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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.

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.

A grandpa's final job before retiring as a pipefitter was at Xcel Energy Center, where he buried his boots in concrete under center ice. He was thrilled when his grandson played there a few years later.

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. 

Prior Lake’s debut in the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament will be a memorable one. And when the conversation and memories ensue, senior forward Alex Bump will be a major part of the discussion.

Minneapolis, a co-op of seven high schools within the Minneapolis Public School System, bounced back from a disappointing loss to No. 5 Alexandria late Wednesday night with a rousing 5-2 victory over New Prague in the Class A consolation semifinals on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

Monticello extended its season to one last game on the final day of the season with a 3-1 victory over Mankato East/Loyola in the Class A consolation semifinals on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 3M Arena at Mariucci on the University of Minnesota campus.