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BSM's Besse not done yet

04/10/2012, 6:00pm (CDT)

By StarTribune

Red Knights' state title game hero plans to return for his senior season

You can find this feature on Grant Besse by going to:

http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/143655?referrer_id=32770

Red Knights hand out awards at annual banquet

03/17/2012, 10:22pm (CDT)

By Staff

Championship season comes to close with awards banquet

The Benilde-St. Margaret's 2011-12 boys hockey season, which ended last Saturday with the program's first Class AA state championship, cmae to a close with the team's annual awards banquet, held at Jax Cafe in Minneapolis.

Following opening introduction, Red Knight junior varsity coach Chris McGowan handed out certificates to JV players and three individual awards.

The team's Most Improved Player Award went to Jack Sims, the Sportsmanship Award was given to Mikey Lamb and the Coaches' Award was presented to Tanner Ahlborn.

In the varsity portion of the program, North Suburban Conference Academic Awards were given to Alec Anderson and Jake Horton. Honorable mention all-conference honors went to Tyler Ellegard, Patrick Graham, Anders Jecha and Jonah Johnson while all-conference awards were bestowed upon Grant Besse, Christian Horn, Jake Horton, Dan Labosky, T.J. Moore and Jake O'Borsky.

The All Star Sport Academic Award, for the player with the highest grade point average on the varsity team, went to Ben Newhouse, who also earned the Andrew Alberts Most Improved Player Award.

Horton received the team's Hobey Baker Character Award, Anderson was named the Vic St. Martin Coaches' Award winner, Graham earned the team's Best Defenseman Award and Ellegard was honored with the team's Best Defensive Forward Award.

Leading scorer awards went to Besse (goals and points) and Labosky (assists) while Horton, Labosky and Moore were cited for joining BSM's 100-point club for their careers and Horn became the charter member of the team's 200-point club.

The banquet was highlighted by the introduction of Jack Jablonski. The team's Most Determined Player Award has been renamed for Jablonski and he was on hand to present the first Jack Jablonski Most Determined Player Award to Moore.

Besse leads Red Knights to Class AA title

03/10/2012, 11:35pm (CST)

By Staff

BSM standout writes himself into state tournament lore with five-goal performance.

When Grant Besse scored the opening goal of the Class AA state championship midway through the first period, eight minutes, 18 seconds into the game, Benilde-St. Margaret's had a good feeling.

They were 19-2-0 on the season when scoring first so the opening goal boded well.

When Besse scored 83 seconds later, the Red Knights' outlook on the game was even brighter.

Three short-handed goals later, Besse had singlehandedly given the Red Knights a 5-1 win over Hill-Murray and BSM's first Class AA state championship.

In the annals of the legendary Minnesota state boys hockey tournament, Besse's feat of five goals in the championship game, with three coming short handed, will go down as one of the classic moments in tournament's history.

After scoring his final goal, an electrying shot from the top of the right right circle that beat Pioneer goalie John Dugas over his blocker, Besse's celebration was somewhat muted.

"I didn't really know what to do," he said of simply raising his arms and skating past his team's bench to receive congratulations. "I don't think anyone dreams of scoring five goals in a state championship. I had to check back into reality for a second and realize what had happened."

Although Besse was clearly the star of the show, Red Knight goalie Justin Quale finished a six-week run of stellar play by stopping 24 of 25 shots, including all nine Hill-Murray shots in the first period while the outcome of the game was far from decided.

All Quale did was win 10 consecutive appearances since the beginning of February. Five of his nine starts resulted in shutouts and, while allowing just five goals in those 10 games, he posted an 0.57 goals against average and a .974 save percentage.

In all, the win gave BSM it's third state title, adding to Class A titles in 1999 and 2001. It was the program's second Class AA appearance, following a third-place finish in 2008.