The 2026 Section 8A Boys Hockey tournament seeds and bracket were announced following the seeding meeting on Wednesday morning. The seeds and schedule are below-
TEAM SEEDS-
1. Warroad
2. East Grand Forks
3. Detroit Lakes
4. Thief River Falls
5. Crookston
6. Bagley/Fosston
7. Red Lake Falls
8. Park Rapids
9. Kittson County Central
10. Lake of the Woods
PLAY-IN GAMES (Saturday, February 14 at high seed)
#10 Lake of the Woods at #7 Red Lake Falls – 1:00 PM (On KROX Radio at 12:30 PM)
#9 Kittson County Central at #8 Park Rapids – 2:00 PM
QUARTER-FINALS (Tuesday, February 17 at the high seed)
#5 Crookston at #4 Thief River Falls – 7:00 PM (On KROX Radio and KROX TV)
KCC/PR winner at #1 Warroad – 6:00 PM
#6 Bagley/Fosston at #3 Detroit Lakes – 7:00 PM
LOW/RLF winner at #2 East Grand Forks – 6:00 PM
SEMI-FINALS (Saturday, February 21 at Thief River Falls – REA)
1:00 PM – Crookston/TRF winner vs Warroad/KCC/PR winner
3:30 PM – Bagley/DL winner vs LOW/RLF/EGF winner
CHAMPIONSHIP (Thursday, February 26 at Thief River Falls – REA)
7:00 PM
