Final Score: Elk River/Zimmerman won against Bemidji 2-1 in overtime.
Goals:
Elk River/Zimmerman’s Kole Mears opened the scoring in the first period, assisted by Gavin Sperling.
Bemidji’s Joey Fankhanel equalized in the third period, with assists from Briggs Knott and Taevon Welle.
Braden Hansberger scored the winning goal for Elk River/Zimmerman in overtime, assisted by Kole Mears and Daniel Babcock.
Shots on Goal: Bemidji led with 33 shots, while Elk River/Zimmerman had 23.
Power Plays: Neither team had power play opportunities.
Penalties: There were no penalties in the game.
Rogers 2
White Bear Lake 1
Final Score: Rogers defeated White Bear Lake 2-1 in overtime.
Goals:
White Bear Lake’s Tyler Lalonde scored in the second period, assisted by Nolan Roed.
Rogers’ Nolen Geerdes tied the game in the third period, with assists from Cole Bumgarner and Brock Cheslock.
Keaton Weis scored the winning goal for Rogers in overtime, assisted by Brandon Swanson and Parker Deschene.
Shots on Goal: Rogers led with 40 shots, while White Bear Lake had 29.
Power Plays: Both teams were scoreless on power play opportunities.
Penalties: White Bear Lake had two infractions; Rogers had one.
St.Cloud Cathedral 4
Totino Grace 2
Final Score: St. Cloud Cathedral wins against Totino-Grace with a score of 4-2.
Goals:
Totino-Grace’s Noah Osland scored in the first and third periods.
St. Cloud Cathedral saw goals from Landon Swenson, Griffin Sturm (power play), Andrew Dwinnell, and John Hirschfeld.
Shots on Goal: St. Cloud Cathedral led with 36 shots; Totino-Grace had 20.
Power Plays: St. Cloud Cathedral capitalized on 1 of their 2 power play opportunities.
Penalties: Totino-Grace faced 16 penalty minutes; St. Cloud Cathedral had 8 minutes
Waseca 5
South St Paul 4
Final Score: Waseca edges out South St. Paul with a 5-4 victory in overtime.
Power Plays:
Waseca successfully executed 1 out of 2 power plays.
South St. Paul capitalized on 1 out of 3 opportunities.
Shots on Goal:
Waseca took 28 shots.
South St. Paul had a higher count with 46 shots.
Scoring Breakdown:
Both teams scored once in the first period, with goals from Waseca’s Jayden Gehring and South St. Paul’s Tim Krech.
The second period saw a flurry of goals, ending with Waseca leading 4-3.
South St. Paul’s Brayden Willette tied the game in the third period.
Waseca clinched the win with Cash Lynch’s goal in overtime.
Penalties:
Waseca accumulated 6 penalty minutes.
South St. Paul had 4 penalty minutes.
East Grand Forks 6
Warroad 3
Final Score: East Grand Forks defeats Warroad, 6-3.
Power Plays: East Grand Forks capitalized on their power play opportunities with a 66.67% success rate, scoring 2 out of 3 times. Warroad did not convert any of their 3 power plays.
Shots on Goal:
Warroad managed 27 shots throughout the game.
East Grand Forks took 25 shots.
Scoring Breakdown:
The game was tied at the end of the first period, 1-1, with goals from Warroad’s Murray Marvin-Cordes and East Grand Forks’ Brock Schultz.
In the second period, both teams added another goal each, making it 2-2.
The third period saw East Grand Forks pulling ahead with 4 goals, including a short-handed empty net goal by Judd Pesch.
Penalties: Both teams were penalized equally with 6 minutes on 3 infractions each.
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