St. Paul Cathedral's Sam Lommel, left, slams into Blake goalie Peter Johnson in a failed scoring attempt in third-period play at the 2008 Boys Hockey State Tournament Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Bears lost to the Cruders 3-1 in the Class 1A quarter-final.
Blake forward Joshua Birkholz moves the puck into the St. Cloud Cathedral end in second- period action at the 2008 Boys Hockey State Tournament Class 1A quarter-final Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Crusaders defeated the Bears 3-1.
Blake players, from left, Jack Barnes, Charlie DeVries and Blake Doerring celebrate the second goal of the second period against Breck in Thursday's Section 2A final in Minneapolis at Parade Ice Garden. Blake won the game 5-2 to advance to the State Tournament.
