Boys Hockey: Willmar rally falls short against Redwood Valley

By Jake Schultz

February 17, 2019 07:02 PM

WILLMAR - Willmar's Eldridge DeKraai's goal early in the third period gave the Cardinals a lead, but Redwood Valley's Luke Ryan countered with two-straight goals to complete his hat trick and lead his team to the win Saturday at the Willmar Civic Center.

Ryan scored RV's first goal in the first minute of the second period to tie the game 1-1. Willmar's Tanner Bauman scored the game's first goal in the first period.

RV's John Burman added an insurance goal in the third. RV goalie Kia Jacobson made 21 saves and Willmar's Gunnar Banks stopped 29 of 33 shots.

Boys Hockey

RV 4,

Willmar 2

RV 0 1 3 - 4

Willmar 1 0 1 - 2

FIRST PERIOD - W: Tanner Bauman (Nate Spencer) 8:33

SECOND PERIOD - R: Luke Ryan (Mason Clark) 0:37

THIRD PERIOD - W: Eldridge DeKraai (Ashton Gregory, Adam DeJong) 2:11 ... R: Ryan (Chad Riewer) 7:55 pp ... R: Ryan (Cameron Sommers) 11:00 ... R: John Burman (Cordell Plass, Brody Plass) 12:53

GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS - Willmar: Gunnar Banks 29/33 ... Redwood Valley: Kia Jacobson 21/23

Section 6A

Prairie Centre 5,

MBA 4 OT

Morris/Benson Area stormed back into the game with three third-period goals but Prairie Centre's Hunter Fletcher scored unassisted at 9:31 of overtime to secure the Section 6A win on Saturday at the Sauk Centre Civic Arena.

Prairie Centre led 3-1 after two periods, but MBA's Zander Hoffman and Brady Goff scored third-period goals to tie the game. After PC regained the lead on Brady Miller's goal, MBA's Brady DeHaan tied it again with an unassisted goal at 11:07 of the third.

MBA's Chase Engebretson was busy in goal, stopping 68 of 73 Prairie Centre shots.

MBA 1 0 3 0 - 4

Prairie Centre 1 2 1 1 - 5

FIRST PERIOD - M: Mathew Tolifson (Kolby Goff) 3:21 ... P: Hudson Pung (Andrew Bick, Hunter Fletcher) 13:03 pp

SECOND PERIOD - P: Eli Fletcher (Cole Crosby) 1:04 ... P: E. Fletcher (Crosby) 2:59

THIRD PERIOD - M: Zander Hoffman (Reece Kuseske) 2:21 ... M: Brady Goff (Jack Riley) 3:11 ... P: Brady Miller (Daniel Thompson) 10:39 ... M: Brady DeHaan 11:07

OVERTIME - P: H. Fletcher 9:31

GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS - Morris/Benson Area: Chase Engebretson 68/73 ... Prairie Centre: Isaiah DeFoe 23/27

Boys Hockey: Willmar rally falls short against Redwood Valley

WILLMAR -- Willmar's Eldridge DeKraai's goal early in the third period gave the Cardinals a lead, but Redwood Valley's Luke Ryan countered with two-straight goals to complete his hat trick and lead his team to the win Saturday at the Willmar Civi...