| Season Notes |
| The League expanded to 13 teams with the addition of the Fremont Flyers from Fremont, Nebraska. The Flyers were previously a member of the South Dakota high school circuit. The Flyers will compete in both the Varsity and JV levels and be placed in the West Division. Teams will now play a 32-game schedule, continuing to play division rivals 4 times and teams outside the division twice. Teams in the Central and West divisions will play two extra games against opponents to be determined. |
| Six new records were set during the season. Waterloo’s Ben Sinnott set a new mark for goals in a single season with 54. Waterloo goaltender Chase Pabst logged 14 shutouts surpassing the old record of 10. Mason City goaltender, Erik McHenry, faced a new high of 1,322 shots on goal. Dubuque’s Drew Millius tallied new records for single-season and career penalty minutes. And, Waterloo’s victory at the year-end tournament marked their eighth in team history, a new League record. |
| Team Midwest U-18 won the 2018 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Stick Championship, qualifying for the Silver Stick finals in Sarnia, Canada. The team advanced to the championship game, falling to Halton HIlls, Ontario, Canada 4-1. |
| Policy changes: 1. All three Junior Varsity periods will now be extended to 15 minutes, up from 14. 2. A penalized player whose penalty minutes do not expire before the start of a Varsity or Junior Varsity shootout is ineligible to participate in the shootout until all other players have shot once. 3. If Varsity or Junior Varsity teams are tied at the end of regulation in a year-end tournament championship bracket game, teams will switch ends at the end of regulation and after each overtime period. |
VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Waterloo Warriors (29W-2L-1SOL)
VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena
Championship Game: Waterloo Warriors 2, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 1
VARSITY TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Carter Herbst - Waterloo Warriors
VARSITY COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Brian Cook - Waterloo Warriors
VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
| Varsity Tournament Results - March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Omaha 3, #5 Quad City 2 #3 Cedar Rapids 4, #6 Des Moines Capitals 1 #2 Sioux City 5, #7 Lincoln 0 #1 Waterloo 4, #8 Kansas City 1 |
| Semifinal Games | Sioux City 2, Cedar Rapids 4 Waterloo 5, Omaha 1 |
| Third-Place Game | Sioux City 4, Omaha 1 |
| Championship Game | Waterloo 2, Cedar Rapids 1 |
| Varsity Regular Season Standings - FINAL | |||||||||
| Team Name | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM |
| 1-Waterloo | 32 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 168 | 31 | 466 |
| 2-Sioux City | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 135 | 42 | 477 |
| 3-Cedar Rapids | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 182 | 54 | 354 |
| 4-Omaha | 32 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 110 | 84 | 558 |
| 5-Quad City | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 104 | 74 | 498 |
| 6-Des Moines Capitals | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 125 | 87 | 398 |
| 7-Lincoln | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 98 | 103 | 530 |
| 8-Kansas City | 32 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 110 | 108 | 534 |
| Des Moines Oak Leafs | 32 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 106 | 89 | 373 |
| Mason City | 32 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 69 | 149 | 384 |
| Fremont | 32 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 160 | 682 |
| Ames | 32 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 185 | 484 |
| Dubuque | 32 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 179 | 919 |
| Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | |||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG |
| 1 | Ben Sinnott, Waterloo | 30 | 54 | 38 | 92 | 83 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Kole Latusick, Waterloo | 32 | 30 | 54 | 84 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Ryan Carlson, Cedar Rapids | 32 | 36 | 36 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Carter Herbst, Waterloo | 32 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ben Pizzimenti, Cedar Rapids | 32 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Clark Krueger, Des Moines Capitals | 32 | 40 | 23 | 63 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Carter Renwick, Cedar Rapids | 32 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Taylor Frerichs, Sioux City | 32 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Peyton Roy, Kansas City | 31 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Stone Patten, Quad City | 32 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | W | L | T | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Chase Pabst, Waterloo | 32 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 0.94 | 656 | 0.956 |
| 2 | Blake Beller, Sioux City | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 1.3 | 594 | 0.934 |
| 3 | Ethan Snee, Cedar Rapids | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1.43 | 288 | 0.923 |
VARSITY ALL-LEAGUE
- Forwards -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Clark Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Ben Sinnott. Jr. - Waterloo
Kole Latusick, Jr. - Waterloo
- Defense -
Max Beller, Sr., - Sioux City
Dane Hickey, Sr. - Omaha
Carter Hobbs, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
- Goaltender -
Chase Pabst, Jr. - Waterloo
VARSITY ALL-STARS
- FIRST TEAM -
- Forwards -
Ryan Carlson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids*
Ben Pizzimenti, Sr. - Cedar Rapids*
Carter Renwick, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Clark Krueger, Jr. - Des Moines Capitals
Dawson Zeutenhorst, Sr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Peyton Roy, Sr. - Kansas City
Blake Glaser, Jr. - Lincoln
Andrew Kramer, Jr. - Quad City*
Stone Patten, Jr. - Quad City*
Peyton Watkins, Sr. - Quad City
Taylor Frerichs, Jr. - Sioux City
Reece McDonald, Sr. - Sioux City*
Carter Herbst, Sr. - Waterloo*
Kole Latusick, Jr. - Waterloo
Ben Sinnott, Jr. - Waterloo
- Defense -
Carter Hobbs, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Isaac Donahoo, Sr. - Mason City
Dane Hickey, Sr. - Omaha*
Noah Hichborn, Sr. - Quad City
Max Beller, Sr. - Sioux City*
Alec Nieman, Sr. - Sioux City
Ethan Fox, Sr. - Waterloo
- Goaltenders -
Blake Beller, Sr. Sioux City*
Chase Pabst, Sr. Waterloo*
*Unanimous Selection
- SECOND TEAM -
- Forwards -
Ethan Tulp, Jr. - Ames
Joshua Nelson, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Ryan Dunn, Jr. - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Brock McQuistan, Sr. - Fremont
Max Arnold, Jr. - Kansas City
Henry Mahaffy, Sr. - Kansas City
Nikolas Svetlak, Jr. - Kansas City
John Evans, Sr. - Lincoln
Ben Blaha, Sr. - Mason City
Brock James, Jr. - Omaha
Nick Novak, Sr. - Omaha
Jack Harrison, Sr. - Waterloo
- Defense -
Luke Edwards, Jr. - Cedar Rapids
Holden Sevening, Jr. - Cedar Rapids
Dan Dressen, Sr. - Des Moines Capitals
Lukas Kirby, Sr. - Kansas City
Keegan Smith, Sr. - Waterloo
- Goaltenders -
Ethan Snee, Sr. - Cedar Rapids
Erik McHenry, Jr. - Mason City
TEAM MIDWEST: AMERICA'S HOCKEY SHOWCASE
| Team Midwest competed in the 2019 USA Hockey America’s Showcase, April 11-15, in St. Louis, Missouri. Competing in the A-pool, the team finishes with a 2W-1L-1OTL record. |
Thursday, April 11 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 0, Pittsburgh 10
Friday, April 12 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 5, Missoui Blue 3
Saturday, April 13 - Pool Play: Team Midwest 5, Colorado Burgundy 4, SO
