Blake and Blaine skated to a 4-4 tie in a matchup featuring two top of the top girls' hockey teams in Class 2A on Thursday night at Fogerty Ice Arena.
With less than five minutes to play in the third period, Gabby Rosenthal knotted things up for the No. 8-ranked Bengals with her second goal of the game. It came after Sara McClanahan scored her second goal for No. 2 Blake.
At the end of the first period, Blaine was up 2-1 on goals from Rosenthal and Ramsey Parent. Sarah McClanahan scored a power-play goal for the Bears.
The score was tied 3-3 after the second. Lily Delianedis and Madeline Wethington scored in that period for Blake, Abby Jones for the Bengals.
Blake (21-1-2) will close out the regular season Friday with a game against No. 3 Centennial. Blaine (15-6-2) has two games remaining against Dodge County and Minnetonka.
Shakopee 2, Prior Lake 1: With 58 seconds left in the game Paige McNeil scored the game-winner for the Sabers. Danielle Hennen and Jamie Lindstrom assisted on the power-play goal. Leah Pavlish scored for the Lakers. Camryn Noess made 25 saves for Shakopee.
Minneapolis 5, St. Paul Blades 1: Erica Lieske led Minneapolis with two goals while Olivia Gaffney had a goal and an assist and Lilah Schulz made 23 saves. Anisa Smith scored the Blades' lone goal. Minneapolis had 44 shots on goal.
Lakeville North 4, Apple Valley 0: Kallie Schneider made 26 saves to lead the Panthers over the Eagles. Maggie Flaherty had two goals and an assist to lead the Panthers.