Lucas McGregor had a hat trick for Centennial — his third in three games — as the Cougars tied Hill-Murray 4-4 on Tuesday night in a Gold Division boys' hockey quarterfinal at Ridder Arena in the Schwan's Cup.
Although the game will officially count as a tie, the Pioneers advanced in the tournament by winning a shootout 2-1 on Ben Helgeson's goal.
With less than three minutes to play in regulation Michael Fleischhacker scored his second goal of the game to give the Pioneers a 4-3 lead.
The Cougars ranked fifth in Class 2A in this week's coaches' poll, answered 50 seconds later on McGregor's third goal.
Brett Oberle and Charlie Strobel each had a goal and an assist for the Pioneers.
Hill-Murray will play second-ranked Minnetonka in the Gold Division semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ridder Arena.
Minneonka 5, Edina 2: The No. Skippers' defense held the top-ranked Hornets to 16 shots on goal, compared to Minnetonka's 34. The Skippers scored three unanswered goals in the second period, breaking open a 2-2 game. Matt Koethe led Minnetonka with two goals. Jack Bayless and Josh Luedtke each had a goal and an assist. Jett Jungels and Sammy Walker scored for Edina.
Cretin-Derham Hall 4, St. Louis Park 3: The Raiders and Orioles traded goals throughout the game before Michael Kramer scored the game-winner four minutes into the third period. Following the goal, netminder George Maquire shut down the Orioles' offense. Zach Brydges, Matthew Gleason and Liam Ryan also scored for the Raiders. McCabe Dvorak, Luke Mobley and Jonathan Sorenson scored for St. Louis Park.
