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2021-2022

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

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

Quad City Blues | Sioux City Metros | Waterloo Warriors


SEASON NOTES

After a year’s absence due to low numbers, the Fremont Flyers rejoined the League. The League remained divided into three divisions and continued with a 32-game schedule. Teams play each team in their respective division 4 times and play each team in opposing divisions 2 times. Teams in the Central and East divisions will play 2 additional interdivision games.

Since the League's inaugural season, Ames has been known as the Little Cyclones. This season the name has been shortened to Ames Cyclones and the team unveiled a new logo.

Because of schedule irregularities in last season's pandemic season the League opted to invite all Varsity teams and six Jr. Varsity teams to the year-end tournament. Because the decision garnered popularity with team offcials, the new format continued in 2021-22. All 13 Varsity teams and six Jr. Varsity teams qualified for the event. The top three Varsity teams earned a bye. The remaining ten teams played a qualifier round. The top two JV teams earned a bye while the third through sixth-place teams played a qualifier round. The League returned to team standings based on points earned during the regular season.

The year-end tournament was interrupted by tornado warnings during the second period of the second Varsity semifinal game on Saturday between the #1 seed Waterloo and #4 Des Moines Capitals. The game was stopped, players were moved to their locker rooms and all spectators were evacuated to the locker room hallway under the arena seats. The game was delayed for about 30 to 45 minutes. There was no damage to the arena.

Waterloo Warriors goaltender, Caleb Raisty, finished the regular season with a 0.959 save percentage surpassing the single-season record of 0.957 held by Des Moines Oak Leafs netminder Jordan Buenting during the 2006-07 season. Raisty also set a new career-high save percentage mark of 0.952. Buenting had held the previous career record of 0.951 from 2005-07.

Policy Changes:
1. The traditional hand-shake line at the end of games is discontinued.
2. On-ice presentation of regular-season awards during the year-end tournament is discontinued. Award winners will be acknowledged during a player's game by the public address announcer and listed in the tournament program.

After a 13-year stint in Ames, the MHSHL Championship Weekend moved to the MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex in West Des Moines, a new state-of-the-art facility that features a 1,500-seat hockey arena, within 300,000 square feet of indoor space for other sporting events. RecPlex will be the Des Moines Oak Leafs home arena while the Capitals remain at Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale.

RecPlex takes national view PDF
(Des Moines Register - Tuesday, September 7, 2021)


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

VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 3-6, 2022 - MidAmerican Energy RecPlex, West Des Moines, IA
Championship Game: Kansas City Jets 2, Des Moines Capitals 0

VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Mason Johnston - Kansas City Jets

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

VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Waterloo - 308 minutes

VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS- March 3-6 - MidAmerican RecPlex - West Des Moines, IA
Qualifier Games #8 Cedar Rapids 2, #9 Quad City 4
#7 Omaha 0, #Dubuque 1
#6 Lincoln 1, #11 Mason City 4
#5 Sioux City 5, #12 Ames 0
#4 Des Moines Capitals 7, #13 Fremont 1
Quarterfinal Games #4 Des Moines Capitals 2, #5 Sioux City 0
#3 Kansas City 8, #11 Mason City 1
#2 Des Moines Oak Leafs 2, #10 Dubuque 1
#1 Waterloo 3, #9 Quad City 0
Semifinal Games #2 Des Moines Oak Leafs 0, #3 Kansas City 6
#1 Waterloo 0, #4 Des Moines Capitals 2
Third-Place Game #1 Waterloo 3, #2 Des Moines Oak Leafs 4
Championship Game #3 Kansas City 2, #4 Des Moines Capitals 0

 

VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
Team Name GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Waterloo 32 29 2 0 1 59 133 44 308
2-DM Oak Leafs 32 27 4 1 0 55 181 70 446
3-Kansas City 32 26 3 2 1 55 180 70 351
4-DM Capitals 32 21 9 0 2 44 124 86 473
5-Sioux City 32 20 10 1 1 42 131 68 390
6-Lincoln 32 18 12 0 2 38 113 95 454
7-Omaha 32 17 12 2 1 37 131 76 367
8-Cedar Rapids 32 12 19 0 1 25 79 94 489
9-Quad City 32 11 19 0 2 24 72 114 394
10-Dubuque 32 11 19 1 1 24 75 111 473
11-Mason City 32 11 19 2 0 24 90 130 427
12-Ames 32 4 27 0 1 9 59 153 476
13-Fremont 32 1 31 0 0 2 48 305 467

