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Hermantown earned the top seed entering the Class A Boys Hockey State Tournament and the Hawks left no doubt that they were worthy of that lofty status.

Mahtomedi finished its season on a winning note with a 4-2 victory over Alexandria Area in the third-place game of the Class A Boys Hockey State Tournament on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Minneapolis, a co-op of seven high schools from the Minneapolis School District, ended an historic season with two consecutive victories, including a 4-1 win over Monticello in the Class A consolation final at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Saturday, March 12, 2022.

Andover held off Maple Grove to capture the Northwest Suburban Conference championship a month ago. This time, the Crimson are coming at the Huskies again with another title at stake. The conference rivals and neighboring school districts will play for the Class AA championship in boys hockey after No. 5 Andover upset top-seeded Hill-Murray in a 4-2 victory in the big-school semifinals on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

Maple Grove left little doubt of its state championship aspirations with a dominant 6-2 victory over Prior Lake in the Class AA semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Edina put itself in an opportunity to end the season with a victory by posting a 4-3 win over Cretin-Derham Hall in the Class AA consolation semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

No one would have blamed the Moorhead Spuds if they had come out flat or lethargic in the Class AA consolation semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Friday, March 11 at 3M Arena at Mariucci Arena. After all, just more than 12 hours earlier, the Spuds lost a thrilling quarterfinal to Andover in double overtime late Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center.

Top-seeded Hermantown looked the part of team to beat in the Class A field for the second consecutive game with a 7-1 victory over No. 5 Alexandria in the semifinals on Friday, March 11, 2022 at Xcel Energy Center.

Warroad ended a 13-year dry spell of championship game appearances on Friday, March 11, 2022, with a thrilling 5-4 victory in overtime over Mahtomedi in the first Class A semifinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center.

Typically, state tournament games between the Nos. 5 and 4 seeds, respectively, are the most entertaining and closely contested. The final Class AA quarterfinal of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament solidified that theory when No. 5 Andover faced No. 4 Moorhead in the final quarter of the big-school class on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Top-seeded Hill-Murray took the first step at what it hopes will be the fifth championship in program history with a 3-2 victory over Lakeville South in the Class AA quarterfinals on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

in four previous state tournament appearances, the Maple Grove boys hockey team has not assembled a championship ending. The No. 3-seeded Crimson are in the state tournament for the fifth time, and third in a row, and that quest remains alive following a 4-1 victory over unseeded Edina in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.