high school hockey

The backdrop for Hermantown's last game on home ice for the 2012-2013 season was a Section 5A semifinal game with section #4 ranked Rogers heading north to Hermantown. In the last meeting between the two teams, the Hawks beat Rogers 11-2 and hopes were high that a repeat was in the works.

Rivals Duluth East Greyhounds and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjacks hit the ice for a noon showdown at Amsoil Arena in Duluth for the Section 7AA semifinals on Saturday.

Five Duluth area teams remain in the race for a Minnesota Boys Hockey Tournament bid, including Hermantown, Duluth Denfeld, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, Duluth Marshall, and Duluth East. All five of these teams will be in action Saturday, and ESPN 560 WEBC will have coverage of some of the action.

The Denfeld Hunters last trip to the state boy’s high school hockey tournament was awhile ago.1989 to be exact.

The boys high school hockey playoffs are well underway. Tuesday the Proctor Rails beat Pine City by a 7-2 score, in the 5A playoffs but there’s more to that score.

Full–squad workouts for both the Minnesota Twins and the Milwaukee Brewers are underway.

A week ago, the Denfeld Hunters won one of their biggest games in school history as they beat Duluth East 5-4.They returned to that same ice a week later and posted another 5 goals on Tuesday.

The Duluth Heritage Sports Center was the place to be on Thursday night. Mini-mites. Squirts. Girl’s varsity and boy’s varsity hockey games. Duluth East hosted Grand Rapids and it was a great hockey environment for families of all ages...