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| The League celebrates its twentieth anniversary season. |
| Kansas City Jr. Blades join the League and are placed in the West Division while the Des Moines Capitals move to the East. |
| Metro Ice Sports Facility in Urbandale opens the doors in January of 1996. |
| Schedule is expanded to 26 games. Teams play opponents in the same division four times and teams in the opposite division twice. |
| Omaha's newly constructed Moylan Tranquility Iceplex opens its doors in November of 1995. |
| Omaha Gladiators and Jr. Lancers co-host the Jr. Varsity tournament. The banquet was held at South Sokol Hall. Guest speaker is Rear Admiral Pat Moneymaker. This marks the first time the Jr. Varsity Year-End Tournament was held outside the state of Iowa. |
 The Des Moines Capitals host the Varsity Year-End Tournament at the Metro Ice Sports Arena, March 8-10. The banquet was held at the Iowa Air National Guard Hangar located at the Des Moines International Airport. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Mason City Mohawks (22W-3L-1T)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 8-10, 1996 - Metro Ice Sports Arena - Des Moines, Iowa
Championship Game: Omaha Jr. Lancers 5, Des Moines Capitals 3
Junior Lancers Reign PDF
Omaha World Herald
- Wednesday, March 13, 1996
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Tom Ogee - Omaha Jr. Lancers
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
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VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Omaha Gladiators
| VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS March 8-10, 1996 - Metro Ice Sports Arena - Des Moines, Iowa |
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| Play-In Game | Ames 7, St. Joseph 5 |
| Championship Bracket | Waterloo 5, Kansas City 4, OT Mason City 10, Waterloo 4 Des Moines 2, Sioux City 1 Omaha Gladiators 4, Dubuque 1 Omaha Jr. Lancers 9, Ames 2 |
| Consolation Bracket | Ames 10, Dubuque 9 Sioux City 6, Waterloo 1 Dubuque 6, Waterloo 3 Kansas City 7, St. Joseph 3 |
| Championship Semifinal Games | Des Moines 4, Mason City 3 Omaha Jr. Lancers 7, Omaha Gladiators 4 |
| Ninth-Place Game | Waterloo 5, St. Joseph 4 |
| Seventh-Place Game | Kansas City 4, Dubuque 3, OT |
| Fifth-Place Game | Sioux City 3, Ames 2 |
| Third-Place Game | Mason City 6, Omaha Gladiators 3 |
| Championship Game | Omaha Jr. Lancers 5, Des Moines Capitals 3 |
| VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| EAST DIVISION | |||||||||
| 1-Mason City | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 220 | 71 | 185 | 483 |
| 4-Des Moines | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 97 | 78 | 197 | 458 |
| 6-Dubuque | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 127 | 154 | 159 | 458 |
| 7-Ames | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 117 | 138 | 213 | 577 |
| 8-Waterloo | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 128 | 148 | 418 |
| WEST DIVISION | |||||||||
| 2-Omaha Jr. Lancers | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 147 | 56 | 233 | 639 |
| 3-Omaha Gladiators | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 126 | 65 | 142 | 330 |
| 5-Sioux City | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 115 | 90 | 173 | 418 |
| 9-Kansas City | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 172 | 140 | 342 |
| 10-St. Joseph | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 206 | 268 | 652 |
| VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Jason Anderegg, Mason City | 26 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 0 |
| 2 | Dustin Morrison, Ames | 26 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 82 | 1 |
| T3 | Mike Anderson, Mason City | 24 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 46 | 0 |
| T3 | Andrew Murdoch, Ames | 23 | 33 | 25 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 0 |
| T3 | Cory Nelson, Omaha Gladiators | 24 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Jed Ortmeyer, Omaha Jr. Lancers | 25 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 1 |
| 7 | Jeff Smith, Dubuque | 23 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 0 |
| 8 | Tom Ogee, Omaha Jr. Lancers | 26 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 50 | 0 |
| T9 | Scott Stephens, Omaha Gladiators | 26 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| T9 | Jonas Samuelssen, Mason City | 26 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 50 | 0 |
| VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | SO | Pct |
| 1 | Joel Ruegg, Omaha Gladiators | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 439 | 407 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.927 |
| 2 | Matt Garrison, Des Moines | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 356 | 326 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.916 |
