What to watch this week: The road back to state starts here for Minnesota girls hockey hopefuls

Gophers commit Mia Sutch leads Centennial/Spring Lake Park against Minnetonka as part of Strib Varsity’s four-game livestream slate in the first week of the girls hockey season.

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Winter sports are here, and you can watch games from across Minnesota all season on Strib Varsity.

Here’s the scoop on what’s coming up this week (and you can always find our streaming schedule right here):

Friday at 7 p.m., girls hockey:

Lakeville North vs. Grand Rapids/Greenway.

Lakeville North, which reached the state tournament last year, opens the season on the road against the Lightning. Grand Rapids/Greenway, which reached the section championship last season as the No. 4 seed but lost 1-0 to Andover, returns sophomore forward Kate Carlson (45 points last year) and senior forward Opal Anderson (44 points), as well as senior defenseman Sophie Carlson (22 points). Lakeville North, which brings back senior forwards Mali Carlson (33 points) and Maizee Storey (27 points), won 5-4 when the teams met in last year’s season opener.