SARTELL -- In a well-played game, Sartell bumped off Willmar 4-2 in Central Lakes Conference boys hockey on Tuesday.
Sartell scored two powerplay goals in the second period around an unassisted goal by Rory Schneider to take a 2-1 lead starting the third period.
Tanner Schraw and Matt Husmann scored 1:23 apart starting at the 6:47 mark for a 4-1 lead for the Sabres.
"We kept it close, then they scored those two goals, boom-boom," said Willmar coach Dan Tollefson. "We kept fighting. We played well and it was really a good game against a good team."
Schneider tallied again with 1:23 left in the game.
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Ben Leitch stopped 22 shots for Willmar (1-4, 4-6). Brent Orndorff had 19 saves for Sartell (3-4, 5-5), which had eight quality chances to Willmar's three.
Willmar will host St. Cloud Tech on Friday.
Sartell 4, Willmar 2
Willmar (1-4, 4-6)...........0 1 1 -- 1
Sartell (3-4, 5-5).............0 2 2 -- 4
FIRST PERIOD - No scoring
SECOND PERIOD - Sar: Dustyn Rasmussen (Andrew Deters), pp, :46 ... Wil: Rory Schneider (unassisted) 5:42 ... Sar: Matt Nahan (Matt Husmann), pp,16:08
THIRD PERIOD - Sar: Tanner Schraw (Rasmussen), 6:47 ... Sar: Husmann (Nicholas Zierden, Andy Worzala), 8:10 ... Wil: Schneider (unassisted) 16:37
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GOALIE SAVES - Willmar: Ben Leitch 7-10-5-19 ... Sartell: Brent Orndorff 7-10-5-22
Sauk Rapids 8, River Lakes 1
River Lakes (3-2, 5-5)....1 0 0 -- 1
Sauk Rapids (4-2, 5-5)...2 1 5 -- 8
FIRST PERIOD - SR: Nik Wundelman (unassisted), 3:52 ... SR: Ethan Prow (unassisted), 10:36 ...RL: Jesse Caldwell (unassisted), 10:45
SECOND PERIOD - SR: Mike Rutar (Porw, Andy Henkemeyer), pp, 6:03
THIRD PERIOD - SR: Henkemeyer (Dallas Weston, Prow), sh, :09 ... SR: Rutar (unassisted), sh, 0:31 ... SR: Tyler Thelen (Henkemeyer), 3:38 ... SR: Wurdelman (Erik Peckskamp), 5:00 ... SR: Peckskamp (Rutar, Weston), pp, 12:30
GOALIE SAVES - River Lakes: Tyler Sieben 18 ... Sauk Rapids: Beau Jacobson 22
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Non-Conference
Redwood Valley 5, Morris/Benson Area 4
Redwood Valley ............1 3 1 -- 5
Morris/Benson Area .....2 1 1 -- 4
FIRST PERIOD - MBA: Tyler Hansen (Peter Lindblad, Andreas Siggelin), 13:16 .. RV: John Welch (Brett Amberg), pp, 15;19 .. MBA: Ethan Ratcliff-Crain (Tyler Hansen), 16:19
SECOND PERIOD - RV: Eric Hanson (Erick Miller), :55 .. RV: Miller (Hanson, Mike Speilmann), 5:33 ... MBA: Peter Lindblad (unassisted) 5:51 ... RV: Miller (Hanson), pp, 7:21
THIRD PERIOD - MBA: Juho Luktakanta (Siggelin), 6:13 ... RV: Hanson (Hampus Pettersson, Spielmann), pp, 8:05
GOALIE SAVES - Redwood Valley: John Rebstock 12 ... Morris/Benson Area: Will Johnson 21
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Wright County
Orono 7, Litchfield/DC 1
LDC (0-1, 3-6)...............1 0 0 -- 1
Orono............................1 4 2 -- 7
FIRST PERIOD - LDC: Nate Adams (Jeff Janckila), 9:53 ... Oro: Chris Hanson (Ross Luedtke, Tyler Heatken), 11:49
SECOND PERIOD - Oro: Hanson (Luedtke), 3:08 ... Oro: Brett Skoog (Ben Persian, Miles Knutsen), 4:30, pp ... Oro: Hanson (unassisted), 5:05 ... Oro: Ted Ylitalo (Persian), 14:19, sh
THIRD PERIOD - Oro: Ed McGinty (Hanson, Skoog), 3:10, pp ... Oro: Persian (McGinty, Knutsen), 8:19
GOALIE SAVES - Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Bryce Johnson 8-12-10-30 ... Orono: John Gabos 8-3-3-14
