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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

The Sioux City Metros captured its second USA Hockey High School Division II National Championship, topping New York's East Islip Chiefs 5-2 in the title game. The Metros went undefeated in the tournament, winning six games in five days. This marks the third national title in six years by MHSHL teams. Sioux City won its first championship in 2018 and Omaha won the 2021 event as the host team. (The event was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID.)

SC Metros win Division II USA Hockey national championship PDF
Sioux City Journal - Sunday, March 24, 2024

In the summer of 2022, Dubuque's Mystic Community Ice Center came under new management of the neighboring 'Q' Casino and was rebranded as ImOn Arena in September 2023.

Des Moines Oak Leafs forward Carson Clemmensen tied the League record for goals in a single season netting 54 markers. The previous record of 54 was set by Waterloo's Ben Sinnott during the 2018-2019 season.

Teams will now start the Varsity regular-season overtime period with three skaters and a goaltender. Previously, the overtime period started with four skaters and a goaltender.

This marked the third year that the 2024 MHSHL Championship Weekend was staged at the MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, March 1-3.


VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Sioux City Metros (28W-4L)

VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 1-3, 2024 - MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, West Des Moines, Iowa
Championship Game: Kansas City Jets 3, Des Moines Oak Leafs 0

VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Zakary Petterson - Kansas City Jets

VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Jesse Monell - Sioux City Metros

VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Mason City Mohawks - 288 minutes

VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 1-3 - MidAmerican RecPlex - West Des Moines, IA
Quarterfinal Games #4 Kansas City 2, #5 Quad City 1 (2OT)
#3 Omaha 0, #6 Waterloo 1
#2 Des Moines Oak Leafs 9, #7 Dubuque 1
#1 Sioux City 4, #8 Ames 0
Semifinal Games Des Moines Oak Leafs 6, Waterloo 3
Sioux City 1, Kansas City 5
Third-Place Game Sioux City 9, Waterloo 1
Championship Game Des Moines Oak Leafs 0, Kansas City 3

 

VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Sioux City 32 28 4 0 0 56 176 56 336
2-DM Oak Leafs 32 27 4 1 0 55 187 94 325
3-Omaha 32 25 6 0 1 51 152 77 632
4-Kansas City 32 21 9 0 2 44 142 75 436
5-Quad City 32 19 11 2 0 40 101 96 341
6-Waterloo 32 18 13 1 0 37 112 115 443
7-Dubuque 32 15 10 7 0 37 123 122 448
8-Ames 32 15 15 1 1 32 93 109 444
Mason City 32 14 14 4 0 32 101 111 288
DM Capitals 32 12 16 2 2 28 107 117 381
Lincoln 32 6 23 3 0 15 68 137 377
Cedar Rapids 32 5 26 1 0 11 52 161 391
Fremont 32 3 28 1 0 7 60 204 386

 

VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK NAME TEAM GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG
1 Carson Clemmensen DM Oak Leafs 30 54 40 94 80 5 3 8
2 Brolen Kooker DM Oak Leafs 31 35 45 80 16 4 1 6
3 Charlie Lorbiecki DM Oak Leafs 32 27 47 74 24 5 1 3
4 Cody Sweeney Dubuque 32 31 35 66 48 10 0 3
5 Nathan Solma Sioux City 31 37 25 62 45 4 3 5
6 Dayton Niedert Waterloo 32 32 26 58 20 5 3 4
7 Grant Harder Sioux City 32 23 34 57 52 7 1 4
8 Carter Kerkenbush Dubuque 32 25 31 56 26 8 2 2
9 Cam Zimlich Kansas City 27 22 31 53 38 10 1 4
  Kellen Kantaris Mason City 32 21 32 53 80 6 0 1

 

VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK NAME Team GP W L MIN SO GA SV SV%
1 Zakary Petterson Kansas City 14 11 2 684 2 22 303 0.932
2 Cameron Patrick Sioux City 32 28 4 1,641 5 55 624 0.919
3 Tobin Weaver Ame 16 7 8 821 1 47 495 0.913

 


VARSITY ALL-LEAGUE

- FORWARDS -
Jase Stanbrough, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Carson Clemmensen, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Cody Sweeney, So. - Dubuque
Isaiah Conrad, Sr. - Quad City
Nate Solma*, Sr. - Sioux City

- DEFENSE -
Jackson Krier*, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Grant Harder*, Sr. - Sioux City

- GOALTENDER -
Zakary Petterson, Jr. - Kansas City

*Unanimous Selection

 


