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| In the second year of Iowa High School Hockey League, membership includes seven Division I teams and four in Division II. Teams play a 12-game schedule. |
| Des Moines Dowling Maroons wins its first regular-season championship. |
 Des Moines hosted the Varsity year-end tournament March 9-12 at the Des Moines Ice Arena. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CO-CHAMPIONS
Waterloo Columbus Sailors (10W-2L-0T)
Des Moines Dowling Tigers (10W-2L-0T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 9-12, 1978 - Des Moines Ice Arena
Championship Game: Waterloo Columbus Sailors 4, Sioux City Jr. Musketeers 2
Sailors 'persevere' for 3rd straight title 4-2 PDF
(Waterloo Courier - Monday, March 13, 1978)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
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VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Duke Dutkowski - Waterloo Columbus
| VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS March 9-12 - Des Moines Ice Arena - Des Moines, Iowa |
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| District Qualifier Games | DISTRICT I #1DII-Ankeny at #3DI-Sioux City for two games. Game 1: Sioux City ?, Ankeny ?; Game 2: Sioux City 5, Ankeny 3 Both teams qualify. Team scoring most goals is top seed. DISTRICT II #2DII- Mason City 0 at #4DI-Waterloo Warriors 11 Mason City eliminated. #1DI-Waterloo Columbus 4, Waterloo Warriors 3 (OT) Both teams qualify. DISTRICT III #7DI-Urbandale over #3DII-Des Moines Lincoln Des Moines Lincoln eliminated. Urbandale 1, #2DI-Des Moines Dowling 8 Both teams qualify. DISTRICT IV #6DI-Des Moines Valley over #4DII-Ames Ames eliminated. Des Moines Valley 6, #5DI-Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 5 Both teams qualify. |
| Quarterfinals | #1District III-Des Moines Dowling 5, #2 District II-Waterloo Warriors 1 #1District I-Sioux City 4, #2District IV-Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 3 #1District II-Waterloo Columbus 9, #2District III-Urbandale 1 #1District IV-Des Moines Valley 10, #2District I-Ankeny 0 |
| Consolation Semifinals | Waterloo Warriors 3, Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 2 Urbandale 6, Ankeny 0 |
| Chamionship Semifinals | Sioux City 3, Des Moines Dowling 1 Waterloo Columbus 6, Des Moines Valley 3 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Ankeny 9, Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt 4 |
| Fifth-Place Game | Waterloo Warriors 2, Urbandale 1 |
| Third-Place Game | Des Moines Dowling 6, Des Moines Valley 3 |
| Championship Game | Waterloo Columbus 4, Sioux City 2 |
| VARSITY DIVISION I REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1-Waterloo Columbus | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 66 | 29 |
| 2-Des Moines Dowling | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 31 |
| 3-Sioux City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 51 | 52 |
| 4-Waterloo Warriors | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 33 |
| 5-Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 48 | 83 |
| 6-Des Moines Valley | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 50 |
| 7-Urbandale | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 68 |
| VARSITY DIVISION I TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||
| RK | Name, Team | Go | Ast | Pts |
| 1 | Barney Munro, Des Moines Dowling | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| T2 | Craig Brown, Waterloo Columbus | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| T2 | Brian Hartman, Sioux City | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Andy Lyon, Des Moines Dowling | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| T5 | David Foley, Des Moines Valley | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| T5 | Scott Sutherland, Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| T5 | Jeff Bowman, Des Moines Dowling | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 8 | Mike Stanbrough, Des Moines Valley | 10 | 24 | 24 |
| 9 | Rick Radcliff, Des Moines Valley | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | Kevin Landau, Waterloo Columbus | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| VARSITY DIVISION I GOALTENDERS (no individual stats available) | |||||||
| Names - Team | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Greg Davis, Paul Sand - Waterloo Columbus | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2.41 | 1 |
| Frank Cataldo, Jim Heidman - Des Moines Dowling | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2.58 | 1 |
| Ed Henn, Eric Peterson - Waterloo Public | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 2.75 | 1 |
| David Linn, Scott Hagerman - Des Moines Valley | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 4.18 | 0 |
| Mike Bennett, Mark Hartman - Sioux City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 4.33 | 0 |
| Jerry Thompson, Mark Cory, Greg Warwick - Urbandale | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 68 | 5.78 | 0 |
| Kevin Thompson, Kim Day - Des Moines Hoover-Roosevelt | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 6.92 | 0 |
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| DIVISION II REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1-Ankeny | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 14 |
| 2-Mason City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 23 |
| 3-Des Moines Lincoln | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 21 |
| 4-Ames | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 |
| DIVISION II TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||
| RK | Name, Team | Go | Ast | Pts |
| 1 | Randy Pierce, Randy, Mason City | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Ted Wiles, Ankeny | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Doran Doty, Ankeny | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Phil Rogers, Des Moines Lincoln | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Mike Aspeborg, Mason City | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| T6 | Tim Copperstone, Ankeny | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| T6 | Bob Strohn, Des Moines Lincoln | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| T8 | Marty Suttom, Des Moines Lincoln | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T8 | Randy Zimmer, Ankeny | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T10 | Seth Wolins, Ames | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| T10 | Steve Nielsen, Mason City | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| T10 | John Leopold, Ankeny | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| T10 | Bill Robyt, Ames | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| T10 | Tom Mackin, Mason City | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T10 | Mike Smith, Des Moines Lincoln | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T10 | Skip Ware, Ankeny | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| DIVISION II GOALTENDERS (no statistics available) | |||||||
| Name, Team | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1977-1978 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Secretary: W. David Tyler - Waterloo
Treasurer: Jack McFadyen - Des Moines
Commissioner: Alan Murdoch - Ames
Referee-in-Chief: Don Johnston - Waterloo