Wisconsin high school hockey

Ice hockey is a popular and growing sport in the state of Wisconsin. 88 high schools field sanctioned varsity teams competing in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA).8 "club" non-sanctioned Wisconsin High School Hockey teams compete in Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association.

WIAA
The sanctioned teams compete from the beginning of November until the end of February with maximum number of practices and games. The sanctioned varsity teams are divided into sections used by every sport under WIAA. However, unlike the state tournaments of other prep sports, hockey is not divided into divisions according to the size of the participating schools. All schools, whether the size of a district one or district seven school, compete against one another in state playoffs. Because of this, there are many Wisconsin players and fans from lesser-sized communities who hope that divisions will be instituted for state tournament play.

WAHA
The "club" teams

Spooner High School B State Champions 1990

Spooner High School C State Champions 1984

State Tournament
The WIAA began sponsoring a tournament program in boys hockey in 1971. Superior won the first championship, defeating Madison West, 7-3, in the championship game.

The first State Tournament was held at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison. The tournament has been conducted in Madison every year except in 1974 and 1975 when it was held in Green Bay. The Hartmeyer facility in Madison has been the site of some of the State Tournaments, but the Coliseum has been used exclusively since 1980.

Superior leads in most State championships won with 13. Madison Memorial has won eight, and Madison East has won four titles.

Eighteen different schools have won State championships. Superior is the only program to win three consecutive State titles (1994–96). Superior, Madison Memorial, and Hudson (2016-17 season & 2017-18 season) are the only programs to win back-to-back titles. Superior has done it twice including its string of three championships (1981–82). Madison Memorial has accomplished this feat twice (1976–77, 1979–80).

Superior leads in State Tournament appearances with 37. Madison Memorial is next with 30. Northland Pines is third on the list of appearances with 19, and Stevens Point has been to State 17 times. Eau Claire Memorial and Wausau West have made 15 appearances, Madison East has made 14 and Madison West has made 12.

Prior to official WIAA involvement in hockey, the Madison schools conducted an invitational from 1964 to 1970 (except for 1966). Eagle River (now Northland Pines) won the first championship, Madison East won the next three, and Superior won the last two." - quoting the WIAA websit

