The boys hockey state tournament continues Friday at Xcel Energy Center with the Class 2A and 1A semifinals. In the 1A quarterfinals, St. Cloud Cathedral, Orono, Hibbing/Chisholm and East Grand Forks advanced to the next round.

The brackets for next week's boys hockey state tournament have been released and these are the matchups for the quarterfinal games that start Wednesday and Thursday on the ice at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. For the first time, all eight teams in each class are seeded.

The puck drops Wednesday on high school hockey's biggest stage, the Boys Hockey State Tournament. We revisit a book that takes a year-by-year look at the tournament.