4 Mar 2026

Channels, apps and websites: How to watch the Minnesota boys state hockey tournament

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Grand Casino Arena will be filled to the brim at various points this week as fans descend on St. Paul to watch the Minnesota boys high school hockey state tournament in person.

But for those hoping to view the action from afar on your TV, computer or phone, you have plenty of options to do so across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to Duluth, Rochester and beyond.

Here’s where you can find the action on various devices

Antenna television channels

Twin Cities: 5.2

Duluth: 10.2

Rochester/Austin: 6.2

Alexandria: 42.2

Redwood Falls: 43.2

Bemidji: 28.2

Park Rapids: 32.2

Wadena: 17.2

Brainerd: 16.2

On your cable/satellite provider

Twin Cities: KSTC 45TV

Duluth: MeTV

Iron Range: MeTV

Southeast Minnesota: Start TV

On your phone

Download the KSTP 5 app

On your Smart TV, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or Google TV

Download the KSTP 5 app

On your computer

Click on this link, or visit https://kstp.com/45tv/prep45/mshsl-tournaments/#streamingplayer

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4 Mar 2026

Boys state hockey: Here’s every 2026 tourney team’s tournament history

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For some programs, this week’s trip to St. Paul for the Minnesota boys high school hockey state tournament is a rite of passage.

For others, it’s rarified air.

It’s part of the beauty of the tournament — David vs. Goliath matchups, perennial powers vs. upstart dreamers.

Or you’re looking for an underdog for which to cheer, or merely want to see who’s done what in the past, here’s the full rundown on how all 16 teams across the two classes have fared in state tournaments past.

Class 2A

Andover

State tournament trips: 6

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 1 (2022)

Edina (inc. Edina East)

State tournament trips: 38

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 15 (1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2024)

Gentry Academy

State tournament trips: 2

Last appearance prior to this season:  2021 (Class A)

Championships: 1 (2021)

Grand Rapids

State tournament trips: 18

Last appearance prior to this season: 2024

Championships: 4 (1975, 1976, 1980, 2017)

Lakeville South

State tournament trips: 10

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Best finish: Runner up in 2021

Minnetonka

State tournament trips: 8

Last appearance prior to this season: 2023

Championships: 2 (2018, 2023)

Moorhead

State tournament trips: 22

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 1 (2025)

Rosemount

State tournament trips: 2

Last appearance prior to this season: 1992 (Tier II)

Best finish: Runner up in 1992 (Tier II)

Class A

Delano

State tournament trips: 5

Last appearance prior to this season: 2021

Best finish: Consolation champion in 2017, 2019 and 2020

Dodge County

State tournament trips: 2

Last appearance prior to this season: 2021

Best finish: Runner up in 2021

Hibbing/Chisholm (inc. Hibbing)

State tournament trips: 15

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 2 (1952, 1973)

Mahtomedi

State tournament trips: 17

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 2 (2020, 2023)

Mankato West

State tournament trips: 3

Last appearance prior to this season: 2016

Best finish: Consolation runner up in 2008 and 2016

Northern Lakes

State tournament trips: 3

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Best finish: Consolation runner up in 2025

St. Cloud Cathedral

State tournament trips: 14

Last appearance prior to this season: 2025

Championships: 2 (2019, 2024)

Warroad

State tournament trips: 26

Last appearance prior to this season: 2024

Championships: 4 (1994, 1996, 2003, 2005)

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4 Mar 2026

Abbott-Endorsed Honey-Dealer Bids Sid Adieu

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On the Friday before the Texas primary election day (with early voting all but over), Donald Trump visited Corpus Christi and—among other things—dished out a long list of last-minute endorsements for his preferred GOP candidates mired in competitive races. 

One surprising name on that list was Sid Miller. Surprising because one would have expected Trump to throw his weight behind Miller, the bombastic Texas Agriculture Commissioner and one of the president’s most steadfast champions in the state (Trump once called him his “man in Texas”), much sooner. For months, Miller had found himself as something of an underdog in the toughest primary fight of his career, up against a strong challenger fully backed by his powerful political nemesis, Governor Greg Abbott. 

Nevertheless, Miller tried to squeeze all the juice from that endorsement that he could in the final stretch before Tuesday, saying it was proof that Republicans simply need to “Stick with Sid.” 

But early Tuesday night, it was clear that this was all too little, too late. Miller was getting his cattle rousted by his challenger, Nate Sheets, a businessman who purveys a successful line of honey products. 

As of 11:00 pm, Sheets was beating Miller by 5 points. Sheets declared victory—as did Abbott.

