Moorhead’s game plan included a fast start, and what the Spuds got was a deflection off a Stillwater defenseman’s skate for a goal that ended the Ponies goaltender Cal Conway’s shutout streak at 1:22 of the first period.

A first time Class 2A boys hockey champion will be crowned on Saturday night. Zac Zimmerman scored a power-play goal with 58.1 seconds left and Moorhead beat Edina 4-3 late Friday in the second

In the end, it was the No. 1 Moorhead Spuds defeating the No. 2 Stillwater Ponies in a battle featuring two schools that had never won a boys' state hockey championship. The star was Mason Kraft, who scored four times in the first period to set the tone for the night.