Day 3 recap from the boys' hockey state tournament

"What are the odds? Think about it. What are the odds to be in that game six years in a row? It's almost laughable if it didn't hurt so much."

Bruce Plante, whose Hawks have lost in the Class 1A title game each of the past five years

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Teams (Breck and St. Thomas Academy) that have repeated as Class 1A champions.

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Consecutive games in which Duluth East has defeated higher-seeded opponents.

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1. Ash Altmann

The Duluth East junior missed on his first breakaway chance but not the second, and his third-period goal clinched the Greyhounds' stunning victory over Edina.

2. Grant Loven

The East Grand Forks forward scored three goals and dished at least as many bone-rattling hits to lead the rock-'em, sock-'em Green Wave past Mahtomedi.

3. Luke Olson