The last meeting between Edina and Wayzata was an uneasy matchup for the Hornets after being shutout in the first two periods by Trojans sophomore goaltender Stephanie Garvis.

Edina went on to win scoring three goals in the final period, but clearly had a vendetta in Tuesday’s rematch with Wayzata as the Hornets blanked the Trojans 6-0 on the road at the Plymouth Ice Center.

Ranked the top team in the Class 2A coaches’ poll, the Hornets (20-0-1, 7-0) notched their 20th win of the season to remain unbeaten and clinch the Lake Conference title for the first time since 2011.

Lolita Fidler, Edina’s leading scorer, tallied a goal and three assists and was a catalyst in the opening period, assisting on two of the Hornets' three goals in the first frame.

“We moved the puck well, finished the game strong and didn’t give out many opportunities to the other team,” Fidler said.

Edina has made coach Sami Reber’s first year a seamless transition after a year stint as assistant coach at the University of Minnesota - Duluth. 

“Sami’s an awesome coach. It’s nice she’s so young because we get to experience having her as a friend and also a coach of the team,” Fidler said.

Reber, a member of the Hornets’ first state tournament team that made three consecutive appearances from 2009-2011, remembers skating at youth practices with some of the girls, but ultimately began to bond after trying to recruit many of them to the Bulldogs last year.

UMD didn’t quite have the reach to acquire Fidler, who signed to Harvard, Reber’s alma mater. 

“Lolli’s obviously an incredible player and I had a feeling she was going to go out East. She was kind of a further reach for us but to help her kind of make her dream come true and commit to Harvard was an honor for me,” Reber said.

The Hornets have four other Division I prospects on a stacked roster that’s depth has been unmatched this season.

The stats speak for themselves: 38.8 conversion rate on the power play, 4.67 goal per game versus just 1.0 goals allowed while playing a loaded schedule of the state’s top competition. 

But watching the Hornets play is the greater spectacle as the team spreads the ice and moves the puck with surefire speed.

After a 45-9 onslaught of shots against the No. 15-2A Trojans (8-13, 1-5), perfection is what’s kept Edina humbled with its only blemish of the season being a 3-3 overtime tie against No. 2-1A Breck on Dec. 28.

“We have 19 players on this team who can play in any situation of any game,” Reber said. They also come together as a team and want to play for each other and I think that goes beyond any amount of talent we have.”

The Hornets’ senior captain in net, Anna Goldstein, didn’t register a shutout through the first half of the season, but has been between the pipes for four of Edina’s five shutouts in January. The Hornets have given up only three goals in their past eight games.

“We’ve really sharpened up our defense. We’ve been skating a lot more and have a lot more energy and on the incline,” Goldstein said.

Reber, who was senior captain for Edina in 2011, led her team to the state championship game and helped establish a new tradition of excellence this year's group has continued.

“(Edina’s) such a tight knit community and hockey’s such a big part of it,” Reber said. “Being an alumni coming back, you feel closer to the girls -- because you know what they’re going through. To know we have this bond between us is really special.”

Lolita Fidler found the net and distributed three assists to help Edina roll to a 6-0 demolition of Lake Conference foe Wayzata Tuesday night at Plymouth Ice Center.

The Hornets, ranked the top team in the Class 2A coaches’ poll, notched their 20th win of the season in dominant fashion, outshooting the No. 15-2A Trojans 45-9.

Emily Oden, Olivia Kilberg and Sophie Slattery all scored in the first period to put the game out of reach early for Edina (20-0-1, 7-0). Grace Bowlby, Anna Klein and Fidler iced the game with goals in the final two periods.

Stephanie Garvis, in net for Wayzata (8-13, 1-5), stopped 39 shots. The Hornets’ netminder Anna Golstein made 9 saves for the shutout.