The Minnesota Minute Men announced today that Riley Tufte from Blaine High School is the recipient of the 32nd Annual Mr. Hockey Award, given to the outstanding senior boys’ high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota. Nick Althaus from St. Cloud Apollo High School received The Frank Brimsek Award, in recognition of Minnesota’s top senior goaltender.
Chris Olson (Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato) and Pat O’Leary (Wayzata) received The John Mariucci Award, given to the Class A and Class AA, respectively, high school coaches of the year. John Bianchi (Bloomington Jefferson) received The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the "Old Timer Coach" of the year.