St.Cloud Cathedral 3 (OT)
Warroad 2
St. Cloud Cathedral and Warroad was a tightly contested game that went into overtime. The first period ended without any goals, but the game picked up in the second period when Warroad’s Murray Marvin-Cordes scored, assisted by Ryan Lund and Taven James. St. Cloud Cathedral answered with a goal from Cole Hwang, assisted by Jaeger Wood.
The third period saw Marvin-Cordes scoring again for Warroad on a power play, with James and Broden Hontvet assisting. Not long after, St. Cloud Cathedral’s Joey Gillespie evened the score with help from Andrew Dwinnell and John Hirschfeld.
In overtime, Griffin Sturm of St. Cloud Cathedral netted the game winning goal with less than a second left to play, again assisted by Dwinnell, ending the game 3-2 in favor of St. Cloud Cathedral.
Throughout the game, both teams had opportunities on the power play, but only Warroad managed to capitalize on one of their five chances. St. Cloud Cathedral couldn’t convert on either of their two power plays.
Penalties were a significant part of the game, with St. Cloud Cathedral serving 10 minutes for 5 penalties and Warroad serving 4 minutes for 2 penalties. Despite the higher number of shots on goal by Warroad, St. Cloud Cathedral managed to secure the victory in overtime.