The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team looks to end their regular season with a win as they take on the RLF Eagles on KROX. The game starts at 7 PM, and we will begin coverage immediately upon the conclusion of the Section 8A team wrestling coverage, beginning at 5:30 PM.
Crookston is 14-9-1 on the season, while Red Lake Falls is 14-10 on the season.
FIRST PERIOD –
The first period began with dominant play by the Eagles, who recorded 6 of the first 7 shots of the game. However, all six of those shots were stopped by Brady Chandler, and the one shot the Pirates had got through, as Garrett Fischer scored right off of a faceoff, and the Pirates took an early 1-0 lead. After this score, the Eagles began to take some frustration out, and that resulted in 2 roughing penalties, giving the Pirates a 5-on-3. The Eagle defense stood tall, though, and did not allow any goals on the extended Pirates power play. Unfortunately for them, though, the Pirates set up again at 5-on-5, and Cody Demerais beat Draven Wirth from the blue line, putting the Pirates up 2-0. Less than 3 minutes later, a turnover caused by Demerais gave a wide open lane to Fischer, who scored his second of the game. Though both teams recorded 12 shots on goal, the Pirates went into the break leading 3-0.
SECOND PERIOD –
As the second period began, both teams increased their physicality significantly, and shots on goal were sparse for the first half of the period. That all changed when the Eagles got their second power play of the day, but just like the first one, the time was shortened by another Xavier Payment penalty, and that sent the game to 4-on-4. That was just fine for the Pirates, as Garrett Fischer delivered another beautiful shot, which put the Pirates up 4-0. From there, the Pirates began to control the pace of play and puck possession, and got multiple good looks, but Draven Wirth did a great job stopping them all. The Pirates had a near-rebound goal from Dylan Larson in the final minutes of the period, but a phenomenal save from Wirth kept the game at 4-0, which stood at the end of the period.
THIRD PERIOD –
Crookston finishes the regular season at
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Crookston | 3 | 1 | ||
| Red Lake Falls | 0 | 0 |
1st Period
2:45 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (Greyson Ecker)
10:29 – Crookston – Cody Demerais (Garrett Fischer)
13:07 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (Greyson Ecker, Cody Demerais)
2nd Period
9:25 – Crookston (4-on-4) – Garrett Fischer (Greyson Ecker, Jay Reese)
3rd Period
1;52 – Crookston – Masen Reitmeier (Gavin Aakhus)
5:13 – RLF (PP) – Coby Knott (Xavier Payment)
| Goalie | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
| Brady Chandler – Crox | 12 | 7 | ||
| Draven Wirth – RLF | 9 | 10 |
