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Eden Prairie 5, Grand Rapids/Greenway 3 - Girl's State Finals
Game Summary

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning were denied their first state title while the Eden Prairie Eagles picked up their second state championship in three years. The Eagles end the three year stretch with a record of 87-2-1. Full summary

Anoka 6, Grand Rapids 0 - Section Semi-Finals
Game Summary

The Anoka Tornadoes blew the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks out of the playoffs with a 6-0 section semi-final win at the DECC. The Tornadoes advanced to play Cloquet in the section final game. Full summary

Grand Rapids/Greenway vs. Eden Prairie - Girl's State Finals (2/23)
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning will get their first crack at a state championship on Saturday against the Eden Prairie Eagles. In just their second trip ever to St. Paul the Lightning have advanced to the state title game by defeated Centennial 2-1 in overtime and beating Farmington 5-0. Full preview

Grand Rapids/Greenway 5, Farmington 0 - Girl's State Semi-Finals
Game Summary

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning scored just 19 seconds into the game and that would have been all they needed to advance to their first ever state championship game. Dana Gallop took a beautiful pass from Emily Erickson on a two on one and she buried it to make it 1-0 right away. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Anoka 2/22 - Section 7AA Semi-Finals
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks will meet the Anoka Tornadoes for the right to play in the section 7AA finals. Grand Rapids is looking to defend to their back to back section 7AA titles. The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was in the 1990 state semi-finals. Grand Rapids was able to escape with a 3-2 overtime victory. Full summary

Grand Rapids/Greenway vs. Farmington - Girl's State Semi-Finals (2/22)
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning are just one win away from playing in their first state championship game. The team standing in the way is the Section 1AA Champion Farmington Tigers. Full preview

Grand Rapids/Greenway 2, Centennial 1 (OT) - Girl's State Quarterfinals
Game Summary

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning came out flying at the Xcel Energy Center on Thursday night. The Lightning outshot Section 5AA champion, Centennial, 13-2 in the first period. Cassi Carpenter (Sr.) was able to keep the game scoreless as she made several fantastic saves. Full summary

Section 7AA Bracket Update
Duluth East vs. Cloquet 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Grand Rapids vs. Anoka 12:00 noon Saturday

Grand Rapids 4, Forest Lake 2
Game Summary

Grand Rapids was able to avenge their loss in their second game of the regular season in a big way against Forest Lake. The Thunderhawks ended the Rangers season with a 4-2 win on Tuesday. Corey Kosak was able to wrap his badly injured knee enough to play a few shifts in the game. Full summary

Grand Rapids/Greenway vs. Centennial - Girl's State Quarterfinals (2/21)
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning will take to the ice at the Xcel Energy Center for the second straight year. The Lightning will face the Centennial Cougars in the last quarterfinal game on Thursday. Full preview

Grand Rapids vs. Forest Lake - Section 7AA Quarterfinals (2/19)
Section 7AA Quarterfinal Preview

Grand Rapids and Forest Lake will take to the ice for the second straight year in the section 7AA semi-finals. The Thunderhawks were able to defeat Forest Lake 5-1 and eventually advance to the state championship game. Full preview

Three Star Points Regular Season Final Standings
A.J. Underwood leads the three star points standings with 16 at the end of the regular season. Sam Rendle is not far behind with 14. Full update

Roseau 1, Grand Rapids 0
Game Summary

The Roseau Rams capped off their perfect season and Mike Lee set a record in goal Friday night. Mike Lee and Aaron Ness defeated Grand Rapids 1-0 in the season finale to push their record to 25-0 on the season. Full summary

Lightning crash into state tournament
Section Final Summary

The Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning were able to defend their section 7AA title on Thursday night, but something felt different from last year's title. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Roseau 2/15
Game Preview

The Roseau Rams will look to cap off their fourth undefeated regular season in school history. They have only finished off one of the previous three by making it a state title. Full preview

