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Centennial senior forward Harper Searles was selected as the Class AA recipient of the Herb Brooks Award on Saturday, March 9 during the Boys Hockey State Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center.

Among the great traditions at the Minnesota state high school hockey tournaments are the televised pregame introductions. One by one, players skate from the end line to the blue line as a TV camera documents their arrival. It’s very common to hear those kids look into the lens and say things like “Hi Mom” or “Hi Grandma.”

The Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville Blazing Cats finished with a perfect record of 11-0-0 and claimed their second consecutive CI championship in Adapted Floor Hockey. In PI, the Dakota United Hawks (12-1-1) improved on last year’s runner-up showing to claim their sixth title.

St. Cloud Cathedral completed its championship journey with a 3-1 victory over top-seeded Hermantown on Saturday, March 9 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Northfield senior forward Jake Geiger was selected as the Class A recipient of the Herb Brooks Award on Saturday, March 9 during the Boys Hockey State Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center.

Top-seeded Edina defeated No. 5 Grand Rapids 5-2 in the semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Friday, March 8 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Day 1 of the Adapted Floor Hockey State Tournament had eight games played across two divisions.

The No. 2-seeded Storm took control early and didn’t waver in recording a 6-1 victory over unseeded Cretin-Derham Hall in the Class AA semifinals on Friday, March 8 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul

Hermantown defeated Mahtomedi 7-6 in overtime on Friday, March 8 in the Class A semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament in front of a semifinal-record crowd of 13,391.

St. Cloud Cathedral used a series of dramatic comebacks defeating Warroad 4-3 in overtime to find its way into the Class A championship game for the first time since 2019.

Grand Rapids, making its 17th state tournament appearance since 1972, atoned for a regular season loss against White Bear Lake during the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Edina looked the part of a top seed with a 6-2 victory over Elk River/Zimmerman in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.