Hermantown beats Warroad 3-2 for 4th Class A boy's title

Hermantown earned the top seed entering the Class A Boys Hockey State Tournament and the Hawks left no doubt that they were worthy of that lofty status.

Coming on the heels of a dominant regular season, the Hawks completed an overwhelming postseason dash with a 3-2 victory over Warroad in the Class A championship game on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul. Junior playmaking sensation Zam Plante scored two second-period goals to send the Hawks (29-2-0) to their fourth Class A crown and first since 2017. The other championships came in 2007 and 2016.

During the Class A final, however, a surplus of goals wasn't available, so the Hawks showed balance by scoring timely goals while backstopping it with sound, stingy defense in avoiding a Class A runner-up finish for the ninth time in program history. It was Hermantown's second narrow victory over Warroad (26-4-1) this season. The other was a 2-1 decision on Jan. 15. Since a 6-3 loss to Maple Grove, a Class AA championship entrant later Saturday, on Jan. 29, the Hawks finished the season on a 12-game winning streak.

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