The big schools take the ice starting Wednesday afternoon in the state boys' hockey tournament at the Xcel Energy Center.
The quarterfinals are down to three games because No. 2-seed Hill-Murray, the defending state champion, has been knocked out of the field because of COVID-19 protocols. That means Wayzata will advance to Friday night's semifinals against Lakeville South, which defeated Moorhead 4-2.
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Quarterfinal results:
Eden Prairie 6, St. Thomas Academy 2
Carter Batchelder and Riku Brown scored third-period goals 73 seconds apart to break open a tie game and propel No. 1 seed Eden Prairie to a 6-2 victory over unseeded St. Thomas Academy on Wednesday in aClass 2A quarterfinal at Xcel Energy Center.
Batchelder, the Eagles' scoring leader with 30 goals, provided an energy boost — and a 2-1 lead — when he slammed home the rebound of his initial shot that sailed high into the air after deflecting off Cadetsgoaltender Carsten Lardy's blocker.
Brown scored just more than a minute later, putting the Eagles ahead 3-1 with 12:20 left.
The victory extended the Eagles' state tournament quarterfinal winning streak to nine games dating to 2003. Eden Prairie has lost in the championship game each of the past two years.
St. Thomas Academy was unable to rekindle magic it used a year ago in the quarterfinals when it was unseeded and stunned No. 1 seed Andover 3-2.
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Lakeville South 4, Moorhead 2
A third-period scoring burst propelled undefeated Lakeville South past upset-minded Moorhead for a 4-2 victory Wednesday in a Class 2A quarterfinal at Xcel Energy Center.
Moorhead (13-8-1) played a near-perfect game through two periods. A power-play goal from sophomore Harper Bentz in the second period gave the Spuds a 1-0 lead. Bentz worked hard just outside the crease and was rewarded with his 14th goal this season.
Through two periods, Moorhead senior goaltender Will Kunka stopped all 17 shots faced to stymie No. 3 seed Lakeville South (19-0-2). But the favored Cougars weren't deterred.
Three goals in a little more than three minutes built a 3-1 Lakeville South lead in the third period.
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Here are previews for today's games:
8 p.m.: Andover vs. Maple Grove
More on the tournament:
Two-Man Advantage tournament blog
Tuesday's Class 1A boys' game stories
State tournament brackets and section results
Maple Grove's Kyle Kukkonen is the Metro Player of the Year
Gentry Academy a lot like high-scoring teams of the past
Meet the All-Metro boys' hockey team
Preps Insider podcast: The scariest team to watch for at state
Final Top 10 rankings from Let's Play Hockey
Star Tribune Hockey Hubs: Boys | Girls
Star Tribune high school sports page
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