Category Archives: High School Girls

USA Hockey High School National Championship: Minnesota Teams Shine as National Winners Crowned

USA Hockey High School National Championship: Minnesota Teams Shine as National Winners Crowned From March 18th through the 22nd, over 60 teams from across the country descended on the Plymouth Ice Center to compete for the USA Hockey High School National Championship. Three divisions of boys teams and two divisions of girls clubs battled out […]

Finalists announced for new Defenseman Award in Girls HS Hockey

    Let’s Play Hockey Announced five finalists for the Senior Defenseman of the Year Award. The award is new this season and helps identify some of the top players in the state who aren’t always on the scoring sheet, but help keep opponents off of it. The spirit of the award is to honor […]

Brooklyn Mauch’s goal-scoring prowess leads Marshall in Class A

  Junior leads state in scoring as Tigers eye return trip to state by Robert Brent, Let’s Play Hockey One of the most compelling storylines of the Minnesota High School State Tournament is the rise of programs from contender to section champion to title contender. Last season, Marshall took that step, earning a return to […]

Let’s Play Hockey and Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association  announce new award for top senior defenseman 

Award to be presented at annual Ms. Hockey Banquet Feb. 22 in St. Paul Let’s Play Hockey and the Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) announced there will be a season award added to the annual Ms. Hockey and Jori Jones Awards. Let’s Play Hockey and the MGHCA will present the Senior Defenseman of the […]

Class A Girls Rankings: There’s a new No. 1

Defending champion Dodge County takes over top spot Dodge County dethroned Warroad last February for their first state title, but the Warriors were voted on as the No. 1 team, to start this season because, well, they have been the best team perennially for the past five years. But the Wildcats are showing they aren’t […]

Holy Family Tops Edina 3–2 in Top-Five Matchup

Holy Family rallied in the third period behind two goals from Maddy Kimbrel to secure a 3–2 victory by Robert Brent, Let’s Play Hockey Two of the top teams in Class AA faced off Thursday night in a clash between the Edina Hornets (#3) and Holy Family Fire (#4) at Braemar Ice Arena. The contest […]

Girls Class A Rankings and Season Preview

The puck dropped last week on another season of girls high school hockey. We are just months removed from Dodge County crashing the glass after dethroning Warroad with a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory. Warroad had advanced after a three overtime win over Orono in the semifinals who then defeated Academy of Holy Angels in the […]

Class AA Girls Rankings and Season Preview

  Plenty of contenders in Class AA by Rob Brent, Let’s Play Hockey The puck dropped on the Class AA hockey season last week just months removed from Hill-Murray overcoming perennial power Edina for the state title. The Pioneers come into this season ranked on top in our first rankings of the season with Centennial/Spring […]

Girls HS All-State Awards Announced

The All-State and All-State Honorable Mention awards were announced at the Ms. Hockey Banquet, Sunday, Feb. 23. Thirty-seven seniors, 15 juniors, 13 sophomores, and one freshman earned awards. In addition, the Coaches of the Year were announced along with the Brano Stankovsky Award. Dodge County Head Coach Jeremy Gunderson was the Class A Coach of […]