 Last year, they were the underdogs just happy to be there. This year, third-seeded Brainerd Little Falls girls hockey had some confidence, some moxie as they looked to pick up their first-ever win for Brainerd in the state tournament today against White Bear Lake. White Bear Lake didn't allow a goal in the section tournament, but their shutout streak would end in the first period. Early on, Gabby Smith passes it off the boards to Cheyenne A-Bear, who uses some fancy stick work to put Brainerd up 1-0. Into the second, Brainerd now leading by 2, A-Bear's shot is blocked, but Smith cleans up the rebound and the Warriors are up 3-0. Into the third, Shaley Stroup for the Warriors throws one in front of the net, Emma Booth. There to put it in through the traffic for the Warriors' fourth goal, White Bear looking to get on the scoreboard late, but Olivia King says not so fast. She preserves the shutout as Brainerd Little Falls gets the 4-0 win. Anthony Scott has more from the XL Energy Center. To nothing victory over White Bear Lake, Brainerd finally has the monkey off their back as the girls hockey team became the first squad, either boys or girls, to win a state tournament game. We were looking for this for a really long time, and it's just a really good feeling. People think we live in Antarctica, so it's pretty nice to come to the stadium and beat these teams and show them what it's like to play northern hockey. The Warriors' first goal came just 6 minutes into the contest, and that was a big confidence boost for Brainerd, considering White Bear Lake hadn't allowed a goal in three straight games. Coming down the stretch in the season, we had kind of struggled a little bit to score. So even last Friday when we had the section final game, you could just kind of see this collective side of relief, and so that certainly held true today as well. Coming into the tournament, we knew that we had to get the first goal and make the first five minutes the best. So starting off and scoring first was definitely, it felt good and it got everyone going. And we'll have a chance at revenge in their semi-final matchup as they are set to take on and over the same school that knocked the Warriors out of the consolation bracket last year. Reporting from the Excel Center, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. Puck drop at six o'clock, and that consolation game went into overtime so we could be looking at another great game tomorrow. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.