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Live score recap: Hill-Murray defeats Edina in Minnesota high school girls hockey Class 2A championship (2/22/2025)

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Jack Butler

Edina is looking for its sixth MSHSL title in school history
Edina is looking for its sixth MSHSL title in school history / Jon Namyst

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two months ago, the Hill-Murray Pioneers lost four-of-six games, and it necessitated a “video doesn’t lie” meeting. The coaching staff showed the players how they weren’t playing with the correct effort. They were getting beat down the ice or not winning battles in front of the net. 

“They never complained about it, and honestly since then, we’ve been the best team in the state,” Hill-Murray coach John Pohl said. “We’ve never done anything like that. … Every kid took it to heart. It completely changed our season.”

The No. 3-seed Hill-Murray Pioneers defeated the No. 1-seed Edina Hornets 5-4 in double overtime in the 2025 Minnesota high school girls hockey Class 2A championship on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center.

For Hill-Murray, it's the third state title in program history, and its first since 2015.

After the meeting, and the losses, the players decided to make a jar where they would put slips of paper with what they wanted to focus on for that day. Sometimes it was to be a good teammate, and other times it was to play hard on the forecheck. 

Last season, the Pioneers cruised through the regular season with only three losses and a draw. They rolled through their section, and they made it to the Class 1A title game, where they lost 2-0 to Edina. 

The Pioneers had the best goalie in the state, Grace Zhan, but they could not come home with a state championship. 

“Last year we kind of walked through the raindrops,” Pohl said.

The "raindrops" soaked the Pioneers this season, and they might’ve come out the better for it. Edina forced Hill-Murray to be at its best on Saturday, and the Pioneers overcame three deficits to defeat a more experienced team. 

“They’re like a machine,” Pohl said. “They’re big. They’re strong. I thought that would be the biggest challenge, as we still have some young girls who aren’t strong, and they have some big strong girls, but it seemed like as the game went on, we got stronger.”

How do you beat the No. 1-seed by overcoming three deficits? 

“When they score, just put your head down and go to work and win those little battles,” Kasey Senden said. 

The little battles that the Pioneers weren’t winning two months ago.

Live score recap: Hill-Murray defeats Edina in 2OT Minnesota high school girls hockey Class 2A championship

Teams are on the ice for introductions.

FIRST PERIOD UPDATES

Edina wins the opening face-off and we're underway.

GOAL EDINA! Cate McCoy flies down the left side of the ice and puts the puck past Hill-Murray goalie Piper Tam with a wrist shot. Libbie Moe with the assist. Edina leads 1-0 with 11:44 remaining.

PENALTY ON EDINA! Taylor Gardner gets two minutes for tripping — 6:42 remains in the first period.

The referees are reviewing for a Hill-Murray goal.

GOAL HILL-MURRAY! Hill-Murray gets a goal after a review. After Gardner tripped the Hill-Murray skater, the puck moved toward Edina goalie Reese McConnell, who smothered it for a moment, but a Hill-Murray's Regan Berglund poked it out from her glove and into the net before the whistle blew. The game is tied with 6:42 remaining.

POWER PLAY FOR EDINA! Ella Hornung gets two minutes for body checking — 4:49 remains in the period.

PENALTY ON HILL-MURRAY! Edina will have a 5-on-3 for 48 seconds after Emily Pohl is called for interference.

GOAL EDINA! Lorelai Nelson scores on a wrap-around goal on the 5-on-3. Edina leads 2-1 with 3:25 remaining in the period. They will have a 5-on-4 advantage for the next 1:25.

Hill-Murray kills the penalty after Edina has multiple chances during a loose puck in front of the net.

HILL-MURRAY GOAL! Berglund redirects a shot from Gwynn Skoogman for the goal. The game is tied with 30 seconds remaining in the firts period.

END OF FIRST PERIOD: Edina 2, Hill-Murray 2

Edina has a slight advantage in shots-on-goal, nine to two.

The second period will begin at 8:03 p.m.

SECOND PERIOD UPDATES

The second period is underway.

HILL-MURRAY GOAL! Gwynn Skoogman goes by an Edina defender and beats the goalie over the blcoker. Hill-Murray leads 3-2 with 14 minutes remaining in the second period.

PENALTY ON HILL-MURRAY! Josie Skoogman gets two minutes for tripping — 12:05 remains in the second period.

GOAL EDINA! McCoy slides one past Hill-Murray goalie Piper Tam from a tight angle on the power play. The game is tied 3-3 with 10:48 remaining in the second period.

PENALTY ON EDINA! Charlotte Theirl is called for body checking. Ten minutes remain in the period.

Edina kills the penalty.

PENALTY ON EDINA! Nelson goes to the penalty box for tripping — 5:51 remains

Edina kills the penalty.

GOAL FOR EDINA! Whitney Horton scores for the Hornets from the left face-off circle. She beats Tam down low with one second remaining in the period.

END OF SECOND PERIOD: Edina 4, Hill-Murray 3

The third period will begin at 8:49 p.m.

THIRD PERIOD UPDATES

The third period is underway.

Six minutes remain in the period, and Edina leads 4-3.

PENALTY ON EDINA! Brenna Prellwitz is called for body checking — 5:43 remains in the game.

GOAL HILL-MURRAY! Elliana Engelhardt puts the puck in the top left corner on a 3-on-2. Jaycee Chatleain and Josie Skoogman with the assist. The game is tied 4-4 with 3:41 remaining in the game.

END OF THIRD PERIOD: Edina 4, Hill-Murray 4

The first overtime will be an 8-minute, sudden-death overtime period.

Hill-Murray with a 21-20 shots-on-goal advantage in the game so far.

OVERTIME UPDATES

The overtime period is underway.

Neither team able to pull away in the overtime period so far. Two minutes remain.

END OF FIRST OVERTIME: Edina 4, Hill-Murray 4

Edina with five shots on goal in the overtime period but with nothing to show for it.

The second overtime will a 17-minute, sudden death overtime period. It will begin at 9:49 p.m.

SECOND OVERTIME UPDATES

The second overtime is underway.

Hill-Murray with a great chance in front of the net to start the second overtime, but Edina goalie Reese McConnell makes a pad save.

GOAL HILL-MURRAY! Ella Hornung deflected a shot from Addy McLay into the net. Hill-Murray wins 2:04 into the second overtime. Sophie Olson also gets the assist.

FINAL: Hill-Murray 5, Edina 4

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Jack Butler
JACK BUTLER

Jack Butler is the Regional Editor of the Midwest for SBLive/High School on SI. Jack has covered high school sports in Oregon, Arizona and Minnesota.

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