Grand Rapids/Greenway vs. Duluth-Girl's Section 7AA Final 2/14
@ Cloquet

Game preview courtesy of the Duluth News Tribune. Here

CCM All-Star Game
March 11th and 12th

Grand Rapids has four players that will compete for team Iron Range in this year's CCM All-Star Game series in Eveleth and Duluth. Story

2008 Section 7AA Bracket

	1-Duluth East
8-Cambridge	19-Feb
16-Feb
9-St. Francis		DECC
	4-Cloquet	23-Feb
	19-Feb
	5-Elk River
			DECC
	3-Grand Rapids		28-Feb	7AA Champs
	19-Feb
	6-Forest Lake
		DECC
	2-Anoka	23-Feb
	19-Feb
	7-Andover

Grand Rapids 3, Duluth Denfeld 1
Game Summary

Grand Rapids and Duluth Denfeld took to the ice without two of their more well known players on Tuesday. Duluth Denfeld was without the Northland's leading scorer, Jake Johnson. Johnson was out of the game with a shoulder injury. Grand Rapids was without veteran defenseman Corey Kosak. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Duluth Denfeld (2/12)
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks will head to Mars Lakeview Arena to take on the Duluth Denfeld Hunters. Both teams will be playing in their second to last game of the season. Grand Rapids will play @ Roseau on Friday and Duluth Denfeld will be at Greenway on Saturday. Full preview

International Falls 3, Grand Rapids 2 OT
Game Summary

International Falls improved their home record to 10-0 and their regular season record to 21-2. Grand Rapids and International Falls were knotted at two a piece after regulation in the Iron Range Conference Championship game. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ International Falls (2/8)
Game Preview

The #20 Grand Rapids Thunderhawks will head north to take on the #3A International Falls Broncos in the Iron Range Conference Championship Game. Grand Rapids comes into the game with a record of 12-8-1 (5-1-0) and 14 points in the IRC. International Falls will host with a 20-2-0 (7-1-0) record and 14 points in the IRC. Full preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled former Grand Rapids defensemen Alex Goligoski. Read the nhl.com article here.

Grand Rapids 4, Hibbing 1
Game Summary

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks set up a huge matchup with International Falls on Friday by beating Hibbing 4-1 on Monday. John Skrbec had a big two goal night to lead the Thunderhawks to and Iron Range Conference victory. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Hibbing 2/4
Game Preview

Grand Rapids and Hibbing will take to the ice for the second time in 17 days. The Hibbing Blue Jackets defeated Grand Rapids 4-2 in the first meeting in Hibbing just 17 days ago. Full preview

Three Star Update #4
A.J. Underwood leads by three star points over Sam Rendle and Jack Moore with just four regular season games to play. Full update

Grand Rapids 9, Eveleth 1
Game summary

Grand Rapids took advantage of Eveleth and had their biggest game of the year cruising to a 9-1 Iron Range Conference win in Eveleth. On the same night, Hibbing defeated International Falls. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Eveleth 1/31
Game preview

Grand Rapids has won at least a share of the Iron Range Conference each of the last two seasons. If they are going to keep that trend going they will need to get past Eveleth on Thursday. Full preview

Anoka 3, Grand Rapids 0
Game summary

The Anoka Tornadoes picked up a huge win Saturday at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids. Anoka used two power play goals in the first period and an empty net goal in the third period to slip past Grand Rapids 3-0. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Anoka 1/26
Game preview

The Thunderhawks of Grand Rapids and Tornadoes of Anoka will matchup for both team's biggest game of the year on Saturday. A win could propel either team to the #2 seed in section 7AA or possibly even the #1 seed. Full preview

Thunderhawks win battle over Greenway
Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Raiders and the Thunderhawks renewed the rivalry in front of a packed IRA Civic Center on Thursday evening in Grand Rapids.

