DES MOINES Oak Leafs
Runner-Up - USA Hockey High School National Championships-Division II
Varsity Head Coach: Scott Long
Assistant Coaches: Robbie George, Jade Pospeshil, Derek Hender
Team Representative: Rocky Kinney
| ALL-LEAGUE TEAM: Carson Clemmensen*, Jr.- Forward; Jackson Krier, Jr.- Defense (*unanimous selection) FIRST-TEAM ALL-STAR: Carson Clemmensen, Jr. - Forward; Jackson Krier, Jr. - Defense; Aiden Zimmerman, Sr. - Goaltender HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STAR: Jakub Tomocek, Sr. - Forward PRESIDENT'S SENIOR ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENT AWARD: Nathan Bowlby, Jack Gooding, Liam McDaniel, Cooper Michael, Tyler Roland, Jakub Tomecek, Dominic Wade, Aidan Zimmerman COACH-OF-THE-YEAR: Scott Long |
Des Moines Oak Leafs finish 2nd at USA National Championship PDF
(Des Moines Register - Wednesday, March 29, 2023)
| ROSTER | ||||||
| NO | NAME | HT | WT | POS | GRADE | SCHOOL |
| 1 | Wyatt Merk | 6-2 | 204 | G | Jr | West Des Moines Valley |
| 2 | Liam McDaniel | 6-2 | 155 | F | Sr | Waukee |
| 3 | Beau Pennington | 5-10 | 145 | D | Fr | Ankeny Northview Middle |
| 5 | Hunter Shepherd | 5-11 | 140 | F | Sr | Southeast Polk |
| 7 | Talan Mertz | 6-1 | 140 | D | Jr | Waukee Northwest |
| 8 | Theo Nixon | 5-8 | 145 | D | So | Waukee Northwest |
| 9 | Owen Campbell | 5-11 | 130 | F | Fr | Home School |
| 11 | Gavin Elliott | 5-8 | 135 | F | Fr | Johnston |
| 12 | Ethan Holschlag | 5-6 | 125 | D | Fr | Southeast Polk |
| 13 | Caiden Anderson | 5-6 | 165 | F | So | Johnston |
| 14 | Brody Watson | 5-11 | 173 | D | Jr | Waukee Northwest |
| 15 | Anderson Schiesl | 5-11 | 170 | F | Fr | Johnston |
| 16 | Dominic Wade | 6-3 | 180 | F | Sr | Des Moines Roosevelt |
| 17 | Cooper Harrington | 5-9 | 155 | F | Fr | Waukee Timberline Junior High |
| 19 | Teddy Friedrich | 5-10 | 155 | D | Jr | West Des Moines Dowling Catholic |
| 20 | Brolen Kooker | 5-6 | 130 | F | So | Urbandale |
| 21 | Carson Clemmensen | 5-9 | 170 | F | Jr | Waukee |
| 22 | Kouper Bird | 5-6 | 142 | F | Jr | Johnston |
| 23 | Jack Gooding | 5-7 | 145 | F | Sr | Waukee Northwest |
| 24 | Ethan Brett | 5-8 | 125 | D | So | Southeast Polk |
| 25 | Titus Weaver | 6-1 | 200 | F | So | Grand View Christian |
| 26 | Kaden Henss | 5-8 | 120 | F | Fr | Urbandale |
| 27 | Emmet Holschlag | 5-11 | 155 | F | Jr | Southeast Polk |
| 28 | Tyler Roland | 5-8 | 155 | F | Sr | Ankeny Centennial |
| 29 | Jakub Tomecek | 5-11 | 165 | F | Sr | Iowa Connections Academy |
| 30 | Aidan Zimmerman | 5-11 | 175 | G | Sr | Urbandale |
| 31 | Spencer Coltrain | 6-0 | 155 | D | Sr | Des Moines Roosevelt |
| 33 | Charlie Lorbiecki | 6-0 | 185 | F | Jr | West Des Moines Dowling Catholic |
| 34 | Tommy Kinney | 6-2 | 170 | F | Jr | Waukee |
| 35 | Nathan Bowlby | 5-11 | 190 | G | Sr | Southeast Polk |
| 36 | Jackson Krier | 5-10 | 175 | D | Jr | Urbandale |
| 37 | Cooper Michael | 5-10 | 155 | D | Sr | West Des Moines Dowling Catholic |
| 39 | Will Sanftner | 5-9 | 135 | G | Jr | West Des Moines Valley |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON SCORING STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| NO | NAME (Position) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG | PPGA |
| 21 | Carson Clemmensen (F) (Top-10 Scorer - 1st) | 32 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2.78 |
| 29 | Jakub Tomecek (F) (Top-10 Scorer - 5th) | 31 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.23 |
| 33 | Charles Lorbiecki (F) | 32 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1.59 |
| 36 | Jackson Krier (D) | 32 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.53 |
| 28 | Tyler Roland (F) | 32 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.47 |
| 5 | Hunter Shepherd (F) | 30 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.03 |
| 37 | Cooper Michael (D) | 32 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.81 |
| 31 | Spencer Coltrain (F) | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Jack Gooding (F) | 32 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.53 |
| 19 | Theodore Friedrich (D) | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.34 |
