Cretin-Derham Hall’s John King scored the OT winner to lift the No. 7AA Raiders to a 4-3 overtime win over East Ridge. LPH PHOTO BY JEFF ANDERSONCretin’s John King nets overtime winner
#7AA Cretin-Derham Hall 4, East Ridge 3 OT
The #7AA Raiders got a scare form unranked East Ridge, needing an overtime goal form John King to defeat the unranked Raptors 4-3. CDH opened with a pair of first-period goals by Nate Chorlton and Marcus Matyas. But the Raptors answered with three goals in the second to take the lead when Ian Dwyer, Chase Zuber and Blake Kohnen all lit the lamp. Max Thompson tied it in the third, but neither team could break the tie until almost five minutes into the extra frame when King netted the game winner to improve the Raiders to 9-2-1 on the season. East Ridge dropped to 4-6-0.
#1AA Moorhead 9, Buffalo 2
Moorhead made easy work of Buffalo Thursday outshooting their counterparts 73-14 in a 9-2 victory. Zac Zimmerman netted a hat trick and Brooks Cullen had two goals and two assists while Mason Kraft continued his great play with a goal and four assists. Kraft now has 41 points in 13 games for the Spuds who improved to 12-1-0 and have won 12 straight after a season-opening loss to Wayzata. Zimmerman leads the team with 18 goals and has 38 points.
They will play #3AA St. Thomas Academy Saturday in Moorhead.
#4AA Edina 5, #19AA Holy Family 1
The Hornets got goals from five different scorers to beat No. 19AA Holy Family 5-1 at Braemar. Casey Vandertop, Dylan Dubuc and Mason West scored first-period goals and Bode McConnell and Freddie Schneider added second period goals as the Hornets outshot the Fire 38-25. Holy Family’s Sawyer Graubins scored their lone goal and Adam Kimbrel made 33 saves. Edina improved to 9-3-0 while Holy Family fell to 6-5-0. Edina will host Lakeville South Saturday. Holy Family will travel to Delano.
Holy Family goalie dam Kimbrel had 33 saves in the Fire’s loss to Edina.#11AA Academy of Holy Angels 5, Eastview 1
Henry Lechner scored twice as No. 11AA Holy Angels beat Eastview 5-1. Eastview’s Liam O’Donnell opened the scoring, but the Stars scored five unanswered goals to improve to 10-2-0 on the season. Barrett Arro, Avi Kasargold and Carter Hunsaker also scored for the Stars. Eastview’s Charlie Scanlon was strong in goal with 38 saves.
Carter Hunsaker was one of four goal scorers for Holy Angels Thursday. LPH PHOTO BY JEFF ANDERSON#18AA Rock Ridge 1, #2A Hermantown 0
Rock Ridge junior netminder Wyatt Jonassen stopped all 29 shots as Rock Ridge shut out Class A powerhouse and former Class A rival Hermantown 1-0 in Hermantown. Hawks goalie Bryce Francisco was equally impressive with 24 saves through regulation until Caz Carlson scored the game winner. It was Carlson’s 11th goal of the season as the Wolverines improved to 9-3-1. Hermantown fell to 6-4-2.
#3A Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 6, Superior (WI) 1
Bobby Thornton had two goals and an assists and Hudson Snesrud added three helpers as top-ranked Cloquet/Esko/Carlton upended Superior 6-1. Connor Sullivan added a goal and an assist in the win, improving the Lumberjacks to 11-1-0. C/E/C will take on No. 10A Mahtomedi Saturday in Stillwater.
#11A Orono 8, Providence Academy 1
Trey Landa had a hat trick and Lachlan Hoffman added two goals and three assists as No. 11A Orono defeated Providence Academy 8-1. Jackson Knight and Ethan Pagel each scored a goal and added two assists as the Spartans improved to 7-5-2.
#9A East Grand Forks 3, Thief River Falls 2
Nolan Muelebroeck’s goal 16 seconds into the third period proved to be the game winner as No. 9A EGF held off a good Thief River Falls squad 3-2. The Green Wave outshot TRF 34-25 and got a pair of goals from Jace Van Eps. Jackson Boyer and Spencer Anderson scored for the Prowlers. East Grand Forks improved to 6-5-0 while Thief River Falls fell to 4-7-0.
Other Scores:
#12AA Grand Rapids 5, Duluth East 2
Sartell-St. Stephen 3, Elk River/Zimmerman 0
Mankato West 1, Osseo 1
Blaine 7, Lakeville North 3
Lakeville South 5, New Prague 2
Prior Lake 4, Chanhassen 3
Roseville 5, Park of Cottage Grove 2
Tartan 2, Simley 0
Two Rivers 4, Eagan 2
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids 3, Waconia 0
Rochester Century/John Marshall 8, Owatonna 2
River Lakes 7, Fergus Falls 5
Fargo Davies (ND) 1, #13A Detroit Lakes 0
Albert Lea 9, Faribault 0
Breck 7, St. Paul Academy 0
Duluth Marshall 5, North Shore 1
Windom 5, Fairmont 4
Alexandria 4, St. Cloud 1
Moose Lake Area 1, Greenway 0