The Thunderhawks used four power play goals and a short handed goal in downing the Raiders, 7-3, to pick up their 10th win of the season. Full article

Grand Rapids 7, Greenway 3
Game summary

Grand Rapids was able to defeat their biggest rival for the second time this season. Jack Moore continued his hot streak and put the Greenway Raiders in a 1-0 hole just 48 seconds into the game. Moore's ninth goal of the year was assisted by Grant Prokop and John Skrbec. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Greenway 1/24
Game preview

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks and Greenway Raiders will renew one of the most historic and most intense rivalries in Minnesota high school hockey history for the second time this year. In the first meeting, Grand Rapids picked up their seventh straight win over Greenway by winning 6-5 at Hodgins-Berrardo Arena in Coleraine. Full preview

Thunderhawks shut out Bemidji
Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team rebounded with a convincing 4-0 victory over the Bemidji Lumberjacks on Tuesday evening at the John Glas Fieldhouse in Bemidji.

The Thunderhawks erupted for three goals in the third period and received strong goaltending from senior Trevor Tabaka. Tabaka recorded the first shutout of the season with a 27 save effort for Grand Rapids. Full article

Grand Rapids 4, Bemidji 0
Game summary

Trevor Tabaka stood tall in goal to give Grand Rapids their first shutout of the season. It wasn't the only first of the season, however. Nate Dumm tallied a short handed goal in the second period. Game summary

Grand Rapids @ Bemidji 1/22
Game preview

Grand Rapids sits at 8-7-1 on the year and needs to try to use this week to start getting hot prior to the playoffs. Grand Rapids has had a lot of success against Bemidji the last couple of seasons. Full preview

Hibbing defeats Thunderhawks
Ted Anderson-Hibbing Daily Tribune

Aaron Jamnick wasn’t feeling his best before Friday night’s hockey game against Grand Rapids.

The Hibbing/Chisholm junior forward felt sick in school and had to rest before the game. However, once his skates hit the ice, he was his usual self as he scored the hat trick and added an assist to lead the Bluejackets to a 4-2 Iron Range Conference victory over the Thunderhawks in the Hibbing Memorial Building. Full article

Hibbing 4, Grand Rapids 2
Game summary

Grand Rapids got off to a great start in their Iron Range Conference battle with the Hibbing Blue Jackets when Matt Jerulle tallied his first career goal just 1:54 into the game. J.R. Mackey and Shane Greniger assisted on the goal. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Hibbing 1/18
Game preview

Grand Rapids and Hibbing settled absolutely nothing in their two meetings last season. Not only did the teams play 118 minutes of hockey in two games and still tie twice, but they split the Iron Range Conference title. Game preview

Three Star Points Update
A.J. Underwood is still leading the way. Take a look at the state points standings here

Thunderhawks earn 4-2 victory over Cloquet-Esko-Carlton
Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team skated away with a 4-2 victory over the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjacks on Tuesday evening in Cloquet.

It was a rematch of last year's Section 7AA championship game and a rematch of an earlier 2-2 tie at the IRA Civic Center. Full article

Grand Rapids 4, Cloquet 2
Game summary

Grand Rapids used Tuesday night to settle a tie from November 27th of this season. The Thunderhawks and Lumberjacks skated to a 2-2 tie in Grand Rapids early in the season. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Cloquet 1/15
Game preview

Grand Rapids and Cloquet played 59 minutes of hockey back in November and it still wasn't enough to determine a winner. Full preview

Grand Rapids 6, Stillwater 1
Game summary

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks scored twice in the first period and that would have been all they needed as they coasted to a 6-1 win over Stillwater at the IRA Civic Center. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Stillwater 1/12
Game Preview

The Stillwater Ponies will saddle up in the IRA Civic Center Saturday afternoon. The Ponies come into this game with a 5-8-1 record with their lone quality win coming against Breck. To this point in the season, the two teams only have one common opponent. Full preview

Thunderhawks defeated 4-2 by Duluth East
Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The much anticipated rematch between the Duluth East Greyhounds and the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks took place on Thursday evening at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids. Full article

