| 2008-2009 Section 6A Defending Champ - Little Falls. Favorites - Little Falls, Alexandria. First Round: Prairie Centre Area (9-15-1, #8 seed) defeated Detroit Lakes (7-19-0, #9 seed) 8-3. Detroit Lakes controlled the play in the second period; however, senior goalie Marcus Tomsche of Prairie Centre was the difference holding the Lakers off the scoreboard while the North Stars notched four goals to lead 6-1 after two. Detroit Lakes also dominated in the third period firing 21 shots on goal while trying to make a comeback; but, Tomsche yielded only two more goals. Detroit Lakes outshot Prairie Centre Area 44-19. For Prairie Centre Area, senior forward JP Halfen had 2 goals, 4 assists, senior forward Travis Moller had 2 goals, 3 assists, and senior forward Colby Deters had 3 goals, 1 assist. For Detroit Lakes, sophomore forward Tanner Lane had 2 goals, 1 assist. Goalies: Prairie Centre Area - Tomsche, Detroit Lakes - junior Andrew Friesen (most of the game) and sophomore Blake Murphy (in at 13:13 of second period) Quarterfinals: Little Falls (26-0-0, #1 seed) shutout Prairie Centre Area (9-16-1, #8 seed) 11-0. Little Falls amassed five goals in each of the first two periods. Senior forward Ben Hanowski of the Flyers scored two goals in the first period and tallied a natural hat trick in the first 5:18 of the second period. Senior goalie Michael Sperl of Little Falls chalked up the shutout. The Flyers outshot Prairie Centre Area 50-12. For Little Falls, Ben Hanowski had 5 goals, 3 assists and senior forward Wesley Waytashek had 3 goals, 4 assists. Goalies: Little Falls - Sperl, Prairie Centre Area - senior Marcus Tomsche.. Alexandria (21-4-1, #2 seed) defeated Wadena-Deer Creek (12-13-1, #7 seed) 9-2. Alexandria tallied three goals in each period. The Cardinals outshot Wadena-Deer Creek 43-17. For Alexandria, junior forward Ashton Gronholz had 2 goals, 1 assist and senior forward Tyler Resch had 2 goals. For Wadena-Deer Creek, senior forward Trevor Ness and junior forward Brandon Wing each had 1 goal, 1 assist. Goalies: Alexandria - senior Matt Hemingway, Wadena-Deer Creek - senior Allen Uselman (most of the game) and junior Tyler Muehler (in at 2:47 of third period) Sartell-St. Stephen (18-7-1, #3 seed) defeated Morris/Benson Area (11-11-1, #6 seed) 6-2. Sartell-St. Stephen notched three goals in each of the first two periods to lead 6-1 after two. The Sabres outshot Morris/Benson Area 60-17. For Sartell-St. Stephen, junior forwards Matt Nahan and Austin Plaine each had 2 goals, 1 assist, junior forward Andy Worzala had 1 goal, 2 assists, and sophomore forward Andrew Deters had 3 assists. For Morris/Benson Area, senior forward Andreas Siggelin had 1 goal, 1 assist. Goalies: Sartell-St. Stephen - junior Brent Orndorf, Morris/Benson Area - senior Will Johnson. Fergus Falls (9-15-1, #4 seed) defeated St. Cloud Apollo (4-20-2, #5 seed) 8-1. Fergus Falls cruised to a 5-1 margin after two periods. The Otters outshot St. Cloud Apollo 34-18. For Fergus Falls, junior forward Lucas Gervais had 3 goals, 1 assist and junior forward Josh Rachels had 2 goals, 2 assists. For St. Cloud Apollo, junior forward Jordan Jaeger had 1 goal. Goalies: Fergus Falls - junior Jason Lofquist, St. Cloud Apollo - senior Kevin McGuire (most of the game) and senior Andrew Benson (in at 8:53 of third period). Semifinals: Little Falls (27-0-0, #1 seed) defeated Fergus Falls (9-16-1, #4 seed) 5-2. Senior forward Ben Hanowski of Little Falls recorded a power play goal in the first period and another tally in the second period to give the Flyers a 2-0 margin after two. In the third period, sophomore forward Stefan Abel of Fergus Falls got the Otters on the scoreboard, at 3:03; however, Little Falls retaliated with two goals, taking a 4-1 lead on a power play marker from Hanowski, at 8:39, for his third goal of the contest. Little Falls outshot Fergus Falls 37-16. For Little Falls, Hanowski had 3 goals, 2 assists and senior defenseman Izaak Berglund had 1 goal, 2 assists. For Fergus Falls, Abel and junior forward Austin Glas each had 1 goal. Goalies: Little Falls - senior Michael Sperl, Fergus Falls - junior Jason Lofquist. Alexandria (22-4-1, #2 seed) defeated Sartell-St. Stephen (18-8-1, #3 seed) 5-1. Alexandria scored three goals in the first period and led 5-0 after two. The Cardinals outshot Sartell-St. Stephen 23-11. For Alexandria, senior forward Tyler Resch and junior forward Thomas Williams each had 1 goal, 1 assist and junior forward Ashton Gronholz had 2 assists. For Sartell-St. Stephen, junior Andy Worzala had 1 goal. Goalies: Alexandria - senior Matt Hemingway, Sartell-St. Stephen - junior Brent Orndorf. Final: Little Falls (28-0-0, #1 seed) defeated Alexandria (22-5-1, #2 seed) 3-2 in overtime. Little Falls carried the play as the two teams traded goals in the first period for a 1-1 tie after one. Midway through the second period, with the Flyers on the power play, junior forward Thomas Williams of Alexandria stole the puck in the corner and flicked in a backhander for a shorthanded tally, at 9:25, to give the Cardinals a 2-1 edge. It was the first shorthanded goal of the season against Little Falls. Later in the period, Alexandria had a 5-on-3 power play; however, the Flyers were able to kill off the penalties to retain the one-goal deficit. In the third period, the Flyers continued to force the action; and, at 4:51, senior forward Ben Hanowski of Little Falls fired in a high shot from the slot that knotted the contest, 2-2. Neither team could score again in regulation sending the game to overtime. In overtime, senior forward Wesley Waytashek of the Flyers came down on a 2-on-1 break and shot a high, hard wrister into the net for the game-winner, at 1:37. Little Falls outshot Alexandria 40-25. For Little Falls, Waytashek had 2 goals, Hanowski had 1 goal, 1 assist, and senior forward Riley Hirsch had 2 assists. For Alexandria, Williams had 1 goal, 1 assist. Goalies: Little Falls - senior Michael Sperl, Alexandria - senior Matt Hemingway. |