WILLMAR -- Zech Streed scored twice on the power play around a goal by Liam Johnston as Willmar outskated St. Cloud Apollo 3-1 in boys hockey on Thursday night at the Civic Center.
"It's both a Central Lakes Conference and section win," said Cardinals' head coach Dan Tollefson. "We had two power play goals and skated off all seven of their power plays. We were getting a little tired."
When at full strength, Willmar (8-3-3, 12-7-3) hogged the puck. The Cardinals outshot the Eagles 45-26.
Willmar led 1-0 on Streed's goal at 5:14 in the second period. Goalie Christian Yrttimaa whipped the puck up ice to Gabe Amon, who set up Streed.
The Eagles (2-10-2, 6-15-2) tied the game in the sixth minute of the third period on a unassisted goal by Jared Christian. Johnston, from Landon Peterson at 10:39, made it 2-1 and Streed, from Grant Schow and Amon, added insurance at 13:50.
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Willmar 3, SC Apollo 1
SC Apollo (2-10-2, 6-15-2) 0 0 1 -- 1
Willmar (8-3-3, 12-7-3) 0 1 2 -- 3
FIRST PERIOD - no scoring
SECOND PERIOD - Wil: Zech Streed (Gabe Amon, Christian Yrttimaa) 5:14, pp
THIRD PERIOD - SCA: Jared Christian (unassisted) 5:37 ... Wil: Liam Johnston (Landon Peterson) 10:39 .... Wil: Streed (Grant Schow, Amon) 13:50, pp
GOALIE SAVES - St. Cloud Apollo: Charlie Pentz 42 ... Willmar: Christian Yrttimaa 25
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MBA 5, Prairie Centre 4
Overtime lasted five seconds as Tyler Hansen scored the game-winner for the Storm (14-5-2). Hansen also had one goal each in the second and third periods.
Kelly Engquist and Mac Beyer tallied two assists apiece and Andrew Fath had 20 saves for MBA. Beyer and Tanner Picht netted the other MBA goals.
Prairie Centre (8-14-1) 2 1 1 0 -- 4
Morris/Benson (14-5-2) 0 3 1 1 -- 5
FIRST PERIOD - PC: Nate Mettenburg (Derek Holm) 15:30 ... PC: Sam Ecker (Ryan Connor, Tyler Schultz) 16:08
SECOND PERIOD - MBA: Tyler Hansen (Kelly Engquist) 3:46 ... MBA: Mac Beyer (Engquist, Isaac Berens) 4:49 ... MBA: Tanner Picht (Luke Schwarz, Ethan Ratliff-Crain) 8:59 ... PC: Schultz (unassisted) 9:16
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THIRD PERIOD - MBA: Hansen (unassisted) 6:52 ... PC: Schultz (unassisted) 16:14
OVERTIME - MBA: Hansen (Beyer) :05
GOALIE SAVES - Prairie Centre: Clay Deters 25 ... Morris/Benson Area: Andrew Fath 20