Miller’s apparent defeat marks one of the very rare instances of a statewide executive-branch Republican incumbent getting toppled in a Texas primary. Apart from an upset defeat of one-term Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton back in 2020, the last time an incumbent lost was back in 2014 when tea-party insurgent state Senator Dan Patrick toppled his weakened boss, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. 

That Trump’s endorsement only came in at the last second for Miller wasn’t the first sign that the rancher and former rodeo roper from Stephenville was in trouble. In recent sessions, he’d allegedly found himself at increasing odds with Republican leaders in the Legislature—seeing his authority at the Ag Department clawed back. 

He’s also been in a bit of a political cold war with Abbott since at least 2020, when he joined a lawsuit against the governor over his COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and briefly considered waging a primary challenge against him in 2022—and took shots at Abbott over the governor’s handling of the power grid and decision to initiate state inspections of trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border, among other things.

Heading into his bid for reelection to his fourth term as Texas’ top ag man, Miller seemed unbothered by the threat posed by Sheets—who has billed himself on his campaign website as a “veteran, agriculture entrepreneur, family man, and Trump conservative.” 

Miller said: “Texas is littered with the political bodies of my previous opponents.” That’s perhaps a bit of an overstatement—but he did beat his last primary challenger, conservative state Representative James White by nearly 30 points in 2022. His opponent this time around was surely no match either—Miller said Sheets had “never milked a cow, sheared a sheep, or shod a horse.” 

And it’s not like Miller hasn’t had any vulnerabilities. In his second term in office, Miller’s political consultant was indicted for bribery for trying to sell hemp licenses that were controlled by Miller’s office. (The ag commish was never implicated himself, but he did later hire the consultant on as the agency’s chief of staff.)

When Abbott announced his endorsement of Sheets, he zeroed in on Miller’s ethics concerns. “Texans deserve an Agriculture Commissioner who is focused on promoting Texas Agriculture, with zero tolerance for criminality,” Abbott said. “Nate Sheets is the true conservative champion for the job and is the leader we need to keep Texas the global powerhouse in agriculture.” 

Abbott also took aim at a vote Miller took well a quarter-century ago as a state representative in favor of the Texas Dream Act to provide in-state tuition for undocumented students. That law was killed, with Abbott’s approval, last year by a joint legal maneuver between the state and Trump’s DOJ. 

In the final stretch, Miller began to go scorched earth. Some of his allies created an opposition website dubbed “Soiled Sheets” that detailed Sheets’ professed struggles with marital fidelity, pornography, and alcohol. He also posted attacks on social media maligning the supposed purity of Sheets’ “raw” honey products—and more.  

“He is a grifter and a conman. His honey is fraud. His campaign is fraud,” Miller posted. “He has shown over and over again that he cannot be trusted with the truth so he must never be trusted with power.” 

In the end, however, it was Miller who appears to have electorally soiled himself. Thanks for the memories. 

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4 Mar 2026

Wild beat Lightning to get back on track ahead of trade deadline

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As if general manager Bill Guerin needed any extra motivation to go big game hunting at the trade deadline, the Wild once again showcased their seemingly limitless potential on Tuesday night at Grand Casino Arena.

A few hours after Guerin made a minor move to acquire depth center Michael McCarron, the Wild snapped a brief losing streak with an impressive 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It was a hot start for the Wild as defenseman Brock Faber cashed in early in the first period to make it 1-0. It was beautiful sequence as Faber took a feed from winger Marcus Johansson near the right circle, then beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy top shelf.

The score held up largely because of goaltender Filip Gustavsson between the pipes. He made 12 saves for the Wild amid heavy pressure in the opening frame to keep the Lightning off the scoreboard.

A snipe from winger Mats Zuccarello on the power play helped the Wild stretch the lead to 2-0 early in the second period before Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov cut the deficit to 2-1 with a snipe of his own.

Though it looked like the Wild be locked in a tight contest the rest of the way, winger Yakov Trenin put forth an outstanding individual effort to make it 3-1. He hustled into the offensive zone at the end of his shift and was rewarded with a goal that took the edge off.

The dagger came midway through the third period courtesy of superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes. He corralled a loose puck, dangled through a host of defenders, and found the back of the net to make it 4-1 in favor of the Wild.

As the game wound to a close, superstar winger Kirill Kaprizov finalized the score at 5-1 with backhanded shot into an empty net. In the process, Kaprizov successfully rewrote the record books, passing former star winger Marian Gaborik for the most goals in franchise history.

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