Warriors advance to the Class A state quarterfinals with convincing win over Stars
Warroad rushes together to celebrate a goal against River Lakes in the Class A state girls hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Warriors beat River Lakes 7-0.
ST. PAUL — The top-ranked Warroad girls hockey team scored all the goals that it would need against River Lakes in the first period Wednesday in the Class A state quarterfinals at Xcel Energy Center.
The Warriors scored three goals in the first 14 minutes and went on to a 7-0 win over the Stars. With the win, Warroad (24-3-1) advances to the semifinals at 1 p.m. Friday and will play fourth-seeded South St. Paul (16-10-2), which beat fifth-seeded Luverne, 3-1.
River Lakes (16-13-0) will play Luverne (23-4-0) at about noon Friday at TRIA Rink in the consolation semifinals.
Warroad got goals from seven players and 11 saves from senior Kendra Nordick on its way to the win.
Freshman forward Kaiya Sandy, junior forward Talya Hendrickson and junior forward Kate Johnson each had a goal and two assists and junior Lila Lanctot added a goal and an assist for Warroad.
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Freshman Kaydence Roeske made 55 saves for River Lakes.
Warroad huddles together before the game in the Class A state girls hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
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Warroad's Talya Hendrickson rushes over to the bench to celebrate her goal in the Class A state girls hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
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Warroad's Maddie Skogman shoots toward River Lakes goaltender Kaydence Roeske in the Class A state girls hockey quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Mick Hatten is a reporter and editor for Forum News Service and helps manage TheRinkLive.com, a website dedicated to hockey. He began working for Forum Communications in November 2018 and has covered St. Cloud State University hockey since 2010. A graduate of St. Cloud State, he has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist and has been a youth hockey coach since 2014. mhatten@forumcomm.com
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