Now 10-9-2 overall on the -dwindling season, the River Lakes boys’ hockey team just finished a perfect week. On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the boys stopped Sauk Rapids-Rice, 8-2, at Sports Arena East. Then the Stars welcomed in February with an 8-0 defeat of Breckenridge/Wahpeton at Ella Stern & Harry Stern Sports Arena.
Sauk Rapids-Rice game
Shots on goal favored River Lakes, 41-26. Scoring by periods: River Lakes: 3, 1, 4; SRR: 0, 1, 1; Power plays: SRR, 0-5; River Lakes, 3-7; Penalties: SRR, 19 minutes on 8 infraction; River Lakes, 12 minutes on 6 infractions; Individual scoring: River Lakes, Sam Hanson, 1 goal; Parker Welz, 1 goal; Chase Wright, 1 assist; Jace Griffin, 1 goal; Ethan Holme, 1 assist; Anthony Fink, 1 goal, 2 assists; Blake Schultz, 2 goals; Kaleb Cremers, 1 goal; Eric Paulson, 1 goal; Griffin Mayhew, 1 assist; Goalie Carson Cronquist, 26 shots on goal, 24 saves.
1st-Period scoring: RVRLKS – Schultz goal (even strength) 7:02; RVRLKS – Fink goal (even strength) (Wright) 7:42; RVRLKS – Griffin goal (even strength) (Fink) 8:16. Penalties: Hiltner, SRR (High-Sticking, Minor, 2.0 min) 8:52; Fink, RVRLKS (Charging, Minor, 2.0 min) 10:23. Goalie changes: None.
2nd-Period scoring: RVRLKS – Schultz goal (even strength) 9:38; SRR – Anderson goal (even strength) (Fitch) 15:49. Penalties: Paulson, RVRLKS (Slashing, Minor, 2.0 min) 7:25; Dodge, SRR (Tripping, Minor, 2.0 min) 10:18. Goalie changes: None.
3rd-Period scoring: RVRLKS – Welz goal (power play) 9:06; RVRLKS – Cremers goal (power play) 12:46; RVRLKS – Hanson goal (power play) (Holme) 13:13; SRR – Fitch goal (short-handed) (Dhein, Thell) 13:36; RVRLKS – Paulson goal (even strength) (Mayhew, Fink) 14:47. Penalties: Griffin, RVRLKS (Interference, Minor, 2.0 min) 4:28; Dodge, SRR (Hooking, Minor, 2.0 min) 6:32; Wright, RVRLKS (Slashing, Minor, 2.0 min) 6:49; Prelvitz, SRR (Slashing, Minor, 2.0 min) 8:38; Cronquist, RVRLKS (Roughing, Minor, 2.0 min) 9:31; Jacobson, SRR (Roughing, Minor, 2.0 min) 9:31; Behling, SRR (Head Contact, Major, 5 min) 9:31; Wright, RVRLKS (Tripping, Minor, 2.0 min) 10:31; Dhein, SRR (Roughing, Minor, 2.0 min) 10:50; Dodge, SRR (Elbowing, Minor, 2.0 min) 15:05. Goalie changes: None.
Breckenridge/Wahpeton game
Shots on goal favored River Lakes, 40-10; Scoring by periods: River Lakes: 4, 4, 0; B/W: 0, 0, 0; Power plays: B/W, 0-3; River Lakes, 2-2; Penalties: B/W, 4 minutes on 2 infractions; River Lakes, 6 minutes on 3 infractions; Individual scoring: River Lakes, Sam Hanson, 1 goal; Parker Welz, 1 goal, 1 assist; Brandon Carlson, 1 goal; Jace Griffin, 1 assist; Matthew Dotzler, 1 goal, 1 assist; Ethan Holme, 1 goal, 2 assists; Anthony Fink, 1 goal; Blake Schultz, 2 goals; Eric Paulson, 1 assist; Griffin Mayhew, 1 assist; Goalie Daniel Mooney, 10 shots on goal, 10 saves.
1st-Period scoring: RVRLKS – Welz goal (power play) (Dotzler) 2:30; RVRLKS – Dotzler goal (even strength) (Welz) 5:48; RVRLKS – Holme goal (even strength) (Griffin) 6:11; RVRLKS – Schultz goal (even strength) 9:28. Penalties: Petersen, BRKWAP (Slashing, Minor, 2.0 min) 1:37; Griffin, RVRLKS (Roughing, Minor, 2.0 min) 15:25. Goalie changes: None.
2nd-Period scoring: RVRLKS – Carlson goal (even strength) 3:19; RVRLKS – Fink goal (even strength) (Holme, Paulson) 12:29; RVRLKS – Schultz goal (even strength) 12:38; RVRLKS – Hanson goal (power play) (Mayhew, Holme) 14:31. Penalties: Mackedanz, RVRLKS (Roughing, Minor, 2.0 min) 8:59; Bruechert, BRKWAP (Slashing, Minor, 2.0 min) 13:40. Goalie changes: None.
3rd-Period scoring: None. Penalties: Paulson, RVRLKS (Hooking, Minor, 2.0 min) 1:22. Goalie changes: None.