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NEW ULM — Michael D’Orazio made 38 saves to earn the shutout in the Willmar WarHawks’ 3-0 NA3HL victory over the New Ulm Steel on Friday night.
It was D’Orazio’s first victory for Willmar. He’s an 18-year-old goaltender from Beaconsfield, Quebec.
Braydon Buckingham, Chandler Dennis and Christian Kankelfritz scored goals for the WarHawks.
The teams resume their two-game series at 7:10 p.m. Saturday at the Willmar Civic Center Arena.
Willmar 3, New Ulm 0
Willmar (8-11-0) 2 1 0 — 3
New Ulm (5-14-3) 0 0 0 — 0
FIRST PERIOD – (1) W: Braydon Buckingham 9 (Connor Garcia) :53 … (2) W: Chandler Dennis 4 (Tyler Misialek) 7:21. PENALTIES: (1) W: Spencer Bergman (checking from behind-minor, 2 min) 10:35 … (2) NU: Macrae Gordon (too many men-minor, 2 min) 12:55.
SECOND PERIOD – (3) W: Christian Kankelfritz 3 (Garcia, Buckingham) 17:34. PENALTIES: (3) NU: Gordon (boarding-minor, 2 min) 4:20 … (4) W: Misialek (roughing-minor, 2 min) 5:00 … (5) NU: Jack Laser (abuse of official-gross misconduct, 20 min) 5:37 … (6) W: Luc Corbin (interference-minor, 2 min) 9:15.
THIRD PERIOD – No scoring. PENALTIES: (7) NU: Lahoussine Salama (unsportsmanlike conduct-minor, 2 min) :19 … (8) W: Misialek (tripping-minor, 2 min) 3:44 … (9) W: Buckingham (hooking-minor, 2 min) 4:16 … (10) W: Denys Honcharenko (interference-minor, 2 min) (11) W: Corbin (roughing-minor, 2 min) 10:07 … (12) NU: Salama (roughing-minor, 2 min) 10:07 … (13) NU: Ryler Schelle (tripping-minor, 2 min) 14:06 … (14) NU: Gus Cantwell (high sticking-minor, 2 min) 19:34.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Willmar: Michael D’Orazio 38/38 … New Ulm: Nolan Lacosse 32/35.
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