ST. PAUL-St. Cloud Cathedral held off East Grand Forks for a 6-3 win Wednesday night at the Class 1A State Tournament.
St. Cloud scored twice in the first, second and third periods to seal the deal.
Hermantown 3, Luverne 2
ST. PAUL-Just 42 seconds into overtime, Hermantown's Dylan Kolquist scored the game-winning goal giving the Hawk's (27-1-1) a 3-2 victory against the Luverne Cardinals (22-6-1).
Averaging nearly six goals a game this season, the Hermantown Hawks put 52 shots on goal, but found the back of the net only twice in regulation in their Class A quarterfinal matchup against Luverne. Kolquist took a pass from Jesse Jacques alone in front of Cardinal goalkeeper, Kaden Ericson, and tucked the puck behind him for the win.
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Luverne's Tyler Reisdorfer scored his second unassisted goal of the game to tie the game with 2:08 remaining in regulation. Ericson was great in net with 49 saves for Luverne. Ryan Sandelin and Tyler Watkins had the other Hawk goals in the game.
Northfield 3, Mahtomedi 1
ST. PAUL-In the second quarterfinal of the day, Northfield (21-5-3) skated past Mahtomedi 3-1.
The Zephyrs of Mahtomedi (16-12-1) scored first when Dallas Duckson scored four minutes into the game.
Northfield's Jacob Halvorsen tied the game at 7:57 of the second period when he took a centering pass from Noah Skillings and beat Zephyr goalie Bailey Huber.
Nicholas Kvernmo of Northfield scored the first of his two goals to break the 1-1 tie 1:04 into the third period. Kvernmo sealed it for the Raiders with an empty net goal.
Ryan Bielenberg made 34 saves in net for the Raiders.
Northfield will face Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake at 11 a.m. Friday in the first 1A semifinal.
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MAML 3, Delano 2
ST. PAUL-The unseeded Moose of Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake edged second-seeded Delano 3-2 in the first Class 1A quarterfinal Wednesday.
The game-winning goal came on a power play at 15:08 of the second period from Moose sophomore Troy Dahlheimer. Senior Nick Zwack scored the other goals for MAML.
All three Moose goals came in the second period and they led 3-2 after two periods. Delano held the advantage in shots in every period and outshot the Moose 35-29 for the game. Tyler Klatt of the Moose made 33 saves.
John Keranen and Justin Daly scored for Delano.
-- mshsl.org
