Minnetonka junior forward Grace Sadura tallied her second goal of Thursday’s Class 2A quarterfinal game against Burnsville and brought teammates Kendra Distad, Lauren Karl, Senja Leeper and Ava Lindsay together for the celebration.

They posed for a moment as Sadura held up her hockey stick at an angle as if a camera were attached to the taped blade.

Third seed Minnetonka’s performance could have been framed. The Skippers started their 9-0 victory in Xcel Energy Center by dominating the first period, outscoring the Blaze 2-0 while allowing zero shots on goal.

“Our goal was to have a hot start, and I thought that really set the tone for our team,” coach Tracy Cassano said.

For Burnsville (22-6-1), the inability to find its footing owed to nerves early on and pressure from Minnetonka throughout.

“We weren’t down or anything when we came back into the locker room,” Blaze assistant coach Bob Sherry said. “We just said, ‘Let’s throw some pucks on net and see what happens.’ Today, we ran into a very good Minnetonka team.”

Sadura’s second goal of the game gave Minnetonka a 3-0 advantage in the second period. She later completed the hat trick.

As for that goal celebration, or celly, as hockey types call it, Sadura said: “All week at practice we said, ‘This is going to be our celly if we score.’ We did it probably 10 times. Coach probably got a little tired of it.”

Cassano said: “Actually, I loved it. Our team prides itself on good cellies.”