VARSITY ALL-STARS

- FIRST TEAM -

- FORWARDS -
Jase Stanbrough, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Carson Clemmensen, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Brolen Kooker, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Cody Sweeney, So. - Dubuque
Camden Zimlich, Sr. - Kansas City
Kellen Kantaris, Sr. - Mason City
Michael Chase, Sr. - Omaha
Bleu Beckwith, Sr. - Quad City
Isaiah Conrad, Sr. - Quad City
Nate Solma, Sr. - Sioux City
Dayton Niedert, Jr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Oliver Giles, Jr. - Ames
Teddy Friedrich, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Jackson Krier, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Joshua Mackiewicz, Jr. - Kansas City
Brent Maddox, Sr. - Kansas City
Brayden Pearce, Jr. - Mason City
John Nienhaus, Sr. Quad City
Grant Harder, Sr. - Sioux City
Maddox Harn, Jr. - Waterloo

- GOALTENDERS -
Zakary Petterson, Jr. - Kansas City
Eli Simard, Jr. - Omaha
Cameron Patrick, So. - Sioux City

- HONORABLE MENTION-

- FORWARDS -
Charlie Lorbiecki, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Carter Kerkenbush, Jr. - Dubuque
Wyatt Wagner, Jr. - Omaha
Cash Frigge, 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: Graffton Linder, Reid Jones, Zach Wilson

CEDAR RAPIDS: Brady Rahe, Dylan McNulty, Easton Almquist

DES MOINES CAPITALS: Ben Mellein, James Logsdon, Jase Stanbrough, Brayden Moeller, Colin Rush,
Mason Brooks, Jake Alford

DES MOINES OAK LEAFS: Teddy Friedrich, Emmet Holschlag, Jackson Krier, Will Sanftner, Charlie Lorbiecki

DUBUQUE: Benjamin Meyer, Blake Sieverding, Joseph Ross

FREMONT: Colbey Butts

KANSAS CITY: Hyden Albertson, Isaac Kirby, Brent Maddox, Camden Zimlich

LINCOLN: Juwon Kim

MASON CITY: Emmett Riley, Thomas Hubbard, Jaxon Bothwell, Andrew Hook

OMAHA: Kaden Allred, Bryce Badura, Michael Chase, Nolan Fitzpatrick

QUAD CITY: Isaiah Conrad, Bleu Beckwith, Noah Decker, Alex Blunk, John Nienhaus

SIOUX CITY: Caiden Patrick, Nate Solma, Jack McCune, Riley Ebner, Zach Brannan

WATERLOO: Liam Driscoll


 




- TEAM MIDWEST -
LONE STAR SHOWCASE - DALLAS, TEXAS

(NOTE: Organizers of America’s Showcase in St. Louis have cancelled this year's event. The Showcase has been held in St. Louis sinc 2018.)

This season Team Midwest will participate in the Lone Star Showcase - Dallas, Texas, April 12-14. This first-class, 5-game, prospect showcase-style event will host top-level State & Regional High School teams for a highly competitive weekend of Texas Hockey in the Lone Star State at world-class facilities. Organizers are expected to offer teams and players a high-level of exposure by numerous coaches/scouts from the NAHL, NA3HL and College Hockey. Registration is open to select State & Regional teams from across America.

Team Midwest finishes with a 4-1 record.
Mason City's Kellen Kantaris is recipient of the "Six Shooter Award" as the tournament's top forward.

Round-Robin Games
Friday, April 12: Team Midwest 3, Arizona Black 2
Friday, April 12: Team Midwest 1, DMV 2 (Washington D.C./Maryland/Virginia)
Saturday, April 13: Team Midwest 13, Oregon 0
Saturday, April 13: Team Midwest 3, North Dakota 1

Playoffs
Sunday, April 14: Team Midwest 4, California 1

TEAM MIDWEST ROSTER

- COACHES -
Head Coach - P.K. O’Handley
Assistant Coaches - Rick Baker, Michael Rooney, Matt Goedeke

- MANAGERS -
Mike Hurd
Jessica Hurd

- FORWARDS -
Aidan Baker, Jr. - Ames
Isaac Flory, So. - Ames
Wyatt Pink, Jr. - Ames
Jake Jacobs, So. - Boji
Cael Krall, So. - Cedar Rapids
Brady Rahe, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Carter Kerkenbush, Jr. - Dubuque
Kellen Kantaris, Sr. - Mason City
Jaxon Trosper, So. - Sioux City
Andrew Bushbaum, Jr. - Waterloo
Dayton Niedert, Jr. - Waterloo

