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2026 State Tournament

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:12 am
by Sparlimb
Field:

1A - Dodge County (20-6-1)
2A - Mankato East (24-2-1)
3A - Luverne (19-9)
4A - Blake (21-6)
5A - Breck (25-1-1)
6A - St. Cloud (18-9)
7A - Proctor/Hermantown (18-6-2)
8A - Warroad (21-5-1)

1AA - Farmington (22-4-1)
2AA - Edina (20-4-3)
3AA - Lakeville North (17-9-2)
4AA - Hill-Murray (23-3-1)
5AA - Centennial (24-3-1)
6AA - Holy Family (24-3)
7AA - Andover (17-10-1)
8AA - Bemidji (20-5-1)

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:33 am
by CrimsonCakeEater
Imagine how different Class A would've been in the 2010s if Breck and Blake were split up back then, too. Would've made for some fun state championship games!

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 11:11 am
by Sparlimb
CrimsonCakeEater wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:33 am Imagine how different Class A would've been in the 2010s if Breck and Blake were split up back then, too. Would've made for some fun state championship games!
While that's true, Warroad and Dodge County will be heard from. Although Breck looks like a strong favorite this year.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 8:36 am
by Nostalgic Nerd
Where do you watch the girls tourney on Wednesday and Thursday stream? NSPN?

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:30 am
by Sparlimb
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 8:36 am Where do you watch the girls tourney on Wednesday and Thursday stream? NSPN?
Yes. NSPN will have them for free. I'm 99% sure its free, but I have a subscription every year, so I wouldn't notice. In some ways, the Wed-Thurs broadcasts work nicer then 45 tv which has connection issues all the time.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 10:14 am
by Nostalgic Nerd
Sparlimb wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:30 am
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 8:36 am Where do you watch the girls tourney on Wednesday and Thursday stream? NSPN?
Yes. NSPN will have them for free. I'm 99% sure its free, but I have a subscription every year, so I wouldn't notice. In some ways, the Wed-Thurs broadcasts work nicer then 45 tv which has connection issues all the time.
Much appreciated. I have the yearly sub too.

BTW, where is the best place to get the girls scores? I'm having a damn time since the Star & Trib sucks lol.

Edit: terrible what the Trib did to hockey. I was looking at the schedule for the tourney games, and they didn't even have them all listed. Some games were missing. :roll:

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 11:15 am
by Sparlimb
So the Strib left the old site up and it still works. To get their, go to the new girls hockey hub and click on "Historical Data". From there, you can search for any team, or if you see a link to MSHSL, click that and then schedule to get into the schedule. To make it easier for me, I just bookmarked HM and the schedules...

https://stats.mngirlshockeyhub.com/sche ... son=954202

Same thing for the boys side.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 3:12 pm
by Joe2015
Printable Brackets:
Class A: https://bit.ly/4roblug
Class AA: https://bit.ly/4rM887t

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:39 am
by InThePipes
11 a.m. Thursday:[8] Lakeville North (17-9-2) vs. [1] Hill-Murray (23-3-1)
1 p.m. Thursday: [5] Bemidji (20-5-1) vs. [4] Edina (18-4-3)
6 p.m. Thursday:[7] Farmington (22-4-1) vs. [2] Centennial/Spring Lake Park (24-3-1)
8 p.m. Thursday: [6] Andover (17-10-1) vs. [3] Holy Family (24-3)

I think any of the top 3 seeds can win, I'll take HF to win based on strength in net.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:43 am
by InThePipes
11 a.m. Wednesday:[8] Luverne (19-9-9) vs. [1] Warroad (20-5-1)
1 p.m. Wednesday:[5] Proctor/Hermantown (18-6-2) vs. [4] Dodge County (20-6-1)
6 p.m. Wednesday:[7] St. Cloud (18-9-0) vs. [2] Breck (25-1-1)
8 p.m. Wednesday: [6] Mankato East (24-2-1) vs. [3] Blake (21-6)

I think this is a two horse race between Warroad and Breck, whichever team can carry the most energy into Saturday and gets a favorable bounce will take it. I'll take Breck in a tight one because I think DC is a tougher semifinal matchup than Blake, but I acknowledge that Blake's goaltender could steal one.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 3:58 am
by Nostalgic Nerd
#2 game looks good Wednesday but looks like I can skip the first day of games as usual. Could be some heavy blowouts lol. Does the tourney do running time? :lol: :mrgreen:

I'm not sure I wanna cheer for Warroad but definitely find it repulsive Breck and Blake are together. Good news is one of them gets eliminated in the semis.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 12:27 pm
by Sparlimb
Luverne played a good game today. Bounces didn't go there way, but they played way better than I thought they would. Girls should be proud of their effort.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:55 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Tourney is right on cue with the snow. :P

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:10 am
by Nostalgic Nerd
Feeling Lakeville North "Big Red" band, but not sure about the hockey team. #26 HM looks like a giant out there lol.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 5:54 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Farmington with the best jerseys with the big orange crush.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:14 pm
by Sparlimb
Woodbury takes the lead on Farmington

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:26 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Gotta like how Farm plays like a team and overall quickness. Well coached. Centennial has the better front load talent though. That I believe #8 looks like a locomotive coming down basically unstoppable.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:37 pm
by Sparlimb
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:26 pm Gotta like how Farm plays like a team and overall quickness. Well coached. Centennial has the better front load talent though. That I believe #8 looks like a locomotive coming down basically unstoppable.
Farmington looked much better than I expected. They were able to get some really good chances. Centennial is more skilled overall, but Farmington just needs to stick close.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:21 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Sparlimb wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:37 pm
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:26 pm Gotta like how Farm plays like a team and overall quickness. Well coached. Centennial has the better front load talent though. That I believe #8 looks like a locomotive coming down basically unstoppable.
Farmington looked much better than I expected. They were able to get some really good chances. Centennial is more skilled overall, but Farmington just needs to stick close.
Just happy they survived the Cent PP. I'm not sure they got it outta the zone lol.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:31 pm
by Sparlimb
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:21 pm
Sparlimb wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:37 pm
Nostalgic Nerd wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 6:26 pm Gotta like how Farm plays like a team and overall quickness. Well coached. Centennial has the better front load talent though. That I believe #8 looks like a locomotive coming down basically unstoppable.
Farmington looked much better than I expected. They were able to get some really good chances. Centennial is more skilled overall, but Farmington just needs to stick close.
Just happy they survived the Cent PP. I'm not sure they got it outta the zone lol.
They lasted until the 3rd, but still couldn't slow down Centennial and now its over. Its good though, Centennial and Holy Family should be a hell of a game tomorrow night. They've played 4 times this year already (5 must be a record of two teams) and split 2-2.

I may have spoke too soon. 4-3 now...

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:32 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Well they got one back anyway.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:43 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Well that'll about do it. Think tomorrow I gotta pick Hill. Edina goaltending doesn't look very good. (Though there have been a few times where the Edina goalie all of a sudden plays great when I said they sucked the previous night lol.)

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 7:50 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Guess if you just throw the puck at the net your chances are pretty good lol. Seriously though goaltending has been pretty disappointing thus far.

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:10 pm
by Sparlimb
Was an entertaining game for sure. Centennial better learn how to play with a lead though.

Curious to see how this last game turns out. Andover can win (have a win over HM this year).

Re: 2026 State Tournament

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:22 pm
by Nostalgic Nerd
Sparlimb wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:10 pm Was an entertaining game for sure. Centennial better learn how to play with a lead though.

Curious to see how this last game turns out. Andover can win (have a win over HM this year).
Andover feels like the dark horse of the tourney.