The girls' hockey team from Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria is headed to this week's state tournament for the first time ever.
While that's happening, one of their coaches continues to recover from a critical brain injury.
Jason Jensen fell and hit his head on the ice during practice earlier this month.
He was not wearing a helmet at the time.
"Jason's doing better," said Holy Family girl hockey coach Randy Koeppel while appearing on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar.
"He's got a long, long road ahead of him, still. The prayers and the support are still very, very much needed."
Koeppel says Jensen's wife Kelly has been instrumental in counseling the girls and keeping them in the proper mindset as they head toward the tourney.
"She's making sure that they're all in the right place, head space," Koeppel said. "You know, that, hey, this is what we want for you guys, and we want you guys clear-headed and playing the game."
Kelly Jensen was in the Holy Family locker room on Friday night, right up until the players skated onto the Braemar Arena ice to take on top-ranked Minnetonka in the section two finals.
The Skippers went into the game having beaten the Fire in the sections four years in a row.
Not this time.
Holy Family took Minnetonka into overtime, and won it 2-1 on a goal by Maielle Schugel just 1:13 into the extra session.
They take on Moorhead on Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul in the Class AA quarterfinals.
Practice continues as long as the Fire remain alive in the state tournament.
Since Jason Jensen's freak accident, Holy family coaches and other teams he works for have been wearing helmets during practice.