Andrew Bjorklund takes an old-school approach to hockey, which is to say there is nothing fancy about his game.

Or, for that matter, in the succinct manner in which he describes his playing style.

“I just like to play the game and go hard,” the Mounds View senior forward said after scoring three goals in the Mustangs’ 4-1 victory over North St. Paul in the regular season finale on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Shoreview Ice Arena.

If any player was going to register a hat trick in a game in which both teams agreed to trade in their modern, composite sticks for retro-styled wooden versions, it had to be Bjorklund, who Mounds View coach Rick Thomas describes as something of a throwback.

“There’s just something about him,” Thomas said. “The way he carries himself, he reminds me of an old-school hockey player. He tries to make himself look rugged and things like that.

“He loves the game of hockey.”