Midwest High School Hockey League/Iowa High School Hockey League

INFORMATION VAULT

2018-2019

HOME | 2018-2019

Ames Little Cyclones | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Des Moines Capitals | Des Moines Oak Leafs | Dubuque Devils

Fremont Flyers | Kansas City Jets | Lincoln Jr. Stars | Mason City Mohawks | Omaha Jr. Lancers

Quad City Blues | Sioux City Metros | Waterloo Warriors


SEASON NOTES

The League expanded to 13 teams with the addition of the Fremont Flyers from Fremont, Nebraska. The Flyers were previously a member of the South Dakota high school circuit. The Flyers will compete in both the Varsity and JV levels and be placed in the West Division. Teams will now play a 32-game schedule, continuing to play division rivals 4 times and teams outside the division twice. Teams in the Central and West divisions will play two extra games against opponents to be determined.

Six new records were set during the season.
Waterloo’s Ben Sinnott set a new mark for goals in a single season with 54.
Waterloo goaltender Chase Pabst logged 14 shutouts surpassing the old record of 10.
Mason City goaltender, Erik McHenry, faced a new high of 1,322 shots on goal.
Dubuque’s Drew Millius tallied new records for single-season and career penalty minutes.
And, Waterloo’s victory at the year-end tournament marked their eighth in team history, a new League record.

Sinnott sets record in Warriors win PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Sunday, February 17, 2019)

Waterloo stings the Blues PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Sunday, January 13, 2019)

Team Midwest U-18 won the 2018 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Stick Championship, qualifying for the Silver Stick finals in Sarnia, Canada. The team advanced to the championship game, falling to Halton HIlls, Ontario, Canada 4-1.

Policy changes:
1. All three Junior Varsity periods will now be extended to 15 minutes, up from 14.
2. A penalized player whose penalty minutes do not expire before the start of a Varsity or Junior Varsity shootout is ineligible to participate in the shootout until all other players have shot once.
3. If Varsity or Junior Varsity teams are tied at the end of regulation in a year-end tournament championship bracket game, teams will switch ends at the end of regulation and after each overtime period.
4. The possession of vaping and other nicotine products was added to the list suspensions for tobacco use.
5. The home team is responsible to ensure that regular-season and year-end tournament games are video recorded.

The Championship Weekend Tournament was held at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. The top-eight Varsity teams and top-eight Jr. Varsity teams qualified for the evnet.


VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Waterloo Warriors (29W-2L-1SOL)

VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena
Championship Game: Waterloo Warriors 2, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 1

Undisputed: Warriors are MHSHL champions PDF
(Waterloo Courier -Monday, March 4, 2019)

VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Carter Herbst - Waterloo Warriors

VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Brian Cook - Waterloo Warriors

VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena
Quarterfinal Games #4 Omaha 3, #5 Quad City 2
#3 Cedar Rapids 4, #6 Des Moines Capitals 1
#2 Sioux City 5, #7 Lincoln 0
#1 Waterloo 4, #8 Kansas City 1
Semifinal Games Sioux City 2, Cedar Rapids 4
Waterloo 5, Omaha 1
Third-Place Game Sioux City 4, Omaha 1
Championship Game Waterloo 2, Cedar Rapids 1

 

VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
Team Name GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Waterloo 32 29 2 0 1 59 168 31 466
2-Sioux City 32 26 3 3 0 55 135 42 477
3-Cedar Rapids 32 27 5 0 0 54 182 54 354
4-Omaha 32 22 9 1 0 45 110 84 558
5-Quad City 32 21 11 0 0 42 104 74 498
6-Des Moines Capitals 32 17 13 2 0 36 125 87 398
7-Lincoln 32 17 14 1 0 35 98 103 530
8-Kansas City 32 16 13 2 1 35 110 108 534
Des Moines Oak Leafs 32 16 14 0 2 34 106 89 373
Mason City 32 8 23 1 0 17 69 149 384
Fremont 32 5 26 1 0 11 55 160 682
Ames 32 2 28 2 0 6 45 185 484
Dubuque 32 2 29 1 0 5 38 179 919

 

VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK Player, Team GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG
1 Ben Sinnott, Waterloo 30 54 38 92 83 12 3 8
2 Kole Latusick, Waterloo 32 30 54 84 36 4 0 10
3 Ryan Carlson, Cedar Rapids 32 36 36 72 2 0 2 4
4 Carter Herbst, Waterloo 32 28 40 68 42 5 2 4
5 Ben Pizzimenti, Cedar Rapids 32 29 38 67 12 4 2 6
6 Clark Krueger, Des Moines Capitals 32 40 23 63 26 3 3 7
7 Carter Renwick, Cedar Rapids 32 17 45 62 8 1 0 1
8 Taylor Frerichs, Sioux City 32 22 29 51 97 6 0 5
9 Peyton Roy, Kansas City 31 19 28 47 51 8 0 2
10 Stone Patten, Quad City 32 22 24 46 20 3 0 7

 

VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK Player, Team GP W L T SO GA GAA SV SV%
1 Chase Pabst, Waterloo 32 29 2 0 14 30 0.94 656 0.956
2 Blake Beller, Sioux City 32 26 6 0 6 42 1.3 594 0.934
3 Ethan Snee, Cedar Rapids 18 14 2 0 3 24 1.43 288 0.923

 


VARSITY ALL-LEAGUE

- FORWARDS -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Clark Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Ben Sinnott. Jr. - Waterloo
Kole Latusick, Jr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Max Beller, Sr., - Sioux City
Dane Hickey, Sr. - Omaha
Carter Hobbs, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs

- GOALTENDER -
Chase Pabst, Jr. - Waterloo

 

 


VARSITY ALL-STARS

- FIRST TEAM -

- FORWARDS -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids*
Ben Pizzimenti, Sr. - Cedar Rapids*
Carter Renwick, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Clark Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Dawson Zeutenhorst, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Peyton Roy, Sr. - Kansas City
Blake Glaser, Jr. - Lincoln
Andrew Kramer, Jr. - Quad City*
Stone Patten, Jr. - Quad City*
Peyton Watkins, Sr. - Quad City
Taylor Frerichs, Jr. - Sioux City
Reece McDonald, Sr. - Sioux City*
Carter Herbst, Sr. - Waterloo*
Kole Latusick, Jr. - Waterloo
Ben Sinnott, Jr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Carter Hobbs, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Isaac Donahoo, Sr. - Mason City
Dane Hickey, Sr. - Omaha*
Noah Hichborn, Sr. - Quad City
Max Beller, Sr. - Sioux City*
Alec Nieman, Sr. - Sioux City
Ethan Fox, Sr. - Waterloo

-GOALTENDERS -
Blake Beller, Sr. Sioux City*
Chase Pabst, Sr. Waterloo*

*Unanimous Selection

- SECOND TEAM -

- FORWARDS -
Ethan Tulp, Jr. - Ames
Joshua Nelson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Ryan Dunn, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Brock McQuistan, Sr. - Fremont
Max Arnold, Jr. - Kansas City
Henry Mahaffy, Sr. - Kansas City
Nikolas Svetlak, Jr. - Kansas City
John Evans, Sr. - Lincoln
Ben Blaha, Sr. - Mason City
Brock James, Jr. - Omaha
Nick Novak, Sr. - Omaha
Jack Harrison, Sr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Luke Edwards, Jr. - Cedar Rapids
Holden Sevening, Jr. - Cedar Rapids
Dan Dressen, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Lukas Kirby, Sr. - Kansas City
Keegan Smith, Sr. - Waterloo

- GOALTENDERS -
Ethan Snee, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Erik McHenry, Jr. - Mason City

 

 


PRESIDENT'S SENIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMANT AWARD

Presented by the League President to Seniors graduating with a 3.5 GPA or better.

AMES: Aaron Seydell, Timothy Weber

CEDAR RAPIDS: Ryan Carlson, Tanner Heiar, Ben Pizzimenti, Carter Renwick, Eric Wisnousky

DES MOINES CAPITALS: Jonah Magneson

DES MOINES OAK LEAFS: Adam Burns, Nolan Glock, Jacob Karasinski, Luke Kinney

FREMONT: Evan Bespoyasny, Tyler Hiatt, Benjamin Stieren

LINCOLN: Harlie Ferguson, Eli Schmal, Landon Seibert, Coby Skretta

MASON CITY: Ben Blaha

OMAHA: C.J. Harding, Dane Hickey, Patrick Hoody, Jack Johnson, Tommy Oldenhuis, Cole Roth

QUAD CITY: Tyler Olswold, Keaton Peters

WATERLOO: Ethan Fox, Carter Herbst

 

 


- TEAM MIDWEST -
AMERICA'S HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY SHOWCASE
-ST. LOUIS

Team Midwest competed at America’s High School Hockey Showcase in St. Louis, Missouri, April 11-15.
Junior and senior high school players within the Midwest Amateur Hockey Association affiliate are eligible to tryout for the team. The Showcase was founded in 1985 to provide players an opportunity to be scouted by next-level programs. This year's team finished with a 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 overtime record in the A-pool.

