WILLMAR -- When you are a new program and you don't shy from challenging established programs, there will be nights like this.
Redwood Valley proved unable to skate with the Willmar Cardinals Wednesday and absorbed a 13-2 kicking in the first round of the Willmar Boys Holiday Hockey Tournament.
This is the second varsity season for the Redwood Valley program, which is still looking for its first win, though it managed two ties last winter. They held Willmar to four goals a year ago when the same four teams played at Paynesville.
Joel Jonsson, the Swedish skater here for the school year, set the pace by scoring twice in the first minute. He would finish with four goals, giving him seven for the season.
Josh Aslesen supplied a goal and four assists.
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The scorer's table had Willmar with 61 shots to nine for the visiting Cardinals, whose goals came from Cole Smith and Trevor Palusky.
Willmar 13, Redwood Valley 2
Redwood Valley (0-7) 0 1 1 -- 2
Willmar (3-4) 4 5 4 -- 13
FIRST PERIOD - Wil: Joel Jonsson (unassisted) :20 ... Wil: Jonsson (Richie Norris, Zach Vlaminck) :52 ... Wil: Mitch Schneider (Josh Aslesen, Matt Kroneberger) 16:21, pp ... Wil: Andy Boersma (Aslesen, Kroneberger) 16:58
SECOND PERIOD - Wil: Jonsson (unassisted) :59 ... Wil: Griffin Leitch (Richie Norris, Eric Bangen) 1:12 ... Wil: Aslesen (unassisted) 4:16 ... Wil: Raulin Magnuson (Aslesen, Jonsson) 4:29 ... Wil: Magnnuson (Jonsson, Aslesen) 9:36 ... RV: Cole Smith (Dugan Wright) 13:13
THIRD PERIOD - RV: Trevor Palusky (Smith) 1:04 Wil: Griffin Leitch (Bangen, Vlaminck) 7:23 ... Wil: Jonsson (unassisted) 11:44 ... Wil: Rory Schneider (M. Schneider) 12:27 ... Wil: R. Schneider (M. Schneider) 12:47 ...
Goalie saves - Redwood Valley: Ian Larson 17-2-*-19; Matt Hanson *-22-7-29; Willmar: Kevin Maxfield 2-1-4-7
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Prairie Centre 5, River Lakes 2
River Lakes hadn't won in a month, since beating these same North Stars 4-3 in the season opener. It didn't happen Wednesday as Prairie Centre won the 'Battle of the Stars'.
Blake Williamson scored the only goal in the first period to put the River Lakes Stars up 1-0, but Prairie Centre rattled off four straight in the second period to take command of the game.
Prairie Centre (3-6) 0 4 2 -- 6
River Lakes (1-7) 1 1 1 -- 3
FIRST PERIOD - RL: Blake Williamson (Luke Campbell) 10:34
SECOND PERIOD - PC: Colby Deters (Larson Davick, Dylan Cadwallader) 3:15 ... PC: Cadwallader (Austin Plaine) sh, 12:44 ... PC: Davick (Pat Johnson) 14:01 ... PC: Davick (unassisted) pp, 15:27 ... RL: Steven Terry (Brett Savelkoul)
THIRD PERIOD - PC: Travis Moller (Tyler Burns) 3:03 ... RL: Alex Naujokas (Savelkoul) sh, 9:43 ... PC: Chris Henry (Moller) 13:41
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Goalie saves - Prairie Centre: Marcus Tomsche 2-10-3-15; River Lakes: Brian Skluzacek 8-13-11-32
Granite City Invite
Rogers/Zimmerman 4, Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato 1
(At St. Cloud) -- After a scoreless first period, Rogers/Zimmerman (9-1) took advantage of two LDC (2-3) penalties to take a 2-0 lead.
Bryce Benda cut the lead in half with an unassisted goal for LDC.
LDC goalie Lucas Johnson recorded 36 saves.
LDC will face Sauk Rapids, which lost to St. Cloud Tech 4-2, at 11 a.m. today.
Litchfield/DC (2-3) 0 1 0 -- 1
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Rogers/Zimmerman (9-1) 0 2 2 -- 4
FIRST PERIOD - no scoring
SECOND PERIOD - RZ: Paul Waddick (unassisted) pp, 6:45 ... RZ: Nick Jensen (unassisted) pp, 13:34 ... LDC: Bryce Benda (unassisted) 16:56
THIRD PERIOD - RZ: Alex Longren (Jack Hennes, Joel Scattarelli) 3:41 ... RZ: Jamie Carlson (Josh Vasseur, Kevin Bergquist) 13:43
Goalie saves - Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Lucas Johnson 12-10-14-36; Rogers/Zimmerman: Eric Kupka 7-8-5-20
