Meanwhile, St. Thomas Academy moves up after a solid win over a top-five opponent.
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In semifinals, East Grand Forks defeated Hibbing/Chisholm 7-5 while Cathedral beat Orono 4-1.
Edina, after an overtime victory, will play Moorhead in one Friday game, and Stillwater will take on St. Thomas Academy in the other.
It’ll be St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Orono and Hibbing/Chisholm vs. East Grand Forks in Friday’s early session.
Every game has one or more, from the first of Wednesday’s Class 1A quarterfinals (St. Cloud Cathedral’s John Hirschfeld) to the last in Thursday’s Class 2A first round (Rogers’ Parker Deschene and Nolen Geerdes, Edina’s Sam Peckham).
Sixteen boys hockey teams have a chance to win a state title. But they must first get past the first round.
Writers David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen pick which teams advance to the semifinals, the championship game and the eventual victor.
Going into the state tournament, here’s where Minnesota’s best teams fall in line.
Second seed Stillwater, with goalie Cal Conway off MSHSL suspension, will face Andover, a state champ not long ago but a 15-13 seventh seed this season.
The Spuds have reached the final eight 21 times but have never won. Hibbing/Chisholm is seeded No. 1 in Class 1A.
The Class 2A and 1A brackets will come out Saturday, and the games will start Wednesday.