Duluth East 4, Grand Rapids 2
Game Summary

Duluth East walked into one of the biggest crowds the IRA Civic Center has seen in quite some time, and they walked away with a win. Duluth East was on the attack all night and picked up a huge road and section win in front of 3,000+ fans on Thursday. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Duluth East 1/10
Game Preview

Grand Rapids finally got the proverbial monkey off of their back on February 24th, 2007 when Patrick White beat Ben Leis in overtime to send Grand Rapids back to the section final. It was the first time Grand Rapids was able to beat Duluth East in section 7AA playoff hockey. Full preview

Three goal second leads to victory
Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team squared off with the Hermantown Hawks in a battle of teams that made state championship appearances from a year ago. The Thunderhawks were defeated in the Class AA final while the Hawks capped off an unbeaten season with a Class A title. Full article

Grand Rapids 5, Hermantown 1
Game Summary

The defending Class A state champions got off to a great start on the road vs. Grand Rapids. Koby Wargin netted his fifth goal of the year just over five minutes into the first to give Hermantown the 1-0 lead. It looked as though the Hawks would go into the locker room with the lead, but things changed fast. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Hermantown 1/8
Game Preview

The defending Class A State Champions will invade the IRA Civic Center on Tuesday night. #11A Hermantown did not lose a single game last season on their way to their first state title. After downing Duluth Marshall in the championship game, they finished the season 29-0-2. Full preview

Bloomington Jefferson 3, Grand Rapids 1
Game Summary

Bloomington Jefferson won the battle of special teams vs. Grand Rapids on Saturday. That was the deciding factor in the #6 ranked Jaguars beating the Thunderhawks 3-1. Bloomington Jefferson went two-for-four on the power play while holding Grand Rapids to zero-for-six on the power play. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Bloomington Jefferson 1/5
Game Preview

Grand Rapids has defeated Bloomington Jefferson in each of the last two matchups. It took overtime two years ago and the Thunderhawks prevailed 3-1 last year. Jefferson is currently ranked 6th in the state and is playing some very good hockey. Full preview

Three Star Points Update
A.J. Underwood is leading the way with 8 star points after 10 team games. Check it out

T'Hawks skate past Lakeville North, 7-1
Courtesy of Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team returned to the IRA Civic Center for a Saturday afternoon matinee with a 7-1 victory over the Lakeville North Panthers. Full article

Grand Rapids 7, Lakeville North 1 Final
Game Summary

Grand Rapids scored two goals in the first period against Lakeville North and that would be all they needed. J.R. Mackey scored his first career goal just four minutes into the game to give the Thunderhawks the 1-0 advantage. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Lakeville North 12/29
Game Preview

Grand Rapids will honor their second of back to back state runner-up finishes on December 29th prior to a game vs. Lakeville North. The 2007 2nd place banner will be dropped from the rafters of the IRA Civic Center before the game. Eleven of last years 13 seniors are set to return to the ice for the tribune. Full preview

Grand Rapids 6, Elk River 4 Final
Game Summary

Grand Rapids got off to a hot start and played well enough throughout the night to beat Elk River for the fourth straight time. Tony Palkki and Jack Moore scored first period goals to top Elk River's one goal in the first. Grand Rapids outshot the Elks 11-7 in the period and had the 2-1 lead a third of the way through the game. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Elk River (Edina Holiday Classic) 12/21
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks have beaten the Elk River Elks the last three times the teams have met. Both team come into this game 0-2 in the Edina Holiday Classic. Grand Rapids was beaten by Edina 3-2 and Eden Prairie 3-1. Elk River was beaten by Eden Prairie 6-2 and Edina 4-3. Full preview

Eden Prairie 3, Grand Rapids 1 Final
Game Summary

Eden Prairie was the first team this season to hold Grand Rapids scoreless on the power play. The Eagles even tallied a short handed goal to help the #8 team in the state to a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids in the Edina Holiday Classic. A.J. Underwood was fantastic in goal yet again for Grand Rapids, but his 30 saves wasn't enough. Full summary

