PAYNESVILLE -- Josh Mead collected a hat trick and Ben Leitch picked up his first varsity win in net as Willmar avenged an earlier loss to Marshall by upending the Tigers 6-2 in the first round of the River Lakes Invitational Thursday.
The win also snapped a seven-game losing streak for Willmar, which will face River Lakes today at 8 p.m. in the second round.
Mead netted a goal in each period as the Cardinals (2-7) got the better of Marshall this time around after falling 4-2 last Friday in Willmar.
No other details were provided to the Tribune at press time.
Granite City Classic Bismarck 5, Litchfield/DC 3
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The Dragons jumped out on Zac Johnson's goal at 4:46 of the first period, but Century scored four times in the second period to assume the upper hand.
Johnson scored his second-power-play goal in the second period to make ti 3-2.
Alex Sundin scored in the third period for Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato.
Litchfield/DC 1 1 1 -- 3
Bismarck Century 0 4 1 -- 5
FIRST PERIOD - LDC: Zac Johnson (Jon Barrick, Alex Sundin) 4:46, power play
SECOND PERIOD - BC: Logan Rauhauser (Matt Menge) 4:34 ... BC: Jordan Hoerner (Dan Kovar) 10:01, pp .... BC: Dave Gendreau (Joey Paulus, Taylor Isakson) 10:49, pp ... LDC: Johnson (Sundin, Barrick) 13:47, pp ... BC: Matt Menge (Dan Rothberg) `16:36
THIRD PERIOD - BC: Kovar (Mike Knutson) 15:50 ... LDC: Sundin (unassisted) 18:59
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GOALIE SAVES - Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato: Lucas Johnson 11-10-12-33 ... Bismarck Century: Ryan Kiser 7-9-8-24