Thursday, April 11 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 0, Pittsburgh 10
Friday, April 12 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 5, Missoui Blue 3
Saturday, April 13 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 5, Colorado Burgundy 4, SO
Sunday, April 14 - Quarterfinals: Team Midwest 3, Texas 4, OT

TEAM MIDWEST ROSTER

- HEAD COACH -
Larry Heggebo

- MANAGER -
Amy Stauffer-Heggebo

- FORWARDS -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Ben Pizzimenti, Sr. - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Clark Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Nikolas Svetlak, Jr.- Kansas City Jets
Blake Glaser, Jr. - Lincoln Jr. Stars
Nick Novak, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Andrew Kramer, Jr. - Quad City Blues
Stone Patten, Jr. - Quad City Blues
Cale Bricker, Jr. - Sioux City Metros
Taylor Frerichs, Jr. - Sioux City Metros
Reece McDonald, Sr. - Sioux City Metros
Nick Samuelson, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors

- DEFENSE -
Luke Edwards, Jr. - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Drew Millius, Jr. - Dubuque Devils
Noah Hichborn, Sr. - Quad City Blues
Max Beller, Sr. - Sioux City Metros
Daniel Hoerichs, Sr. - Boji Mammoths
Marcus Ingraham, Jr. - Boji Mammoths

- GOALTENDERS -
Eric Wisnousky, Sr. - Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Payton West, Jr. - Lincoln Jr. Stars


 


USA HOCKEY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION II

Waterloo Warriors and Omaha Jr. Lancers represented the MHSHL at the 2019 USA Hockey High School National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 28 to April 1. Waterloo and Omaha qualified for the event by finishing highest in the regular-season standings from their respective state within the Midwest Amateur Hockey Association affiliate.
Waterloo's tournament run ended in the quarterfinals, while Omaha did not advance out of pool play.

Warriors bow out at prep nationals PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Monday, April 1, 2019)

Sunday, March 31
Quarterfinals: Waterloo 2, Boulder/Monarch (Colorado) 3

Saturday, March 30
Omaha 3, Burrell HS (Pennsylvania) 6
Waterloo 6, Jr. Golden Knights (Las Vegas) 3

Friday, March 29
Omaha 1, Boulder-Monarch (Colorado) 4
Waterloo 13, West Virginia East 2

Thursday, March 28
Omaha 5, Steinbrenner HS (Florida) 1
Waterloo 4, Smithtown-Hauppauge HS (New York) 0

 

 


U18 PRESEASON TEAM MIDWEST

U18 Team Midwest is a preseason team comprised of players from the Midwest High School Hockey League.

Team Midwest won the 2018 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Stick Championship, qualifying for the Silver Stick finals in Sarnia, Canada. Team Midwest advanced to the championship game, falling to Halton HIlls, Ontario, Canada 4-1. The team finished with a 19W-4L-1T record.

2019 International Silver Stick Game Scores

Sunday, January 20, 2019
Semifinals: Team Midwest 3, Atlanta Phoenix 2, OT
Championship Game: Team Midwest 1, Halton Hills 4

Saturday, January 19, 2019
Pool Play: Team Midwest 4, North York Knights 2
Quarterfinals: Team Midwest 1, Ottawa Valley Aces 2, 5OT

Friday, January 18, 2019
Pool Play: Team Midwest 4, Chatham Kent Cobras 0
Pool Play: Team Midwest 2, Kensington Valley Raiders 2, Tie

