Boys hockey: Gimberlin, Beyer help guide Storm to OT win

MORRIS — Brody Gimberlin scored 17 seconds into overtime to lift Morris/Benson Area over Northern Lakes 6-5 Thursday in a non-conference game.
Mac Beyer had a hat trick and Tanner Picht scored twice for the Storm (10-7).
The Storm led 5-4 in the third period until Northern Lakes’ Aspen Florey put one in at 12:21 to tie it up and force overtime.
Kyle Kennedy had 23 saves in the net for MBA.
Morris/Benson Area 6, Northern Lakes 5
Northern Lakes (7-10) 2 1 2 0 — 5
MBA (10-7) 2 1 2 1 — 6
FIRST PERIOD – M: Tanner Picht (Brody Gimberlin) 3:28, N: Ben Moe (Kegan Couture) 3:53, N: Couture (Moe) 5:57, M: Mac Beyer (Picht) 9:27
SECOND PERIOD – N: Jake Hyytinen (Nick Blanchette) 2:34, M: Picht (Gimberlin, Jordan Staples) 16:58
THIRD PERIOD – N: Couture 2:33, M: Beyer (Eric Johnson) 4:51, M: Beyer (Gimberlin, Staples) 8:46, N: Aspen Florey (Alex Galligan, Couture) 12:21
OVERTIME – M: Gimberlin (Picht, Staples) 0:17
GOALIE SAVES – NL: Mitch Stangel 27 … MBA: Kyle Kennedy 23
New Ulm 4, LDC 2
Reid Nelson and Aaron Haataja scored third-period goals for Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, but it wasn’t enough to erase an early deficit as the Dragons fell to New Ulm 4-2.
LDC goalie Braeden Wahl made 31 saves.
New Ulm (9-10-1) 1 1 2 — 4
Litchfield/DC (7-10) 0 0 2 — 2
FIRST PERIOD – N: Judd Davis (Wyatt Peterson) 9:31
SECOND PERIOD – N: Jon Kopacek (Alex Stark) 4:00
THIRD PERIOD – N: Blake Neumann (Peterson) 3:38, L: Reid Nelson (Eddie Estrada) 5:37, L: Aaron Haataja 8:25, N: Davis (Lucas Heiderscheidt) 9:46
GOALIE SAVES – NU: Brach Kraus 46 … LDC: Braeden Wahl 31
Central Lakes
St. Cloud Apollo 2, River Lakes 0
Jordan Keller and Dallas Haugen scored for St. Cloud Apollo in the Eagles’ 2-0 shutout of River Lakes.
River Lakes (4-8, 8-12) 0 0 0 — 0
SC Apollo (6-3, 11-9) 0 1 1 — 2
SECOND PERIOD – S: Jordan Keller (Brandon Bloch) 5:43
THIRD PERIOD – S: Dallas Haugen (Brandon Bissett) 15:46
GOALIE SAVES – RL: Chris Skluzacek 34 … SCA: Nick Althaus 26