WILLMAR -- The Willmar Cardinals stayed with Fergus Falls for two periods before the Otters took over the girls hockey game in third period to claim a 7-3 Central Lakes Conference win Friday at the Civic Center arena.
Second-period goals by Erin Sheehan and Chelsey Beilhartz tied the game 3-3 heading to the third period.
The deadlock remained until Cristina Masten's second goal of the night open the floodgate at 5:05.
Willmar goalie Abigail Schueller was under heavy pressure all night and finished with 38 stops. Jeni Grugel had 15 saves at the opposite end.
Chelsey Wierschem, assisted by Taylor Sandberg and Ali Sing, put Willmar up 1-0 at 6:23 of the first, a lead that lasted eight seconds before the Otters answered on the first of two goals by Erika Magnuson.
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Willmar hosts the St. Cloud Icebreakers on Tuesday in a Central Lakes Conference game.
Fergus Falls 7, Willmar 3
Fergus Falls (4-5, 6-9-1)) 2 1 4 -- 7
Willmar (2-7, 5-10) 1 2 0 -- 3
FIRST PERIOD - Wil: Chelsey Wierschem (Taylor Sandberg, Alexandra Sing) 6:23 ... FF: Erika Magnusson 6:31 ... FF: Cristina Masten (Kacey Franklin, Megan Sjolie) pp, 12:00
SECOND PERIOD - FF: Magnuson (Sjolie, Franklin) 1:06 ... Wil: Erin Sheehan (unassisted) 10:56 ... Wil: Chelsey Beilhartz (Ashley Hutton) pp, 16:50
THIRD PERIOD - FF: Masten (Megan McGray, Kim Grugel) 5:05 ... FF: Hannah Anderson 7:14 ... FF: Franklin (Masten, Sjolie) 13:01 ... FF: Anderson (Katie Fredrickson, Franklin) pp, 16:47
Goalie saves - Fergus Falls: Jeni Grugel: 6-6-3-15; Willmar: Abigail Schueller: 8-17-13-38
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Non-Conference
Morris/Benson Area 5, P.Rapids/Menagha/Nevis 2
Laura Berens scored a pair for the Storm helping the home team to a 3-0 after two periods. Laura Horecka and eighth-graders Kendra Schwendemann and Dani Schultz also scored for Morris/Benson Area. Park Rapids/Menagha/Nevis (0-11) got both goals from Elise Loomis in the third frame.
Park Rapids (0-11) 0 0 2 -- 2
MBA (4-7-2) 2 1 2 -- 5
FIRST PERIOD - MBA: Laura Berens (Sara Rajewsky) 9:42 ... MBA: Dani Schultz (unassisted) 12:21, shorthanded
SECOND PERIOD - MBA: Berens (Kelly Mahoney, Brooke Anderson) :33
THIRD PERIOD - PRM: Elise Loomis (unassisted) 3:02, sh ... MBA: Laura Horecka (Emily Rajewsky) 3:20 .... MBA: Kendra Schwendeman (Anderson) 7:03 ... PRM: Loomis (Morgan Kelly, Vanessa Hoffman) 10:49
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Goalie saves - Park Rapids: Casandra Thelen 11-9-9-29; Morris/Benson Area: Hannah Horecka 7-4-3-14
