Moorhead’s game plan included a fast start, and what the Spuds got was a deflection off a Stillwater defenseman’s skate for a goal that ended the Ponies goaltender Cal Conway’s shutout streak at 1:22 of the first period.

Mason Kraft tied a state record by scoring four times in a five-goal first period, and the Spuds held off Stillwater 7-6 in the Class 2A state boys hockey final Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. It’s the first time Moorhead is returning up Interstate 94 to Northwest Minnesota with championship hardware in nine title game appearances.

ST. PAUL — Mason Kraft will end his senior season with the Moorhead Spuds a state champion and the state's Mr. Hockey. Kraft was named the Mr. Hockey recipient, an award given to the top boys hockey player in Minnesota, at the awards banquet Sunday afternoon at RiverCentre.