Champions
Year (schools sponsoring) Champion (Coach) Runner-up (Coach) Score Location/Site Atten. 1971 (9) Superior (Gary Harker) Madison West (Burt Hable) 7-3 Madison (Coliseum) *6,150 1972 (12) Superior (Gary Harker) Madison West (Burt Hable) 7-1 Madison (Hartmeyer) 6,264 1973 (18) Madison East (Jim Webster) Superior (Gary Harker) 5-2 Madison (Hartmeyer) *8,950 1974 (18) Superior (Gary Harker) Madison Memorial (Bill Howard) 6-2 Green Bay (Arena) 6,326 1975 (21) Madison East (Jim Webster) Madison Memorial (Bill Howard) 1-0 Green Bay (Arena) 3,141 1976 (24) Madison Memorial (Bill Howard) Superior (Gary Harker) 4-3 (3 OT) Madison (Coliseum) 6,951 1977 (24) Madison Memorial (Bill Howard) Superior (Gary Harker) 3-2 (2 OT) Madison (Coliseum) 11,338 1978 (26) Madison East (Jim Webster) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 1-0 Madison (Coliseum) 9,041 1979 (28) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) Madison East (Jim Webster) 3-1 Madison (Hartmeyer) 6,069 1980 (29) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) Rice Lake (Richard Herling) 6-2 Madison (Coliseum) 7,166 1981 (29) Superior (Mas Fukushima) Beloit (Tony Sarsland) 8-0 Madison (Coliseum) 6,373 1982 (35) Superior (Mas Fukushima) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 7-0 Madison (Coliseum) 8,420 1983 (34) Madison West (Joe Baldarotta) Superior (Mas Fakushima) 1-0 Madison (Coliseum) 6,149 1984 (34) Northland Pines (Orrin Mangseth) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 6- 5 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) 7,199 1985 (37) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) Stevens Point (Steve Freeman) 3-1 Madison (Coliseum) 7,200 1986 (37) Northland Pines (Tom Obrodovich) Superior (Mel Mattson) 6-1 Madison (Coliseum) 6,412 1987 (37) Madison East (Jim Webster) Superior (Richard Torrence) 5-4 Madison (Coliseum) 6,182 1988 (38) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) Madison West (Lee Skille) 2-0 Madison (Coliseum) 5,706 1989 (38) Northland Pines (Tom Obrodovich) Beloit (Dave Witting) 4-1 Madison (Coliseum) 9.520 1990 (39) Superior (Richard Torrence) Sun Prairie (Steve Hanrahan) 3-0 Madison (Coliseum) 12,177 1991 (42) Menomonie (Ed Roethke ) Superior (Richard Torrence) 3-2 Madison (Coliseum) 11,029 1992 (44) Superior (Richard Torrence) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 6-4 Madison (Coliseum) 12,904 1993 (49) Antigo (William Thoreson) Superior (David Kukowski) 2-1 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) 14,051 1994 (51) Superior (David Kukowski) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 4-3 Madison (Coliseum) 14,333 1995 (55) Superior (David Kukowski) Fond du Lac (Wes Bolin) 4-1 Madison (Coliseum) 15,352 1996 (61) Superior (David Kukowski) Stevens Point (Jack Stoskopf) 1-0 Madison (Coliseum) 16,490 1997 (68) Sun Prairie (Steve Hanrahan) Antigo (William Thoreson) 3-2 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) 18,932 1998 (72) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) Stevens Point (Jack Stoskopf) 4-3 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) 15,970 1999 (73) Beloit (John Mauermann) Stevens Point (Jack Stoskopf) 5-4 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) 16,594 2000 (70) Madison Memorial (Vic Levine) 19-5-2 Wausau West (Pete Susens) 19-6-1 4-3 Madison (Coliseum) 17,171 2001 (78) Hudson (Mike Stoskopf) 21-5 Fond du Lac (Wes Bolin) 23-2-1 4-1 Madison (Coliseum) 14,228 2002 (81) Stevens Point (Jack Stoskopf) 23-2-1 Superior (Jason Kalin) 20-4-1 2-0 Madison (Coliseum) ^19,246 2003 (82) Superior (Jason Kalin) 23-2 New Richmond (Adam Swanda) 23-3 3-2 Madison (Coliseum) ^18,458 2004 (84) Hudson (Mike Stoskopf) 17-7-2 Superior (Jason Kalin) 24-2 2-0 Madison (Coliseum) ^17,080 2005 (85) Superior (Jason Kalin) 18-7-1 Arrowhead (Carl Valimont) 21-4-1 2-1 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) ^19,947 2006 (86) University School (Cal Roadhouse/Doug Coleman) 26-1 Fond du Lac (Ryan Sarazin) 21-4-1 8-1 Madison (Coliseum ^16,154 2007 (88) Fond du Lac (Ryan Sarazin) 24-2 Superior (Jason Kalin) 16-10 3-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,635 2008 (92) Eau Claire Memorial (Mike Schwengler) 26-0 Edgewood (Pete Rothering) 23-3 3-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^17,100 2009 (91) Arrowhead (Carl Valimont) 21-5 Fond du Lac (Ryan Sarazin) 20-4-2 5-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^17,469 2010 (93) University School (Cal Roadhouse/Doug Coleman) 18-7-3 Wausau West (Pete Susens) 27-2-1 5-3 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,538 2011 (92) Wausau West (Pete Susens) 27-3 Middleton (Steve Libert) 25-5-1 5-0 Madison (Coliseum) ^15,456 2012 (90) Notre Dame (Cory McCracken) 27-3 Wausau West (Pete Susens) 20-8-2 3-2 (2 OT) Madison (Coliseum) ^13,022 2013 (88) Eau Claire Memorial (Mike Schwengler) 23-6-1 Verona (Joel Marshall) 27-3 6-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,674 2014 (90) Verona (Joel Marshall) 25-2-2 Onalaska (Tim Ebner) 23-4-1 6-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^12,061 2015 (90) Superior (Jason Kalin) 14-15-1 Wausau West (Brian Brandt) 22-5-3 6-0 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,201 2016 (89) Appleton East Co-op (Mike Brolsma) 27-2 Hudson (Brooks Lockwood) 25-5 2-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^12,817 2017 (87) Hudson (Brooks Lockwood) 27-2-1 Waukesha North Co-op (Raja Aylsworth) 26-4 2-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,696 2018 (87) Hudson (Brooks Lockwood) 28-1-1 Eau Claire Memorial (Chris Tok) 25-3-2 7-1 Madison (Coliseum) ^13,458 2019 (85) University School (Jason Woods) 28-2 Neenah Co-op (Mke Elken) 24-4-2 6-2 Madison (Coliseum) ^11,934 2020 (83) 1-Verona (Joel Marshall) 25-4 Notre Dame (Cory McCracken) 25-2-1 2-1 (OT) Madison (Coliseum) ^11,662 2-St. Mary’s Springs (John Welsch) 24-3-2 Northland Pines (David Cox) 25-4 5-1 2021 (73) 1-Hudson (Davis Drewiske) 21-3 Verona (Joel Marshall) 16-7 4-0 Wis. Rapids (So. Wood Cty.) ^TBA 2-St. Mary’s Springs (John Welsch) 26-2 Superior (Jason Kalin) 11-6 4-1