July 11-July 16, 2004

Team Minnesota finished with a record of 1-3-2 in the National Division at the Select 17 Hockey Festival in St. Cloud.  Each team in the National Division played each team in the American Division once (two 23 minute periods).  Minnesota finished tied for third with two other teams in the National Division.  The Dakotas team finished first in the National Division with a 3-0-3 record while Pacific finished second with a 4-2-0 mark.  In the American Division, Michigan finished with the best overall record of 5-1-0 followed by Massachusetts at 3-0-3. 
Team Minnesota defeated Atlantic (5-2), lost to Michigan (5-2), Massachusetts (4-1), and New England (3-1), and tied Rocky Mountain (1-1) and Central (2-2).

Phil Kessel of Central was the top scorer in the Select 16 Hockey Festival last year with 14 points.  This year, Kessel scored 7 points to finish second behind top scorer Jacob Cepis of Mid-American with 8 points.

Two Minnesotans were selected for the 20-player roster of the Under-18 Select Team, defensemen Brian Lee and Taylor Chorney.

MINNESOTA SCORING

Name                 G  A PTS
Michael Gergen    F  1- 3- 4
Chris VandeVelde  F  3- 0- 3
Ben Beaudoin      F  1- 2- 3
Zach Harrison     F  0- 3- 3
Jay Barriball     F  2- 0- 2
Taylor Chorney    D  1- 1- 2
Justin Milo       F  1- 1- 2
Jon Ammerman      D  0- 2- 2
David Grun        F  0- 2- 2
Joey Miller       F  1- 0- 1
Mike Phillippi    D  1- 0- 1
Robby Spalding    D  1- 0- 1
Tony Lucia        F  0- 1- 1
Ryan Stoa         F  0- 1- 1
Ryan Thang        F  0- 1- 1
Aaron Gens        D  0- 0- 0
Chad Rau          F  0- 0- 0
Michael Sauer     D  0- 0- 0

DAKOTAS SCORING

Travis Vermeulen  F  0- 3- 3
Matt Ambroz       F  2- 0- 2
Drew Fisher       F  2- 0- 2

SOUTHEASTERN SCORING

Shea Walters      F  0- 1- 1
Chris Hepp        D  0- 0- 0


MINNESOTA GOALIES

Name                MIN SH SVS  GA   SV%   GAA 
Alex Stalock      G 138 75  69   6  .920   2.00
Jeff Frazee       G 135 74  64  10  .865   3.41

TOP SCORERS

Name              Team              G  A PTS
Jacob Cepis       Mid-American   F  4- 4- 8
Phil Kessel       Central        F  5- 2- 7
Aaron Lewicki     Michigan       F  5- 2- 7
10 players with 6 points

TOP GOALIES

Name              Team             MIN SH SVS  GA   SV%   GAA 
Elliot Okland     Dakotas        G 138 59  57   2  .966   0.67
Miles Williams    Michigan       G 138 52  50   2  .962   0.67
Billy Blase       Pacific        G 137 68  65   3  .956   1.01
Tristan Favro     Atlantic       G 138 59  56   3  .949   1.00
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