A Tradition Unlike Any Other

The team intros from the Minnesota high school hockey tourney are a parade of crisp lettuce, sick cabbage, and crazy flow

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The barns are decked. The penalty boxes are full. Magic (and the smell of old skates) is in the air. No, the holidays didn’t come early this year. It’s Minnesota state high school hockey tourney season, and from the looks of the lettuce on show on Wednesday, the crops came in mighty fine this year.

While the official Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team—the MSHSAHHT for short—has yet to be announced, we’ve already identified a few first-line contenders.

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Also, whatever the hell is happening here …

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Based purely on the flow, we’d love to see a Warroad-Luverne final, but we’ll just have to wait and see how it all, ahem, shakes out.

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