Hockey Roundup: Marshall nips Willmar in overtime

MARSHALL — The Marshall boys hockey team needed overtime to edge Willmar 2-1 on Saturday at Red Baron Arena.

Jared Reinsma scored both of Marshall’s goals. He opened the scoring at 14:56 of the first period, then recorded the game-winner at 6:44 in overtime. Sean Nwaiga assisted on both goals. Gavin Peterson assisted on the first one. Talan Plante assisted on the second.

Willmar tied it up at 11:41 of the second period. Ethan Stark scored on an assist from Mason Madsen.

Mason Thole saved 31 of 33 shots for the Cardinals.

Willmar is host to Alexandria at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Central Lakes Conference game at the Willmar Civic Center.

Willmar (4-10-0)             0     1     0     0 — 1
Marshall (9-9-0)             1     0     0     1 — 2
FIRST PERIOD –  (1) M: Jared Reinsma (Sean Nwaiga, Gavin Peterson), 14:56. 
SECOND PERIOD –  (2) W: Ethan Stark (Mason Madsen), 11:41.
THIRD PERIOD – No goals.
OVERTIME – (3) M: Reinsma (Naiga, Talan Plante), 6:44.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Willmar: Mason Thole 31/33 … Marshall: Ezra Maurice 25/26.

Connor Taber’s three goals led the way as Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato overwhelmed Minnesota River at the Litchfield Civic Arena.

The Dragons also got single goals from Jack Hillmann, Gavyn Lund, Keyton Johnson, Gavin Hanson, Trenton Evjen and Braden Olson.

Travis Halonen, who picked up an assist on one of Taber’s goals, made 14 saves for the shutout.

Litchfield/D-C next plays Hutchinson at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchinson’s Burich Arena.

Minnesota River (3-12-1)          0     0     0 — 0
Litchfield/D-C (10-6-1)               5     3     1 — 9
FIRST PERIOD –  (1) LDC: Jack Hillmann (Keyton Johnson), 2:01 … (2) LDC: Gavyn Lund (unassisted), 2:21 … (3) LDC: Connor Taber (Hillman, Lund), 9:50 … (4) LDC: Johnson (Caden Besemer, Hillman), 12:40 … (5) LDC: Gavin Hanson (Daniel Estrada, Wyatt Larson), 15:29. 
SECOND PERIOD –  (6) LDC: Taber (Grant Grochow, Travis Halonen), 4:11 … (7) LDC: Taber (Grochow, Halonen), 12:54 … (8) LDC: Trenton Evjen (Jaxon Gustafson), 13:17.
THIRD PERIOD – (9) LDC: Braden Olson (Carson Tormanen, Rhett Niemela), 5:04.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Minnesota River: Mitch Kotek 38/47 … Litchfield/D-C: Halonen 14/14.

Senior forward Brett Hansen scored five goals and an assist to lead Morris/Benson Area past Fairmont at Benson.

Ryan Tollifson had two goals and an assist for the Storm, who got single goals from Brady DeHaan, Sam Thompson, Tyler Hadfield, Trevor Buss and Cole Blume.

Christopher Danielson made seven saves to earn the shutout.

MBA next plays Northern Lakes at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Breezy Point Hockey Arena.

Fairmont (4-10-0)          0     0     0 — 0
MBA (8-8-1)                   3     6     4 — 13
FIRST PERIOD –  (1) MBA: Brett Hansen (Sam Thompson, Trevor Buss), 5:06 … (2) MBA: Hansen (Charlie Goff), 14:04 … (3) MBA: Cole Blume (Blake Bruns), 15:53.
SECOND PERIOD –  (4) MBA: Thompson (Ryan Tolifson, Brady DeHaan), 0:17 … (5) MBA: Tyler Hadfield (Hansen), 1:30 … (6) MBA: Tolifson (Hunter Blume, DeHaan), 4:28 … (7) MBA: Brady Pederson (DeHaan), 11:01 … (8) MBA: Hansen (Hadfield), 14:09 … (9) MBA: Tolifson (Ian Rajewsky, Goff), 14:44.
THIRD PERIOD – (10) MBA: Hansen (Levi Gunlockson, Chris Halvorson), 8:42 … (11) MBA: Hansen (unassisted), 12:00 SH … (12) MBA: Buss (Goff), 14:00 … (13) MBA: DeHaan (Thompson, Rajewsky), 15:50.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Fairmont: Ilana Moeller 29/37 (34:00); Isaiah Lockwood 10/14 (17:00) … MBA: Christopher Danielson 7/7.

