| Season Notes |
| This is the first year of the All-Star Game held at North Iowa Recreational Center in Mason City. The event is held in conjunction with the United States Hockey League All-Star Game. Each coach selected his team's two best players and the remaining slections were voted on by all coaches. Players were then randomly drafted onto two teams. |
| The Varsity tournament is hosted by Ames for the third time. It is the first time Ames hosts the event at the Cyclone Area Community Center. The two previous times the event was held at Hilton Coliseum in 1977 and 1978. |
| The Sioux City hockey program returns to the Sioux City Auditorium after four years in the inflatable bubble and metal building in South Sioux City, Nebraksa. |
| Ames Little Cyclones wins its first tournament championship. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Ames Little Cyclones (17W-1L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
February 27-March 1 - Cyclone Area Community Center - Ames, Iowa
Championship Game: Ames Little Cyclones ?, (Waterloo Warriors ?)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Scot Johnston - Ames Little Cyclones
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
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VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Ames Little Cyclones
| Varsity Regular Season Standings - FINAL | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| Ames | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 115 | 32 | 44 | 88 |
| Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 121 | 73 | 122 | 261 |
| Sioux City | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 57 | 63 | 75 | 169 |
| Mason City | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 76 | 110 | 220 |
| Urbandale | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 57 | 81 | 104 | 225 |
| Des Moines | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 71 | 115 | 254 |
| Waterloo Columbus | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 104 | 78 | 156 |
| Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | ||||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Scot Johnston, Ames | 18 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| T2 | Marc Gillard, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 0 |
| T2 | Bill Norris, Ames | 18 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Erik Runge, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 0 |
| 5 | John Newell, Ames | 18 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Dan Michelsen, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | Brian Carnes, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| 8 | Del Donaldson, Waterloo Warriors | 18 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| T9 | Tim Jones, Des Moines | 18 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| T9 | Steve Tunks, Urbandale | 18 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | |||||||||
| RK | Name, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | Pct |
| 1 | Scott Jackson, Ames | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 315 | 289 | 26 | 0.917 |
| 2 | Scott Geiger, Des Moines | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 606 | 544 | 62 | 0.898 |
| 3 | Scott Patrick, Sioux City | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 597 | 534 | 63 | 0.894 |
VARSITY ALL-STATE
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VARSITY ALL-STAR GAME
Tuesday, January 21, 1986 - North Iowa Recreational Center - Mason City
White 4, Green 1
White All-Stars
- Forwards -
Scot Johnston, Sr. - Ames
John Newell, Sr. - Ames
Bill Norris, Sr. - Ames
Tim Jones, Sr. - Des Moines
Troy Sorenson, Sr. - Urbandale
Chris Dolan, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Marc Gillard, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
Erik Runge, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors
Brian Carnes, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Defense -
John Russo, Sr. - Ames
Greg Sieber, Sr. - Ames
George PappaJohn, Sr. - Mason City
Dan Michelsen, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Goaltenders -
Scott Geiger, Sr. - Des Moines
Chris Taylor, Sr. - Waterloo Columbus
Coach: Dave Swick - Waterloo Warriors
Green All-Stars
- Forwards -
Doug Glock, Sr. - Ames
Sean Murdoch, So. - Ames
Chuck Armstrong, Jr. - Des Moines
Jim Lloyd, Sr. - Mason City
Chris Steward, Jr. - Mason City
Rob Casper, Sr. - Sioux City
Steve Nichol, Jr. - Sioux City
Steve Tunks, Jr. - Urbandale
Del Donaldson, Jr. - Waterloo Warriors
- Defense -
Rich Dykema, So. - Ames
Don Erbach, Jr. - Ames
Mike Swartzel, Jr. - Sioux City
Damon Punsalan, Sr. - Urbandale
- Goaltenders -
Scott Jackson, Sr. - Ames
Matt Haws, Sr. - Urbandale
Coach: Noel Erickson - Ames
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Ross Brown - Cedar Falls
Secretary/Treasurer: Gary Donaldson - Waterloo
Vice President: Don Krueger - Des Moines
Vice President:
Dick Keith - Sioux City
Vice President:
Jim Van Bergen - Ames
Commissioner: Bill Kammeyer - Waterloo
Referee-in-Chief: Chuck Ill - Des Moines
Statistician: Doug Newhoff - Waterloo