 

VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK NAME Team GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG
1 Mason Johnston Kansas City 28 26 54 80 18 2 6 4
2 Landon Kooker DM Oak Leafs 31 28 37 65 12 3 1 4
3 Ryan Graven Kansas City 29 22 40 62 0 5 3 2
4 Carson Clemmensen DM Oak Leafs 31 27 32 59 61 2 1 3
T5 William Biggar Kansas City 32 26 27 53 56 7 1 6
T5 Jase Stanbrough DM Capitals 31 19 34 53 24 5 1 5
7 Harrison Foss Waterloo 32 13 37 50 12 4 1 3
T8 J T Metcalf Waterloo 32 23 26 49 22 5 0 7
T8 Karl Grafelman Omaha 32 21 28 49 44 7 0 4
10 Jacob Ehlers Lincoln 31 26 20 46 69 7 0 3

 

VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK NAME Team GP W L SO GA GAA SV SV%
1 Caleb Raisty Waterloo 30 27 2 11 37 1.22 876 0.959
2 Jaden Salado Omaha 18 9 8 2 42 2.48 496 0.922
3 Jacob Broadfoot Lincoln 21 12 6 3 46 2.44 537 0.921

 


VARSITY ALL-LEAGUE

- FORWARDS -
Jase Stanbrough, So. - Des Moines Capitals*
Landon Kooker, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs*
Mason Johnston, Sr. - Kansas City
Chase Mann, Sr. - Sioux City

- DEFENSE -
Gabe Myers, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Owen King, Jr. - Dubuque
Caleb Schmitz, Sr. - Kansas City
Jackson Wickman, Sr. - Mason City
Cale Neuendorf, Sr. - Waterloo

- GOALTENDER -
Caleb Raisty, Sr. - Waterloo

*Unanimous Selection

 

 


VARSITY ALL-STARS

- FIRST TEAM -

- FORWARDS -
Jase Stanbrough, So. - Des Moines Capitals
Carson Clemmensen, So. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Landon Kooker, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Parker McInroy, Jr. - Fremont
Ryan Graven, Jr. - Kansas City
Mason Johnston, Sr. - Kansas City
Kyle Catherall, Jr. - Lincoln
Chase Mann, Sr. - Sioux City
Harrison Foss, Sr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Gabe Myers, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Jackson Krier, So. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Owen King, Jr. - Dubuque
Caleb Schmitz, Sr. - Kansas City
Joe Young, Sr. - Kansas City
Jackson Wickman, Sr. - Mason City
Cale Neuendorf, Sr. - Waterloo
Landon Sturch, Sr. - Waterloo

- GOALTENDERS -
Jaden Salado, Jr. - Omaha
Caleb Raisty, Sr. - Waterloo

- HONORABLE MENTION-

- FORWARDS -
Brandon Vlcko, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Sam Eaton, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Jackson Webb, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Connor Lucas, Sr. - Dubuque
William Biggar, Jr. - Kansas City
Karl Grafelman, Sr. - Omaha
Jack James, Sr. - Quad City
Brenden Lynch, Sr. - Sioux City

 

 


PRESIDENT'S SENIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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

AMES: Mason Beckwith, Matthew Hehr, J.B. Schwartze

CEDAR RAPIDS: Joshua Fowler, Ethan Gailushas, Eddie Richardson, Brandon Vlcko, Gage Weber

DM CAPITALS: Ian Bragg, Sam Eaton, Beckett LaPrade, John Logsdon, Jake Wiersma

DM OAK LEAFS: Quinn Glock, Dylan Hender, Will Kielty, Landon Kooker

FREMONT: Jacob Newill

KANSAS CITY: Colin Bachtle, Charlie Graven, Justin Holt, Mason Johnston, Caleb Schmitz, Joe Young

LINCOLN: Bodie Duffy, Lucas Epperson, Jackson Koebernick, Kaleb Seibel

MASON CITY: Sam Fabian, Jackson Wickman

OMAHA: Gabe Chubb, Nolan Eikerman, Karl Grafelman, Timothy Johnson, Elias Troshynski

QUAD CITY: Dylan Cutkomp, Patrick Hurd, Jack James, Jase Johnson, Jeremiah Wauford

SIOUX CITY: Brenden Lynch

WATERLOO: Andrew Congdon, Braydan Kirchmann, J.T. Metcalf, Cale Neuendorf, Caleb Raisty

 

 


- 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 21-25.
Sophomore, 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 2 loss record in the B-pool.

