SNEEP CANDIDATE FOR MR. HOCKEY

Carl Sneep of Brainerd is one of the top 10 candidates announced Monday for the 22nd annual Mr. Hockey Award.  Sneep joins Jay Barriball (Holy Angels), David Fischer (Apple Valley), Michael Forney (Thief River Falls), Jordan Fulton (Breck), David Grun (White Bear Lake), Kyle Medvec (Apple Valley), Joey Miller (Wayzata), Nick Oslund (Burnsville) and Andy Sackirson (St. Louis Park).The Minnesota Minutemen, who co-sponsor the award, also announced that Austin Lee of Bloomington Jefferson has won The Frank Brimsek Award in recognition as the state's top senior goaltender. 

The Mr. Hockey Awards Banquet is scheduled noon March 12 at the Star Tribune Grand Ballroom at the River Centre, 175 Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul.  Carl Sneep is in contention for the coveted Mr. Hockey award.  Three other awards will be presented at the banquet: The Frank Brimsek Award, the John Mariucci Award, given to the Class 1A and Class 2A high school coaches of the year, and The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the "Old-Timer Coach" of the year.  To purchase tickets for the awards banquet contact Mary Hedberg (651) 735-2184. Individual tickets for the event are $25.The award is given to the outstanding senior high school hockey player in the state and is selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts, Division I coaches and media members from around the state.  Mr. Hockey Award winners Tom Chorske (1985), George Pelawa (1986), Kris Miller (1987), Larry Olimb (1988), Trent Klatt (1989)Joe Dziedzic (1990), Darby Hendrickson (1991), Brian Bonin (1992), Nick Checco (1993), Mike Crowley (1994), Erik Rasmussen (1995)Dave Spehar (1996), Aaron Miskovich (1997), John Pohl (1998), Jeff Taffe (1999)Paul Martin (2000), Marty Sertich (2001), Gino Guyer (2002), Nate Dey (2003), Tom Gorowski (2004), Brian Lee (2005)