Boys Hockey

With every seat in the Bloomington Ice Gardens taken, as well as every parking space in the parking lot, the now 10-0 Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars defeated the Eden Prairie High School boys hockey team on Saturday by a score of 2-1.

As a result, Jefferson is the team everyone, including Eden Prairie, is chasing in the race for a Lake Conference championship.

“Our margin of error just got really small,” said Eden Prairie Head Coach Lee Smith. “We have to keep winning until we get them (Jefferson) at our place later in the season.”

Lakeville North waited until the last second to top Chaska on Saturday night.

The Panthers scored the winning goal with 4 seconds left in the game to notch a 3-2 victory at the Chaska Community Center.

Chaska junior Alex Athmann tied the game in the first period with his second goal of the season, from Alex Robb and Jake Erickson.

The Panthers struck back a minute later to retake the lead.

Dan Pries knotted the game again in the third period with a power-play goal, the fifth of the season for the Chaska senior.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Minnetonka senior Sam Coatta helped the Skipper boys hockey team recover from a tough semifinal loss to Edina with a four-goal game as Tonka routed White Bear Lake 7-2 in the third-place game of the Schwan Cup gold Division on Thursday.

Coatta scored twice in the first period to put Minnetonka ahead 2-0. Mike Slator closed the gap to one with a goal at 10:53 of the first period, but that was as close as White Bear Lake would get.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Minnetonka had never lost in its previous seven Schwan Cup games going into Tuesday's semifinal with No. 2 Edina.

The seventh win was Monday night over No. 1-rated and defending Class 2A champion Hill-Murray.

But the Hornets cut the Skippers' string short with a 4-2 win at the Xcel Energy Center.

Andrew Prochno scored both Tonka goals: the first with 1 minute left in the second period and the second sandwiched between Edina scores in the third period.

The Skippers will play White Bear Lake in the third-place game at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer