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The Wildcat boys hockey team held its awards banquet Monday, March 20 at the Gallery in Lindstrom. “We had a good season, said Wildcat head coach Corey McKinnon. “We finished fourth in the conference after being picked to finish ninth before the season.” The Wildcats played well against St. Louis Park in the section tournament in February, but lost 4-1 to end their season.

“I feel fortunate to go to work every day and work with the kind of kids I want to work with. And I’m proud of our kids for staying with their home program through high school. We get a chance to enjoy the game we love as a team. And, hopefully, it helps us learn how to perform in class, out in the community and in life,” coach McKinnon continued.

“This is the second year we’ve given out the Hobey Baker Award, which goes to the player on the team who best exemplifies the qualities of character, sportsmanship, skill, academic success and personal achievement. Lance Baumgard is well deserving of this award. Lance also earned academic all-conference honors.”

The coach said, “One of our team goals before the season was to have a team GPA of A- of better. An A- GPA is 3.33 and our GPA for the year was 3.37. In addition to meeting our goal, we won the team academic all-conference award. I’m really proud of our guys for that.

McKinnon announced that assistant coach Tim Lideen had resigned as of the end of the season. “We’ll certainly miss Tim,” said McKinnon. “But he’s agreed to help us in some capacity next year. My other assistant, Josh Scharnberg, turned out to be a perfect fit for our hockey team this year. He’s honest and he really helped the kids learn about the game of life. And I don’t want to forget the parents. Part of the reason for our success is that our kids are supported by a great group of parents.”

McKinnon talked about each of his seniors. “Lance Baumgard overcame illness and injury to have a great season. We’ll miss his leadership qualities. Jimmy Bergren always work as hard as he could to get the most out of his experience. He was a great captain. CJ Hoffman improved his play and level of maturity from last year. His goal was to get four kids on the other team scared every game, and I think he did well at that. Zack Stimson was a competitor, plain and simple. And he had a lot of speed – I don’t think I ever saw anyone catch him from behind. He was a good leader and an opponent other teams didn’t want to face. And Forrest Lamson didn’t play much varsity, but he stepped up there and performed well when we asked him to. And he was always the first one to the rink for practice and the last one to leave.”

Awards and Accomplishments from 2005-2006

Team Awards

Most Valuable Offensive Player Scott Liebsch

Most Valuable Defensive Player Zach Stimson and CJ Hoffman

Team Player of the Year Jimmy Bergren

Most Improved Player of the Year Aaron Bergerson

JV Player of the Year Tony Skoog

Rookie of the Year Jeremiah Bergren and Jon Lien

Hobey Baker Award Lance Baumgard

Records Set in 2005-2006

Career Records

Individual – Most Takeouts 81 CJ Hoffman

Individual – Most Games Played 105 Lance Baumgard

Season Records

Team – Most Goals 127

Team – Most Shots on Goal 911

Team – Most Power Play Goals 35

Individual – Most Takeouts 81 CJ Hoffman

Individual – Most Saves 556 Tom Fitzer

Individual – Most Shutouts 4 Tom Fitzer

Single Game Records

Individual – Most Goals 6 Lance Baumgard

Individual – Most Assists (tied prev.)

5 Scott Liebsch

Individual – Most Takeouts 7 Jimmy Bergren

North Suburban Conference

All-Conference

Lance Baumgard

Zack Stimson

Scott Liebsch

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Jimmy Bergren

Luke Angrimson

Aaron Slagle

Academic All-Conference

Lance Baumgard

Chisago Lakes won the team award!

2005-2006 Statistical Leaders

Total Points 39

Jimmy Bergren and

Scott Liebsch

Goals 23

Lance Baumgard

Assists 21

Bob LeVasseur

Penalty Minutes 60

CJ Hoffman

Shots 118

Luke Angrimson

Takeouts 81

CJ Hoffman

Plus/Minus +28

Luke Angrimson

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