STILLWATER - Rogers continued its recent run of impressive outings, racing to a 5-2 victory over Stillwater on Saturday at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center in a matchup of teams ranked in the top eight in the state in Class 2A.

No. 8-2A Rogers (9-4-1) scored three unanswered goals spanning all three periods as it stretched its unbeaten streak to six games. The Royals started the season 1-3-0 but have just one loss in their last 10 outings.

Brock Cheslock scored late in the first period to put Rogers ahead 2-1. Landon Medin's power-play goal was the lone score in the second period and it gave Rogers a 3-1 lead. Jake Burmis completed the uninterrupted scoring run with 5:47 left to make it 4-1.

Burmis, a sophomore defenseman, led Rogers with a goal and two assists.

Liam McGlynn and Tyson Miller scored for No. 7-2A Stillwater (10-3-0) which has lost two of its last four. 

Senior goaltender Tyler Bacon, a big part of Rogers' recent success, stopped 17 shots. He ranks 10th in the state with a 1.77 goals-against average.

Stillwater goaltender Gavin Bajda made 25 saves. 

Both teams reached the state Class 2A tournament last season, with Stillwater finishing as runner-up.

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DELANO - Five goals were scored in the final period, including the winner by Brody Geislinger with 31 seconds remaining, as Delano secured a 4-3 victory over Section 2A rival Breck at the Delano Area Sports Arena.

Geislinger, wide open in the slot, one-timed a pass from behind the net from Andrew Bruett, beating Breck goaltender Mac West. 

Dylan Nelson and Daniel Halonen also scored in the third period for No. 3-1A Delano (9-3-1). Halonen, a senior, had two goals and leads the Tigers with 17, tied for seventh most in the state.

No. 12-1A Breck (8-4-0) took a 2-1 lead early in the third on the first of two goals in the period from Cooper Klinck.

Delano outshot Breck 30-17. West finished with 26 saves while the Tigers' Lincoln Truax had 14.

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HERMANTOWN - Unbeaten Hermantown christened the new rink at Northstar Ford Arena in style, rallying to beat Eden Prairie 5-3 behind Mick Martalock's two goals in the third period.

Freshmen RJ Thompson and Riley Wolkove scored to put No. 15-2A Eden Prairie (5-6-1) ahead 2-0 7:22 into the first period. Beau Christy scored in the first and Alexander Nicklin in the second as the No. 1-1A Hawks (11-0-2) tied it at 2-2 heading into the third.

Martalock, a junior, scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season in the third to put Hermantown ahead 4-2 with 7:50 remaining.

Thompson scored again for Eden Prairie with 5:15 left to pull the Eagles to within 4-3. Ford Skytta's empty net goal with 22 seconds left clinched the win for Hermantown. 

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PRIOR LAKE - Edina completed its undefeated run through the three-day Tradition Holiday Invitational by scoring twice in the final minute to beat Cretin-Derham Hall 4-2 at the Dakotah! Ice Center.

Becker Wenkus scored a power-play goal with 37 seconds left to put No. 3-2A Edina (10-3-0) ahead 2-1. Brady Mullman added a goal 13 seconds later to clinch the win. 

No. 3 Edina beat the No. 12 (Holy Angels), No. 4 (St. Thomas Academy) and No. 11 (Cretin-Derham Hall) ranked teams in the state during the tournament.

Edina's Bode McConnell scored his state-leading 23rd goal in the first period for the Hornets who started the season 0-2-0. 

Max Thompson tied it at 2-2 for Cretin-Derham Hall (8-5-0) with 1:45 left in the third.

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PRIOR LAKE - Zac Zimmerman and John Gramer each scored two goals as Moorhead defeated St. Thomas Academy 6-2 in the third round of the Tradition Holiday Invitational at the Dakotah! Ice Arena.

Luca Pedri scored a first-period power-play goal for No. 4-2A St. Thomas Academy (9-4-1).. No. 2-2A Moorhead responded with four second-period goals. Zimmerman had two of those with Max Cullen and Tyden Bergeson netting the other two that period for the Spuds (12-1-0).

Gramer's two goals sandwiched a power-play goal by the Cadets' Maverick McKinnon in the third.

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LONG LAKE - Kaden Farner's goal early in the third period allowed Providence Academy to tie Orono as the teams skated to a 2-2 tie at the Orono Ice Arena.

Gavin Sattler scored in the first period for the Lions (6-6-2).

Ryan De Lange and Rory Kvern scored in the second period for Orono (3-6-3). Max Lewin made 45 saves for the No. 11-1A Spartans.

Owen Villagomez stopped 37 shots for Providence Academy.

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DULUTH - Russ Eck's goal with 54 seconds left in the third period forced a 6-6 overtime tie between Mounds View and Duluth East at Essentia Duluth Heritage Center.

Eck added four assists for Mounds View (0-11-1). Chase Ballinger and Tobias Walseth each had a pair of goals for the Mustangs.

Liam Brooks and Zane Medlin each recorded two goals and an assist for Duluth East (3-8-2).

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INTERNATIONAL FALLS - Proctor and International Falls each scored a first-period goal then skated to a 1-1 tie at Bronco Arena.

The Bronco's one goal is the fewest they've scored this season. Their previous low was four in a 4-4 overtime tie against Fort Frances (Ont.) on Dec. 19.

William Yerxa scored on a power play for the Broncos (8-0-2), one of four undefeated teams in the state. Xaiden Oliver scored for Proctor (7-6-1).

William Pocrnich made 27 saves for the Rails while Caleb Joslyn stopped 25 shots for International Falls.

Both teams were coming off championships in their respective Holiday Tournaments.

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HASTINGS - Carter Hanson's second-period goal held up as the game-winner as the Raiders recorded a 1-0 win over Hopkins at the Hastings Civic Arena.

Charlie Stoffel made 21 saves for the shutout for Hastings (7-6-0).

Oliver Nordeen stopped 23 shots for Hopkins (3-8-1).

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