In a game with 56 minutes’ worth of penalties and 13 total infractions, Chaska shut out Prior Lake 8-0, scoring three times in both the second and third periods en route to its second victory of the Hockey For Life Classic. 

Senior forward and Nebraska-Omaha commit Blaine Warnert, and junior forward Rhett Pitlick traded goals and assists in the first period, with Warnert netting the first goal from Pitlick and Pitlick getting the second on the Warnert assist. Mike Koster and Shane Lavelle scored in the second period for the Hawks (6-5), with Koster expertly pickpocketing a Prior Lake skater in the Lakers’ zone, swooping around another defender, and then rifling a shot past Mason Shopbell. Lavelle scored a pair of shorthanded goals late in the second to stretch the Chaska lead to 5-0. 

Just two penalties occurred in the third, both against the Lakers (5-5), and Chaska capitalized on both. Calvin Barrett and Owen Thomas scored goals with the man-advantage for the Hawks. Warnert tallied his second of the game at even strength early in the third. Chaska goaltender Justin Bach made 30 saves to earn the blank sheet, while Prior Lake sophomore Zach Lavigne saw his first varsity action while playing the entire third period for the Lakers.

Despite outshooting Lakeville North by a nearly two-to-one margin, Stillwater found itself knotted with the Panthers late in the third period of Friday’s game. 

With 51 seconds remaining on the clock, Stillwater’s Adam Eisele created his own patch of daylight after a slick stick handling maneuver before ripping a shot past Lakeville North’s Caleb Mayer to give the Ponies (7-1) a 2-1 lead and the eventual win. 

Joe Stengl had started the scoring with a goal with 14:24 to play in the second period, a 1-0 advantage that was erased when Caden Smith tied the game with under three minutes left in the second period for the Panthers (6-4). Panther goaltender Caleb Mayer made  

Spencer Scott tacked on an empty-net goal with .07 seconds left in regulation for the Ponies’ third tally. 

Led by a five-goal third period burst of scoring, the No. 7-AA Eden Prairie Eagles knocked off Moorhead 6-1 on Friday in Prior Lake. Senior Jack Jensen had two goals and two assists in the five-goal barrage. In his first varsity start, Eden Prairie goaltender Jack Engelbrekt stopped Spud shots by the Spuds to earn the win and the Tradition Companies game MVP. 

He told YHH in the postgame interview that he was "really nervous" for his first start. Despite his feelings, his actions were fantastic, shutting down the Spuds with big saves in all three periods, especially on the Spud power plays.

Senior Garrett Smith added a goal and two assists for the Eagles.

With one measured swing of his stick, Liam Malmquist put Edina's game against St. Thomas Academy out of reach. 

Malmquist entered the Cadet zone after collecting a long Hornet outlet pass from Mike Vorlicky, took two strides to the top of the face-off circle, and unleashed a slap shot that beat St. Thomas Academy goaltender Muzzy Donohue to put the Hornets ahead for good at 3-2 in the second period. 

The sheer audacity of Malmquist taking a shot like that and succeeding helped swing momentum firmly to the Edina side of the ice. Jett Jungels scored one of his four goals to make the score 4-2 Hornets in the second, pushing Donohue from the nets in favor of St. Thomas Academy's reserve goaltender Wes Gervais. 

Jungels would complete his hat-trick in the third period to put the Hornets (9-0-1) up 5-2, and his fourth tally of the game finalized the score at 6-2. Jungels scored the first goal of the game, giving the Hornets a 1-0 lead that was extended by Peter Colby's second goal of the season.

The Hornets are currently ranked No. 2 in Class AA.  

Brendan McFadden and Roby Christy scored for the No. 11-AA Cadets (6-3-1) to tie the game at 2-2 before Edina's outburst and eventual victory.