By Pat Garry, Staff Writer
The Stars encountered some tough competition last week, losing to Sartell-St. Stephen, 5-1, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Paynesville Arena. On Thursday, the boys were outmatched by an impressive Alexandria squad, 5-1. The onerous week culminated in a disappointing loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, 2-1. (SSS Game) Shots on goal favored Sartell-St. Stephen, 33-16. The Stars scoring summary: Blake Blattner, 1 goal; Logan Stellmach, 1 assist. 1st Period — Scoring: SAR – Cromwell Goal (even strength) (Zulkosky) 15:39. Penalties: Boerger, SAR (2 min) 13:00; Pientka, RL (2 min) 13:00; Pulsifer, RL (2 min) 15:20; Schiffler, SAR (2 min) 15:20. 2nd Period — Scoring: SAR – Webster Goal (even strength) (Cromwell) 1:21; RL – Blattner Goal (even strength) (Stellmach) 11:58; SAR – Walters Goal (even strength) (Webster) 12:29. Penalties: Ruhland, RL (2 min) 4:13; Walters, SAR (2 min) 6:01; Schiffler, SAR (2 min) 7:06; Duininck, RL (2 min) 8:15; Stoebe, SAR (2 min) 13:00; Duininck, RL (2 min) 14:32. 3rd Period — Scoring: SAR – Webster Goal (even strength) (Cromwell) 1:43; SAR – Cromwell Goal (even strength) (Hagy) 9:14. Penalties: Walters, SAR (2 min) 11:01. (Alexandria Game) Shots on goal favored Alexandria, 33-20. The Stars scoring summary: Griffin Duininck, 1 goal; Blake Blattner, 1 assist. 1st Period — Scoring: ALEX – Strong Goal (short-handed) (Westlund, Revering) 9:39; ALEX – Westlund Goal (even strength) (Jenson, Pesta) 13:35. Penalties: Croonquist, ALEX (2 min) 3:35; Doherty, ALEX (2 min) 9:06. 2nd Period — Scoring: ALEX – Westlund Goal (even strength) (Doherty, Bigger) 13:38. Penalties: Stellmach, RL (2 min) 0:56; Ruhland, RL (2 min) 3:14; Wosepka, ALEX (2 min) 6:05. 3rd Period — Scoring: RL – Duininck Goal (even strength) (Swart, Blattner) 7:08; ALEX – Jost Goal (even strength) (Wosepka) 7:47; ALEX – Strong Goal (even strength) (Westlund) 15:32. Penalties: Westlund, ALEX (2 min) 9:31; Westlund, ALEX (2 min) 16:23. (Litchfield/D-C Game) Shots on goal favored River Lakes, 28-27. The Stars scoring summary: Logan Stellmach, 1 goal; Sam Howard, 1 assist. 1st Period — Scoring: LDC – Grangroth Goal (even strength) (Schutz, Pedersen) 16:41. Penalties: Pedersen, LDC (2 min) 0:50; Lund, LDC (2 min) 2:16. 2nd Period — Scoring: RL – Stellmach Goal (power play) (Howard) 14:37. Penalties: Pedersen, LDC (2 min) 14:09. 3rd Period — Scoring: LDC – Grangroth Goal (even strength) (Johnson) 13:33. Penalties: LDC (2 min) 5:21; Venable, RL (2 min) 6:39; Ruhland, RL (2 min) 10:25.