By Pat Garry, Staff Writer
Last Tuesday, Jan. 22, the River Lakes boys were a bit overwhelmed by a formidable Alexandria squad, who dominated them, 5-2, at Runestone Community Center. However, the resilient Stars bounced back on Thursday, with a nice win over a tough Fergus Falls bunch, 4-3, at Richmond Arena.
(Alexandria Game) Shots on goal favored Alexandria, 43-14. The Stars Scoring Summary: Eric Johnson, 1 goal; Cam Lemke, 1 assist; Nick Rutledge, 1 goal. First Period – Scoring: RVR – Johnson Goal (short-handed) 4:01; ALEX – Gronholtz Goal (power play) (Wosepka) 9:16. Penalties: Howard, RVR (Hooking, 2 min.) 2:13; Baumgarten, RVR (Holding, 2 min.) 7:17; Birkeland, ALEX (Holding, 2 min.) 15:29; Ruhland, RVR (Holding, 2 min.) 16:16. Second Period – Scoring: ALEX – Carlsen Goal (power play) (Strong, Doherty) 0:55; ALEX – Lattimer Goal (even strength) 1:52; ALEX – Doherty Goal (even strength) (Strong) 11:54. Penalties: Birkeland, ALEX (Roughing, 2 min) 9:39; Howard, RVR (Slashing, 2 min) 9:39. Third Period – Scoring: ALEX – Westlund Goal (even strength) (Doherty) 4:16; RVR – Rutledge Goal (even strength) (Lemke) 13:34. Penalties: Strong, ALEX (Interference, 2 min.) 3:32; Howard, RVR (Interference, 2 min.) 6:30; Swart, RVR (High-Sticking, 2 min.) 11:06.
(Fergus Falls Game) River Lakes took a three-goal lead into period three and managed to hold off an Otters’ late three-goal scoring flurry and capture the win. Stars goalie Josh Venable was sharp under the pressure and finished the contest with 28 saves. Shots on goal favored Fergus Falls, 31-25. The Stars Scoring Summary: Sam Howard, 3 assists; Griffin Duininck, 1 goal, 2 assists; Logan Stellmach, 2 goals; Ethan Howard, 1 goal. First Period – Scoring: RVR – Duininck Goal (even strength) 3:56; FERGUS – Richards Goal (even strength) (Young, Shelstad) 6:53; RVR – Stellmach Goal (even strength) (Howard, Duininck) 14:34; RVR – Stellmach Goal (even strength) (Howard) 16:48. Penalties: Hoffman, FERGUS (Minor, 2 min.) 9:28. Second Period – Scoring: RVR – Howard Goal (even strength) (Duininck, Howard) 7:06. Penalties: Duininck, RVR (Minor, 2 min.) 1:02; Jensen, FERGUS (Minor, 2 min.) 15:14. Third Period – Scoring: FERGUS – Partain Goal (power play) (Jensen, Hoffman) 7:03; FERGUS – Young Goal (even strength) (Peterson) 14:40. Penalties: Lemke, RVR (Minor, 2 min.) 1:30; Pientka, RVR (Minor, 2 min.) 6:41; Schake, FERGUS (Minor, 2 min.) 9:07; Ruhland, RVR (Minor, 2 min.) 9:07; Rutledge, RVR (Minor, 2 min.) 10:05.