Sunday, April 14 - Quarterfinals: Team Midwest 3, Texas 4, OT
- Team Midwest Roster & Staff -
- Forwards -
Ryan Carlson - Cedar Rapids
Ben Pizzimenti - Cedar Rapids
Clark Krueger - Des Moines Capitals
Nik Svetlak - Kansas City
Blake Glaser - Lincoln
Nick Novak - Omaha
Cale Bricker - Sioux City
Andrew Kramer - Quad City
Stone Patten - Quad City
Taylor Frerichs - Sioux City
Reece McDonald - Sioux City
Nick Samuelson - Waterloo
- Defense -
Luke Edwards - Cedar Rapids
Drew Millius - Dubuque
Noah Hichborn - Quad City
Max Beller - Sioux City
Daniel Hoerichs - Spirit Lake
Marcus Ingraham - Spirit Lake
- Goaltenders -
Eric Wisnousky - Cedar Rapids
Payton West - Lincoln
- Head Coach -
Larry Heggebo
USA HOCKEY DIVISION II HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
| The regular-season champion Waterloo Warriors represented Iowa at the USA Hockey High School National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 28 to April 1. The Omaha Jr. Lancers also represented the League as the top regular-season finisher from Nebraska. A total of 16 teams are divided into four pools. Each team will play three games against pool opponents. First and second-place teams in each pool advance to the championship bracket. MHSHL teams compete in Division II, which is comprised of teams with players from multiple schools. |
Thursday, March 28 - Pool Play
Omaha 5, Steinbrenner HS (Florida) 1
Waterloo 4, Smithtown-Hauppauge HS (New York) 0
Friday, March 29 - Pool Play
Omaha 1, Boulder-Monarch (Colorado) 4
Waterloo 13, West Virginia East 2
Saturday, March 30 - Pool Play
Omaha 3, Burrell HS (Pennsylvania) 6
Waterloo 6, Jr. Golden Knights (Las Vegas) 3
(Waterloo finishes first after pool play qualifying for quarterfinals)
Sunday, March 31 - Quarterfinals
Waterloo 2, Boulder/Monarch (Colorado) 3
- TEAM MIDWEST U18 TIER II -
| Team Midwest U18 Tier II is made up of high school players from the Midwest Affiliate. It is designed to keep players on their high school teams during the regular season and allow them to play on a team outside the high school season and gain additional exposure at a high level of competition. Team Midwest won the 2018 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Stick Championship, qualifying for the Silver Stick finals in Sarnia, Canada. Team Midwest advanced to the championship game, falling to Halton HIlls, Ontario, Canada 4-1. |
2018 Rocky Mountain Regional Silver Stick Champion
2019 Runnerup International Silver Stick Finals
Season Record: 19-4-1
- Forwards -
Ryan Carlson – Cedar Rapids
Josh Nelson – Cedar Rapids
Ben Pizzimenti – Cedar Rapids
Grady Brown – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Adam Heide - Des Moines Oak Leafs
Dawson Zeutenhorst – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Nik Svetlak – Kansas City
Brock James - Omaha
Andrew Kramer – Quad City
Reece McDonald – Sioux City
Kole Latusick - Waterloo
Nick Samuelson - Waterloo
- Defense -
Luke Edwards – Cedar Rapids
Carter Hobbs – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Adam Burns – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Dane Hickey - Omaha
Jack Johnson - Omaha
Max Beller – Sioux City
- Goaltenders -
Eric Wisnousky – Cedar Rapids
Spencer Northway – Des Moines Oak Leafs
Head Coach: Nick Harrahill
Assistant Coach: Larry Heggebo
2019 International Silver Stick Game Scores
Friday, January 18, 2019
Pool Play: Team Midwest 4, Chatham Kent Cobras 0
Pool Play: Team Midwest 2, Kensington Valley Raiders 2, Tie
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Pool Play: Team Midwest 4, North York Knights 2
Quarterfinals: Team Midwest 1, Ottawa Valley Aces 2, 5OT
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Semifinals: Team Midwest 3, Atlanta Phoenix 2, OT
Championship Game: Team Midwest 1, Halton Hills 4
PRESIDENT'S SENIOR ACADEMIC AWARD
(Presented by the League President to Seniors graduating with a 3.5 GPA or better.)
