A wild two weeks of section play means this year’s Class 2A state hockey tournament may be about as wide open as they come.

Two of the eight teams in the state field — Edina and Chanhassen — entered sections ranked in the top 10 in the state. And even Chanhassen’s appearance this upcoming week in St. Paul comes as a massive surprise after the Storm knocked off a true Goliath in defending champ Minnetonka to hand the Skippers their first loss of the season and grant the Storm their first-ever state tournament appearance.

Edina is the No. 1 seed in Class 2A, and Chanhassen is seeded second in the state brackets revealed Saturday morning.

Cretin-Derham Hall is back at state for the third-straight time, though this may be the most surprising appearance of the trio, as the Raiders were the No. 5 seed in Section 3. So while they’re unseeded at state, they’re used to the role of underdog heading into their quarterfinal bout with third-seeded Centennial.

Fresh off its upset of Hill-Murray, White Bear Lake earned the No. 4 seed, and will meet fourth-seeded Grand Rapids in the quarters. That game serves as a golden opportunities for the Bears to end their streak of 19 consecutive quarterfinal losses in the state tournament.

In Class A, Hermantown is the top seed, while defending state champion Mahtomedi is seeded fourth and will square off with fifth-seeded Orono in the quarters.

The winner’s brackets for both tournaments will be played at Xcel Energy Center. All winner’s bracket contests for each class will be televised on KSTC Ch. 45, and can also be viewed online for free at 45tv.com.

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The complete brackets for each class are listed below, and can also be viewed on the MSHSL website. Brackets will be updated here throughout the tournament:

CLASS 2A

Thursday’s quarterfinals

No. 2 Chanhassen vs. Rochester Century/John Marshall, 11 a.m.

No. 3 Centennial vs. Cretin-Derham Hall, 1 p.m.

No. 1 Edina vs. Elk River/Zimmerman, 6 p.m.

No. 4 White Bear Lake vs. No. 5 Grand Rapids, 8 p.m.

Friday’s semifinals

Winners of Thursday afternoon quarterfinals, 6 p.m.

Winners of Thursday evening quarterfinals, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of Friday evening semifinals, 7 p.m.

CLASS A

Wednesday’s quarterfinals

No. 2 Warroad vs. New Ulm, 11 a.m.

No. 3 St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Northfield, 1 p.m.

No. 1 Hermantown vs. Alexandria Area, 6 p.m.

No. 4 Mahtomedi vs. no. 5 Orono, 8 p.m.

Friday’s semifinals

Winners of Wednesday afternoon quarterfinals, 11 a.m.

Winners of Wednesday evening quarterfinals, 1 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of Friday afternoon semifinals, 12 p.m.

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