12/30/2008

Schwan Cup - Gold Division
Semifinals
Academy Of Holy Angels 4 White Bear Lake 4  OT (tie)
5-1-1                                   6-4-1
Academy Of Holy Angels led 3-2 after two periods.  White Bear Lake knotted the game, 3-3, with the first goal of the third period; however, the Stars pulled ahead, 4-3, on a goal from junior forward Connor Reilly, at 6:36.  At 11:39, the Bears responded with a tally from sophomore forward Max Birkinbine, to retie the game, 4-4.  In overtime, White Bear Lake outshot the Stars 8-3 but neither team could score.  Academy Of Holy Angels won the shootout, 3-2.
White Bear Lake outshot Academy Of Holy Angels 36-24.
For Academy Of Holy Angels, Reilly had 2 goals, 1 assist.
For White Bear Lake, senior forward Chad Lowell had 4 assists and Birkinbine had 2 goals.
Goalies:  Academy Of Holy Angels - junior Tommy Burke, White Bear Lake - senior Owen Collette.
Edina 4 Minnetonka 2
10-1-0   6-4-0
There was no scoring in the first period; but, Edina scored the first two goals of the second period to lead 2-1 after two.  In the third period, junior forward Ryan Cutshall of the Hornets tallied, at 4:29, to give Edina a 3-1 edge.  Minnetonka came back :27 later with a goal from junior defenseman Andrew Prochno, at 4:56; however, the Hornets responded :40 later when senior forward Marshall Everson scored, at 5:36.
Shots were even 25-25.
For Edina, Everson had 2 goals, 1 assist and senior forward Anders Lee had 1 goal, 1 assist.
For Minnetonka, Prochno had 2 goals.
Goalies:  Edina - junior John Ankeny, Minnetonka - junior Jim Kruger.
Consolation Semifinals
Centennial 6 St. Thomas Academy 3  eng
8-1-1             6-3-0
Centennial socred two goals in each period and led 4-0 late in the second.
Centennial outshot St. Thomas Academy 39-31.
For Centennial, senior forwards Tyler Pitlick and Willie Hess, and junior forward Jordan Lovick each had 1 goal, 1 assist.
For St. Thomas Academy, junior forward Justin Crandall had 2 goals.
Goalies:  Centennial - sophomore Brett Larsen, St. Thomas Academy - sophomore Matt McNeely (first two periods) and junior Kurt Altrichter.
Hill-Murray 7 Moorhead 0
8-1-0              5-3-1
Senior forward Isaac Kohls of Hill-Murray scored only :20 into the game, added a second goal at 2:44, and completed a pure hat trick with a third goal at 4:21.  Kohls tallied again in the final minute of the period as the Pioneers jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one period.  Sophomore goalie Tim Shaughnessy of Hill-Murray notched the shutout.
The Pioneers outshot Moorhead 37-21.
For Hill-Murray, Kohls had 4 goals, senior forward Nick Widing had 1 goal, 2 assists, and sophomore forward Ben Bahe had 3 assists.
Goalies:  Hill-Murray - Shaughnessy, Moorhead - junior Logan Marks (first 2:44) and freshman Michael Bitzer (the rest of the game).
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