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History resoundingly refuses to repeat as Hermantown dispatches Alexandria this time

The No. 1 seed Hawks, who fell to the Cardinals this time of year in 2018, scored seven goals in a row.

By David La Vaque

March 11, 2022 at 11:01PM
Hermantown forward Joshua Kauppinen (20) is mobbed by his teammates after scoring in the first period of a MSHSL Class 4A semifinal boys hockey game between Hermantown and Alexandria Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com
Hermantown forward Joshua Kauppinen (20) was mobbed by teammates after scoring in the first period Friday. (Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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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 Minnesota 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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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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