Nick Zwack of Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake, who will play baseball next year at Xavier, emerged from the boys' hockey state tournament as the surprise player of weekend.
A projected first-round pick in the NHL Draft who has committed to play at Minnesota, Mittelstadt scored 23 goals and had 49 assists in 30 games this season.
Monticello played Hermantown for Class 1A championship Saturday. After celebrating an apparent goal that was then waved off, the Hawks scored again to complete a 4-3 comeback over Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake.
Gavin Hain had a hat trick for the Thunderhawks, who defeated Moorhead 6-3 in the first all-outstate 2A title game in 10 years. Grand Rapids last won a hockey title in 1980.
After celebrating an apparent goal that was then waved off, the defending champion Hawks scored again to complete a 4-3 comeback over Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake.
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