Three OTs later … goal!

March 8, 2019 at 6:49AM
Eden Prairie forward Jack Jensen (18) celebrated with forward John Mittelstadt (9) after scoring the game winning goal with less than a minute to play in triple overtime. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Lakeville South High School played Eden Prairie High School in a MSHSL Class 2A boys hockey quarterfinal game Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Eden Prairie forward Jack Jensen (18) celebrated with forward John Mittelstadt (9) after scoring the game winning goal with less than a minute to play in triple overtime. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLÉ • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Lakeville South High School played Eden Prairie High School in a MSHSL Class 2A boys hockey quarterfinal game Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Eden Prairie's Jack Jensen and John Mittelstadt (9) found the energy to celebrate after Jensen's goal with 57 seconds left in the third overtime — nearly six periods of hockey into the game — gave the Eagles a 3-2 victory over Lakeville South on Thursday afternoon in the Class 2A quarterfinals of the boys' hockey state tournament. "Thank goodness Jack found the net," Eden Prairie coach Lee Smith said. Coverage on C6

class 2a Thursday's Quarterfinals

• Blaine 4, White Bear Lake 2

• Eden Prairie 3, Lakeville South 2 (3OT)

• Edina 4, Moorhead 2

• St. Thomas Academy 3, Duluth East 1

Friday's Semifinals

• Blaine vs. Eden Prairie, 6 p.m.

• Edina vs. St. Thomas Academy, 8 p.m.

CLASS 1A Friday's Semifinals

• East Grand Forks vs. St. Cloud Cathedral, 11 a.m.

• Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin vs. Mahtomedi, 1 p.m.

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