Girls Hockey: Willmar blanked by Icebreakers
WILLMAR -- Four goals in the first period was more than enough for the St. Cloud Icebreakers Tuesday as they went on to blank Willmar 7-0 in a Central Lakes Conference girls hockey game.
The Icebreakers (4-3-1, 8-6-3) netted two goals in a span of 22 seconds early in the first period and added two more goals midway through the period to take control.
St. Cloud outshot Willmar 20-8 in the opening period and 9-3 in the second period. St. Cloud scored twice in the second period and 26 seconds into the third period.
The Cardinals (1-8, 4-13) were 0-for-2 on powerplay opportunities.
Icebreakers 7, Willmar 0
SC Icebreakers (4-3-1, 8-6-3).4 2 1--7
Willmar (1-8, 4-13) 0 0 0--0
FIRST PERIOD - SCI: Mary Spethmann (unassisted) 2:06 ... SCI: Lindsey Johnson (Emily Reugemer) 2:28 ... SCI: Johnson (Julia Stiegel) 8:55 ... SCI: Michelle Bunnell (Kelsey Lucia, Lizzy Sloan) 10:46
SECOND PERIOD - SCI: Betsy Jolkovsky (Sloan) 11:15 ... SCI: Bunnell (unassisted) 15:36
THIRD PERIOD - SCI: Stiegel (Reugemer, Johnson) :26
GOALIE SAVES - St. Cloud Icebreakers: Jenna Traut 8-3-8-19 ... Willmar: Amanda Croonquist 16-5-*-21, Baily Young *-2-8-10
River Lakes 4, Sartell/Sauk Rapids 0
Tracy Skluzacek recorded her third shutout of the season, stopping 23 shots, to lift the Stars (5-3-1, 10-5-2).
Courtney Schirmers scored two goals and assisted on another for River Lakes. Jenn Paul and Megan Bergeson also scored.
Sartell/SR (3-4, 7-7-2) 0 0 0 -- 0
River Lakes (5-3-1, 10-5-2) 0 1 3 -- 4
FIRST PERIOD - No scoring
SECOND PERIOD - RL: Jenn Paul (Courtney Schirmers, Katie Alexander), 11:33
THIRD PERIOD - RL: Schirmers (Paul), :42 ... RL: Megan Bergeson (Alexander, Rachael Prozinski), 3:41 ... RL: Schirmers (Paul, Kelsey Athmann), 8:40
GOALIE SAVES - Sartell/Sauk Rapids: Shelby Gunderson 13-9-7-29 ... River Lakes: Tracy Skluzacek 8-7-8-23
Non-Conference
MBA 6, LDC 0
Sam Falk and Dani Staples scored two goals each and Dani Schultz had a goal and three assists for the Storm (10-4).
Erin Wegner had 41 saves for the Dragons (2-11), who suffered their seventh straight shutout loss.
LDC (2-11) 0 0 0 -- 0
MBA (10-4) 4 1 1 -- 6
FIRST PERIOD - MBA: Dani Schultz (Brooke Anderson, Monica Lindblad), 10:00 ... MBA: Dani Staples (unassisted), 11:11 ... MBA: Sam Falk (Schultz), sh, 13:36 ... MBA: Falk (Schultz, Anderson), 16:46
SECOND PERIOD - MBA: Sara Rajewsky (unassisted), pp, 7:22
THIRD PERIOD - MBA: Staples (Schultz), pp, 8:26
GOALIE SAVES - Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Erin Wegner 11-16-14-41 ... Morris/Benson Area: Brooke Falk 6-6-6-18
