Moorhead has been propelled by forward Aaron Reierson (left) and goalie Kai Weigel this season.
Drew Herron, Special to the Star Tribune
Moorhead has been propelled by forward Aaron Reierson (left) and goalie Kai Weigel this season.
51 hours of fury

Sudden player exits in Moorhead makes flexibility a strength for Spuds

March 1, 2023
A snowstorm in northwestern Minnesota is the latest test in a Moorhead Spuds season turned challenging by four players leaving. It's the opening action in our 51 Hours of Fury reports that lead up to the state tournament.
Bradley Walker (left) leads Orono in goals and points, and Avery Anderson leads in assists.
51 Hours of Fury

Two goals in the season's first 24 seconds? Just a start for Orono hockey

March 3, 2023
After the boys hockey season got off to a blazing start, Orono coach Sean Fish and his players have a big finish in mind, too — a trip to state.
Mahtomedi’s Carter Haycraft (22) and teammates headed to the glass to celebrate a goal.

Mahtomedi defeats Chisago Lakes in boys hockey section final

March 2, 2023
The Zephyrs have won six section championships in the past seven seasons.
Orono celebrates winning the Class 1A, Section 2 title with their student section. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

Orono sinks Delano for berth in Class 1A boys hockey state tournament.

March 4, 2023
The Spartans are back for their 10th time and their first since winning the title in 2018.
Hill-Murray’s Simon Seidl and Casper Lang (28) converged on Gentry Academy’s Quinn O’Connor during Friday’s game.

Victory over Gentry Academy vaults Hill-Murray into boys hockey state tournament

March 4, 2023
The Pioneers, with a record of 14-13-1, will make their 33rd appearance at state.
Defending champ Andover returns to boys hockey state tournament

Defending champ Andover returns to boys hockey state tournament

March 2, 2023
The Huskies, lifted by four goals from Cooper Conway, defeated Duluth East.
Goalie Addison Oettinger transferred into Lakeville North this season. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 at Dakota Ice Center in Prior Lake, Minn.

Pace of transferring worries some in high school hockey leadership

February 17, 2023
A look at successful programs shows that sometimes opportunity skates in and sometimes it skates away.
High Schools
March 1, 2023
Cretin-Derham Hall goalie Leo Miller (35) and Jake Fisher (18) celebrate at the end of the game.

Cretin-Derham Hall starts strong, beats St. Thomas Acad. for state berth

The Raiders knocked off the top seed and advanced to the boys hockey state tournament for the second year in a row. "We came out flying," said Mr. Hockey finalist Jake Fisher.
High Schools
March 1, 2023
Edina players celebrate after the Hornets beat Wayzata 2-1 in the Class 2A Section 6 boys hockey championship March 1, 2023, at Bloomington Ice Garden

Edina tops Wayzata for section title after recent 7-0 loss to Trojans

Edina senior goaltender Robbie Clarkowski perfectly summarized his feelings about the seven-goal loss to Wayzata; "That one stung," he said.
High Schools
March 3, 2023
Minnetonka forward Ashton Schultz (11), defenseman Liam Hupka (17) and forward Javon Moore (22) celebrate their 2-1 double overtime victory against Ch

Transfer student scores section game-winner for Minnetonka to beat former school

Alex Lunski led Chanhassen in goals as a freshman. Now a junior at Minnetonka, he kept his former teammates from their ultimate goal by scoring in the second overtime to give the Skippers a 2-1 win in the Section 2AA final.
High Schools
March 6, 2023
The Star Tribune's All Metro Boys Hockey First Team gathered for a portrait Sunday evening, February 5, 2023 on the backyard rink of Tom Schoolmeester

Star Tribune's All-Metro hockey: Our first team and best of the rest

The first-teamers are five seniors and a junior, and all of them are lined up to play in NCAA Division I. We also have the 16 players who were selected to the second and third teams.
High Schools
March 7, 2023
Coach: 'Experience' overrated at state high school hockey tournament

Coach: 'Experience' overrated at state high school hockey tournament

Three-time tournament winning coach Ken Pauly of Benilde-St. Margaret's breaks down the field — and breaks a myth (and a sports cliche) that you're likely to hear about teams and players when the games start Wednesday.
High Schools
March 6, 2023
Goalie Will Ingemann of Wayzata High School is the Star Tribune's Metro Boy's Hockey Player of the Year. The Star Tribune's All Metro Boys Hockey Firs

Wayzata's Will Ingemann: First goalie to be boys Metro Player of the Year

A three-year starter, Ingemann personified goaltending excellence. He allowed an average of less than two goals per game during his career and has aready made a D-I commitment, a rarity for a high school goalie.
High Schools
March 4, 2023
Minnetonka forward Ashton Schultz (11), defenseman Liam Hupka (17) and forward Javon Moore (22) celebrate their 2-1 double overtime victory against Ch

Minnetonka lands Class 2A's top seed in boys hockey state tournament

The Skippers have six victories against teams in the field. Warroad is the No. 1 seed in Class 1A.
High Schools
March 7, 2023
David Wolsfeld (4) has 11 goals and 28 assists for Mahtomedi this season.

Eight teams, four games, one day: Previewing Class 1A quarterfinals

Take a matchup-by-matchup look at the facts behind the squads in the Class 1A boys hockey tournament.
High Schools
March 7, 2023
Brody Finnegan has been on a scoring tear for Orono late in the season.

Arriving from Dubai: Orono's Finnegan took a desert route to state

Finnegan's father and mother served in the Army, and the family lived 10 years in the United Arab Emirates.
High Schools
March 7, 2023
Clockwise from left: Jason Shaugabay leads the charge for Warroad, Carson Pilgrim helps with scoring, Hampton Slukynsky mans the goal and Jay Hardwick

Old-school education: Warroad hockey shows less is indeed more

Boys hockey coach Jay Hardwick took a lesson about taking a break from practice that surprised him because it came from his own intense coach.
High Schools
March 8, 2023
Brady Ingebritson leads Hill-Murray in scoring and is among only five seniors on the roster.

A cruise through the quarterfinals: Meet the Class 2A boys hockey field

Take a matchup-by-matchup look at the facts behind the squads in the state tournament.
High Schools
March 8, 2023
Gavyn Thoreson of Andover, shown controlling the puck against Maple Grove during a February game, leads a productive Huskies line into Class 2A state

Familiar faces make up the field for the Class 2A boys hockey state tournament

Seven of the eight teams in the bracket this season were also there in 2022.
High Schools
March 9, 2023
Colin Scanlan, whose younger brother Cormick died on Christmas Day after strokes caused by a rare disease, sits for a portrait near a locker left unch

'Here with us': Cretin-Derham Hall's Scanlan plays on to honor brother

Cormick Scanlan's death on Christmas Day, caused by a rare disease, is providing the "why" as his brother Colin and Raiders teammates pursue the Class 2A boys hockey title.