- DEFENSE -
Oliver Giles, Jr. - Ames
Dylan McNulty, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Thomas Medlin, So. - Mason City
Brayden Pearce, Jr. - Mason City
Jackson Pinney, Jr. - Sioux City
Maddox Harn, Jr. - Waterloo

- GOALTENDERS -
Wes Carl, So. - Ames
Gavin Peery, Jr. - Lincoln

 


USA HOCKEY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION II

Sioux City Metros and Omaha Jr. Lancers represented the MHSHL at the 2024 USA Hockey High School National Championships in West Chester, Pennsylvania, March 20-24. Sioux City 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.

The Sioux City Metros captured its second USA Hockey High School Division II National Championship, topping New York's East Islip Chiefs 5-2 in the title game. The Metros went undefeated in the tournament, winning six games in five days. This marks the third national title in six years by MHSHL teams. Sioux City won its first championship in 2018 and Omaha won the 2021 event as the host team.

SC Metros win Division II USA Hockey national championship PDF
Sioux City Journal - Sunday, March 24, 2024

A total of 16 teams are divided into four divisions, four teams each. Teams play three games within its divison. The top two teams in each division after pool play advance to the quarterfinals.

Sunday, March 24 - Championship
Sioux City 5, East Islip Chiefs (NY) 2

Saturday, March 23 - Semifinals
Sioux City 5, Bishop Canevin (PA) 1

Saturday, March 23 - Quaterfinals
Sioux City 4, Omaha 2

Friday, March 22
Sioux City 9, Greenville Road Warriors (SC) 1
(Sioux City finishes first in its division with a 3-0 record and advances to the quarterfinals.)
Omaha 5, Evansvilles Thunder (IN) 0
(Omaha finishes second in its division with a 2-1 record and advances to the quarterfinals.)

Thursday, March 21
Sioux City 9, Wheeling Central Catholic (WV) 1
Omaha 1, Gillette Grizzlies (WY) 3

Wednesday, March 20
Sioux City 3, Rushmore Thunder (SD) 1
Omaha 7, Owensboro Rampage (KY) 0

SIOUX CITY METROS ROSTER

- COACHES -
Head Coach: Jesse Monell
Assisitant Coaches: Chris Hedquist, Scott Patrick, Ben Deck

- TEAM REPRESENTATIVE -
Jenifer Bauer

- FORWARDS -
Blaze Bauer, Jr. - Dakota Valley
Cash Frigge, Sr. - Sioux City East
Charley Egdorf, Sr. - Ponca
Hunter Echter, Jr. - Sergeant Bluff
Karson Fitch, Jr. - Bishop Heelan Catholic
Nate Solma, Sr. - Bishop Heelan Catholic
Noah Graham, So. - Dakota Valley
Riley Ebner, Sr. - Sergeant Bluff
Ryan Hedquist, Jr. - South Sioux City
Tegan Doelman, Jr. - Sioux Center

- DEFENSE -
Blake Dunagan, Jr. - Sergeant Bluff
Caiden Patrick, Sr. - Sergeant Bluff
Demetri Tsiobanos, So. - Bishop Heelan Catholic
Grant Harder, Sr. - Dakota Valley
Jackson Pinney, Jr. - Sergeant Bluff
Noah Dirkschneider, Jr. - Sioux City North

- GOALTENDERS -
Cameron Patrick, So. - Sergeant Bluff
Gunner Moninger, Fr. - Sioux City East

 


U18 PRESEASON TEAM MIDWEST

U18 Team Midwest is a preseason team comprised of players from the Midwest Affiliate.
2023 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Sticks results: Roound-robin 4 wins, 0 losses.
Defeated in semifinals 4-2 falling to Standley Lake Gators 4-2, out of Westminster, Colorado.
Did not qualify for the Silver Stick finals in Sania, Ontario, Canada

U18 TEAM MIDWEST ROSTER

- COACHES -
Head Coach: Rick Baker
Assistant Coaches: Shjon Podein, Zach Grunn
Goaltender Coach: Eric Wisnousky

- MANAGERS -
Jessica Hurd
Mike Hurd

- FORWARDS -
Aidan Baker, Jr. - Ames Cyclones
Wyatt Pink, Jr. - Ames Cyclones
Jase Stanbrough, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Caleb Caldwell, Sr. - Kansas City Jets
Michael Chase, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Davis Mardesen, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Wyatt Wagner, Jr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Isaiah Conrad, Sr. - Quad City Blues
Blaze Bauer, Jr.- Sioux City Metros
Karson Fitch, Jr. - Sioux City Metros
Cash Frigge, Sr. - Sioux City Metros
Ryan Hedquist, Jr. - Sioux City Metros

