Boys hockey: Schneider’s overtime goal tips Marshall
MARSHALL — The Willmar Cardinals rebounded from a two touchdown loss at Alexandria on Thursday with a 3-2 extra-period decision over the Marshall Tigers on Saturday at Lyons County Ice Arena in Marshall.
Hunter Schneider’s second goal of the game 2:38 into overtime ended the non-conference contest. Buzzy Tollefson assisted.
Willmar goalie Joey Benson stopped both shots he faced in overtime to finish with 16 saves. The Cards (4-3-1) put 20 salvos on the Tigers’ netminder Adam Cavazos.
Marshall (4-3) led 1-0 after one period but Schneider’s solo effort tied it 1-1 through two.
Zech Streed put Willmar up for the first time 2-1 with Schneider and Preston Peterson cooperating on the marker with 3:16 gone in the third.
But the Tigers would send it into sudden death on Quinn Horvath’s unassisted goal at 13:44.
Willmar tries for its first Central Lakes win on Thursday at St. Cloud Apollo.
Willmar 3, Marshall 2
Willmar (4-3-1) 0 1 1 1 — 3
Marshall (4-3) 1 0 1 0 — 2
FIRST PERIOD – Mar: Levi Hedman (Alex Buysse, Andrew Bell) 9:04, pp
SECOND PERIOD – Wil: Hunter Schneider 7:32
THIRD PERIOD – Wil: Zech Streed (Schneider, Preston Peterson) 3:16 … Mar: Quinn Horvath 13:44
OVERTIME – Wil: Schneider (Buzzy Tollefson) 2:38
GOALIE SAVES – Willmar: Joey Benson 4-4-6-2-16 … Marshall: Adam Cavazos 7-4-6-0-17
Southwest Conference
Luverne 7, Morris/Benson 0
Austin Maxwee and Toby Sengvongzay scored in the game’s first five minutes to start the Luverne landslide. The Cardinals (3-1, 5-1) outshot the Storm at Blue Mound Ice Arena 32-20.
The Storm (0-2, 2-4) saw their two-game win streak halted. They don’t play again until Dec. 26 at the River Lakes Invitational.
MBA (0-2, 2-4) 0 0 0 — 0
Luverne (3-1, 5-1) 2 4 1 — 7
FIRST PERIOD – Luv: Austin Maxwell (Chaz Smedsrud, Logan Norman) 3:52 … Luv: Toby Sengvongzay 4:22 pp
SECOND PERIOD – Luv: Andrew Verhay (Sengvongxay, Kendall Meyer) 1:30 … Luv: Skyler Wenninger (Sengvongxay, Maxwell) 6:32, pp … Luv: Smedsrud (Wenninger, Sengvongxay) 13:19 … Luv: Verhey (Gunner Olson, Logan Norman) 14:11
THIRD PERIOD – Luv: Wenninger (Jonny Solma) :59
GOALIE SAVES – Morris/Benson Area: Kyle Kennedy 25 … Luverne: Kendall Meyer 20
