Nordiques, Power, Lumberjacks, Blizzard, Steel win on Wednesday
November 22, 2018
Maine 0 @ L/A 10 – The battle of Maine was a one-sided landslide for the Nordiques as they won their 8th straight game and moved their record to 20-1 overall with a 10-0 win on Wednesday. Nicolas Lusignan had a hat-trick in the win. Other Nordiques goals were scored by Josh Malone and Crewz Berry in the 1dt period, Adam O’Keefe in the 2nd period and Joe Bisson, Zack Mullen, JP Chauvin, and Andrew McCormick in the 3rd period. Jason St. Pierre had to make just 8 saves in the shutout win. Daniel Sprague took the loss in goal for the Wild, making 27 saves.
Milwaukee 9 @ Wisconsin 1 – Logan Geisness had a hat-trick to lead the Power to a 9-1 win over the Whalers. After the Whalers scored the opening goal early in the 1st period from Tanner Mros, it was all Power after that, which included four goals later in the 1st period, including two from Geisness and others from Mason Evans and Chuck Bay. Jake Berry and Ivan Bilyy added goals in the 2nd period and then Geisness completed his hat-trick in the 3rd period with another goal coming from Bay and another from Nick Roberts. Aaron Dickstein made 30 saves in the win, while Caleb Sauer was saddled with the loss, making 9 saves.
Breezy Point 0 @ Granite City 10 – Division-leading Granite City had no problem with the North Stars in a 10-0 win as Lumberjacks goalie David Mulligan made 19 saves for the shutout. The game was well in had after one period as the Lumberjacks scored four goals in the opening fram from Jordan Olson, Bailey Sommers, Trevor Dummer, and Zack DeBoom. Sam Ohmes, Ryan Pogue, and Sommers added more goals in the 2nd period and Erik Evans, Brad Amundson, and Tom Nagle scored in the 3rd period. Dan Fielding took the loss, making 7 saves. Lane Fox also made 21 saves in the losing effort.
Rochester 2 @ Alexandria 3 – Thanks to 38 saves from Kyle Hayden, the Blizzard knocked off the Grizzlies, 3-2. The majority of the scoring came in the 1st period as the teams were deadlocked at 2-2. Tucker Kruse and Brandon Connett scored for the Blizzard, while Rochester got goals from Vladislav Sorokin and John Rowell. The game-winner came late in the 3rd period as Brett Meister lit the lamp with a power play goal. Grizzlies goalie Liam Kelly made 29 saves in the loss.
New Ulm 7 @ Willmar 4 – The Steel broke open a 3-3 game with two goals in the 2nd and 3rd period respectively in a 7-4 win. The Steel got 1st period goals from Jordan Cooper, Jacob Halvorson, and Hunter Johnson. Johnson then scored again in the 2nd period, along with a goal from Keegan Bauman and Jack Parks and Nathan Andrade added 3rd period goals. The WarHawks got three goals in the 1st period from Elijah Slagter, Jacob May, and Brendan Hill. Hill then scored again in the 3rd period. Henry Baribeau picked up the win in goal, while Moritz Ertl took the loss.