Grand Rapids vs. Eden Prairie (Edina Holiday Classic) 12/20
Game Preview

The Thunderhawks and the #8 Eagles will meet for the third straight season in the Edina Holiday Classic. Eden Prairie has gotten the better of Grand Rapids in each of the first two matchups. Two years ago Eden Prairie won 2-1 and last season, in an FSN game, Eden Prairie defeated a beat up Grand Rapids team 3-0. Full preview

Edina 3, Grand Rapids 2 Final
Game Summary

The Edina Hornets won possibly their toughest game of the year with a 3-2 win over Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids netted the first goal in a very high flying, entertaining hockey game. Robb Roy shoved in a rebound from a Corey Kosak shot with just ten seconds remaining in the first period. Full summary

Grand Rapids @ Edina (Edina Holiday Classic) 12/19
Game Preview

Grand Rapids (3-2-1) and #1 Edina (6-0-0) split the season series last year, but Grand Rapids won the more important game. Edina beat Rapids 4-3 in their holiday tournament, but the Thunderhawks beat the Hornets 3-1 in the state semi-finals. Edina is undefeated and ranked tied for first in the state with Roseau. Full preview

Spuds skate past Grand Rapids
Courtesy of Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team faced one of their toughest tests of the season on Friday night in the Moorhead Spuds.

The Spuds prevailed with a 4-2 victory over Grand Rapids at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids. Full Herald Review article

Moorhead 4, Grand Rapids 2 Final
Game Recap

Moorhead came out flying after a 7-2 loss to Roseau and looked like a completely different hockey team. The Spuds outshot Grand Rapids 13-5 in the first period and Aaron Wheeler scored the lone goal of the period to give Moorhead a 1-0 lead. Full recap

GRHS Hockey to produce live stats
The first live stats game will be this Friday vs. the Moorhead Spuds!
Story

Grand Rapids vs. Moorhead 12/14
Game Preview

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks (3-1-1) and #16 Moorhead Spuds (2-2-0) have squared off the past two seasons on FSN Hockey Night and the Spuds have won each of the meetings. In fact, the Spuds have won the last six meetings between the two schools. Full preview

Three Star points update
After every game, grhshockey.com awards the three stars of the game. Full update

Grand Rapids 6, Brainerd 2 Final
Game Recap

Grand Rapids got off to a bit of a slow start in Brainerd, but another big second period helped the Thunderhawks defeat the Warriors 6-2. Brainerd lead 2-1 over Grand Rapids after one period. Full recap

Grand Rapids @ Brainerd 12/11
Game Preview

The Brainerd Warriors may no longer be part of section 7AA, but they will no doubt be ready for battle on Tuesday. Brainerd has never beaten Grand Rapids, but last year they walked out of the IRA Civic Center with a 2-2 tie. Full preview

Thunderhawks earn 6-5 victory over rival Greenway
Courtesy of Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The rivalry continued Friday evening between the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks and the Greenway Raiders at the Hodgins-Berardo Arena in Coleraine.

Both teams put on an excellent display of offense combining to score 11 goals with the Thunderhawks prevailing 6-5. Full article

Grand Rapids 6, Greenway 5 Final
Game Recap

Grand Rapids jumped out of the gates and took the early 1-0 lead when Jack Moore put home a rebound at the 1:36 mark of the first period. Nick Serratore was credited with the lone assist on the goal. That would be the only scoring in a period where Grand Rapids outshot Greenway 17-2. Full recap

Prep boys hockey preview
Courtesy of Duluth News Tribune

The Duluth News Tribune boys hockey preview is now out. Read the article

Grand Rapids @ Greenway 12/7
Game Preview

Grand Rapids and Greenway will renew one of the fiercest rivalries in Minnesota High School hockey. The Thunderhawks have beaten the Raiders six straight times, winning the games by a combined score of 51-12. The last time Greenway was able to salvage a game in this series was on January 1st, 2004... Full preview

Former GRHS/Rookie St. Louis Blues defensemen Steve Wagner featured in Let's Play Hockey

Thunderhawks earn first victory
Courtesy of Frank Haataja-Mesabi Daily Tribune

In a 33-second span at the end of the second period, the Grand Rapids Thunderhawks turned a 1-1 tie into a late-game rout as the T‘hawks ran away with their first win of the season, beating the Virginia Blue Devils 5-2 Tuesday night.

