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| The newly completed North Iowa Recreational Arena in Mason City hosted its first IHSHL game on Saturday, February 5. The Waterloo Warriors topped Mason City 8–1. Nearly 1,000 spectators and special guests filled the arena for festive pregame ceremonies marking the official opening of the facility. |
| The Dubuque Optimists join the League. |
| Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt changes name to Des Moines Public. |
| The IHSHL Executive Committee establishes the League’s first Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to the team accumulating the fewest penalty minutes during the regular season. The honor is named the "Roger Peterson Award", recognizing Peterson’s steady leadership and long-term service to the league. He served a three-year term as IHSHL President from 1979–82 and completed one year as League Commissioner in 1982–83.. |
| The Sioux City hockey program began skating in a new metal building that replaced the inflatable “Bubble,” which had been destroyed by high winds in July. The new facility, located in South Sioux City, Nebraska, was named the Marina Inn Convention Center. 'Bubble' bursts (Sioux City Journal - Thursday, Junly 22, 1982) Ice Arena to be replaced (Sioux Ciy Journal - Wednesday, August 18, 1982) |
| Newly introduced aluminum sticks are approved for use in League play. |
 Mason City hosted the Varsity year-end tournament March 3-6, at the new North Iowa Recreational Arena located in the North Iowa Fairgrounds.Waterloo Warriors Win Iowa High School Tournament (Press Release PDF) |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Waterloo Warriors (17W-1L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 3-6, 1983 - North Iowa Recreational Arena - Mason City, Iowa
Championship Game: Waterloo Warriors 5, Waterloo Columbus 1
Warriors stop Sailors 5-1 for state title PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Monday, March 7, 1983)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Brian Cook - Waterloo Warriors
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
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VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Waterloo Columbus Sailors
VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS |
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| Qualifier Games | Sioux City 6, Dubuque 0 Des Moines Owling 5, Mason City 4 (OT) |
| Quarterfinals | Waterloo Warriors 10, Sioux City 3 Des Moines Valley 4, Ames 3 Waterloo Columbus 7, Urbandale 3 Des Moines Public 7, Mason City 4 |
| Consolation Games | Ames 8, Dubuque 3 Urbandale 9, Des Moines Dowling 6 Ames 5, Sioux City 1 Urbandale 6, Mason City 3 |
| Championship Semifinals | Waterloo Warriors 8, Des Moines Valley 2 Waterloo Columbus 8, Des Moines Public 4 |
| Ninth-Place Game | Des Moines Dowling 7, Dubuque 5 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Sioux City 7, Mason City 6 (Sioux City forfeits after using ineligible player) |
| Fifth-Place Game | Ames 6, Urbandale 3 |
| Third-Place Game | Des Moines Valley 6, Des Moines Public 5 |
| Championship Game | Waterloo Warriors 5, Waterloo Columbus 1 |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| 1-Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 189 | 40 | 101 | 236 |
| 2-Des Moines Public | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 125 | 64 | 117 | 252 |
| 3-Waterloo Columbus | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 136 | 62 | 70 | 158 |
| 4-Des Moines Valley | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 125 | 77 | 95 | 214 |
| 5-Ames | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 80 | 99 | 98 | 202 |
| 6-Urbandale | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 94 | 97 | 122 | 250 |
| 7-Sioux City | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 78 | 83 | 113 | 276 |
| 8-Mason City | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 129 | 106 | 230 |
| 9-Des Moines Dowling | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 140 | 127 | 292 |
| 10-Dubuque | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 199 | 103 | 232 |
| VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||||
| RK | Name, Team | Go | Ast | Pts | Pn | PM |
| 1 | Scott Dolan, Waterloo Columbus | 36 | 35 | 71 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Steve Miller, Des Moines Valley | 48 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Brian Cook, Waterloo Warriors | 25 | 38 | 63 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Jim Hayes, Waterloo Warriors | 37 | 25 | 62 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Jim Webb, Des Moines Public | 30 | 29 | 59 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Mark Lanigan, Waterloo Columbus | 13 | 36 | 49 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Jim Tyler, Waterloo Warriors | 28 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | Al Driscoll, Des Moines Public | 23 | 24 | 47 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | Keith Armstrong, Des Moines Valley | 22 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 14 |
| T10 | Dick Long, Waterloo Columbus | 29 | 15 | 44 | 7 | 14 |
| T10 | Gary Wilson, Waterloo Warriors | 14 | 30 | 44 | 16 | 40 |
| VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | SO | Pct |
| 1 | Brant Gaede, Waterloo Warriors | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 245 | 222 | 23 | 1 | 0.906 |
| 2 | Juha Seipajarvi, Sioux City | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 334 | 287 | 47 | 0 | 0.859 |
| 3 | Lawrence Driscoll, Des Moines Public | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 351 | 296 | 55 | 0 | 0.843 |
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IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1982-1983EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Ross Brown - Cedar Falls, IA
Secretary/Treasurer: Ron Anderson - West Des Moines, IA
Vice President: Wayne Johnson - Sioux City, IA
Vice President:
Ron Hanna - Mason City, IA
Vice President:
Clare Armstrong - West Des Moines, IA
Commissioner: Roger Peterson - Waterloo, IA
Referee-in-Chief: Kirk Talbott - Des Moines, IA
Scheduler: Stewart Davis - Waterloo, IA
Statistician: Dolly Hanna - Mason City, IA