The Willmar girls hockey team is now 7-2-0 in 2022 after securing a non-conference victory against Marshall at Red Baron Arena in Marshall.

Since New Year’s, the Cardinals have outscored teams 39-10.

After a scoreless first period, Makenna Larson and Sophia Quinn eached notched second-period goals for Willmar. With 2:33 left in the third, Avery Olson added a power-play goal.

Halle Mortenson walled off the net for the Cardinals, making 15 saves for her second shutout of the season.

Willmar is back at the Willmar Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday against Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria.

Willmar (11-10-0)           0     2     1 — 3
Marshall (12-9-1)           0     0     0 — 0
FIRST PERIOD –  No goals. SECOND PERIOD –  (1) W: Makenna Larson (Jayda Richter), 3:28 … (2) W: Sophia Quinn (Lauren Eilers), 14:38.
THIRD PERIOD – (3) W: Avery Olson (Kessa Mara, Nina Dawson), 14:27 PP. 
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Willmar: Halle Mortensen 15/15 … Marshall: Belle Deutz 31/34.

Kianna Roeske, Aubree McDonagh and Sophia Hess each had multi-goal games for River Lakes at Kent Freeman Arena in Detroit Lakes.

Roeske, a Minnesota State-Mankato recruit, finished with four goals and three assists. McDonagh and Hess both had two goals and three assists for the Stars.

Jordyn Bebus’ passing resulted in five assists. Abby Storms added a goal and three assists in the victory. In net, Kaydence Roeske made 18 saves for her fifth shutout of the season.

Ranked 19th in Class A, River Lakes will host the St. Cloud Icebreakers at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the River Lakes Civic Arena in Richmond.

River Lakes (13-9-0)             6     5     3  — 14
Detroit Lakes (3-14-0)           0     0     0 — 0
FIRST PERIOD –  (1) RL: Kianna Roeske (Sophia Hess, Paige Blattner), 3:26 … (2) RL: Hess (Abby Storms), 8:23 … (3) RL: Blattner (Ki. Roeske, Ayla McLellan), 10:38 … (4) RL: Aubree McDonagh (Storms, McLellan), 10:59 … (5) RL: KI. Roeske (Hess, McDonagh), 10:59 … (6) RL: Dalayne Hatlestad (Makayla Schrieber), 15:29 
SECOND PERIOD –  (7) RL: Hess (Jordyn Bebus, Ki. Roeske), 0:12 … (8) RL: Ki. Roeske (Bebus, Hatlestad), 0:40 … (9) RL: McDonagh (McLellan), 5:13 … (10) RL: Ki. Roeske (Bebus), 12:29 … (11) RL: Emma Stanley (McDonagh, Hess), 12:42 
THIRD PERIOD –  (12) RL: Storms (McDonagh), 6:55 PP … (13) RL: Eva Schueler (Makayla Schrieber, McDonagh), 10:15 … (14) RL: Brielle Cremers (Schueler, McDonagh), 11:20.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – River Lakes: Kaydence Roeska 18/18 … Detroit Lakes: Emma Wahl 36/50.

Kali Schmidt scored a pair of goals for Delano/Rockford to lift the Tigers to a Wright County Conference win against Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato at Delano.

The Tigers are ranked 17th in Class A.

Grace Braaten scored the lone goal for the Dragons with a power-play tally in the second period.

Litchfield/D-C will host Hutchinson at 7 p.m Tuesday at the Litchfield Civic Arena.

Litchfield/D-C (9-10-1)                0     1     0 — 1
Delano/Rockford (10-8-1)           2     1     0 — 3
FIRST PERIOD –  (1) DR: Kali Schmidt (Kaelyn Wittwer, Kayleigh Olson, 4:12 … (2) DR: Mckenzie Perry (Meg Mauch, Ashley Johnson), 11:00 SH. 
SECOND PERIOD –  (3) LDC: Grace Braaten (Adrianna Iverson), 4:56 PP … (4) DR: Schmidt (Ava Reierson), 15:17. 
THIRD PERIOD – No goals. 
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – Litchfield/D-C: Janelle Quast 34/37 … Delano/Rockford: Kayla Simonson 28/29.

Fairmont left the Benson Civic Center with an overtime win over Morris/Benson Area on Saturday.

The Storm will host Northern Lakes at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Lee Community Center in Morris.