2026 FALL Champions Crowned

18U:

St. Cloud 4 @ Fairbanks 3 (SO) - The St. Cloud Norsemen defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in a thrilling shootout to win the Fall Finals 18U championship. After a scoreless first period, Jonah Johnston and Beckett Fredenberg scored to give Fairbanks a 2-0 lead. St. Cloud responded with two goals of its own from Eli Engebretson and Nolan Stuber to tie it at 2-2. Fairbanks netted one more in the period when Russell Eck scored to give Fairbanks a 3-2 lead going into the third period. Lane Larson scored the only goal of the period and tied it up for St. Cloud when he scored with 13:57 left in the period. Tied at 3-3, the game went to overtime where neither team scored, sending the game to a shootout where St. Cloud took the championship victory.

16U:

Minnesota M 6 @ Minnesota W 2 - The Minnesota Mallards defeated the Minnesota Wilderness in a high-scoring game to win the Fall Finals 16U championship. The Mallards opened scoring in the first period with a power-play goal from Drew Hendricks before Blake Langer, Wyatt Boettcher and Austin Ariola each found the net to give the Mallards a 4-0 lead heading into the first intermission. After a near scoreless second period, Harrison Hudson added to the Mallards' lead with a power-play goal with just four seconds remaining in the period to make it 5-0 heading into the third. Minnesota Wilderness responded in the third period with a power-play goal from Mikko Karjala to make it 5-1. Hudson scored his second goal of the game to extend the Mallards' lead to 6-1 before Karjala answered with his second power-play goal of the period to make it 6-2. The Mallards held on to secure the victory and take home the 16U championship.