June 27-July 3, 2003

Team Central (5-0-1) defeated Team Minnesota (3-2-1) 6-5 in the gold medal game of the Select 16 Hockey Festival in Rochester, New York.  Central led 4-3 after the first period, but Minnesota scored the first two goals of the second period to take a 5-4 lead.  Central came back with the final two goals of the period to claim the championship.

Minnesota finished with a 3-1-1 record in pool play.  New England and Pacific also finished with
3-1-1 records in pool play for the American Division, but Minnesota won in the tiebreaker system to advance to the gold medal game.  Central finished with a 4-0-1 record in pool play for the National Division.
In pool play, Minnesota tied New England 4-4, defeated Pacific 4-1, lost to Michigan 2-3, and defeated Mid-American 5-3 and New York 3-2.

Six Minnesotans were selected for the 20-player roster of the Under-17 Select Team, defensemen Jon Ammerman, Brian Lee and Taylor Chorney along with forwards Chad Rau, Ryan Stoa, and Ryan Thang.

MINNESOTA SCORING

Name                 G A PTS
Chad Rau          F  2 5  7
Jerad Stewart     F  4 3  7
Ryan Stoa         F  4 3  7
Ryan Thang        F  4 3  7
Jordan Fulton     F  0 4  4
Brian Lee         D  2 2  4 
Jon Ammerman      D  1 2  3
Mike Pilot        F  1 2  3
Aaron Gens        D  2 0  2
Mark Johnson      D  0 2  2
Shea Walters      F  0 2  2
Taylor Chorney    D  1 0  1
Will Collins      F  1 0  1
Drew Fisher       F  1 0  1
Kyle Schmidt      F  0 1  1
Joe Welch         F  0 1  1
Tyler Johnson     D  0 0  0
Travis Vermeulen  F  0 0  0

DAKOTAS SCORING

Mike Kramer       F  1 5  6
Joey Miller       F  4 1  5
Mike Phillipi     D  0 2  2


MINNESOTA GOALIES

Name                MIN SH SVS  GA   SV%   GAA 
Jeff Frazee       G 138 72  65   7  90.278 2.33
Alex Stalock      G 138 88  76  12  86.364 4.00

TOP SCORERS

Name              Team              G A PTS
Phil Kessel       Central        F  9 5 14
Evan Trupp        Pacific        F  5 6 11
Nathan Lawrence   Central        F  2 7  9
Andy Bohmbach     Central        F  5 3  8
Jason Lawrence    Massachusetts  F  5 3  8
John Kemp         Pacific        F  1 7  8

TOP GOALIES

Name              Team             MIN SH SVS  GA   SV%   GAA 
Drew O'Connell    Pacific        G 138 64  62   2  96.875 0.67
Bryce Shattie     New England    G 138 67  63   4  94.03  1.33
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