- DEFENSE -
Oliver Giles, Jr. - Ames Cyclones
Reid Jones, Sr. - Ames Cyclones
Jackson Lundgren, Sr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
Oliver Troshynski, Jr. - Omaha Jr. Lancers
John Nienhaus, Sr. - Quad City Blues
Grant Harder, Sr. - Sioux City Metros

- GOALTENDERS -
Wes Carl, So. - Ames Cyclones
Gavin Peery, Jr. - Lincoln Jr. Stars

 



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

JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 1-3, 2024 - MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, West Des Moines, Iowa
Championship Game: Omaha Jr. Lancers 4, Waterloo Warriors 3

JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Waterloo Warriors - 192 minutes

JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS - March 1-3 - MidAmerican RecPlex - West Des Moines, IA
Qualifier Games $4 Des Moines Capitals 6, #5 Quad City 0
#3 Waterloo 5, #6 Lincoln 1
Semifinal Games #1 Omaha 3, Des Moines Capitals 2 (2OT)
#2 Sioux City 3, Waterloo 4 (OT)
Third-Place Game Sioux City 4, Des Moines Capitlas 3 (SO)
Championship Game Omaha 4, Waterloo 3

 

JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final
TEAM GP W L SOL PTS GF GA PIM
1-Omaha  32 28 1 3 59 153 43 389
2-Sioux City  32 25 4 3 53 160 48 325
3-Waterloo  32 22 7 3 47 131 80 192
4-DM Capitals  32 22 7 3 47 136 70 251
5-Quad City  32 20 8 4 44 103 67 317
6-Lincoln  32 18 12 2 38 86 74 297
Kansas City  32 17 11 4 38 108 78 382
DM Oak Leafs  32 17 13 2 36 118 86 320
Dubuque  32 16 12 4 36 104 79 292
Cedar Rapids  32 9 19 4 22 81 126 401
Mason City  32 9 22 1 19 91 164 313
Fremont 32 3 29 0 6 28 170 389
Ames 32 2 29 1 5 40 254 239

 

JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS
RK NAME TEAM GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GWG
1 Logan Caldwell Waterloo 31 22 27 49 6 2 0 4
2 Cale Buchan Waterloo 32 25 23 48 24 3 1 1
3 Jack McCune Sioux City 31 18 26 44 20 7 2 3
4 Tyler Majeski DM Capitals 32 29 12 41 8 1 0 2
5 Cooper Harrington DM Oak Leafs 32 11 28 39 10 4 0 1
6 Jax Trosper Sioux City 32 10 28 38 36 0 0 3
Dayne Kauffmann Kansas City 26 16 22 38 18 4 0 5
8 Owen Campbell DM Oak Leafs 32 23 14 37 14 6 0 6
9 Magnus Crinklaw Omaha 32 23 13 36 22 4 0 3
10 Cade Weiner Dubuque 29 15 17 32 30 3 0 3
Vince Kutler Omaha 28 14 18 32 16 2 0 3

 

JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS
RK NAME Team GP W L MIN SOL SO GA SV SV%
1 Michael Alfieri Omaha 14 13 0 566 0 4 13 203 0.940
2 Vincent Dagosto Omaha 19 14 1 826 3 4 26 351 0.931
3 Devin Brauer Des Moines Oak Leafs 16 8 6 677 2 4 33 326 0.908

 

MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 2023-2024 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President/Scheduler: Andrew Wade (Windsor Heights, IA)
V.P. Secretary/All-Star Selection: Dave Fox (Hampton, IA)
V.P. Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick (DeWitt, IA)
V.P. Safe Sport/Team Representative Coordinator: Doug Borud (Altoona, IA)
V.P. Tournament Coordinator: Tony Scott (Des Moines, IA)
V.P. Communications/Pointstreak Coordinator: Jason Sheehy (Dubuque, IA)

Commissioner: Kyle Larson (Washington, IA)
Referee-in-Chief: Matt Larson (Marion, IA)
Archivist: Roger Kelly (Sioux City, IA)

Statistics: Pointstreak Scoring Network

2023-2024 MHSHL VARSITY POLICY

2023-2024 MHSHL JUNIOR VARSITY POLICY