High School Hockey Preview #7-State Semi-Finalist Superior Spartans

posted by DPlaya at 11/5/2009

Chris Walby and I are teaming up to provide boys high school hockey previews for teams from around the state. While we’d love to preview all 90+ teams we just don’t have the manpower to get to them all. So, we spent some time discussing amongst ourselves which teams have had recent success, and might be poised to repeat that success. We also considered any teams on the rise that might be worthy of coverage, and of course all of the State Tournament teams from last season automatically get previews. We’ve come up with a list of around 30 teams we intend to preview, and may add to that list depending upon availability of information and general interest from readers about specific teams. Feel free to e-mail us directly at dplayawi@hotmail.com and chris@wiscohockey.com if you have any questions or comments about our previews. You can also leave comments at the bottom of each post if we’ve missed a player or there’s other information we have not uncovered that you’d like to share with other readers (players injured, not going out this season, playing somewhere else, etc.). Some previews can be found at the Hockey in Wisconsin Blog and others at the WiscoHockey Blog.

Boys High School Hockey Preview: Superior Spartans-State Tournament Semi-Finalist

The Numbers:

Record last season-14-8
Goals lost to graduation-75 of 124 goals=60.48%
Assists lost to graduation-72 of 175 assists=41.14%
Scoring lost to graduation-147 of 299 points=49.16%

Players Lost:

Seven players graduated for Superior, four forwards a defenseman and two goaltenders. Three of the top four point-getters graduated, namely Pat Dalbec (All-State Team & First Team All-State Tournament), Taylor Leuthner (All-State Honorable Mention) and Dan Kolenda. In addition, graduating goaltender Matt Miller played about half of the games last season, although returning goaltender Joel Pettingill got the call to start both of Superior’s game in the State Tournament.

Who Returns?:

The Spartans plan to return ten Seniors, headlined by Honorable Mention All-State defenseman Chris Bishop, who is an alternate for Team Wisconsin Major. Returning in net is Joel Pettingill who played half the games last season and posted a 2.60 gaa and an 88.34 save percentage through the regular season and playoffs (excluding State Tournament). Two of their top five and six of their top ten scorers return.

Top 5 Returning Point-Getters Slated to Return; Their Grade Level This Year & Their 2008-2009 Numbers:

F Mitch Kontny Sr.-18 goals, 21 assists for 39 points
D Chris Bishop Sr.-6 goals, 24 assists for 30 points
F Tyler Plunkett Sr.-9 goals, 12 assists for 21 points
F/D Kellen McCoshen Sr.-7 goals, 11 assists for 18 points
F Caleb Dushkin So.-2 goals, 6 assists for 8 points

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High School Hockey Preview #7-State Semi-Finalist Superior Spartans

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