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24-02-2025
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Hill-Murray beats Edina in 2OT to claim Class 2A girls hockey state title
Senior Ella Hornung scored the game-winning goal on a deflection in double overtime, securing the Class 2A girls hockey state championship for Hill-Murray in thrilling fashion against powerhouse Edina on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. Edina had beaten Hill-Murray in last year's state title game for their fifth 2A championship in the last eight years. This time, the Pioneers — who had lost twice to the Hornets during the regular season — got revenge with a 5-4 victory. Just over two minutes into the second overtime period, Hornung deflected a shot from Addy McLay past Edina goalie Reese McConnell, sending Hill-Murray into frenzied celebration. It's the program's first state title since 2015. The Pioneers had forced overtime with a game-tying snipe on the power play from sophomore Elliana Engelhardt with 3:41 left in regulation. Eighth-grade Hill-Murray goalie Piper Tam made 24 saves in the win. Edina's Cate McCoy scored two goals, and St. Thomas-bound senior Whitney Horton put the Hornets up 4-3 with just over a second left in the second period. But Hill-Murray rallied, with Tam shutting out Edina in the third period and first OT. Hill-Murray was the No. 3 seed in the tournament and had advanced with a win over Rosemount in the semifinals. Top-seeded Edina beat Holy Family in the other semi. Earlier on Saturday, Holy Family beat Rosemount 4-2 in the third-place game. Class 1A:
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20-02-2025
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Live updates: Day 2 at the Girls Hockey Minnesota State Tournament
After the top seeds in Class A advanced to the state semifinals on Wednesday, the big schools have the spotlight with Thursday's Girls Hockey State Tournament quarterfinals. Here are the results and games to come... In a stunner to start the tournament, No. 7 seed Rosemount upset the No. 2 seed Centennial/Spring Lake Park, avenging a 3-1 loss to the north metro power in the season opener. Sophie Stramel put Rosemount up 1-0 in the second period and Annalee Holzer's second goal of the game in the third period put the Irish up 3-1. The star of the game was Gianna Marchese, who made 33 stops in goal for Rosemount. Hill-Murray led 4-1 in the third period before Andover struck with consecutive goals from Maya Engler and Hannah Christenson to trim the deficit to one, but with an empty net the Pioneers sealed the victory when Emily Pohl carved a path behind the back of the net and scored to complete her hat trick. Emily Pohl is a sophomore and her sister, Anna Pohl, who also scored in the game, is only an eighth-grader. They are the daughters of Gophers greats Johnny Pohl and Krissy Wendell-Pohl. The top-ranked Hornets will look to repeat their 7-0 win over Farmington from earlier this season. It's a rematch of the Dec. 27 holiday tournament meeting in which Moorhead left the Twin Cities with a 3-2 win over the Fire.