| 20 | Brolen Kooker (F) | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 15 | Anderson Schiesl (F) | 32 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
| 11 | Gavin Elliott (F) | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 |
| 16 | Dominic Wade (F) | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 |
| 22 | Kouper Bird (F) | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 13 | Caiden Anderson (F) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 |
| 7 | Talan Mertz (D) | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 |
| 2 | Liam McDaniel (F) | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 |
| 3 | Beau Pennington (D) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Brody Watson (D) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ethan Brett (D) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Titus Weaver (F) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Kaden Henss (F) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Emmet Holschlag (F) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON GOALTENDER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
| NO | NAME | GP | MIN | W | L | T | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 30 | Aidan Zimmerman (Silver-Glove Goaltender - 1st) | 31 | 1544 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 1.85 | 723 | 0.928 |
| 39 | Will Sanftner | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.000 |
| 35 | Nathaniel Bowlby | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 14 | 0.824 |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON RECORD: 32 GP, 27W-4L-1OTL, 55PTS, 190GF, 62GA, 369PIM, 2nd Place |
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| Home | Away | Date |
| DM Oak Leafs 3 | Sioux City 0 | Sat, Oct 29 |
| DM Oak Leafs 3 | Sioux City 5 | Sun, Oct 30 |
| Lincoln 2 | DM Oak Leafs 3, OT | Sat, Nov 05 |
| Lincoln 4 | DM Oak Leafs 3 | Sun, Nov 06 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Waterloo 3 | Fri, Nov 11 |
| Ames 1 | DM Oak Leafs 7 | Sat, Nov 19 |
| DM Oak Leafs 8 | DM Capitals 3 | Tue, Nov 22 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Mason City 1 | Sat, Nov 26 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Mason City 2 | Sun, Nov 27 |
| Kansas City 5 | DM Oak Leafs 2 | Sat, Dec 03 |
| Kansas City 7 | DM Oak Leafs 4 | Sun, Dec 04 |
| DM Oak Leafs 8 | Waterloo 1 | Fri, Dec 09 |
| Fremont 1 | DM Oak Leafs 10 | Sat, Dec 10 |
| Fremont 0 | DM Oak Leafs 9 | Sun, Dec 11 |
| DM Oak Leafs 6 | Ames 0 | Sat, Dec 17 |
| DM Capitals 2 | DM Oak Leafs 4 | Wed, Dec 21 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Ames 0 | Fri, Jan 06 |
| Ames 0 | DM Oak Leafs 8 | Sat, Jan 07 |
| Waterloo 2 | DM Oak Leafs 4 | Fri, Jan 13 |
| Dubuque 3 | DM Oak Leafs 7 | Sat, Jan 14 |
| Dubuque 2 | DM Oak Leafs 8 | Sun, Jan 15 |
| DM Capitals 2 | DM Oak Leafs 5 | Fri, Jan 20 |
| DM Oak Leafs 8 | Quad City 1 | Sat, Jan 28 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Quad City 0 | Sun, Jan 29 |
| DM Oak Leafs 2 | Omaha 0 | Sat, Feb 04 |
| DM Oak Leafs 1 | Omaha 2, OT | Sun, Feb 05 |
| DM Oak Leafs 8 | DM Capitals 2 | Sat, Feb 11 |
| Waterloo 5 | DM Oak Leafs 7 | Fri, Feb 17 |
| Mason City 1 | DM Oak Leafs 6 | Sat, Feb 18 |
| Mason City 1 | DM Oak Leafs 7 | Sun, Feb 19 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Cedar Rapids 1 | Sat, Feb 25 |
| DM Oak Leafs 7 | Cedar Rapids 3 | Sun, Feb 26 |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON SCORING STATISTICS | ||||||||||
| NO | NAME (Position) | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG | PPGA |
| 15 | Anderson Schiesl (F) |
32 | 35 | 26 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1.91 |
| 20 | Brolen Kooker (F) | 32 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 |
| 11 | Gavin Elliot (F) | 32 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1.47 |
| 13 | Caiden Anderson (F) | 32 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0.94 |
| 22 | Kouper Bird (F) | 32 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.59 |
| 9 | Owen Campbell (F) | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| 34 | Tommy Kinney (F) | 29 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.52 |
| 2 | Liam McDaniel (F) | 32 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.44 |
