PIRATE BOYS HOCKEY DEFEATS LAKE OF THE WOODS, 3-2

The Crookston Pirate Boys Hockey team defeats the Lake of the Woods Bears in a Section 8A matchup, 3-2 in Baudette at Lake of the Woods International Arena.

FIRST PERIOD
In the first, both teams had balanced play, with each side generating some chances on net. Lake of the Woods would get the first man advantage of the game as Crookston was called for a penalty. The Pirates were able to kill the penalty off and keep it a scoreless game. Shortly after that, Crookston would head to the power play as the Bears were called for a penalty. The Lake of the Woods penalty kill kept Crookston off the scoreboard and still kept it a scoreless game. Lake of the Woods broke through first as Jordan Kvernen took the puck on a turnover and fired his shot into the net to make it 1-0. About a minute later, Crookston answered as Tate Hamre found the puck and was able to score and tie the game up with under half a minute left in the period. The game would head to the second period tied at one. 

SECOND PERIOD
In the second, Lake of the Woods headed to the power play early in the period. The Pirates were able to kill it off and keep it a 1-1 game. Lake of the Woods would later get called for a penalty to give Crookston the man advantage. Crookston would take advantage as in the last seconds of the power play, Carter Trudeau scored to give Crookston a 2-1 lead. With under half a minute left in the period, Lake of the Woods capitalized on a rebound, with Dawson Canfield scoring for the Bears to tie it 2-2. The game would stay tied at two, heading into the third period. 

THIRD PERIOD
In the third, Crookston’s Garrett Fischer buried a goal to make it 3-2. Crookston then was called for a penalty, giving the Bears a power play. Crookston killed it off and kept their 3-2 lead. Later in the period, Crookston would get called for another penalty, but while Lake of the Woods had the man advantage, they too were called for a penalty. After a little four-on-four time, Crookston had a power play, but the Pirates weren’t able to cash in, keeping the game at 3-2. Lake of the Woods, with a few minutes to go, called their timeout to set up a final push to try and tie the game. Crookston’s netminder, Parker Kelly, came up with multiple clutch saves to keep Crookston in the lead. Crookston would get a 3-2 road win. 

Crookston improves to 14-10-0 on the year and will take on Red Lake Falls tomorrow night on KROX. Lake of the Woods falls to 14-8-0 and will take on International Falls on Thursday. 

JV – Crookston wins 7-3. 

Click below for Coach Hardy’s post-game interview. 

1st Period
15:27 – LOW – Jordan Kvernen (Unassisted)
16:39 – Crox – Tate Hamre (5) (Unassisted)

2nd Period
9:20 – Crox – Carter Trudeau (4) (Greyson Ecker, Garrett Fischer) (PP)
16:37 – LOW – Dawson Canfield (Jordan Kvernen)

3rd Period
1:44 – Crox – Garrett Fischer (11)(Riley Benson, Greyson Ecker)