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Garrett Fischer scores 5 goals to lead Pirate Boys Hockey past International Falls

The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team’s Garrett Fischer scored five goals and also had an assist to lead his team to a 6-2 victory over the International Falls Broncos in a game played at the Crookston Sports Center. The Pirates celebrated senior day by honoring the 15 senior players/managers before and after the game.

FIRST PERIOD
As the game started, Crookston began to take the initiative on the offensive end, recording the first 4 shots on goal. However, none of them were able to find twine, as Kane Thompson was able to stop all of them. From there, the Broncos began to find their own groove on offense, and they fired off the next 5 shots on goal. The fifth of those was the most important one, as Asher Keep shot immediately off of a faceoff win by Zach Youso, giving the Broncos the early lead. Crookston was able to find an answer a few minutes later, however, as Greyson Ecker scored off of a beautiful feed from Garrett Fischer to tie the game at 1. From there, Crookston was able to continue to fire shots at Thompson, but the Bronco goaltender was up to the task, and he was able to record 13 saves, keeping the score tied at 1 heading into the intermission.

SECOND PERIOD
As the second period started, International Falls were doing a good job in controlling the puck and firing shots on Parker Kelly. However, the Pirate goaltender was able to stop the initial first wave, and it created a breakout opportunity that Garrett Fischer was able to put away, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. The Pirates were unable to get complacent, though, as the Broncos kept firing on Kelly, and William Yerxa was able to beat him on a rebound to tie the game at 2. But, exactly 2 minutes after that, Fischer was able to get his name back on the scoreboard, putting away his second goal of the game to put the Pirates back on top at 3-2. Both teams were able to kill off a penalty as well, and the game stayed at a 3-2 score heading into the third period.

THIRD PERIOD
It’s not often that someone takes over a game in as dominating of a fashion as Garrett Fischer did in this game. Fischer was able to record a hat trick in this game in the third minute of the period, as he fired one from the blue line past Thompson to give the Pirates a crucial 2-goal advantage at 4-2. From there, it seemed as though the life was drained from International Falls. They began to commit more penalties, including a 5-minute major for boarding, and the Pirates were able to capitalize. More specifically, Garrett Fischer was able to capitalize. After Anthony Yerxa was sent to the box for a hooking penalty, Fischer fired his fourth goal of the game gloveside on Thompson to give the Pirates a 5-2 lead. Then, in the final minutes, International Falls opted to pull the goalie in favor of the extra skater, but that didn’t work, and Fischer was able to fire the puck into the back of the empty net to end a 5-goal and 6-point performance from him, leading to a Crookston 6-2 victory.

Crookston improves to 13-7-1 on the year and will play Breckenridge/Wahpeton on Tuesday. International Falls drops to 12-8 on the year.
J. V. – International Falls won 6-3
To hear postgame comments from Pirate head coach Josh Hardy, and seniors Brandon Colborn and Riley Benson, click below.

Team1st2nd3rdFinal
International Falls1102
Crookston1236

1st Period
7:36 – IFalls – Asher Keep (Zach Youso)
12:41 – Crookston – Greyson Ecker (13) (Garret Fischer)

2nd Period
2:58 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (18) (Greyson Ecker)
10:51 – IFalls – William Yerxa (Anthony Yerxa, Cooper Crandall)
12:51 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (19) (Tate Hamre)

3rd Period
2:26 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (20) (Jay Reese, Riley Benson)
8:22 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (21) (Tate Hamre, Jay Reese) (PP)
15:08 – Crookston – Garrett Fischer (22)
(Jay Reese, Jack Buhler) (Empty Net)

Goalie1st2nd3rdTotal
Parker Kelly – Crox510520
Kane Thompson – IFalls1313430
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