Joe Dziedzic was named the Class 1A Coach of the Year on 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 GUSTAFSON ELK RIVER
ASS'T BEN JAREMKO ELK RIVER

CLASS A HEAD COACH OF THE YEAR JOE DZIEDZIC, MINNEAPOLIS

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