Boys hockey section roundup: Eastview upsets Eagan in OT, CDH and STA set for semifinal clash

While the weather has warmed up, it’s that time of the year in Minnesota — time for high school boys hockey playoffs.

While some of the preliminary round games in Class A got underway earlier, the bulk of section tournament action started on Tuesday across the state.

The action was as big in the East metro as anywhere as the Class 2A, Section 3 quarterfinals were played on Tuesday, with a minor upset occurring in Eagan. Fifth-seed Eastview managed to pull out a 3-2 road win against rival and No. 4-seed Eagan in overtime. The Lightning will face top-seed Rosemount in the section semifinals on Friday at Bloomington Ice Garden at 5 p.m.

Rosemount advanced with a 5-0 win against No. 8-seed Apple Valley/Burnsville. Cade Sherman, Connor Schubert, Peter DeGroot and Jack Lonke all scored in the second period for the Irish, while Sam Schmucker capped the scoring in the third. Drew Sherman made 18 saves for the shutout for Rosemount. Miles Johnson stopped 41 shots in goal for Apple Valley/Burnsville.

On the other side of the bracket, second-seed St. Thomas Academy beat No. 7-seed Two Rivers/St. Croix Lutheran 3-0. Cole Braunshausen, Bennett Knutson and Luca Pedri scored for the Cadets. Christopher Sohovich made 15 saves for St. Thomas, while Tyler Priest had 40 saves for Two Rivers/St. Croix Lutheran.

The Cadets will face No. 2-seed Cretin-Derham Hall on Friday in Bloomington at 8 p.m. The Raiders beat No. 6 Park 6-4 on Tuesday with Maverick Timmons scoring twice for Cretin-Derham Hall. Soren Saumweber, Aiden Diethert, Brody Ruprecht and Drew Sinna also had goals for the Raiders, who got 29 saves from Ernie Drury. Gavin Sand scored twice for Park, which also got goals from Malachi McMorrow and Nick Bailey. Henry Voss made 17 saves in goal.

Here’s the results of Tuesday’s other section tournament games:

Class 2A, Section 7 quarterfinals

Top-seed Grand Rapids beat No. 8 Northern Edge 11-0 to set up a semifinal matchup with No. 4 Forest Lake, which beat No. 5 Duluth Marshall 5-2. Keegan Corey scored twice in the first for Forest Lake, which also got a first-period tally from Hunter Longen. Duluth Marshall counted with two straight goals to open the third before the Rangers’ Nate Peterson and Logan Vickery closed the scoring. Zachary Schnabel had 34 saves for Forest Lake.

Saturday’s semifinal will be at Duluth’s Amsoil Arena at 12:05 p.m.

Second-seed Rock Ridge beat No. 7 Cambridge-Isanti 7-1, while No. 3 Duluth East beat No. 6 Duluth Denfeld 8-2. Rock Ridge and Duluth East will meet in the other semifinal on Saturday at Amsoil Arena at 2:05 p.m.

Class 2A, Section 8 quarterfinals

Another top seed advanced as No. 1 Moorhead beat No. 8 Alexandria 10-0, while No. 5 Bemidji pulled off a minor upset against No. 4 St. Cloud 5-2. The two winners will play Saturday in Moorhead.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 St. Michael-Albertville beat No. 7 Brainerd 6-0 and Tristan Kriech had a first-period hat trick as No. 3 Elk River/Zimmerman beat No. 6 Roseau 10-1. Elk River/Zimmerman will face the Knights at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the St. Michael-Albertville arena.

Class A, Section 4, Round 1

In a preliminary game in Section 4, No. 9-seed St. Paul beat No. 8 Osseo 3-1. St. Paul will face top-seed Mahtomedi on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Aldrich Arena in Maplewood.

In another first-round game, No. 7 Simley beat 10th-seed St. Paul Academy/Summit 7-2. Noah Schwab scored three times for the victors, with Dawson Schriefer, Riley Anich, Aiden Fischbach and Eli Schwab also scoring goals. Owen Unglesbee made 35 saves. Ben Hanson and Will Choi scored for SPA/Summit, while Jake McCrady had 31 saves. Simley will face No. 2 Chisago Lakes on Friday at 5 p.m at Aldrich Arena.

Class A, Section 5 quarterfinals

Top-seed St. Cloud Cathedral beat No. 8 Princeton 11-3, while No. 4 Sauk Rapids/Rice held off No. 5 Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato 6-5. Cathedral and Sauk Rapids/Rice will play Saturday at 1 p.m. at the St. Cloud MAC. On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 Monticello beat No. 7 Becker/Big Lake 7-1 and No. 3 Pine City outlasted No. 6 River Lakes 7-6 in double overtime. The two winners play Saturday in Monticello at 1 p.m.

Class A, Section 6 quarterfinals

Sartell, the section’s top-seed, beat No. 8 Morris-Benson 6-1. No. 4 Little Falls beat No. 5 Prairie Center 5-2. The winners play Saturday at 4 p.m. at the St. Cloud MAC. That game will precede a 7 p.m. Saturday game between No. 2 Northern Lakes, which beat No. 7 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 6-0, and No. 6 Willmar, who upset third-seed Fergus Falls 4-2.

Class A, Section 7 quarterfinals

Top-seed Hibbing/Chisholm/VCA beat eight-seed Ely 14-1. Jax Hardy and Wynn Giswold scored as No. 4 Proctor beat No. 5 International Falls 2-0. Hibbing/Chishold/VA will face Proctor at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at Amsoil.

Second-seed Hermantown looked strong with a 14-0 win against No. 7 North Shore. Third-seed Cloquet-Esko-Carlton beat No. 6 Greenway 6-0. Hermantown and CEC will play in Saturday’s late game at Amsoil at 8:05 p.m.

Class A, Section 8 quarterfinals

Top-seed Warroad beat No. 8 Park Rapids-Menahga-Nevis-Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 16-0 to set up a meeting with No. 4 Thief River Falls, which beat No. 5 Crookston 6-4. No. 2-seed East Grand Forks beat No. 7 Red Lake 8-2, while No. 3 Detroit Lakes beat No. 6 Bagley/Fosston 4-0.

Warroad will face Thief River Falls on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., with East Grand Gorks and Detroit Lakes playing at 3:30 p.m.

Other Class A games

Section 1, Round 1: La Crescent/Hokah 3, Faribault 2.

Section 2, Round 1: Waconia 7, Westonka/Watertown-Mayer 3; Providence Academy 5, Southwest Christian 1; Minneapolis 6, Hutchinson 1.

Section 3, Round 1: Windom 3, Redwood Valley 2; Fairmont 7, Worthington 1.