- COACHES -

Head Coach: Nick Harrahill
Assistant Coach: Larry Heggebo

- FORWARDS -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. – Cedar Rapids
Joshua Nelson, Sr. – Cedar Rapids
Ben Pizzimenti, Sr. – Cedar Rapids
Grady Brown, Sr. – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Adam Heide, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Dawson Zeutenhorst, Sr. – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Nikolas Svetlak, Jr. – Kansas City
Brock James, Jr. - Omaha
Andrew Kramer, Jr. – Quad City
Reece McDonald, Sr. – Sioux City
Kole Latusick, Jr. - Waterloo
Nick Samuelson, Sr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Luke Edwards, Jr. – Cedar Rapids
Carter Hobbs, Jr. – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Adam Burns, Sr. – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Dane Hickey, Sr. - Omaha
Jack Johnson, Sr. - Omaha
Max Beller, Sr. – Sioux City

- GOALTENDERS -
Eric Wisnousky, Sr. – Cedar Rapids
Spencer Northway, Jr. – Des Moines Oak Leafs

 

 

JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Omaha Jr. Lancers (29W-2L-1SOL)

JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
February 28-March 2, 2019 - Ames/ISU Arena
Championship Game: Omaha Jr. Lancers 5, Waterloo Warriors 0

JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Des Moines Oak Leafs

JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena
Quarterfinal Games #4 Cedar Rapids 0, #5 Kansas City 6
#3 Des Moines Capitals 1, #6 Dubuaue 3
#2 Waterloo 6, #7 Quad City 1
#1 Omaha 3, #8 Lincoln 0
Semifinal Games Waterloo 6, Dubuque 2
Omaha 3, Kansas City 0
Third-Place Game Kansas City 2, Dubuque 6
Championship Game Omaha 5, Waterloo 0

 

JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
Team GP W L SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Omaha 32 29 2 1 59 149 50 360
2-Waterloo 32 23 8 1 47 128 63 418
3-Des Moines Capitals 32 23 9 0 46 100 78 241
4-Cedar Rapids 32 19 10 3 41 87 66 344
5-Kansas City 32 19 12 1 39 92 78 329
6-Dubuque 32 18 12 2 38 112 91 517
7-Quad City 32 18 13 1 37 107 92 241
8-Lincoln 32 14 13 5 33 94 91 476
Des Moines Oak Leafs 32 14 17 1 29 80 87 207
Sioux City 32 13 16 3 29 81 91 369
Fremont 32 11 18 3 25 81 95 477
Mason City 32 5 26 1 11 64 142 323
Ames 32 2 29 1 5 33 184 794

 

JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK Player, Team GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG
1 Logan Mercier, Omaha 31 24 40 64 10 3 2 5
2 Christian Heiser, Waterloo 32 29 23 52 30 2 1 4
3 Dayson Tucker, Sioux City 32 21 28 49 46 3 1 5
4 Joshua De Young, Quad City 32 28 20 48 2 4 5 5
5 Matthew Howell, Omaha 31 22 25 47 26 1 1 6
T6 Dane Schope, Dubuque 30 26 20 46 4 1 2 7
T6 Zach Hoffman, Omaha 32 24 22 46 38 0 0 5
8 Charlie Graven, Kansas City 30 17 25 42 6 6 1 2
9 Nik Howell, Mason City 32 28 10 38 20 7 0 3
T10 Zachary Galvin, Cedar Rapids 27 20 17 37 146 3 2 5
T10 Harrison Foss, Waterloo 31 19 18 37 8 4 0 1

 

JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK Player, Team GP W L T SO GA GAA SV SV%
1 Nolan Eikerman, Omaha 12 12 0 0 3 13 1.13 203 0.940
3 Caden Archambeau, Cedar Rapids 19 12 5 0 4 32 1.76 402 0.926
4 Jack Evans, Des Moines Oak Leafs 19 10 8 0 1 37 1.97 421 0.919

 

MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2018-2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Todd Scebold - Ankeny, IA
Secretary: Dave Fox - Hampton, IA
Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick - DeWitt, IA
Vice President-All-Star Selection: Dave Fox - Hampton, IA
Vice President-Communications/Pointstreak League Administrator: Roger Kelly - Sioux City, IA
Vice President-Tournaments: Russ Moore - Nevada, IA
Vice President-Scheduler: Andy Wade - Windsor Heights, IA

Commissioner/Referee-in-Chief: Del Donaldson - Cedar Falls, IA

Statistics: Pointstreak Scoring Network

2018-2019 MHSHL VARSITY POLICY

2018-2019 MHSHL JUNIOR VARSITY POLICY