Champlin Park at Blaine
6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 26

Champlin Park pieced together an undefeated regular season last year, including a Northwest Suburban Conference title, and was well on its way to a fourth consecutive state tournament appearance before being upset by Blaine 15-4 in the Section 7 semifinals.

The state’s leading producer in 2016, Sam Nolan (73-34-107 last season), returns for the Rebels (2-0, 2-0) along with Tara Dalman, who had nine goals and six assists in Champlin Park’s first two wins against Totino-Grace (15-4) and Spring Lake Park (11-3) last week.

The Bengals (1-0, 1-0) advanced to their first-ever state tournament last year and return all but two players from that roster. Abby Jones was Blaine's leading scorer in 2016 and had five goals in the 16-4 season-opening victory over Anoka on April 15.