| 3 | Isaac Sorensen, Mason City | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.896 |
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JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Omaha Gladiators (22W-2L-1T)
JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
February 29-March 3, 1996 - Moylan Tranquility Iceplex - Omaha, Nebraska
Championship Game: Omaha Gladiators (Des Moines Capitals)
| JR. VARSITY TOURNAMENT RESULTS February 29-March 3, 1996 - Moylan Tranquility Iceplex - Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Play-In Games | Ames 1, St. Joseph 0, forfeit Omaha Jr. Lancers 2, Mason City 0 |
| Championship Bracket | Des Moines 4, Dubuque 0 Waterloo 6, Sioux City 3 Kansas City 5, Ames 1 Omaha Gladiators 6, Omaha Jr. Lancers 3 |
| Consolation Bracket | Omaha Jr. Lancers 1, Sioux City 0 Ames 7, Dubuque 1 Mason City 6, St. Joseph 0 Sioux City 7, Dubuque 0 |
| Championship Semifinal Games | Omaha Gladiators 3, Waterloo 0 Des Moines 5, Kansas City 1 |
| Ninth-Place Game | St. Joseph 5, Dubuque 4, OT |
| Seventh-Place Game | Sioux City 4, Mason City 1 |
| Fifth-Place Game | Omaha Jr. Lancers 3, Ames 0 |
| Third-Place Game | Kansas City 3, Waterloo 2, OT |
| Championship Game | Omaha Gladiators ?, Des Moines Capitals ? |
| JR. VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS - Final | |||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Pn | PM |
| 1-Omaha Gladiators | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 127 | 50 | 155 | 372 |
| 2-Kansas City | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 106 | 48 | 139 | 332 |
| 3-Des Moines | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 114 | 33 | 170 | 453 |
| 4-Sioux City | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 116 | 60 | 209 | 618 |
| 5-Waterloo | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 74 | 76 | 126 | 311 |
| 6-Dubuque | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 75 | 93 | 119 | 367 |
| 7-Ames | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 85 | 121 | 312 |
| 8-Mason City | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 65 | 93 | 95 | 260 |
| 9-Omaha Jr. Lancers | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 76 | 174 | 445 |
| 10-St. Joseph | 26 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 217 | 175 | 437 |
| JR. VARSITY TOP-10 SCORERS | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | Go | Ast | Pts | SH | PP | Pn | PM | DQ |
| 1 | Brett Duncan, Omaha Gladiators | 25 | 36 | 25 | 61 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Mike Kelly, Omaha Gladiators | 24 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 1 |
| 3 | Ryan Kirchoff, Kansas City | 24 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 0 |
| 4 | Kyle Worner, Sioux City | 22 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 80 | 2 |
| 5 | Michael Kempkes, Kansas City | 23 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
| T6 | Shane Clayton, Omaha Gladiators | 25 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| T6 | Chad Shaffer, Omaha Gladiators | 22 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| T8 | Luke McCarty, Waterloo | 22 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| T8 | Mike Best, Des Moines | 24 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 2 |
| T10 | Ben Kutz, Waterloo | 22 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 44 | 0 |
| T10 | J.J. Arthur, Sioux City | 23 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 65 | 2 |
| T10 | Ryan Gladson, Des Moines | 25 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| T10 | Dave Collette, Omaha Gladiators | 25 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| T10 | Rick Reicherts, Waterloo | 25 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 0 |
| JR. VARSITY SILVER-GLOVE GOALTENDERS | ||||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | W | L | T | SOG | Svs | GA | SH | PP | SO | Pct |
| 1 | Damon Keith, Sioux City | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 154 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.928 |
| 2 | Trent Cook, Des Moines | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 142 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.915 |
| 3 | Sean Allison, Des Moines | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 171 | 156 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.912 |
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE 1995-1996 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Morris Peterson - Urbandale, IA
Secretary/Treasurer: Wayne Fick - Dubuque, IA
Vice President: Dick Keith - Sioux City, IA
Vice President: Darwin Sprong - Ames, IA
Vice President: Terry Roche - Des Moines, IA
Commissioner: Greg Cigrand - Dubuque, IA
Referee-In-Chief:
Gary Donaldson - Waterloo, IA
Scheduler: Don Geiger - Des Moines, IA
Statistician: Doug Newhoff - Waterloo, IA