high school hockey

Hayfield connected on seven three-point baskets in the first half and held Triton to six field goals in the second half in an Hiawatha Valley League boys basketball contest in Dodge Center on Monday night. Leading the way was 5-foot-11 junior Drew Olive with a career-high 27 points...

Going into Saturday night's last game of the regular season between Faribault and Owatonna it seemed clear cut. The winner would be the No. 3 seed in the Section 1 Class A Tournament beginning Wednesday. After all, both teams had 30 points in the Big Nine Conference playing the same opponents...

A bouncing puck shot by a Faribault eighth-grader proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory over Owatonna at the Falcons Nest on Saturday night. It was the final game of the regular season for the Big Nine and should secure a No. 3 seed for Faribault in the section tournament, which starts Wednesday...

The Faribault and Albert Lea boys hockey teams were tied at two goals apiece in the third period when the Tigers scored three unanswered goals to win. Albert Lea got the first goal of the game and Faribault's Brett Vogelsberg tied the game with a second period goal at the Faribault Ice Arena...

Faribault Falcon sophomore Payton Putrah scored the first three goals of the game and added an assist in a 6-0 win over Albert Lea on Thursday night. It was Putrah's first four-point game of the season. Putrah has 19 goals and 13 assists in 24 games and has scored in 17 of the games...

Here is a listing of the area high school scores as of 11PM.

The Faribault Falcon girls hockey team rolled to a 6-1 win over the Mankato East Cougars at the Faribault Ice Arena on Thursday night. The Falcons showed good energy just two days after their first home loss of the season to Red Wing in overtime...

The Owatonna Huskies took a 3-0 lead into the first intermission and never looked back in a 7-0 win at Four Seasons Arena on Tuesday night. The Huskies outshot Faribault 18 to 6 in the first period, 8 to 4 in the second and 13 to 5 in the third for a 39 to 15 total...

Faribault Falcon girls hockey head coach Ali Miller always wants her team to outshoot their opponents. That did not happen Tuesday night and, for the first time this season, the Falcons lost at home. League-leading Red Wing increased their lead over Faribault to six points with a 4-3 overtime win...

The Northfield Raider boys hockey team is in first place in the Big Nine Conference with eight conference games left. Northfield blanked Albert Lea 3-0 on Saturday at home to stay ahead of the red hot Rochester John Marshall Rockets by two points in the standings...