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WILLMAR — The Mason City Toros opened with four goals on the way to their fourth straight win.
In front of 150 fans Wednesday at the Willmar Civic Center Arena, Mason City scored four consecutive goals over the first two periods to build an insurmountable lead. They went on to beat the Willmar WarHawks 6-1.
The Toros’ Petr Lukes scored a pair of goals. Colin Hedland, Hayden Siegel, Matt Kochanowski, and Cal Levis III also put up scores for Mason City.
Will Kunka made 25 saves in net to get the win for the Toros. Kunka played for Willmar in 2021-22.
The WarHawks got their lone goal early in the third period. On the power play, Tyler Misialek tallied his fifth goal of the season at the 3-minute, 7-second mark of the third. Misialek is a forward from Fargo, North Dakota. Michael Sweetland and Nik Johnson each were credited with assists on the play.
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Mason City is 3-1-0 against Willmar this season.
The WarHawks open a two-game series with the Oregion Tradesman at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Oregon, Wisconsin.
Mason City 6, Willmar 1
Mason City (12-9-1-0) 1 3 2 — 6
Willmar (9-12-0-0) 0 0 1 — 1
FIRST PERIOD – (1) MC: Colin Hedland 5 (Jordan Newpower 10, Carter Newpower 20), 16:17 PP. PENALTIES: (1) MC: J. Newpower (roughing-minor, 2 min), 11:36 … (2) W: Christian Kakelfritz (tripping-minor, 2 min), 16:08.
SECOND PERIOD – (2) MC: Hayden Siegel 3 (Mason Friedrichs 1), 7:09 … (3) MC: Matt Kochanowski 3 (Cal Levis III 9), 10:00 … (4) MC: Petr Lukes 1 (unassisted), 14:15. PENALTIES: (3) MC: Jacob Miller (checking from behind-minor, 2 min), 4:24 … (4) W: Luc Corbin (roughing-minor, 2 min), 11:22 … (5) MC: Levis III (tripping-minor, 2 min), 14:43 … (6) W: Troy Landschoot (too many men-minor, 2 min), 19:56.
THIRD PERIOD – (5) W: Tyler Misialek 5 (Michael Sweetland 16), 3:07 PP … (6) MC: Levis III 9 (Ethan Peterson 8), 7:36 PP … (7) Lukes 2 (Kochanowski 19), 12:07. PENALTIES: (7) MC: Hedland (high sticking-minor, 2 min), 2:07 … (8) W: Misialek (roughing-minor, 2 min), 6:18 … (9) MC: Andrew Ralston (elbowing-minor, 2 min), 14:22.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Mason City: Will Kunka 25/26 … Willmar: Zack Ortolano 14/18 (34:15 TOI); Michael D’Orazio 7/9 (25:45 TOI).