NOTE: Team Midwest ended pool play with 2 wins and 1 loss, tied for third with North Dakota. Per USA Hockey rules, North Dakota was awarded third place based on a fifth tiebreaker: 1. Points, 2. Wins, 3. Goal Differential (8 goal max), 4. Quotient, and 5. Periods won. Third place advanced to the quarterfinals, while Team Midwest played a Sunday consolation game.

Round-Robin Games
Thursday, April 21 - Team Midwest 5, Tampa Bay 0
Friday, April 22 - Team Midwest 1, Illinois White 7
Saturday, April 23 - Team Midwest 13, San Diego 1

Consolation Game
Sunday, April 24 - Team Midwest 1, California 8

2022 TEAM MIDWEST ROSTER

- COACHES -
Head Coach: Dave Wilkie
Assistant Coaches: P.K. O’Handley, Rick Baker

- MANAGERS -
Mike Hurd
Jessica Hurd

- FORWARDS -
Reid Jones, So. - Ames Cyclones
Jayden Kinart, Jr. - Ames Cyclones
Gavin Flattery, So. - Des Moines Capitals
Dylan Hender, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Caleb Caldwell, So. - Kansas City Jets
Dylan Meyers, So. - Kansas City Jets
Kellen Kantaris, So. - Mason City Mohawks
Jacob Miller, Sr. - Mason City Mohawks
Zak Molstad, Sr. - Mason City Mohawks
Isaiah Conrad, So. - Quad City Blues
Grady Duden, Sr. - Sioux Center Storm
Nate Solma, So. - Sioux City

- DEFENSE -

Isaac Kirby, So. - Kansas City Jets
Joe Young, Sr. - Kansas City Jets
Braxton Landis, Sr. - Kansas City Stars
Jack Crane, Jr. - Mason City Mohawks
Ian Leiviska, Jr. - Omaha Junior Lancers
John Nienhaus, So. - Quad City Blues


- GOALTENDERS -
Jacob Larsen, Jr. - Quad City Blues
Lochlin Jackson, So. - Sioux City Metors

 

 


USA HOCKEY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION II

Waterloo Warriors and Lincoln Jr. Stars represented the MHSHL at the 2022 USA Hockey High School National Championships in Dallas, Texas, March 24-28. Waterloo and Lincoln qualified for the event by finishing highest in the regular-season standings from their respective state within the Midwest Amateur Hockey Association affiliate. Both teams advanced to the semifinals.

Warriors beat Faith Luthern PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Friday, March 25, 2022)

Warriors start off season 2-1 PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Sunday, March 27, 2022)

Warriors playoff roundup PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Monday, March 28, 2022)

Sunday, March 27
Semifinals: Waterloo 4, Denver East (Colorado) 6
Semifinals: Lincoln 2, Northport Huntington (New York) 3, OT

Sunday, March 27
Quarterfinal: Waterloo 4, Sun Valley Suns (Idaho) 2
Quarterfinal: Lincoln 5, Rushmore Thunder (South Dakota) 4

Saturday, March 26
Waterloo 3, Northport Huntington (New York) 0
Lincoln 3, Northwest Arkansas Ice Dogs (Arkansas) 0

Friday, March 25
Waterloo 3, vs Rushmore Thunder (South Dakota) 4
Lincoln 1, vs Crown Point Red (Indiana) 5

Thursday, March 24
Waterloo 5, Faith Lutheran Crusaders (Nevada) 2
Lincoln 4, Hilliard Hockey Club (Ohio) 3

 


U18 PRESEASON TEAM MIDWEST

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

U18 TEAM MIDWEST ROSTER

- COACHES -
Head Coach: Larry Heggebo
Assistant Coach: Zach Gruhn
Goaltender Coach: Eric Wisnousky

- MANAGER -
Amy Heggebo

- FORWARDS -
Jacob Dayton, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Sam Eaton, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Jase Stanbrough, So. - Des Moines Capitals
Dylan Hender, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Landon Kooker, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Ryan Graven, Jr. - Kansas City Jets
Karl Grafelman, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Timothy Johnson, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Brenden Lynch, Sr. - Sioux City Metros
Chase Mann, Sr. - Sioux City Metros
Landon Topf, Jr. - Sioux City Metros
J.T. Metcalf, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors

- DEFENSE -
Gabe Myers, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Jackson Krier, So. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Jeremiah Snyder, Sr. - Dubuque Saints
Caleb Schmitz, Sr. - Kansas City Jets
Joseph Young, Sr. - Kansas City Jets
Brendan Shaner, Sr. - Waterloo Warriors

- GOALTENDERS -
Connor Adams, Sr. - Kansas City Jets
Jaden Salado, Jr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers

 


JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Omaha Jr. Lancers (28W-1L-3SOL)

JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 3-6, 2022 - MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, West Des Moines, IA
Championship Game: Omaha Jr. Lancers 7, Kansas City Jets 2

JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Dubuque Saints - 248 minutes

JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 3-6 - MidAmerican RecPlex -West Des Moines, IA
Qualifier Games $4 Waterloo 2, #5 Des Moines Oak Leafs 3, 2OT
#3 Lincoln 4, #6 Des Moines Capitals 1
Semifinal Games #2 Kansas City 3, #3 Lincoln 2
#1 Omaha 5, #5 Des Moines Oak Leafs 2
Third-Place Game #3 Lincoln 2, #5 Des Moines Oak Leafs 4
Championship Game #1 Omaha 7, #2 Kansas City 2

 

JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
Team Name GP W L SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Omaha JV 32 28 1 3 59 200 57 464
2-Kansas City JV 32 27 4 1 55 169 57 449
3-Lincoln JV 32 22 8 2 46 124 53 390
4-Waterloo JV 32 22 10 0 44 100 60 305
5-DM Oak Leafs JV 32 21 9 2 44 135 87 248
6-DM Capitals JV 32 20 9 3 43 129 90 408
Quad City JV 32 17 12 3 37 64 70 325
Mason City JV 32 14 18 0 28 67 103 328
Sioux City JV 32 13 19 0 26 80 118 416
Ames JV 32 11 18 3 25 89 110 319
Dubuque JV 32 9 17 6 24 57 99 285
Cedar Rapids JV 32 3 26 3 9 40 115 281
Fremont JV 32 1 31 0 2 34 269 522

 

JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK NAME Team GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG PPGA
1 Caleb Caldwell Kansas City JV 32 23 29 52 38 5 3 6 1.63
2 Jameson Mair Kansas City JV 32 19 31 50 38 0 0 2 1.56
3 Brooks Eyler Omaha JV 31 27 21 48 38 1 2 6 1.55
4 Gavin Flattery DM Capitals JV 32 20 25 45 36 2 2 2 1.41
5 Josiah Roby Omaha JV 31 18 25 43 42 2 0 3 1.39
6 Drake Davidson DM Capitals JV 31 23 19 42 56 3 2 5 1.35
T7 Will Kielty DM Oak Leafs JV 30 24 17 41 28 3 0 2 1.37
T7 Nolan Fitzpatrick Omaha JV 31 11 30 41 30 3 0 1 1.32
T9 James Logsdon DM Capitals JV 32 15 24 39 12 0 1 3 1.22
T9 Cody Schmitz Kansas City JV 29 14 25 39 6 2 1 2 1.34

 

JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK NAME Team GP W L T SO GA GAA SV SV%
1 Jakobi Davis Waterloo JV 28 20 7 0 7 42 1.53 583 0.933
2 Gavin Peery Lincoln JV 21 16 3 0 8 28 1.33 377 0.931
3 Shane Lochner Cedar Rapids JV 19 2 14 0 1 55 3.12 662 0.923

 

MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2021-2022 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Todd Scebold - Ankeny, IA
Secretary: Dave Fox - Hampton, IA
Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick - DeWitt, IA
Vice President-All-Star Selection/Safe-Sport Coordinator: Dave Fox - Hampton, IA
Vice President-Communications/Pointstreak League Administrator: Roger Kelly - Sioux City, IA
Vice President-Tournaments: Tony Scott - Des Moines, IA
Vice President-Scheduler: Andy Wade - Windsor Heights, IA

Commissioner: Del Donaldson - Cedar Falls, IA
Referee-In-Chief: Kyle Larson - Washington, IA

Statistics: Pointstreak Scoring Network

2021-2022 MHSHL VARSITY POLICY

2021-2022 MHSHL JUNIOR VARSITY POLICY