Boys Hockey: Willmar blanks Shanley finishes tournament 3-0

PAYNESVILLE -- The Willmar boys hockey team shutout Fargo Shanley 2-0 Saturday to capture the River Lakes Invitational title.

The Cardinals (4-7) scored both goals in the first period, then rode the lead to the victory.

Rolin Magnuson put Willmar on the board with an unassisted goal at the 9:24 mark, then Joel Schendel padded the lead, scoring at 12:48 with assists going to Josh Mead and Paul Schrupp.

"It was just a good game," said Willmar coach Dan Tollefson. "We controlled the puck."

Ben Leitch turned in a second outstanding performance Saturday, recorded 24 saves for his second consecutive shutout.

Willmar 2, Fargo Shanley 0

Fargo Shanley 0 0 0 -- 0

Willmar (4-7) 2 0 0 -- 2

FIRST PERIOD - Wil: Rolin Magnuson (unassisted) 9:24 ... Wil: Joel Schendel (Josh Mead, Paul Schrupp) 12:48

SECOND PERIOD - No scoring

THIRD PERIOD - No scoring

GOALIE SAVES - Fargo Shanley: not available ... Willmar: Ben Leitch 24

Prairie Centre 4, River Lakes 2

Ryan Peterson gave the Stars a 1-0 lead in the first period, but Prairie Centre recorded the next three goals.

Brad Wochnick recorded a goal in the third period to finish the River Lakes scoring.

Stars' goalie Spencer Theis had 37 saves.

Prairie Centre 1 1 2 -- 4

River Lakes 1 0 1 -- 2

FIRST PERIOD - RL: Ryan Peterson (Brett Savelkoul) :45 ... PC: Austin Plaine (Dylan Cadwallader, Travis Moller) 1:20

SECOND PERIOD - PC: Plaine (Matt Holt, Nick Clapp) 4:05

THIRD PERIOD - PC: Robert Breitbach (Cadwallader, Moller) 5:52 ... RL: Brad Wochnick (Jacob Blattner) 7:40 ... PC: Colby Deters (Cadwallader, J.P. Halfen) 16:42

GOALIE SAVES - Prairie Centre: Aaron Olson 20 ... River Lakes: Spencer Theis 37

Late Friday

Willmar 2, River Lakes 0

Jordan Benson and Matt Kroneberger scored for Willmar and Ben Leitch got the shutout in goal as Willmar won their second straight after a seven-game fade.

Willmar outshot the Stars 28-15 in the game that will count in the Central Lakes Conference standings.

Willmar (3-7) 0 2 0 -- 2

River Lakes (2-8) 0 0 0 -- 0

FIRST PERIOD - no scoring

SECOND PERIOD - Wil: Jordan Benson (Paul Schrupp) 3:42 .... Wil: Matt Kroenberger (Jay Bredberg, Josh Mead) 12:11

THIRD PERIOD - no scoring

GOALIE SAVES - Willmar: Ben Leitch 15 ... River Lakes: Spencer Theis 26

Seventh place

Sartell 5, Litchfield/DC 4

LDC rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the second period with two straight goals.

Nate Adams tallied his third goal in the second at the 10:57 mark and Alex Sundlin scored on an unassisted powerplay goal for the final score.

LDC goalie Lucas Johnson had 33 saves.

LDC (3-6-1) 2 2 0 -- 4

Sartell (3-7-0) 4 1 0 -- 5

FIRST PERIOD - Sar: Nick Zierdan (Ryan Koll, Matt Nahan), 1:15 ... LDC: Nate Adams (Cody Hanson) 2:55 ... Sar: M.Nahan (Ryan Nahan, Will Jensen) 5:52 ... Sar: Tanner Schraw (Trent Thompson, Zierdan) 7:22 ... Sar: M.Nahan (Dustyn Rasmussen) ... LDC: Adams (Taylor Berry) pp, 17:18

SECOND PERIOD - Sar: Spencer Malley (Joshua Birkland, Thompson) 1:58 ... LDC: Adams (Mark Koivisto, Hanson) 10:57 ... LDC: Alex Sundlin (unassisted) pp, 19:12

THIRD PERIOD - No scoring

GOALIE SAVES - Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Lucas Johnson 13-14-6-33 ... Sartell: Taylor Nelson 3-9-11-23