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.
![Hermantown's Ty Hanson (2) fights for the puck against Warroad's Damond Gardner (13) during the third period of Hermantown's 3-2 win over Warroad during the MSHSL 1A championship boys hockey game victory Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. ] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RCXFSUBLRAPL5YCUOF7NFAXNNU.jpg?&w=1080)