Ames: Aaron Seydell, Timothy Weber
Cedar Rapids: Ryan Carlson, Tanner Heiar, Ben Pizzimenti, Carter Renwick, Eric Wisnousky
Des Moines Capitals: Jonah Magneson
Des Moines Oak Leafs: Adam Burns, Nolan Glock, Jacob Karasinski, Luke Kinney
Fremont: Evan Bespoyasny, Tyler Hiatt, Benjamin Stieren
Lincoln: Harlie Ferguson, Eli Schmal, Landon Seibert, Coby Skretta
Mason City: Ben Blaha
Omaha: C.J. Harding, Dane Hickey, Patrick Hoody, Jack Johnson, Tommy Oldenhuis, Cole Roth
Quad City: Tyler Olswold, Keaton Peters
Waterloo: Ethan Fox, Carter Herbst
JUNIOR VARSITY REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPION
Omaha Jr. Lancers (29W-2L-1SOL)
JUNIOR VARSITY TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
February 28-March 2, 2019 - Ames/ISU Arena
Championship Game: Omaha Jr. Lancers 5, Waterloo Warriors 0
JUNIOR VARSITY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Des Moines Oak Leafs
| Jr. Varsity Tournament Results - March 1-3, 2019 - Ames/ISU Ice Arena | |
| Quarterfinal Games | #4 Cedar Rapids 0, #5 Kansas City 6 #3 Des Moines Capitals 1, #6 Dubuaue 3 #2 Waterloo 6, #7 Quad City 1 #1 Omaha 3, #8 Lincoln 0 |
| Semifinal Games | Waterloo 6, Dubuque 2 Omaha 3, Kansas City 0 |
| Third-Place Game | Kansas City 2, Dubuque 6 |
| Championship Game | Omaha 5, Waterloo 0 |
| Junior Varsity Regular-Season Standings - FINAL | ||||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | SOL | PTS | GF | GA | PIM |
| 1-Omaha | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 149 | 50 | 360 |
| 2-Waterloo | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 128 | 63 | 418 |
| 3-Des Moines Capitals | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 100 | 78 | 241 |
| 4-Cedar Rapids | 32 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 87 | 66 | 344 |
| 5-Kansas City | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 92 | 78 | 329 |
| 6-Dubuque | 32 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 112 | 91 | 517 |
| 7-Quad City | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 107 | 92 | 241 |
| 8-Lincoln | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 94 | 91 | 476 |
| Des Moines Oak Leafs | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 80 | 87 | 207 |
| Sioux City | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 81 | 91 | 369 |
| Fremont | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 95 | 477 |
| Mason City | 32 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 142 | 323 |
| Ames | 32 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 184 | 794 |
| Junior Varsity Top-Ten Scorers | |||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PP | SH | GWG |
| 1 | Logan Mercier, Omaha | 31 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Christian Heiser, Waterloo | 32 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Dayson Tucker, Sioux City | 32 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Joshua De Young, Quad City | 32 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Matthew Howell, Omaha | 31 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T6 | Dane Schope, Dubuque | 30 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| T6 | Zach Hoffman, Omaha | 32 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Charlie Graven, Kansas City | 30 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Nik Howell, Mason City | 32 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| T10 | Zachary Galvin, Cedar Rapids | 27 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 146 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| T10 | Harrison Foss, Waterloo | 31 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Varsity Silver Glove Goaltenders | ||||||||||
| RK | Player, Team | GP | W | L | T | SO | GA | GAA | SV | SV% |
| 1 | Nolan Eikerman, Omaha | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1.13 | 203 | 0.940 |
| 3 | Caden Archambeau, Cedar Rapids | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 1.76 | 402 | 0.926 |
| 4 | Jack Evans, Des Moines Oak Leafs | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 1.97 | 421 | 0.919 |
MIDWEST HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Todd Scebold - Ankeny
Secretary: Dave Fox - Hampton
Treasurer: Wayne Kettwick - DeWitt
Vice President-All-Star Selection: Dave Fox - Hampton
Vice President-Communications/Pointstreak League Administrator: Roger Kelly - Sioux City
Vice President-Tournaments: Russ Moore
- Nevada
Vice President-Scheduler: Andy Wade - Windsor Heights
Commissioner/Referee-in-Chief: Del Donaldson - Cedar Falls
Statistics: Pointstreak Scoring Network