Apple Valley’s season ended on Wednesday night, and Eagles’ coach Don Erdall called it “the most bizarre and amazing thing” he has ever seen at a hockey rink.

Apple Valley junior goaltender Taylor DeForrest recorded 111 saves as fifth-seeded Apple Valley fell 3-2 in six overtimes to East Ridge in the Class 2A, Section 3 quarterfinals in Woodbury

After the game DeForrest couldn’t believe her final save tally.

“I went into complete shock,” DeForrest said Thursday. “I didn’t think it was going to be that high, and I didn’t know I could pull that off.”

Forward Anya Hafiz scored the game-winner for fourth-seeded East Ridge on a rebound in the sixth overtime. DeForrest’s total falls just seven short of the single-game record of 118 stops — in regulation — set by Worthington’s Taylor Baumhoefner in a game against New Ulm in 2007, according to the Minnesota State High School League website.

“What Taylor did last night, it’ll never be duplicated,” Erdall said. “I don’t know the records; I don’t know the numbers. But you don’t turn aside 111 shots in a four-hour span. You don’t ever see that.”

DeForrest’s save total was announced as 112 in the arena, but the official game summary kept by East Ridge credited her with stopping 111 of 114 shots. Regardless, it’s impressive. East Ridge outshot Apple Valley 26-4 in the first period, but heading into the locker room the score was 0-0.

“She’ll never have that opportunity to do what she did again, and to her credit, when she saw the opportunity to stand on her head and put the team on her back, she did,” Erdall said. “She was going to do absolutely everything she could to give our team the best chance, and that’s what she did.”

Erdall said there were many times before Hafiz’s winner that he thought the game was over, but DeForrest, and East Ridge sophomore goalie Chloe Heiting — who made 38 saves — wouldn’t let the puck go into the net.

“The adrenaline rush is like what kept me in the game,” DeForrest said. “It was just knowing I was making the team proud every time I make a stop, that’s what kept me going.”

The game’s duration was 121 minutes and 58 seconds — a little more than it takes to play two regulation hockey games.

“It flew by in real time, I’ll tell you that,” Erdall said. “But if I were to look at the tape now, it’d seem like an eternity.”

Erdall said he hopes the performance serves as a stepping stone for DeForrest, who, he said, has shown flashes of that kind of play before. “It was pure desire,” he said. “High school goaltenders make mistakes, and last night she played mistake-free hockey.”

After the game Erdall said, his players were devastated their season was over. But he told them they had to hold their heads high.

“For the majority of overtime we had 10 skaters,” Erdall said. “I told them, ‘You did everything physically, mentally and emotionally that you could.’ ”

And when his head hit the pillow last night, Erdall said he slept “like a baby.” Apple Valley, which featured just one senior, returns plenty of talent next season.

“So to make a mark like that and have a blueprint for the future gives us a lot of hope and a sense of accomplishment,” Erdall said.

Fourth-seeded East Ridge advances to play top-seeded Eastview on Saturday in the section semifinals.

OTHER OVERTIME GAMES

Apple Valley-East Ridge highlighted a crazy opening night of section play on Wednesday. Other overtime action included Hastings beating Burnsville 3-2 in four overtimes in another Class 2A, Section 3 quarterfinal when Kiki Radke, a Bemidji State commit, scored the winner. Lakeville North battled back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Rochester John Marshall 4-3 in two overtimes when Morgan Manes netted the game-winner in Class 2A, Section 1 quarterfinal action.