By @MichaelCaples –
The hockey portion of the 2015 Meijer State Games in Grand Rapids kicks off today, with tournaments taking place for the 13U, 15U, girls’ 19U/16U and boys’ high school age groups.
The tournament runs from June 25 to June 28.
MiHockey will be tracking the results for the various divisions and reporting on the winners. Before the puck drops, check out the high school hockey players invited to represent their regions:
Team Central
- Nate George (goalie)
- Zach Dornseifer
- Nicklas Sulen
- Sam Spaedt
- Nick Alfano
- Quentin Papajesk
- John MInnich
- Nick Sleeper
- Cameron Davis
- Maxwell DiCicco
- Luke Trombley
- Travis Nemeth
- Colton O’Doherty
- Brandon Ashley
- Scott Alfano
- Chris Cornford
- Kyle VanOchten
- Devin Wolfgang (goalie)
Head coach: JJ Bamberger
Assistant coach: Richard Blasy
Assistant coach: Mike Leibinger
Team Metro East
- Nolan Kare (goalie)
- Nick Cvetanovski
- Trevor Momot
- Brett Lanski
- Ethan Fuller
- Nicholas Gawel
- Joe Briskey
- Drew Dishinger
- Cole Glaspie
- Nick Blankenburg
- Steven Kukla
- Seth Lewis
- Matthew Hawke
- Nick Gadowski
- Michael Rittner
- Lorenzo Dagostini
- Ethan Tobiczyk
- Andrew Brooks
- Adam Pitters
- Jared Myers (goalie)
Head coach: Ian Smith
Assistant coach: Craig Staskowski
Assistant coach: Paul Moretz
Team Metro North
- Jacob Smith
- Christian Santiago
- Kyle Andrzejewski
- Sebastian Carlesso
- Noah Chimpouras
- Jacob Murphy
- Josh Ramsey
- Cameron Dickinson
- Josef Mehall
- Kevin Jurvis
- Drew Warnecke
- Jack Dansbury
- Brenden Koziara
- Larry Rowe
- Henry Gabriel
- Zacharias Leonard
- Michael McInerney
- Joseph Alcantara
- Michael Schwanke (goalie)
- Daniel Sendek (goalie)
Head coach: Jeff Fleming
Team Metro South
- John Ames
- Grant McClellan
- Cameron Chabot
- Jeremy Ross
- Austin McFarland
- Zach Gilreath
- Matthew Calhoun
- Joel Frazee
- Gianpaolo Berlasi
- Parker Dukus
- Bobby Salerno
- Brandon Morgan
- Alex Robinson
- Cam Koscho
- Kyle Lucas
- Jack Skrzynski
- Jason Brancheau
- Griffin Sawyer
- Sean Stephens (goalie)
- Jordan Gilbert (goalie)
Head coach: Rick DeSana
Assistant coach: John Brithnee
Manager: Tim Ames
Team Metro West
- Joe Pace
- Ryan Fonda
- Zach Sexton
- Kyle Mazur
- Nate Sudek
- Kevin Stefanick
- Jason Petras
- Brendan Whitney
- Zach Finzel
- Trevor Lassaline
- Blake Heier
- Joe Alcantara
- Joey Lajcaj
- Matt Kovach
- Evan Newel
- Chase Wallis
- Brody Dorner
- Nolan Cioch
- Christian Spangler (goalie)
- Hunter Firestone (goalie)
Head coach: Rick Gadwa
Assistant coach: John McCullough
Assistant coach: Ian McCullough
Assistant coach: Dennis Gagnon
Assistant coach: Gordie Brown
Team North
- Brendan Lacharite (goalie)
- CJ Schmitigal
- Brock Taylor
- Zach Reece
- Jacob Benker
- Michael Fink
- Travis Blackhurst
- Austin McCarthy
- Adam Jeannotte
- Danny Hill
- Chris LeMire
- Hunter Krause
- Jordan Adlum
- Tony Fedrizzi
- Drew Wotta
- William Shriver III
- RJ Deneweth
- Zak Lasley
- Devyn LaCourt
- Fletcher Bolda (goalie)
- Jay Jones (goalie)
Head coach: Vincent Pietrangelo
Assistant coach: Tim Blashill
Assistant coach: Scott Harvey
Assistant coach: Jeremy Rintala
Assistant coach: Bob Spence
GM: Brady Flachs
Team South
- Joe Boldt
- Jarrett Boldt
- Charlie Bonzer
- Bo Freatman
- Cooper Schmunk
- Brandon Williams
- Alec Daman
- Blake Lapum
- Jack Desautel
- Mitch Olsen
- Thomas Corner
- Zak Harwood
- Nathan Dane
- Anders Staky
- John Griswold
- Cooper Anderson
- Nick Lefebvre (goalie)
- Matt Pankow (goalie)
Head coach: Bill Sipola
Assistant coach: Stuart Lowe
Assistant coach: Chuck Staky
Manager: Julie Staky
Team West
- Jaret Allen
- Noah Arent
- James Balk
- Jacob Baum
- Max Berry
- Abel Christians
- Andrew DeYoung (goalie)
- Bronson Foote
- Gibson Heys
- Matthew Hill (goalie)
- Braxton Kane
- Connor McEvoy
- Tyler Moore
- Jake Morse
- Brian Pattison
- Riley Richards
- Lachlan Sawall
- Ryan Stapleton
- Spencer VanderStelt
- Noah Weigle
- Mackey Withey
- Nicholas Withey
Head coach: Jason Caster