Prep report: East boys unable to complete comeback

Nov. 25—Duluth East outshot Shakopee 15-1 in the third period but could not find a tying goal on Saturday as the Sabers won 5-4 in The Opener, presented by Youth Hockey Hub, at the Bloomington Ice Garden.

The Sabres got a second-period hat trick, two of them on the power play, from Cooper Siegert to take a 5-3 lead into the third period after the teams started the frame tied at 1.

Noah Teng scored for the Greyhounds at 5:27, but that proved to be the end of the scoring.

Teng, Wyatt Peterson and Thomas Gunderson all finished with a goal and assist. Kole Kronstedt made 19 saves for East.

Three goals in succession, two scored and one assisted by Ethan Carter, lifted the Rails to a home win on Saturday.

Dylan Davidson broke a 2-2 tie just 42 seconds after it was formed early in the second period. Carter followed his primary assist with goals at 6:05 and 12:27 to extend the advantage.

Davidson and Tanner Ross both finished with a goal and two assists, while goaltender Brayden McLean had 16 saves.

Jake Stadler and Jacob Carpenter had four points apiece as the Storm opened their season with a rout at Sonju Arena in Two Harbors.

Stadler scored twice and added two assists, while Carpenter had a goal and three helpers.

Zach Bentler made 21 saves for his first career shutout. The Storm had a 31-21 shot advantage.

The Bluejackets learned a tough lesson on Saturday at the TRIA Turkey Day Classic in St. Paul from a Raiders team that reached the Class A state tournament last season.

Northfield got two goals apiece from Cayden Monson and Oliver Benjamin, while Jake Geiger posted four assists and Kam Kaiser a goal and two assists.

Tim Urdahl took the loss in net, making 21 saves. Kelin Elsner scored a third-period consolation goal for the Bluejackets.

Kasey Lamppa scored the last two legs of his hat trick in the Wolverines' six-goal third period on Saturday at Iron Trail Motors Event Center.

Rock Ridge held a 44-12 shot advantage and had eight players with multiple points.

Grady Dimberio finished with a goal and two assists, while Levi Flatley scored twice.

Ryan Rothfork made 11 saves for the win.

A pair of power play goals, from Allie LeClaire and Mira Rajala were enough for the Lightning to get a win on Saturday at Yanmar Arena in Grand Rapids.

Riley Toivonen had a lot to do with it too, as she made 23 saves.

White Bear Lake came out fast, scoring four times in the first period at the GRG Lightning Tournament at Yanmar Arena in Grand Rapids.

The Bears held the Bluejackets to 14 shots on goal.

Bryjah Schnipkoweit had a busy day in goal, making 56 saves in 51 minutes. Audrey Minor scored a consolation goal for Hibbing/Chisholm.

Ayla Troutwine and Natalie Bergman scored for Rock Ridge, but two Liz Bell goals for St. Cloud 15 seconds apart put the hosts in front for good late in the second period at the Turkey Trot in St. Cloud.

Nola Kwiatkowski made 35 saves for the Wolverines.

Zoe Lopez scored a pair of goals for Orono as it swept a weekend trip to Section 7 with a victory on Saturday, Nov. 25 at Northwoods Credit Union Arena.

Brayley Merrier had a first-period power play goal for CEC but the Lumberjacks were outshot by a 33-13 margin.

Izabella Strang made 29 saves for CEC.

Superior split a pair of games to open its season at the Tom Kislow Memorial Invitational in Schofield, Wisconsin.

The Spartans edged host D.C. Everest 64-59 on Friday night but fell 88-49 to Sussex Hamilton on day two.

Superior has its home opener on Tuesday, Nov. 28 vs. St. Croix Central.