Edina senior defenseman Tyler Nanne scored twice before ever directing a shot on goal. There was 6:24 left in the first period when Nanne got his third goal, this one on a one-timer into an open net.

Perhaps because of the fluky circumstances surrounding his first two goals (and seemingly routine nature of his third), Nanne’s hat trick failed to inspire the Xcel Energy Center crowd — only a single hat was flung onto the ice surface in celebration of the achievement.

“It’s kind of a big building to make a hat get onto the ice,” said Nanne, who has committed to play at Ohio State. “But if one did make it, that would have been cool.”

Thanks to Nanne’s scoring outburst — he finished with four goals — defending champion Edina (23-4-1), the tournament’s top seed and state’s No. 1-ranked team, moved on with an 6-1 dismantling of unseeded Stillwater (16-11-2) on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A boys’ hockey tournament at Xcel Energy Center.

“Usually I’m kind of an unlucky guy, so it was kind of a holiday out there for me [Thursday],” said Nanne, one of 10 Mr. Hockey finalists.

Nanne, grandson of tournament TV analyst Lou Nanne, scored his first goal only 54 seconds in when his dump-in took a lively bounce off the end boards before ricocheting in off startled Ponies goaltender Josh Benson.

Nanne scored again early in the first when his intended pass through the slot deflected in off a defenseman’s stick.

LOREN NELSON

Edina senior defenseman Tyler Nanne scored twice before ever directing a shot at the goal. There was still 6:24 remaining in the first period when Nanne got his third goal, this one on a one-timer into an open net.

Perhaps because of the fluke circumstances surrounding his first two goals (and seemingly routine nature of his third) Nanne’s hat trick failed to inspire the Xcel Energy Center crowd – only a single hat was flung onto the ice surface to honor the achievment.

Inspiring or not, defending state Class 2A champion Edina, the tournament’s top seed and state’s No. 1-ranked team, moved on to the semifinals with an 6-1 dismantling of unseeded Stillwater on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the state boys’ Class 2A hockey tournament. 

Nanne finished with four goals, and Dylan Malmquist and Casey Dornbach also scored for Edina (23-4-1), which gave a rude welcome to Stillwater (16-11-2) in its first state tournament appearance. The Hornets are making their eighth straight trip to the tourney and have won eight state championships. 

The Ponies, who shocked heavily favored Hill-Murray in the Section 4 championship game, trailed 5-0 when Brandon Jungmann ended Hornets’ goaltender Andrew Rohkohl’s shutout bid 5:51 into the second period.

Nanne scored his first goal just 54 seconds into the game when he dumped the puck into the Stillwater zone. The puck took a lively bounce off the end boards and ricocheted in off startled Ponies goaltender Josh Benson. The son of former Edina great Marty Nanne and grandson of former Minnesota North Star and tourney television analyst Lou Nanne, Tyler scored again early in the first when his intended pass through the slot deflected off a defenseman’s stick and into the net.