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No. 3-seeded Mahtomedi toppled top-seeded Warroad for a thrilling 6-5 victory in double overtime to capture the Class A Championship during the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Hockey State Tournament on Saturday, March 11 at the Xcel Energy Center.

Top-seeded Minnetonka dethroned Andover following a 4-1 victory in the Class AA semifinals of the Boys Hockey State Tournament on Friday, March 10 at Xcel Energy Center. The victory sends the Skippers into the Class AA title game where they will face Lake Conference rival Edina for the big-school title.

Edina, the No. 3 seed to open the Class AA Boys Hockey State Tournament, raced into the big-school championship game with a 4-1 victory over unseeded Cretin-Derham Hall in the semifinals on Friday, March 10 at the Xcel Energy Center.

Top-seeded Warroad outlasted No. 4 Orono to record a 4-3 semifinal victory in double overtime in the Class A semifinals of the Boys Hockey State Tournament on Friday, March 11 at Xcel Energy Center. The victory sends the Warriors to the Class A championship game on Saturday against No. 3 Mahtomedi.

The photo of two people shaking hands, an 88-yard-old man and a teenage boy, encompasses both the history of high school hockey in Minnesota and the reverence for the game’s stars.

Mahtomedi, the No. 3 seed to open the Class A Boys Hockey State Tournament, recorded a 2-1 victory over No. 2 Hermantown in the first semifinal on Friday, March 10 to earn a berth in the championship game on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center.

Maple Grove and Hill-Murray advance to the Boys Hockey State Consolation Finals with consolation semifinal wins.

A trio of unanswered goals in the second period by Andover (22-6-1) helped the Cougars claim a 5-2 win over Lakeville South (21-7-1) in the final game of day one at the 2023 MSHSL Class AA Boys Hockey Championship on Thursday, March 9 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

In the day’s second overtime thriller, Minnetonka (27-2) battled back from a 3-2 deficit with less than two minutes to play in regulation to gain a 4-3 victory over Hill-Murray (14-14-1) at the 2023 MSHSL Class AA Boys Hockey Championship on Thursday, March 9 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

There are no home games at the boys state hockey tournament, but the team from Cretin-Derham Hall treated Thursday’s Class 2A state quarterfinal as just that.

No. 3-seeded Edina outlasted Moorhead for a 7-6 victory in double overtime in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 9 at Xcel Energy Center.

Alexandria Area and St. Cloud Cathedral advance to the Boys Hockey State Consolation Finals with consolation semifinal wins.