With 1:03 left in the second period Grant Prokop beat Virginia goalie Will Lustig to take a 2-1 advantage; and the Blue Devils barely had time to recover before Sam Sparen took the puck up the ice and beat Lustig with 30 ticks left in the period. Full Mesabi Daily Tribune Article

Rendle guides Grand Rapids Thunderhawks to win
Courtesy of Duluth News Tribune

Sam Rendle scored two goals as Grand Rapids topped Virginia-Mountain Iron-Buhl 5-2 in an Iron Range Conference high school boys hockey game Tuesday night in Virginia. Full Duluth News Tribune article

Grand Rapids 5, Virginia 2 Final
Game Recap

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks pick up their first win since Sam Rendle scored the game winning goal in overtime against Burnsville in the 2007 state semi-finals. Rendle scored twice against Virginia to help lead the Thunderhawks to the 5-2 road victory. Full recap

Grand Rapids vs. Virginia 12/4
Game Preview

The Virginia/Mt. Iron/Buhl Blue Devils have given Grand Rapids quite a fight over the last two years. In the 2005-2006 season, Virginia defeated Grand Rapids 4-2 in Virginia behind a stellar goaltending performance by Derek Peterson. The following season, Reidar Jensen made the big saves in Grand Rapids' 5-4 win over the Blue Devils. Full preview

Rangers upend Thunderhawks in overtime, 4-3
Courtesy of Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawk boys hockey team suffered a heartbreaking loss on Friday evening at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids.

Despite being outshot 51-24 the Forest Lake Rangers defeated the Thunderhawks 4-3 in overtime in a Section 7AA matchup. Full Herald Review article

Forest Lake 4, Grand Rapids 3 Final/OT
Game Recap

Grand Rapids stormed out of the gates outshooting Forest Lake 21-7 in the first period. Forest Lake goaltender was the difference. He stopped 20/21 in the first period and sent his team to the locker room tied at one. Robb Roy and Corey Radke were the first period goal scorers. In the second period, each team also scored a single goal. Full recap

Grand Rapids vs. Forest Lake 11/30
Game Preview

The Thunderhawks (0-0-1) will do battle with the Forest Lake (1-0-0) Rangers Friday night in Grand Rapids. In the last two seasons Grand Rapids is 3-0 vs. Forest Lake. The Rangers defeated Cambridge-Isanti in their season opener, 4-1. Full preview

Thunderhawks score last second goal to tie Lumberjacks
Courtesy of Jason Groth-Grand Rapids Herald Review

It was your typical Section 7AA matchup when Grand Rapids and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton squared off for the first time on Tuesday evening at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids.

Late heroics by the Thunderhawks provided the crowd with free hockey as the Thunderhawks and Lumberjacks skated to an overtime 2-2 tie. Full Herald Review Article

Cloquet came out flying in the first period and outshot Grand Rapids 17-6 in the opening frame. Trevor Tabaka was simply the difference in the first period. He kicked out 16 of 17 to keep it at 1-0 after one period. Grand Rapids was the team that came out flying in the second period, outshooting Cloquet 12-4 in the period. Full recap

Grand Rapids vs. Cloquet 11/27
Game Preview

Grand Rapids will host Cloquet in the 2007-2008 season opener. Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. Grand Rapids and Cloquet will play a rematch of the past two section final games. Grand Rapids won in 2006 by a 5-3 score and in 2007 they won again by a 3-1 margin. Over the past two seasons Grand Rapids is 5-1 vs. Cloquet. The Thunderhawks beat the Lumberjacks 4-3 in overtime in Grand Rapids two years ago. Full preview