20081209

12/09/2008

Little Falls 5 St. Cloud Cathedral 4 OT
3-0-0 3-1-0
Little Falls led 2-1 after one period and 3-1 after two. The score was 4-2 when the teams exchanged goals early in the third period. At 7:27, junior forward Alex Koopmeiners of St. Cloud Cathedral cut the gap to 4-3. St. Cloud Cathedral outshot the Flyers 12-2 in the final period; but, the Crusaders remained a goal down until the final minute. St. Cloud Cathedral pulled their goalie; and, it paid off as junior defenseman Nate Schmidt fired in the tying goal, at 16:36. In overtime, the teams played closely with the Crusaders outshooting Little Falls only 2-1. At 4:30, the Flyers got an advantage when junior forward Tyler McMorrow of St. Cloud Cathedral was called for tripping. :41 later, senior defenseman Izaak Berglund of Little Falls slapped in a power play goal, at 5:11, giving the Flyers the victory.
St. Cloud Cathedral outshot Little Falls 31-23.
For Little Falls, senior forward Ben Hanowski had 3 goals, 2 assists.
For St. Cloud Cathedral, Koopmeiners had 1 goal, 2 assists.
Goalies: Little Falls - senior Michael Sperl, St. Cloud Cathedral - junior Nick Maiers.

Benilde-St. Margaret's 4 Cretin-Derham Hall 2
Benilde-St. Margaret's carried the play in the first period and took a 2-0 lead. Cretin-Derham Hall outshot the Knights in the second period, 15-8; however, Benilde-St. Margaret's scored twice to claim a 4-1 margin after two. The third period was more defensive; but the Raiders could only come up with a late goal.
Cretin-Derham Hall outshot Benilde-St. Margaret's 28-22.
For Benilde-St. Margaret's, junior forward Brett Patterson had 2 assists.

Blaine 3 Elk River/Zimmerman 1
Blaine logged two goals in the second period to lead 3-0 after two.
Blaine outshot Elk River/Zimmerman 30-16.
For Blaine, Luke Bayer, senior forwards Nick Bjugstad and Travis Kovalchuk and sophomore foward Kovalchuk each had 1 goal.

Eden Prairie 6 Eastview 1
Eden Prairie controlled the game but the score was 1-1 after one. The Eagles scored three goals in the second period to take commard.
Eden Prairie outshot Eastview 47-18.
For the Eagles, sophomore defenseman Dan Molenaar had 1 goal, 3 assists, senior defenseman Nick Leddy had 3 assists, and senior forward Taylor Wolfe had 2 goals.

Edina 5 Woodbury 2
Edina led 4-0 after two.
Edina outshot Woodbury 33-29.
For Edina, senior forward Connor Gaarder had 1 goal, 3 assists, senior forward Marshall Everson had 2 goals, and senior forward Anders Lee had 2 assists.
For Woodbury, junior forward Connor Delaney had 1 goal, 1 assist.

Lakeville South 5 Burnsville 2 eng
The teams were tied 2-2 after two; but forward Justin Parizek of Lakeville South tallied, at 8:29, to give the Cougars a 3-2 advantage. The game stayed 3-2 until senior forward Nick Bailey of Lakeville South found the net, at 14:20, to put the Cougars up by two. Burnsville pulled their goalie in the final minute; however, senior forward Bill Simon connected for an empty net goal, at 16:16.
Burnsville outshot Lakeville South 29-28.
For Lakeville South, Simon had 1 goal, 2 assists.

New Prague 4 Rochester Lourdes 3 OT
After a scoreless first period, New Prague notched three goals in the second period to lead 3-1 after two. In the third period, senior forward Taylor Funk tallied at 2:36 and 3:34 to knot the game at 3-3. The Eagles outshot New Prague 17-2 in the third period but could not come up with the tying goal. In overtime, senior forward Schyler Adams of the Trojans scored the gamewinner at 3:13.
Rochester Lourdes outshot New Prague 34-15.
For New Prague, Adams had 2 goals and freshman forward Darren Lapic had 2 assists.
For Rochester Lourdes, Funk had 2 goals.

Rochester Mayo 6 Rochester John Marshall 3 eng
Rochester Mayo scored the final three goals of the third period to make the difference.
For the Spartans, senior forward Alex Whitney had 1 goal, 2 assists and senior forward Drew Block had 2 goals.

St. Bernard's/St. Agnes 8 Minneapolis West 2
The Saints led 5-1 after one period.
For St. Bernard's/St. Agnes, senior forward Mike Anderson had 1 goal, 3 assists and senior forward Sam Wilczyk had 3 goals.

St. Francis 5 Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson 2
Junio forward Joey Benik of St. Francis scored a pure hat trick in the second period to break open a 2-2 game.
For the Fighting Saints, Benik had 4 goals and TJ Belisle had 1 goal, 4 assists.

St. Thomas Academy 7 Breck 2
After a scoreless first period, St. Thomas Academy outscored Breck 3-2 in the second period. The Cadets put the game away with four goals in the final period.
Breck outshot St. Thomas Academy 35-25.
For St. Thomas Academy, freshman defenseman Eric Schurhamer had 2 goals, 1 assist, junior forward Justin Crandall had 1 goal, 2 assists, and junior forward Christian Isackson had 3 assists.

Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl 4 Grand Rapids 0
Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl notched a pair of goals in each of the first two periods. Senior goalie Will Lustig tabbed the shutout.
Grand Rapids outshot the Blue Devils 37-31.
For Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl, senior forward Chris Westin had 1 goal, 2 assits.

White Bear Lake 5 Forest Lake 1
White Bear Lake tallied three goals in the second period to lead 4-0 after two.
The Bears outshot Forest Lake 36-25.
For White Bear Lake, sophomore forward Max Birkinbine had 3 goals.