3 Albert Lea seniors receive All-State mention
Published 9:49 am Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Three Albert Lea senior boys’ hockey players were named all-state honorable mention Monday.
Forwards Jordan Prescher-Smerud, Tyler Prihoda, and defenseman Blake Adams were named all-state honorable mention.
The trio helped guide the Tigers to the section semifinal game and their first Big Nine title since 1993-94.
Prihoda led the team in scoring with 34 goals on the year and finished with 53 points during the regular season.
Prescher-Smerud also tallied 53 points on 20 goals and 33 assists.
Adams finished third in scoring on the team during the regular season with 10 goals and 15 assists.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ben Hanowski, Little Falls
FIRST TEAM
F—Ben Hanowski, SR, Little Falls
F—Anders Lee, SR, Edina
F—Danny Mattson, SR, Holy Angels
D—Nick Leddy, SR, Eden Prairie
D—Zach Palmquist, SR, South St. Paul
G—Casey O’Connor, SR, Bloomington Jefferson
SECOND TEAM
F—Marshall Everson, SR, Edina
F—Max Tardy, SR, Duluth East
F—Tyler Pitlick, SR, Centennial
D—Nate Schmidt, JR, St. Cloud Cathedral
D—Izaak Berglund, SR, Little Falls
G—Michael Sperl, SR, Little Falls
HONORABLE MENTION
FORWARD
Tom Alexander, SR, Rochester Mayo; Jace Baldwin, SR, International Falls; Joey Benik, JR, St. Francis; Riley Bengston, SR, Hutchinson; Dan Billiar, JR, Mankato East/Loyola; Nick Bjugstad, SO, Blaine; Andrew Bruggeman, SR, Mankato West; Nick Brunette, SR, Blake; Dan DeLisle, SR, Totino-Grace; Lucas Dillon, SR, Thief River Falls; Taylor Funk, SR, Rochester Lourdes; Max Gaede, JR, Woodbury; Devon Grossell, SR, Winona; Danny Hansen, SR, Marshall; Ryne Hanson, SR, Marshall; D.J. Harazin, SR, Redwood Valley; Brett Hebel, JR, Warroad; Garrett Hendrickson, SO, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl; Caleb Herbert, JR, Bloomington Jefferson; Riley Hirsch, SR, Little Falls; Riley Horgan, SR, Mound-Westonka; Christian Isackson, JR, St. Thomas Academy; Aaron Jamnick, SR, Hibbing; Cory Kautz, JR, Rochester Century; Adam Krause, JR, Hermantown; Tyler Landman, SR, Roseau; Tyler Lapic, SR, New Prague; Zach May, SR, Burnsville; Ben Nelson, SR, Little Falls; Brock Nelson, JR, Warroad; Nick Oliver, SR, Roseau; Phil Paquette, SR, Luverne; Cole Peterson, SR, Rochester Lourdes; Dusty Peterson, SR, Richfield; Hampus Petterrson, SR, Redwood Valley; Jordan Prescher-Smerud, SR, Albert Lea; Tyler Prihoda, SR, Albert Lea; Kyle Rau, SO, Eden Prairie; Joe Rehkamp, SR, Breck; Kyle Reinarts, SR, New Ulm; Blake Schammel, SR, Red Wing; Dane Shaugabay, SR, Warroad; Jake Useldinger, JR, East Grand Forks; Tyler Voigt, SR, Rochester Lourdes; Wesley Waytashek, SR, Little Falls; Chris Westin, SR, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl; Alex Whitney, SR, Rochester Mayo; Tyler Zepeda, SR, Hill-Murray.
DEFENSE
Mark Alt, JR, Cretin-Derham Hall; Blake Adams, SR, Albert Lea; Joe Arbour, SR, Duluth East; Pat Borer, SR, Benilde-St. Margaret’s; Matt Campbell, JR, Mankato West; Willie Corrin, JR, International Falls; Wally Cosette, SR, Maple Grove; Blake Doerring, SR, Blake; Joe Faust, JR, Bloomington Jefferson; Derek Forbort, JR, Duluth East; Carson Gray, SO, Warroad; Logan Kalis, SR, Little Falls; Jacob Malwitz, JR, Thief River Falls; Ben Marshall, SO, Mahtomedi; Michael Pieper, SR, Warroad; Michael Spielmann, SR, Redwood Valley; Pete Spratte, SR, Rochester Lourdes; Derek Stauber, SR, Duluth Marshall.
GOALIE
Matt Cooper, SR, Duluth East; Alex Fons, JR, Hopkins; Jason Goldsmith, SR, Warroad; Zane Gothberg, JR, Thief River Falls; Matt Hemingway, SR, Alexandria; Will Lustig, SR, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl; Logan Marks, JR, Moorhead; Reid Mimmack, JR, Brainerd; Paul Moberg, SR, Forest Lake; John Russell, JR, Breck; Adam Wilcox, SO, South St. Paul; Jordan Yaggy, SR, Rochester Mayo.