Shakopee hockey teammates didn’t see junior goaltender Owen Lunneborg before their Class 2A, Section 2 title game against Holy Family on Thursday at Edina’s Braemar Arena.

“Before the game, we don’t even find him,” senior forward Cooper Simpson said. “He is somewhere getting locked in.”

But they heard him after the first period.

“Goaltending is the hardest position in sports,” Sabers coach Calvin Simon said. “After the first period, he was throwing up. He was like, ‘I do it all the time,’ so I wasn’t going to get mad. I just told him to get a drink of water.”

Lunneborg resumed being Shakopee’s rock. He stopped all 12 Holy Family shots in the first period and stayed on point for the game with 24 saves, leading Shakopee to a 4-0 victory and the first state tournament appearance in program history.

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