Minnetonka, Warroad start atop girls hockey state rankings

Warroad won Class 1A last season, and Minnetonka reached the Class 2A semifinals.

November 16, 2023 at 1:04PM
Warroad players celebrate after defeating Orono 3-1 to win the Class 1A girl's hockey championship Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 at Xcel Energy Arena in St. Paul. ]
Warroad players celebrated a state title in February, and Warroad is atop the Class 1A rankings this season. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnetonka and Warroad sit atop the inaugural 2023-24 Let's Play Hockey team rankings in girls hockey.

When we last gazed upon the Skippers and Warriors, they were playing Feb. 25, 2023, at the Xcel Energy Center. Warroad repeated as Class 1A champion while Minnetonka finished the season in fourth place — one day after a semifinal loss to eventual Class 2A champion Gentry Academy.

Ones vs. Twos this week at 2 p.m. Saturday: Minnetonka travels to Andover to take on the Huskies while Holy Angels plays host to Warroad.

Class 2A rankings

Records through Nov. 14

1. Minnetonka (2-0)

2. Andover

3. Edina

4. Hill-Murray (1-0)

5. Benilde-St. Margaret's (1-0)

6. Maple Grove (1-0)

7. Stillwater (0-1)

8. Moorhead (1-0)

9. Northfield (1-0)

10. Holy Family Catholic (1-0)

Class 1A rankings

Records through Nov. 14

1. Warroad (2-0)

2. Holy Angels (1-0)

3. Proctor/Hermantown (1-1)

4. Simley (1-1)

5. Duluth Marshall (1-1)

6. Orono (0-1)

7. South St. Paul (0-1)

8. Dodge County (1-0)

9. Crookston (1-1)

10. Mound Westonka/Southwest Christian (1-1)

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David La Vaque

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David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.

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