2002-2003 Hill-Murray Hockey

Senior captain Garrett Regan, always a hard-working team player, received numerous individual honors including being a finalist for the Mr. Hockey award. Regan finished a three year career at Hill-Murray with 68 goals and 69 assists for 137 points, and went on to play for Notre Dame.
Because they were dropped from the Capital City Classic late along with Edina, Hill-Murray played in a round-robin holiday tournament on the Iron Range. They lost to Edina, which was ranked #1 in the state at the time, but beat Greenway and Hibbing by one goal each.
The Classic Suburban featured three top-notch players in Regan, Nate Dey of North St. Paul, and Brent Borgen of Mahtomedi. The Pioneers split the series with North but lost to and tied Tartan, giving the Polars the conference crown by a half game.
The numbers on the visiting jerseys were changed from green to white after commentator Lou Nanne (and others) complained that they were indistinct during the 2002 tournament.

Date	Opponent	Score		Location
11/23	St. Paul Johnson	6-2	W	Aldrich
11/26	Bloomington Jefferson	1-4	L	Aldrich
11/30	Benilde-St. Margaret's	4-2	W	Aldrich
12/3	White Bear Lake	0-3	L	Aldrich
12/5	Duluth East	4-3	W (OT)	DECC (Duluth)
12/7	South St. Paul*	3-2	W	Wakota Arena
12/12	Simley*	3-1	W	Veterans Center (IGH)
12/14	Richfield*	10-2	W	Aldrich
12/19	North St. Paul*	4-2	W	Polar Arena
12/21	Tartan*	2-3	L	Tartan Arena
12/26	Edina	2-4	L	Coleraine
12/27	Greenway	6-5	W	Hibbing
12/28	Hibbing	1-0	W	Hibbing
1/4	Henry Sibley*	5-0	W	Aldrich
1/9	St. Thomas Academy*	5-0	W	Aldrich
1/11	Mahtomedi*	4-2	W	Aldrich
1/18	South St. Paul*	4-3	W (OT)	Aldrich
1/23	Simley*	5-2	W	Aldrich
1/25	Richfield*	8-2	W	Richfield Arena
1/30	North St. Paul*	2-3	L	Aldrich
2/1	Tartan*	3-3	T (OT)	Aldrich
2/6	Henry Sibley*	8-1	W	West St. Paul Arena
2/8	St. Thomas Academy*	6-0	W	Veterans Center (IGH)
2/11	Mahtomedi*	2-1	W (OT)	St. Croix RC
2/15	Moorhead	1-6	L	Aldrich
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Section 3AA Playoffs
2/22	Mounds View	6-4	W	Aldrich
2/25	White Bear Lake	2-4	L	Coliseum

Final Record 19-7-1
Classic Suburban Conference Standings
Section 3AA Playoff Bracket

Team Photo

Varsity Roster

Coach: Bill Lechner
Assistant: Pat Schafhauser, Tony Flint, Tom Quinlan

No.	Name	Pos.	Grade	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
2	Bill Leier	D	9	5' 7"	160	0	1	1
7	Jeff Klosner (C)	D	12	6' 2"	180	2	8	10
9	Derek McCallum	D	9	5' 10"	155	2	7	9
10	Tom Heimel	F	12	5' 4"	160	3	9	12
11	Tony Rawlings (C)	F	12	6' 0"	165	9	12	21
12	Casey Gresback	F	11	5' 9"	170	0	0	0
14	Jay Cascalenda	F,D	11	6' 0"	170	13	19	32
15	Brian Koneczny	F	12	5' 10"	160	6	4	10
16	Mike Feesl	D	12	5' 8"	175	0	2	2
18	Mike Phillippi	D	10	5' 10"	155	2	9	11
19	Pat Conway	F	12	6' 0"	165	4	6	10
20	Nate Dietz	D	12	6' 0"	195	1	3	4
21	Sam Kelly	F	11	6' 0"	180	13	13	26
22	Garrett Regan (C)	F	12	6' 0"	190	23	31	54
24	Matt Cermak	F	11	5' 10"	160	4	3	7
25	Tim Dickhudt	F	11	5' 9"	180	19	11	30
26	Ryan Guentzel	F	10	5' 7"	130	2	6	8
27	Nate Kohler	F	11	6' 0"	195	1	1	2
28	Trevor Thurston	F	12	5' 9"	175	3	4	7
32	Mike Gatzke	G	12	6' 1"	185	0	0	0
33	James Fangel	G	11	5' 6"	150	0	0	0

Goalie	Min.	GA	GAA	Saves	Save %	Record
James Fangel	635	35	2.48	264	88.3	9-5-0
Mike Gatzke	600	28	2.10	253	90.0	10-2-1

Team Stats Goals Goals/G Shots Shots/G PP % PPG ESG SHG ENG
Hill-Murray 107 4.0 802 29.7 28.6 24 81 2 4
Opponents 64 2.4 591 21.9 17.3 13 49 2 1

Mr. Hockey Finalist: Garrett Regan
Pioneer Press All-state team: Garrett Regan