2003-2004 Hill-Murray Hockey

Section 3AA 2nd Place
Classic Suburban Conference Champion

The season was highlighted by a memorable section semifinal win over White Bear Lake. Down 3-0 after one period, the Pioneers rallied, spurred by Tim Dickhudt's play on the penalty kill, and the game went into overtime. James Fangel stopped a breakaway, then Joey McEnaney batted in a rebound of Derek McCallum's point shot for a 5-4 win.
Hill-Murray nearly pulled off another upset in the section final, getting an outstanding performance from senior goalie James Fangel against state #1 Centennial. A mad scramble in front of the Centennial goal in the final 30 seconds was as close as anybody came to beating the Cougars this postseason. Centennial went 30-1 and become the first team in state history to post three consecutive shutouts in the state tournament.
The Pioneers reclaimed the Classic Suburban title, going a perfect 16-0.
Senior captain Jay Cascalenda played both forward and defense for the second consecutive season. He finished a three year career with 40 goals and 80 assists and later played for Minnesota-Duluth.
Sam Kelly had six goals and three assists in a Dec. 11 game against Simley, and was named a Mr. Hockey finalist.
Period lengths increased from 15 minutes to 17 minutes at the start of the season.

Date	Opponent	Score		Location
11/29	St. Paul Johnson	13-1	W	Aldrich
12/2	White Bear Lake	5-3	W	Aldrich
12/11	Simley*	10-0	W	Aldrich
12/13	Henry Sibley*	8-1	W	Aldrich
12/18	Richfield*	8-0	W	Aldrich
12/20	North St. Paul*	5-1	W	Polar Arena
12/23	Bloomington Jefferson	4-3	W	BIG (Bloomington)
12/27	Centennial	2-6	L	Xcel Energy Center
12/29	Bloomington Jefferson	3-4	L	Xcel Energy Center
12/30	Wayzata	3-4	L	Roseville Arena
1/8	Mahtomedi*	4-1	W	St. Croix RC
1/10	St. Thomas Academy*	7-0	W	St. Thomas Arena
1/15	Tartan*	4-2	W	Aldrich
1/17	South St. Paul*	5-2	W	Wakota Arena
1/22	Benilde-St. Margaret's	3-4	L	St. Louis Park RC
1/24	Simley*	7-0	W	Veterans Center (IGH)
1/27	Holy Angels	2-7	L	Aldrich
1/29	Henry Sibley*	9-0	W	Wakota Arena
1/31	Richfield*	5-0	W	Richfield Arena
2/5	North St. Paul*	6-3	W	Aldrich
2/7	Mahtomedi*	5-3	W	Aldrich
2/12	St. Thomas Academy*	3-2	W	Aldrich
2/14	Tartan*	5-4	W	Tartan Arena
2/17	South St. Paul*	6-1	W	Aldrich
2/21	Moorhead	0-2	L	Moorhead
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Section 3AA Playoffs
2/28	Stillwater	5-0	W	Aldrich
3/1	White Bear Lake	5-4	W (OT)	Coliseum
3/5	Centennial	2-3	L	Coliseum

Final Record 21-7-0
Classic Suburban Conference Standings

Section 3AA Playoff Bracket

Varsity Roster

Coach: Bill Lechner
Assistant: Pat Schafhauser, Tony Flint

No.	Name	Pos.	Grade	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
2	Bill Leier	D	10	5' 10"	165	3	8	11
6	Brent Mercado	D	11	6' 1"	190	1	9	10
7	Garrett Adamson	F	12	6' 3"	170	4	1	5
9	Derek McCallum	D	10	6' 0"	160	2	11	13
10	Mike Phillippi	D	11	5' 11"	160	3	26	29
11	Alex Spies	F	11	5' 11"	170	1	2	3
12	Casey Gresback	F	12	5' 10"	175	3	3	6
14	Jay Cascalenda (C)	F,D	12	6' 0"	170	13	33	46
15	Peter Croonquist	F	10	5' 8"	135	3	7	10
16	B.J. Thompson	F	12	5' 10"	160	3	2	5
18	Mac Garceau	D	10	5' 10"	160	0	2	2
19	Joey McEnaney	F	10	5' 7"	145	4	8	12
20	Matt Cermak	F	12	5' 11"	180	3	2	5
21	Sam Kelly	F	12	6' 0"	180	38	25	63
22	Sam Yearsley	F	11	5' 11"	165	3	4	7
24	Erik Morrow	D	11	6' 2"	175	2	1	3
25	Tim Dickhudt (C)	F	12	5' 9"	175	18	21	39
26	Brian Arrigoni	F	10	5' 7"	150	18	7	25
27	Ryan Guentzel	F	11	5' 11"	150	21	36	57
28	Craig Kaufman	F	12	6' 1"	170	1	4	5
32	Mike Scott	G	10	6' 0"	180	0	0	0
33	James Fangel	G	12	5' 9"	160	0	0	0

Goalie	Min.	GA	GAA	Saves	Save %	Record
James Fangel	1395	61	2.23	619	91.0	21-7-0
Mike Scott	38	0	0.00	7	100.0	0-0-0

Team Stats Goals Goals/G Shots Shots/G PP % PPG ESG SHG ENG
Hill-Murray 144 5.1 886 31.6 35.5 38 96 10 3
Opponents 61 2.2 687 24.5 15.3 17 39 5 0

Mr. Hockey Finalist: Sam Kelly
Pioneer Press All-state team: Sam Kelly
All-state honorable mention: Jay Cascalenda, James Fangel
Classic Suburban All-Conference: Mike Phillippi, Jay Cascalenda, Sam Kelly, Tim Dickhudt, Ryan Guentzel
All Conference Honorable Mention: Derek McCallum, Brian Arrigoni, James Fangel