Hockey

North/Tartan beats Hudson, 3-1

The Hill-Murray High School girls hockey team has won the past two Class AA state championships and it's not hard to imagine the Pioneers making it three in a row come late February. Hill-Murray was unbeaten through its first eight games and had given up only five goals in that stretch.
Among the most impressive of the Pioneers' early victories thus far was their 2-0 blanking of Edina on Dec. 9 at Aldrich Arena. Hill-Murray has been the top-ranked team in the state in Class AA all season and Edina entered the game ranked third.

Hill-Murray sophomore Abigail Boreen (22) breaks away towards the goal in first period action against Mahtomedi. The Pioneers won 8-1 at Tartan Arena Dec. 1. (Linda Baumeister/Review)

A day before they faced off at Aldrich Arena, the boys hockey teams from Benilde-St. Margaret’s and Hill-Murray found out that the game would be a match-up of top-five teams.

It’s only one game but the season opener for the Tartan High School boys hockey team might have the team thinking of big things this winter. The Titans put up six goals against Roseville on Nov. 21.

The Irondale High School boys hockey team has averaged eight victories per season in Adam Schmidt's four years coaching the Knights but had only six over the last two seasons.

The Roseville Area High School boys hockey team returns seven varsity players from last year's squad that finished 15-11.

A quick glance back at the results of last year's games involving the Roseville Area High School girls hockey team shows the Raiders on the winning end of a number of blowouts.

Of the 25 games on the Hill-Murray High School boys hockey schedule this season, only five are contests against unranked opponents. To say that the Pioneers will be tested every night out is a grand understatement.

It’s only one game but the season opener for the Tartan High School boys hockey team might have the team thinking of big things this winter. The Titans put up six goals against Roseville on Saturday.

The Hill-Murray High School girls hockey team won its first state championship in 2014 and as the defending champion started off the following season with back-to-back losses.