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Amsoil Arena was Hockey Central in the Northland as 8 teams gathered to see who would be playing in the Section 7A and Section 7AA Championships next week. Action kicked off at noon on Saturday, with the 7AA teams playing the afternoon games; and 7A action followed during the evening session.

The opening night of the Minnesota boys hockey section playoffs saw three area winners and filled in the scheduled for other teams waiting to play on Thursday night.

The 2015 playoff and tournament season is here, as the boys hockey section playoffs start this week. Several Twin Ports area teams find themselves in the top of the latest state rankings, with hopes to make it to the Xcel Energy Center the first week of March. Here is how things look for each of the area teams in their respective section brackets.

The 2014 Minnesota State Boys Hockey Tournament wrapped up over the weekend, with Duluth East falling in the consolation final and Hermantown claiming their 5th straight 2nd place in Class A. Following the post-tournament tradition, Youtube user Pulltabproductions11 has named the 2014 All-Hockey Hair team.

The Duluth East Greyhounds opened their sixth straight state tournament appearance against the Eagan Wildcats as the last quarterfinal game of the 2014 tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. East was seeded #4 in the Class AA bracket, with their opponent, Eagan, seeded #5.

The Duluth East Greyhounds and Hermantown Hawks are both making their return to the Minnesota State Boys Hockey Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul this week. Wo do they play next? Follow the updated brackets for both Class A and Class AA.

In a game that promised plenty of excitement, the Duluth East Greyhounds and Elk River Elks met at AMSOIL Arena Thursday night, competing for the Section 7AA Title and a trip to the Minnesota State Class AA Tournament.

The top seeds in Section 7AA will face off tonight at AMSOIL Arena as Duluth East and Elk River compete for a chance to head to the Minnesota State Boys Hockey Tournament. We will have all of the game action covered on the air and streaming online.

AMSOIL Arena played host to both of the Section 7AA semifinal playoff games on Saturday, with Duluth East facing off against Grand Rapids to start the day, and Andover and Elk River doing battle later in the afternoon.

With several Twin Ports hockey players and coaches ending the 2012-2013 season bringing home big awards like the Herb Brooks Award and the Mariucci Award, the most prestigious of high school hockey awards were announced in video form earlier this week.

Head Coach John Randolph of the Duluth East Greyhounds and Kevin Smalley of the Duluth Denfeld Hunters were named winners of the John Mariucci Award during Hockey Championship Weekend in St. Paul.

Senior forward Ryan Lundgren of the Duluth East Greyhounds joined Hermantown's Chris Benson as a recipient of the 2013 Herb Brooks Award this weekend in St. Paul.