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Edina beat Wayzata in the section championship to advance to the state tournament again. Watch all the section games on Strib Varsity.

Edina Hornets forward Brady Peterson (16) reacts after scoring on Minnetonka in the first period. At left is Edina Hornets forward Nash Paine (6). Edina faced Minnetonka in a boy’s hockey game at the Pagel Activity Center in Minnetonka Thursday, January 29, 2026. ] JEFF WHEELER • Jeff.Wheeler@startribune.com (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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One of the state’s most competitive boys hockey section tournaments was livestreamed exclusively on Strib Varsity, and you can replay it all.

Watch every game from every round of the Class 2A, Section 6 boys hockey tournament, which ended in Edina’s 3-1 win over Wayzata in the section final Wednesday, Feb. 25. Visit this link to watch the replay.

In the semifinals Saturday, Feb. 21, No. 4 seed Wayzata upset No. 1 seed Rogers 5-2, and No. 2 seed Edina beat No. 3 seed Holy Angels 3-2 in overtime.

In the quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 19, No. 1 seed Rogers defeated No. 8 seed Hopkins 9-1 in a game rescheduled from Wednesday because of weather, and No. 2 seed Edina beat No. 7 seed Armstrong/Cooper 6-0.

In the two quarterfinals Wednesday, Feb. 18, No. 4 seed Wayzata beat No. 5 seed Buffalo 5-2, and No. 3 seed Holy Angels beat No. 6 seed Benilde-St. Margaret’s 2-1 in overtime.

Championship

No. 2 seed Edina 3, No. 4 seed Wayzata 1

Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. at Ridder Arena

Wayzata’s Eli Molde scored the only goal of the first period, but Edina’s Bode McConnell scored twice late in the second and added an insurance goal with less than 10 seconds to go in the game to send the Hornets to state for the fourth year in a row.

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Saturday, Feb. 21, at 4 p.m. at Bloomington Ice Garden

Senior forward Eli Molde had a hat trick and an assist, and Wayzata, which lost to Rogers twice in the regular season, upset the top-seeded Royals, handing them their first loss since early December.

Rogers entered the game No. 1 in the Minnesota Top 25 and a favorite for the state tournament, but the Trojans made it 4-0 entering the third period, and the Royals could not catch up.

Quarterfinals

No. 3 Holy Angels 2, No. 6 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 1 (OT)

Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at Richfield Ice Arena

Benilde-St. Margaret’s opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal from junior forward Tyler Kirschner 4 minutes, 40 seconds into the second period, but Holy Angels senior forward Avi Kasargod scored late in the second, and senior forward Cole Cheeseman scored in overtime to give the Stars the win.

Holy Angels, No. 15 in Strib Varsity’s Minnesota Top 25, did not allow the Red Knights to avenge their 5-2 loss in the regular season. Cheeseman, who now has 29 goals this season, recorded a hat trick in that game.

No. 4 Wayzata 5, No. 5 Buffalo 2

Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at Plymouth Ice Center

Buffalo held a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period and tied things up early in the third after Wayzata scored twice in the second period, but the Trojans made it 3-2 just 17 seconds later, then added two more goals to advance to the section semifinals.

Wayzata junior forward Kruz Sauer scored two of his team’s three third-period goals, and while junior forward Jackson Hendricks didn’t repeat the hat trick he had in an 8-2 win over Buffalo on Jan. 8, he had two assists.

The Trojans won both meetings between the teams in the regular season, 8-2 on Jan. 8 and 1-0 in overtime on Jan. 31.

No. 1 Rogers 9, No. 8 Hopkins 1

Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at Rogers Ice Arena (rescheduled from Wednesday)

Rogers, No. 1 in the Minnesota Top 25, was relentless in the matchup of the Royals, extending its undefeated streak to 18.

Senior defenseman Jayden Kurtz opened scoring for Rogers with the only goal of the first period, and Hopkins responded less than a minute into the second period with a goal from junior forward William Hoiska, but after that, it was all Rogers.

Senior forward Brock Cheslock had a hat trick, bringing his season total to 34 goals, and Kurtz finished with two goals and two assists. Senior forward Cam Lubke had a goal and two assists.

Rogers outshot Hopkins 59-14.

No. 2 Edina 6, No. 7 Armstrong/Cooper 0

Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at Braemar Arena

Edina senior goalie Chase Bjorgaard made 19 saves to shut out the Wings, and the Hornets are one step closer to returning to the state tournament.

The Hornets, No. 6 in the Minnesota Top 25, had six different players score, and five players record a goal and at least one assist: sophomore forward Nash Paine, senior forward Tucker Johnson, junior defenseman Drew Botts, senior forward Brady Mullmann and junior forward Bode McConnell, who had two assists.

Johnson now has 15 goals and 41 assists this season, and McConnell has 30 goals and 21 assists.

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