Posted at: 02/16/2013 12:02 AM
Updated at: 02/16/2013 1:48 PM
By: Chris Long

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Field Set For Girls State Hockey Tournament

Sixteen teams - eight in Class A, eight in Class AA - survived the grind of Section Playoffs, emerging as the participants in the 2013 Minnesota State Girls Hockey Tournament.

 

Class 2A Girls State Hockey Seeds/Pairings
Thursday’s quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center

2 Eden Prairie (20-5-3) vs Forest Lake (15-10-2), 11 am

3 Hill-Murray (19-5-4) vs Eagan (18-9-1), 30 minutes after completion of previous game

1 Minnetonka (24-4) vs Irondale (19-8-1), 6 pm

4 Lakeville North (20-6-2) vs 5 North Wright County (23-4-1), 30 minutes after completion of previous game 

 

Class 1A Girls State Hockey Seeds/Pairings
Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center

2 Red Wing (25-2) vs Alexandria (19-6-2), 11 am

3 Blake (19-5-3) vs Mound-Westonka (19-7-1), 30 minutes after completion of previous game

1 Warroad (24-2-1) vs New Ulm (14-11-1), 6 pm

4 South St. Paul (17-7-3) vs 5 Hibbing/Chisholm (18-9), 30 minutes after completion of previous game

 

Here's a look at how the field earned their spots in the state tourney:

Key:  CLASS: Rank Section winner (seed) - Rank Section loser (seed)

 

===CLASS AA===

  • 1AA: #8 Lakeville North (1) def. Dodge County (3) 3-2
  • 2AA: #4 Eden Prairie (1) def. #5 Edina (2) 3-1
  • 3AA: #16 Eagan (1) def. Eastview (6) 6-4
  • 4AA: #6 Hill-Murray (1) def. #13 Roseville (2) 3-1
  • 5AA: Irondale (6) def. #3 Mounds View (1) 2-1
  • 6AA: #2 Minnetonka (1) def. #1 Benilde St-Margaret's (2) 3-2
  • 7AA: Forest Lake (1) def. Elk River (3) 3-2
  • 8AA: #12 N. Wright County (1) def. Moorhead (7) 4-0

 

===CLASS A===

  • 1A: #3 Red Wing (1) def #8 New Prague (2) 9-1
  • 2A: #10 Mound-Westonka (1) def. #11 Mankato East (2) 3-2
  • 3A: New Ulm (1) def. Luverne (2) 11-6
  • 4A: #7 South St Paul (1) def. #18 Totino-Grace (3) 2-1
  • 5A: #2 Blake (1) def. #5 Breck (3) 6-5
  • 6A: #17 Alexandria (1) def. Fergus Falls (2) 2-1
  • 7A: #12 Hibbing-Chisholm (2) def. Proctor-Hermantown-Marshall (1) 4-2
  • 8A: #1 Warroad (1) def. @16 East Grand Forks (3) 5-1