Duluth was the perfect setting for a pair of truly fantastic high school hockey games. The first game of Hockey Day Minnesota featured two Northland teams in the Duluth-Denfeld Hunters and the Eveleth-Gilbert Golden Bears. The Golden Bears were able to jump on the Hunters early on a Cody Hendrickson breakaway goal. However, the Hunters owned the puck and poured on the shots.
Denfeld's Dylan Skorich and scored two goals and tallied an assist for three points on the day.