BREEZY POINT — After one season, Northern Lakes head coach Mike Randolph resigned, he confirmed in a phone interview with the Dispatch Tuesday, March 11. Randolph guided the Lightning to a 20-10-1 record this season, which included their first state tournament berth since 2021 and their first state tournament win in program history.

In the third period, Northfield’s Miles Kennelly made it 3-0 with a goal at 1:44. The Raiders made it 4-0 on an Oliver Benjamin goal. Geiger earned his second assist and his third point. Northern Lakes’ sophomore goalie Sam Suja recorded 19 saves and was replaced by Hunter Moreland for the last 8:30. Moreland tallied three saves.

The hockey coach spent 32 years and won two state titles on Duluth East’s bench plans to continue coaching the Class A cooperative program “as long as my wife allows me to.”

Randolph, who owns the most career victories as a Minnesota high school boys hockey coach with 727, led the team to the Class 1A quarterfinals this season.

The No. 5-seeded Northern Lakes Lightning will play the No. 4-seeded East Grand Forks Green Wave in the Class 1A State Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5, at Xcel Energy Center.

Minnesota's all-time winningest coach led the Lightning to its second state tournament in program history in his only year on the bench.