Edina boys hockey defeats Chanhassen in MSHSL Class 2A championship game

ST. PAUL — The No. 1-seed Edina Hornets (26-4-1) defeated the No. 2-seed Chanhassen Storm (25-6) 2-1 in the 2024 Class 2A MSHSL state championship game on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. After a stalemate in the first period—no goals and even shots-on-goal—Chanhassen looked the superior team in the second. The Storm scored the only goal of the period when Tyler Smith deflected a shot from Ben Curtis, and the puck slid into the lower right corner of the goal. It was part of a Chanhassen barrage that left them with a shots-on-goal advantage of 14 to five in the...