Joe Dziedzic received the John Mariucci Award as the Class 1A Coach of the Year Saturday by the Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association.

Dziedzic, the 10th-year Minneapolis coach, guided his team to the consolation championship of the state Class 1A tournament. The first Minneapolis program to reach the state tournament since 1994, it finished with a 23-7-1 record. 

Steve Houge of St. Paul Johnson was named the Class 1A Assistant Coach of the Year.

MINNESOTA HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION
2021-2022 COACHES OF THE YEAR

CLASS A
SECTION 1
HEAD - MATT ERICKSON, ALBERT LEA
ASS’T - CHAD HACKER, ALBERT LEA

SECTION 2
HEAD - JOE DZIEDZIC. MINNEAPOLIS 
ASS’T - NICK VATNSDAL. DELANO

SECTION 3
HEAD - PHIL PAQUETTE. LUVERNE
ASS’T - SKYLAR WENNINGER. WORTHINGTON

SECTION 4
HEAD - MOOSE YOUNGHANS, ST. PAUL JOHNSON
ASS’T  - STEVE HOUGE, ST. PAUL JOHNSON

SECTION 5
HEAD - ERIC NELSON, MONTICELLO
ASS’T - BEN NEUMANN, LITTLE FALLS

SECTION 6
HEAD - JOSH MEYERS, ALEXANDRIA
ASS’T - TREVOR LARSON. FERGUS FALLS

SECTION 7
HEAD - ANDY SERTICH, GREENWAY
ASS’T - ADAM JOHNSON, GREENWAY

SECTION 8
HEAD BEN NOAH DETROIT LAKES
ASS’T MIKE MILLER DETROIT LAKES

CLASS A HEAD COACH OF THE YEAR - JOE DZIEDZIC, MINNEAPOLIS

CLASS A ASS’T COACH OF THE YEAR - STEVE HOUGE, ST. PAUL JOHNSON