| 17 | Cooper Harrington (F) | 32 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.44 |
| 27 | Emmet Holschlag (F) | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 16 | Dominic Wade (F) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.89 |
| 7 | Talan Mertz (D) | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 3 | Beau Pennington (D) | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.19 |
| 26 | Kaden Henss (F) | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.19 |
| 14 | Brody Watson (D) | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 |
| 25 | Titus Weaver (F) | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.13 |
| 8 | Theo Nixon (D) | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
| 24 | Ethan Brett (D) | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 |
| 12 | Ethan Holschlag (D) | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 |
| 23 | Jack Gooding (F) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Teddy Friedrich (D) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Jackson Krier (D) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON GOALTENDER STATISTICS | |||||||||||
| NO | NAME | GP | MIN | W | L | T | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Wyatt Merk | 11 | 495 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2.36 | 243 | 0.903 |
| 35 | Nathaniel Bowlby | 12 | 535 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2.52 | 214 | 0.877 |
| 39 | Will Sanftner | 9 | 403 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.23 | 193 | 0.906 |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON RECORD: 32GP, 24W-7L-1SOL, 49PTS, 144GF, 80GA, 267PIM, 3rd Place |
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| Home | Away | Date |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 1 | Sioux City JV 0 | Sat, Oct 29 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 6 | Sioux City JV 2 | Sun, Oct 30 |
| Lincoln JV 5 | DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | Sat, Nov 05 |
| Lincoln JV 5 | DM Oak Leafs JV 6, SO | Sun, Nov 06 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Waterloo JV 3 | Fri, Nov 11 |
| Ames JV 0 | DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Sat, Nov 19 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 0 | DM Capitals JV 4 | Tue, Nov 22 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 3 | Mason City JV 1 | Sat, Nov 26 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 9 | Mason City JV 1 | Sun, Nov 27 |
| Kansas City JV 6 | DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | Sat, Dec 03 |
| Kansas City JV 7 | DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | Sun, Dec 04 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 4 | Waterloo JV 1 | Fri, Dec 09 |
| Fremont JV 0 | DM Oak Leafs JV 4 | Sat, Dec 10 |
| Fremont JV 3 | DM Oak Leafs JV 6 | Sun, Dec 11 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 10 | Ames JV 2 | Sat, Dec 17 |
| DM Capitals JV 3 | DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | Wed, Dec 21 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Ames JV 1 | Fri, Jan 06 |
| Ames JV 1 | DM Oak Leafs JV 7 | Sat, Jan 07 |
| Waterloo JV 2 | DM Oak Leafs JV 4 | Fri, Jan 13 |
| Dubuque JV 3 | DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Sat, Jan 14 |
| Dubuque JV 3 | DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Sun, Jan 15 |
| DM Capitals JV 2 | DM Oak Leafs JV 3 | Fri, Jan 20 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 6 | Quad City JV 1 | Sat, Jan 28 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | Quad City JV 4 | Sun, Jan 29 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 4 | Omaha JV 5, SO | Sat, Feb 04 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 5 | Omaha JV 2 | Sun, Feb 05 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 2 | DM Capitals JV 4 | Sat, Feb 11 |
| Waterloo JV 2 | DM Oak Leafs JV 4 | Fri, Feb 17 |
| Mason City JV 2 | DM Oak Leafs JV 3 | Sat, Feb 18 |
| Mason City JV 2 | DM Oak Leafs JV 8 | Sun, Feb 19 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 6 | Cedar Rapids JV 1 | Sat, Feb 25 |
| DM Oak Leafs JV 8 | Cedar Rapids JV 2 | Sun, Feb 26 |