1992-1993 Hill-Murray Hockey
Section 3 Champion
Twin Cities Suburban Champion
- Steve Rohlik succeeded Bob Schwartz as head coach; Schwartz left Hill-Murray after one season to become a firefighter. After winning a national championship with Wisconsin as a player, Rohlik was an assistant coach under Bill Lechner at Stillwater before returning to Hill-Murray.
- The Pioneers defeated White Bear Lake three times in the regular season, all one goal games, before breaking the six year overtime streak in the section semifinal with a 7-1 win over the Bears.
- Given their recent history, Hill-Murray made it through Section 3 with relative ease in '93, winning three games by a combined 23-4 score. This was the last year that hockey was played at the Met Center.
- Down 3-0 after seven minutes, backup goalie Dave Gilbert was summoned and did not allow a goal the rest of the game, and Hill-Murray scored five unanswered goals against Moorhead to reach the school's seventh state championship game in 14 years.
- The state tournament field featured some very high quality teams in Moorhead, Cloquet, Hill-Murray, and Elk River. Moorhead and Cloquet entered the tourney with one loss each and met in the first round, a 6-5 Moorhead win. But none were any match for Bloomington Jefferson, which completed its undefeated season and won three tourney games by a combined 14-3.
- The '93 tournament also was witness to many star individual players, including future NHLers Mike Crowley and Mark Parrish (Jefferson), Matt Cullen (Moorhead), Jamie Langenbrunner (Cloquet), and Dan Hinote (Elk River). Other standouts included Ryan Kraft (Moorhead), Sergei Petrov (Cloquet), Joe Bianchi and Nick Checco (Jefferson), and Jason Godbout (Hill-Murray).
| Date | Opponent | Score | Location | |
| 12/3 | Edina | 5-1 | W | Coliseum |
| 12/10 | Coon Rapids* | 8-0 | W | Cook Arena |
| 12/12 | Forest Lake* | 8-1 | W | Aldrich |
| 12/19 | Anoka* | 6-3 | W | Aldrich |
| 12/22 | South St. Paul | 6-3 | W | Wakota Arena |
| 12/26 | Burnsville | 3-2 | W | Met Center |
| 12/28 | Moorhead | 5-7 | L | Met Center |
| 12/29 | White Bear Lake | 3-2 | W | Met Center |
| 1/7 | Roseville* | 5-2 | W | Aldrich |
| 1/9 | Blaine* | 5-3 | W | Fogerty Arena |
| 1/14 | Stillwater* | 4-2 | W | Aldrich |
| 1/16 | White Bear Lake* | 2-1 | W | Aldrich |
| 1/21 | Champlin Park* | 8-2 | W | Anoka Arena |
| 1/23 | Coon Rapids* | 4-3 | W (OT) | Aldrich |
| 1/28 | Forest Lake* | 7-2 | W | Forest Lake Arena |
| 1/30 | Roch. John Marshall | 6-1 | W | Rochester RC |
| 2/4 | Anoka* | 7-6 | W (OT) | Anoka Arena |
| 2/6 | Roseville* | 4-3 | W (OT) | Roseville Arena |
| 2/11 | Blaine* | 3-4 | L | Aldrich |
| 2/13 | Stillwater* | 3-4 | L | Aldrich |
| 2/18 | White Bear Lake* | 6-5 | W | Aldrich |
| 2/20 | Champlin Park* | 7-0 | W | Aldrich |
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| Section 3 Tier I Playoffs | ||||
| 2/26 | Centennial | 10-1 | W | Coliseum |
| 3/3 | White Bear Lake | 7-1 | W | Coliseum |
| 3/5 | Tartan | 6-2 | W | Met Center |
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| State Tournament | ||||
| 3/11 | Park Center | 3-2 | W | St. Paul Civic Center |
| 3/12 | Moorhead | 5-3 | W | St. Paul Civic Center |
| 3/13 | Bloomington Jefferson | 0-4 | L | St. Paul Civic Center |
Final Record 24-4-0
Varsity Roster
Assistant: Dave Schwartz, Tony Curella
| No. | Name | Pos. | Grade | Height | Weight |
| 1 | Dave Gilbert | G | 12 | 5' 7" | 155 |
| 2 | Frank Savino | F | 11 | 5' 11" | 165 |
| 3 | Tyler Berqual | F | 11 | 5' 9" | 160 |
| 4 | Jeff Blossom | D | 11 | 6' 0" | 185 |
| 5 | Matt Muellner | D | 11 | 6' 0" | 170 |
| 6 | Shawn Gosselin | D | 12 | 5' 11" | 165 |
| 7 | Brent Godbout (C) | F | 12 | 6' 1" | 190 |
| 8 | Mike DeRuyck | F | 11 | 5' 11" | 165 |
| 9 | Brad Dopp | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 165 |
| 10 | Dan Hurley | F | 11 | 6' 0" | 185 |
| 11 | Jon Brass | F,D | 11 | 6' 3" | 185 |
| 12 | Chad Brennan (C) | F | 12 | 6' 1" | 175 |
| 14 | Aaron Laszlo | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 165 |
| 15 | Mark Smith | F | 11 | 6' 0" | 180 |
| 16 | Christian Graham | D | 11 | 6' 0" | 190 |
| 17 | Jason Godbout | D | 11 | 5' 11" | 185 |
| 18 | Mike Goveronski | F | 12 | 5' 10" | 170 |
| 19 | Steve Pignato | F | 12 | 5' 11" | 175 |
| 20 | Jerry Wukawitz | D | 12 | 6' 0" | 175 |
| 21 | Fred Hennen | G | 11 | 5' 10" | 150 |
Pioneer Press All-state: Jason Godbout
Honorable mention: Chad Brennan, Brent Godbout
All-tournament team: Brent Godbout, Jason Godbout
Mr. Hockey finalist: Brent Godbout
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