East Grand Forks forward Dixon Bowen, left, reacts after the game-winning shot by forward Tanner Tweten gets past Hermantown goalie Luke Olson, right, during overtime of the boys’ Class A state hockey tournament championship game in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, March 7, 2015. East Grand Forks won 5-4 in overtime. (Ann Heisenfelt / Associated Press)

East Grand Forks, tucked up in Minnesota’s northwest corner, is about a five-hour drive from the Twin Cities. But an outsider at Saturday’s Class 1A boys hockey championship game might have thought it was just down the road.

The defending state champs, St. Cloud Cathedral was the No. 2 seed in the bracket but has outscored its opponents, 7-1, in two wins at the state tournament. East Grand Forks is the No. 4 seed, but the Green Wave upset the top seed, Hibbing/Chisholm/VCA, in Friday's semifinal action.