Minnesota Top 25: The Star Tribune’s statewide ranking of girls hockey teams

Going into the state tournament, here’s where Minnesota’s best teams fall in line.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 19, 2025 at 1:12PM
The Edina girls hockey team prepares to take the ice for a January game. Edina carries the No. 1 ranking in the Minnesota Top 25 into the state tournament. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Now that girls hockey section champions have been decided, here’s where Minnesota’s best teams of 2024-25 rank entering state tournament play Wednesday.

The Minnesota Top 25

Records through Tuesday. All schools are Class 2A unless noted.

1. Edina (23-3-1). Previous: 2

2. Centennial/Spring Lake Park (26-2). Previous: 3

3. Holy Family (21-7). Previous: 10

4. Hill-Murray (22-6). Previous 7

5. Minnetonka (24-3-1). Previous: 1

6. Moorhead (20-7-1). Previous: 9

7. Andover (19-8-1). Previous: 5

8. Holy Angels (1A, 18-6-3). Previous: 6

9. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (20-4-3). Previous: 4

10. Dodge County (1A, 21-3-2). Previous: 14

11. Woodbury (22-3-2). Previous: 8

12. Orono (1A, 19-5-3). Previous: T-15

13. Warroad (1A, 24-3). Previous: 13

14. Rosemount (21-7). Previous: 19

15. Roseau (21-6-1). Previous: 11

16. Farmington (18-7-3). Previous: 16

17. Proctor/Hermantown (1A, 20-6-1). Previous: 21

18. Maple Grove (17-8-3). Previous: 12

19. Grand Rapids/Greenway (21-6-1). Previous: 18

20. Forest Lake (15-6-6). Previous: 20

21. Fergus Falls (1A, 15-11-1). Previous: 25

22. Marshall (1A, 22-3-2). Previous: unranked

23. Albert Lea (1A, 21-5-1). Previous: 22

24. South St. Paul (1A, 19-8). Previous: 23

25. River Lakes (1A, 14-12-1). Previous: 24

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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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