Here are the scores from the first day of the Minnesota State High School
Hockey Tournament:
 
Grand Rapids 4, Bloomington Kennedy 3
Hill-Murray 7, St. Paul Johnson 1
Burnsville 3, Roseau 2  (OT)
Duluth East 5, Richfield 1
 
The pairings now look like this:
 
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
 
Grand Rapids        |
Bloomington Kennedy |-- Grand Rapids |
                                     |______________
Hill-Murray         |                |              |
St. Paul Johnson    |-- Hill-Murray  |              |
                                                    |____________
Burnsville          |                               |
Roseau              |-- Burnsville   |              |
                                     |______________|
Duluth East         |                |
Richfield           |-- Duluth East  |
 
Factoid: All first round games wre wone by teams wearing white jerseys.
 
Many Minnesota hockey fans are mourning the fact that this is the last year of
the tournament under its traditonal one-class format.  Next year's tournament
will be a two-class event, format as yet unknown.
 
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