Banquet marks end of boys hockey season

This article submitted by Kurt Habben on 3/2/99.

The River Lakes boy’s hockey team held their banquet at Northern Lights on Friday night, Feb. 26. The banquet followed a season in which the team posted a 7-16 record.

Coach Mooney described the season as very successful. He said that very few second year programs can say they won seven games.

The awards for the year are as follows:
Team MVP: Jeremy Curran

Best Offensive Player: Dustin Looman

Best Defensive Player: Kurt Habben

Most Improved: Eric Habben

Hardest Worker: Mike Losinski

Unsung Heroes: Eric and Kurt Habben

The team will lose nine seniors this year. Due to this, it is unlikely a junior varsity team will be fielded next year.

The seniors graduating this year are: Jason Kiawa, New London/Spicer; Dustin Looman, John Manthei, Ryan Mackedanz, and Kurt Habben, Paynesville; and John Thompson, Jeremy Curran, Nathan Becker, and Dustin Weber, Rocori.

Captains for next year’s team will be Scott Fritz and Brad Koultes, with Brett Theisen being an alternate captain.

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