WINNER, MSHSL STATE FLOOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP, SEASON RECORD: 16-0 BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONS!

Defending champs repeat in CI

For a brief period of time, it looked like North Suburban's undefeated season was going to end with a loss. St. Cloud Area (12-3) led by three goals and had all of the momentum.

But the Cougars (16-0) showed why they've dominated all season long, clawing back to win 10-7 and repeat as adapted floor hockey champions in the cognitively impaired division.

Junior forward Josh Hamann started the comeback with a goal that trimmed the lead to 7-5. Then Hamann scored again, followed by an Austin Motzko goal that tied the score. After that, Hamann finished the comeback he started with the game-winning goal.

"We just told them, 'You guys have got to stay tough. If you guys want this, you've got to put everything you've got into it,' " North Suburban coach Deb Kline said.

When North Suburban led 8-7, both Motzko and Hamann already had hat tricks. But Hamann didn't leave anything to chance, scoring two more late goals to give North Suburban its second consecutive championship.

"Both teams put their heart and soul into it and we came out on top," Kline said.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

• Anthony Bengtson
• Jonathan Caliendo
• Josh Hamann

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