Duluth East vs. Duluth Marshall
7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22

Duluth Marshall has taken it on the chin in early December with close losses to Benilde-St. Margaret's (4-3), No. 8-2A Minnetonka (3-1) and No. 2-1A Hermantown (3-1), but the team faces a more favorable schedule after its duel with crosstown rival Duluth East, beginning with the annual Hilltopper Holiday Classic (Dec. 27-29).

The No. 11-2A Greyhounds have just one game scheduled in the next two weeks (at Blaine on Dec. 31), and the promises of an easier schedule and rest should mean that these two rivals will hold nothing back. 

Hilltopper junior forward Levi Stauber (11-5-16) is eighth in the state in goals scored.