Hockey

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Sobotka scored from close range at 2:16 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. St. Louis is 5-1, its best start since winning seven of its first eight in 1997-98. Minnesota’s Dany Heatley forced...

DETROIT (AP) — Henrik Zetterberg snapped a tie midway through the second period, and Todd Bertuzzi scored his second goal of the game early in the third to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Pavel Datsyuk, who assisted on Zetterberg’s...

WILLMAR — The Alexandria girls hockey team bolted to a 3-1 lead after one period and went on to defeat their Central Lakes rival 5-2 on Thursday at the Willmar Civic Center. Anna Carlsen scored two of the early markers and added an assist in the third period on a goal by Becca Illies...

The Green Lake Pond Hockey Championships begins its two-day run at Spicer starting at 9:45 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. Eight teams and 61 players are signed up. Temperatures are forecast mild.

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’...

Results Thursday Non-Conference New Ulm 3, LDC 1 The Dragons were handed their fourth straight loss after getting just one goal, a Sarah Kivisto score on passes from Bobbie Jo Benda and Ali McGraw late in the first period. Brook Schugel netted all three goals for New Ulm. Litchfield/DC...

ST. CLOUD — A power-play goal late in the third period lifted St. Cloud Tech past River Lakes 2-1 Tuesday in a Central Lakes Conference game. One goal was scored in each period with the Tigers scoring late in the first period and River Lakes tying the game at 1-1 when Jake Herges...

Detroit Lakes 8, MBA 0 Detroit Lakes outshot Morris/Benson Area 52-13 in the Lakers’ 8-0 blowout of the Storm Tuesday. Shianne Wold made 44 saves for MBA. MBA (4-16) 0 0 0 — 0 Detroit Lakes (4-18) 2 5 1 — 8 FIRST PERIOD – D: Emily Payne 11:22, D: Callie Johnson...

The Section 6A Boys Hockey weekly report lists Jared Christen of St. Cloud Apollo as the top scorer with 29 goals, 27 assists, 56 points through Monday. Next is Tanner Picht (32-22-54) of Morris/Benson and then Willmar's Hunter Schneider (24-24-48). Also in the top ten are the Storms'...

SAUK RAPIDS — The Willmar Cardinals ran into another hot goalie falling to Sauk Rapids on Thursday in Central Lakes Conference boys hockey 4-0. The Cards outshot the Storm by 10 shots, 34 to 24. Will Mortenson got the shutout. The Cards showed an 11 to 8 edge in shots the first...

This Saturday and Sunday is the Green Lake Pond Hockey Championships. The condensed rink with low boards is just off the public access in downtown Spicer. Like last year, eight teams are signed up. Volunteers to help with timekeeping and officiating are welcome. Contact Jon Olson...