The defending Class AA champion Edina Hornets didn't miss a beat Thursday night as four players scored a goal to lead them to a 4-0 shut out of the Brainerd/Little Falls Flying Warriors in the Class AA state quarterfinals at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
It was the 12th shutout of the season for the Hornets, the number one seed in Class AA.
Edina struck first as Emily Oden's shot in front of the net rolled into the goal. The Hornets would go five on three for 1:32 due to a holding penalty on the Flying Warriors Marre Welinski for holding and Emma Smith for cross checking and they would cash in on Annie Kuehl's pass to Tella Jungels on the opposite side of the crease and she would score the power play goal.
In the second period, Edina would once again pay dividends on the power play after a Brainerd five on three situation early in the period would go for naught due to outstanding defense and penalty killing by the Hornets. Brooke Tucker's shot was saved by Flying Warrior goalie Nicole Schulz and CC Bowlby got in position on Schulz's right side to put the Hornets ahead by three. Former gopher and New Jersey Devil Tom Chorske would probably be proud of his daughter Hannah who would set up Edina's final goal. She fed Olivia Swaim in the center slot and she would put the puck past Schulz with :52.9 left in the second period. It would also wrap up the scoring since both teams did not turn on the red light in the third period.
The Hornets out shot the Flying Warriors 32-10.
Edina improved their record to 26-2-1 and will face their Lake Conference rivals the Eden Prairie Eagles on Friday, February 23 at 8 PM at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The Eagles scored two third period goals to beat the Andover Huskies 2-0. Brainerd/Little Falls, playing in their first state tournament after beating the Roseau Rams 2-1 in triple overtime in the Section 8AA will play Andover at noon, also on the 23rd at Ridder Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.
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