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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.

Hill-Murray, top-seeded to open the Class AA tournament, bounced back after a semifinal loss to claim the third-place trophy with a 3-2 victory over Prior Lake on Saturday, March 12. 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Warroad senior center Matt Hard was selected as the recipient of the Class A Herb Brooks Award on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

Edina turned to come-from-behind efforts on Saturday, March 12, 2022, to record a 3-2 overtime victory over Moorhead in the Class AA consolation final of the Boys Hockey State Tournament at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

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.

The circle is almost complete for the Hermantown boys hockey team. The Hawks are one win away from a Class A state championship, which would help with the healing after last season ended at the ugly hands of Covid-19.

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.