PPG | ESG | SHG | ENG | Shots | Sh % |
| Hill-Murray | 27 | 188 | 41 | 136 | 11 | 2 | 1191 | 15.8% |
| Opponents | 3 | 50 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 531 | 9.4% |
Varsity Roster
Coach:
Bill Lechner
Assistants: Pat Schafhauser, Tony Flint
| No. | Name | Pos. | Grade | Height | Weight | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 2 | Bill Leier (C) | D | 12 | 5' 10" | 180 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | Justin Klimek | F | 12 | 6' 0" | 165 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Tyler Zepeda | F | 9 | 5' 7" | 140 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 9 | Derek McCallum (C) | D | 12 | 6' 0" | 180 | 12 | 32 | 44 |
| 10 | Tony Danna | D | 11 | 6' 0" | 185 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Mike Hoeffel | F | 11 | 6' 2" | 180 | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| 14 | Bryant Skarda | F | 12 | 5' 11" | 180 | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| 15 | Nick Kohler | F | 12 | 5' 11" | 180 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | Kevin Cassidy | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 165 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | Matt Shaughnessy | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 175 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | Nick Larson | F | 11 | 6' 2" | 185 | 41 | 38 | 79 |
| 19 | Joey McEnaney (C) | F | 12 | 5' 7" | 160 | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 20 | Gabe Guentzel | D | 12 | 5' 11" | 175 | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| 24 | Nick Pryor | D | 9 | 5' 10" | 165 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | Mac Garceau | D | 12 | 6' 0" | 175 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | Brian Arrigoni | F | 12 | 5' 9" | 170 | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| 27 | Tory Pearson | F | 11 | 6' 1" | 185 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Vince Unklesbay | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 170 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| No. | Name | Pos. | Grade | Height | Weight | Save % | Record | GAA |
| 1 | Tom O'Brien | G | 12 | 5' 9" | 180 | 92.0 | 10-2-0 | 1.20 |
| 33 | Joe Phillippi | G | 10 | 5' 9" | 160 | 90.1 | 17-1-1 | 1.77 |
All-state honorable mention: Mike Hoeffel, Bryant Skarda, Gabe Guentzel,
Brian Arrigoni, Joe Phillippi
All-tournament team: Derek McCallum, Nick Larson
JV Roster
Coach:
Bill Schafhauser
Assistants: Joe Schmidt, Steve Jones
| No |
Name |
Pos | Grade | Height | Weight |
| 6 | Jordan Johnson | D | 8 | 5' 9" | 150 |
| 7 | John Brady | D | 11 | 5' 8" | 165 |
| 8 | Jake Brown | D | 8 | 6' 0" | 160 |
| 9 | Tyler Hill | F | 9 | 5' 11" | 140 |
| 10 | Jake Lechner | F | 11 | 5' 7" | 130 |
| 11 | Paul Prescott | F | 9 | 5' 7" | 160 |
| 12 | Aaron Gorman | F | 10 | 5' 6" | 140 |
| 14 | David Cascalenda | F | 10 | 5' 10" | 150 |
| 15 | Peter Johnson | F | 10 | 5' 11" | 145 |
| 18 | Dan Cecka | F | 10 | 5' 10" | 180 |
| 19 | Jeff Westerhaus | F | 9 | 6' 0" | 170 |
| 20 | Bo Dolan | D | 10 | 5' 9" | 155 |
| 21 | Eddie Letourneau | F | 11 | 6' 0" | 165 |
| 22 | Delaney "Lou" Metcalf | F | 10 | 5' 5" | 145 |
| 24 | Daniel Sova | D | 10 | 6' 1" | 175 |
| 25 | Jonathan Stadler | D | 9 | 6' 0" | 175 |
| 27 | Tyler Canterbury | F | 11 | 5' 7" | 145 |
| 28 | Justin Nelson | F | 9 | 5' 9" | 160 |
| 32 | Danny McEnaney | G | 11 | 5' 10" | 165 |
| 33 | Ryan Kittelson | G | 10 | 5' 9" | 180 |
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