Minnetonka’s Layla Hemp, selected as the Star Tribune’s All-Minnesota Player of the Year in girls hockey, is accustomed to unique situations.

One of five Hemp siblings who grew up playing hockey, Layla gravitated to the goaltender position.

“I was always the crazy child who loved to be different,” said Hemp, who improved by facing shots from older sisters Peyton and Josie, both former first-team Star Tribune All-Metro selections.

Hemp also played goalie for a boys hockey team as a mite in Andover.

At Minnetonka, being a goalie means carrying on a proud tradition of netminders that includes Julie Friend, Brynn DuLac, Hannah Ehresmann, Sydney Rossman and Sophia Johnson, who was a senior when Hemp was a freshman.

Excellence is the name of the game, and for Hemp, that meant guarding the net for the Skippers, ranked throughout the season as the No. 1 team in the Minnesota Top 25, the Star Tribune’s statewide, class-crossing ranking.

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