Minneapolis high schools boys hockey coach Joe Dziedzic, pictured in 2020, compiled a 182-141-16 record at Minneapolis and guided the team to the 2022 Class 1A State Tournament. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Longtime Minneapolis boys high school hockey coach Joe Dziedzic has stepped down after 13 years as head coach of the Novas — a cooperative that represents all seven of the Minneapolis public high schools — to accept the head coaching position at Breck.

“It was a great run, but it just felt like the right time to take on new challenge,” said Dziedzic, who compiled a 182-141-16 record at Minneapolis and guided the team to the 2022 Class 1A State Tournament. “It’s time to try something different. I’m going over there to try and rebuild that program.”

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