The Section 1 Class A boys hockey tournament begins Tuesday with the Faribault Falcons receiving a No. 11 seed and heading to No. 6 Albert Lea.

There are 12 teams in the tournament and the top four teams received byes.

Big Nine Conference champion Northfield (17-5-3) is No. 1 and Rochester Lourdes (15-10) is No. 2. Red Wing (15-9) is No. 3 and Mankato West (12-11-1) is No. 4.

The winner of the Faribault (4-20) game with Albert Lea (12-12-1) travels to Red Wing on Thursday at 7PM.

Northfield plays the winner of the No. 8 Austin (10-15) and No. 9 Le Sueuer-Henderson/St. Peter/Tri-City United (12-12-1) contest. Mankato West tangles with the No. 5 Mankato East (13-8-4) vs. No. 12 Winona (2-21) winner. Rochester Lourdes faces the winner of No. 10 La Crescent (15-9-1) and No. 7 Waseca (15-8-2).

Here is a look at the team power play and penalty kill percentages and goals scored per game and goals allowed per game for each team this season.

  • No. 1 Northfield: 27.8% PP, 78.8% PK, 4.12 GPG, 2.24 GAPG
  • No. 2 Rochester Lourdes: 19.1% PP, 80.6% PK, 4.48 GPG, 3.12 GAPG
  • No. 3 Red Wing: 26.7% PP, 72.7 PK, 3.88 GPG, 3.04 GAPG
  • No. 4 Mankato West: 23.8% PP, 82.9 PK, 2.79 GPG, 2.71 GAPG
  • No. 5 Mankato East: 24.8% PP, 80% PK, 3.72 GPG, 2.56 GAPG
  • No. 6 Albert Lea: 28.7 PP, 86% PK, 4.48 GPG, 2.84 GAPG
  • No. 7 Waseca: 22.2% PP, 90.9 PK, 4.28 GPG, 2.24 GAPG
  • No. 8 Austin: 16.2% PP, 77.2% PK, 3.32 GPG, 4.08 GAPG
  • No. 9 L-H/St. Peter/TCU: 31.3% PP, 75% PK, 3.52 GPG, 3.04 GAPG
  • No. 10 La Crescent: 26.4% PP, 69.8 PK, 3.84 GPG, 3.40 GAPG
  • No. 11 Faribault: 8% PP, 71.7% PK, 1.33 GPG, 5.46 GAPG
  • No. 12 Winona: 10.8% PP, 63.6% PK, 1.87 GPG, 8.30 GAPG
Faribault Ice Arena - photo by Gordy Kosfeld
Faribault Ice Arena - photo by Gordy Kosfeld
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