Steve Carroll remembers the silence of bus rides to Edina boys hockey road games. Players were locked in, focused solely on ...

Sorrow swept through the city of Edina last week with the passing of legendary high school hockey coach Willard Ikola.

Legendary head coach Willard Ikola grew up playing for one high school hockey powerhouse then helped establish another. A ...

Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola — who won three state high school titles as a player with Eveleth, then coached Edina ...

Edina's Libby Moe dives as she shoots the puck on Minnetonka goaltender Layla Hemp in the first period at Braemar Ice Arena. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The Edina community is mourning the loss of a legend in Minnesota high school hockey. The school announced on Tuesday that ...

Former Eveleth High School state champion, Olympic silver medalist and eight-time Minnesota state high school championship ...

Ikola coached the team for a total of 33 years, leading the Hornets to 19 state tournament appearances from which they took ...

“As a player, being from Edina, you always wanted to ... behind the bench and knew he was helping these high school kids go on to play college hockey and get in the NHL and win Stanley Cups ...

Legendary Edina HS hockey coach Willard Ikola died at the age of 92. Ikola is one of the most successful high school hockey coaches of all time, with 616 career wins and eight state titles.