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Hockey: best of the best

By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports Media, 03/20/17, 8:45AM CDT

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Mittelstadt named 2016-17 Breakdown boys' hockey player of the year

The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2016-17 Minnesota high school boys' hockey players and coaches of the year. After leading his team to back-to-back state tournaments and one of the finest high school careers, Eden Prairie's Casey Mittelstadt was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

  • POY — Casey Mittelstadt, Eden Prairie
  • COY — Trent Klatt, Grand Rapids

Class AA

  • POY — Casey Mittelstadt, Eden Prairie
  • COY — Trent Klatt, Grand Rapids

Class A

  • POY — Ryan Sandelin, Hermantown
  • COY — Derrick Brown, St. Cloud Cathedral

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2016-17 Minnesota high school boys' hockey season!

For the past 15 years, the Breakdown has covered the high school sports scene in Minnesota, naming both a preseason and postseason player of the year in each sport covered for each year (15 years of girls' and boys' basketball, 10 years of boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, and three years of boys' baseball).

We've complied that full list of players through the years, which is peppered with recognizable names from Minnesota's high school sports history. The full list may be found at: http://www.breakdownsportsusa.com/page/show/336134