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The Minnesota State High School League's Wrestling State Tournament begins a three-day run on Thursday, March 2 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

2023 Girls Hockey All-Tournament Teams Sponsored by Wells Fargo

Seniors Reagan Kelley of Watertown-Mayer/Mound Westonka (Class A) and Taylar Schaefer of St. Cloud (Class AA) were both successful in defending their respective 2022 all-around titles. Schaefer swept all four events on her way to the championship, while Kelley also captured first place on the vault.

Fourth-seeded Gentry Academy recorded its second upset in as many nights en route to posting a 4-1 victory over No. 2 Andover in the Class AA Girls Hockey Championship Game at the Xcel Energy Center.

Centennial/Spring Lake Park senior forward Lauren O’Hara was selected the recipient of the Class AA Herb Brooks Award on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 during the Minnesota State High School League’s Girls Hockey State Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

Mankato East senior goalie Annaliese Rader was selected as the recipient of the Class A Herb Brooks Award on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

​​​​​​​Warroad captured consecutive Class A girls hockey championships for the first time in more than a decade with its 3-1 victory over No. 3 Orono on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

Dave Palmquist was hired when South St. Paul started playing girls hockey in 1994-95, the year when it became an official MSHSL sport. He’s the only original head coach to still be on the job, and he has no plans to stop.

Entering the 2023 Minnesota State High School League’s Girls Hockey State Tournament, Minnetonka was given the No. 1 seed in the Class AA field. Gentry Academy, dubbed with the No. 4 seed had something to say about that. The Stars staged the upset of the tournament with a 2-1 victory in overtime to topple Minnetonka in the Class AA semifinals late Friday night, Feb. 24 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

Both Big Lake (Class A) and New Prague (Class AA) returned to the championship podium after improving on their 2022 finishes.

Andover is on the threshold of a successful defense of its Class AA crown in girls hockey.

Warroad (25-3-1) will get a chance to defend its Class A Girls Hockey State Tournament championship as the Warriors punched their ticket to the 2023 title game with a 4-1 win over South St. Paul (22-6-1)  in the Tournament’s second semifinal game on Friday, Feb. 24 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.