Area Boys Hockey: Greenway rallies, nips Northern Lakes | BrainerdDispatch.com | Brainerd, Minnesota

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COLERAINE — The Northern Lakes Lightning let a 5-1 lead slip away as Greenway scored five unanswered goals to pin a 6-5 loss on the Lightning in a non-conference game Thursday.

Northern Lakes built a 3-0 lead after the first period on two goals from Ben Moe and one from Gaven Bickford.

Aspen Florey and Kyle Narveson scored in the second period for the Lightning.

Bazil Zuehlke’s goal at 3:40 of the third period finished the comeback for the Green Wave.

Greenway 0 4 2 — 6

Northern Lakes 3 2 0 — 5

First period: NL-Ben Moe 2:52; NL-Gavin Bickford 4:33; NL-Moe 10:49

Second period: G-Bazil Zuehlke 8:56; NL-Aspen Florey 9:56; NL-Kyle Narveson 10:48; G-Zuehlke 13:14; G-Alex Trounbly (Zuehlke) 13:14; G- Zach Childs 16:55

Third period: G-Jayden Gangl 1:49, Zuehlke 3:40.

Shots on goal: NL , G

Goalies: NL-Oliver Erholtz; G-Sam LaDoux, Mike LaDoux

Overall: NL 1-3. Next: Northern Lakes at Kittson Central 3 p.m. Saturday.

■ Wadena-Deer Creek , Litchfield/D-C

WADENA — The Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato Dragons edged the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines 4-3 in a non-conference game Thursday.

Overall: WDC 1-3. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Willmar 1 p.m. Saturday

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PIPERS SKATE TO TIE

Four straight Hamline University goals were answered by four straight St. Olaf College goals, as the two teams split the points in the MIAC women’s hockey standings with a 4-4 tie.

The Pipers opened the game with a flurry of goals in the first period, building up a 3-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

Alli Miller (So., Fairbault, Minn.) put the puck in the net first, scoring at 5:53 from first-year Billye Nelson (Warroad, Minn.). The goal was Alli Miller’s eighth of the year.

Shannon Griswold (Jr., Portland, Ore.) doubled Hamline’s lead with her first goal of the season at 14:18. Brianna Miller (Sr., Woodbury, Minn.) was credited with the assist. Alli Miller and Mallory Steele (Jr., Rochester Hills, Minn.) then combined to get the puck to Brianna Miller 13 seconds before the end of the period, as she increased the lead to 3-0.

The Pipers added another goal to their side of the scoreboard at 5:54 in the second, when Alli Miller scored her second of the game. Erin Kastner (Fy., Fairbault, Minn.) was credited with the assist.

St. Olaf responded with four unanswered goals to tie the game, including three power play goals in the second period. Their first game at 9:28 from Kristen Latta (Fy., Edina, Minn.), scoring on a pass from Kelly Biddle (Fy., La Miranda, Calif.).

They narrowed the Piper lead to two goals at 12:50 when Kim McClintick (Jr., Chaska, Minn.) scored from Lauren Tomford (Jr., Avon, Conn.). The same pair of players cut the lead to one at 13:47 with a goal from Tomford and an assist from McClintick.

The Oles tied the game with their fourth straight goal just 33 seconds into the third period. Tomford put the puck in the net on a delayed penalty goal, unassisted, for her second goal of the game.

Hamline and St. Olaf played the remainder of the third period without scoring, sending the game into the five minutes overtime period. Despite several desperate scrambles in front of both nets, the teams finished with the 4-4 tie.

The Pipers now stand at 6-7-1, 2-4-1 MIAC, while the Oles are 4-5-3, 4-4-1 MIAC.

PIPERS LONE UNDEFEATED TEAM IN MIAC PLAY

A trio of goals in the second period, and several multiple-point scorers, led the Hamline University men’s hockey team to a 6-2 victory at home over St. Olaf as they become the only unbeaten team in MIAC play.

The Pipers only needed five minutes to put their first goal on the board, as Kyle Kurr (Jr., Elk River, Minn.) put the puck in the net at 5:09. Chris Berenguer (So., Eden Prairie, Minn.) was credited with the assist.

Ryan Kupperman (So., Canterbury, N.H.) doubled the Piper lead at 12:01, with Kurr and Joe Long (Sr., Dayton, Minn.) earning the assists.

The two-goal Piper lead lasted until St. Olaf responded at 15:49 with a power play goal from Derek Grogan (Fy., Eagan, Minn.). Bryan Osmondson (Jr., Princeton, Minn.) and Roger Truesdale (Sr., Rogers, Minn.) were credited with the assists.

Less than two minutes into the second period, Kupperman’s second goal of the game came at 1:18 on passes from Dustin Fulton (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Brian Arrigoni (Fy., Saint Paul, Minn.). Fulton then put the Pipers up 4-1 on a power play goal at 9:44 from Long and Andrew Birkholz (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.).

Just seven seconds after gaining a 5-on-3 advantage in skaters, Berenger dumped a puck in the Ole net at 12:16 in the second to give Hamline a four-goal lead. Long and Kupperman earned the assists.

St. Olaf scored their second, and final, goal of the game at 8:43 in the final period, as Dylan Mueller (Sr,. Plymouth, Minn.) scored from Osmondson and Truesdale.

The final Piper goal for the 6-4 win came from Arrigoni at 11:50 in the third from Kupperman and Kurr.

With the win, the Pipers improve to 10-3-1, 5-0-0 MIAC, and with a loss tonight by St. Thomas, is the only unbeaten team in the conference. The Oles suffer their first conference loss of the year in dropping to 9-6-1, 5-1-1 MIAC. These same two teams will meet again tomorrow, Saturday, January 17, in Northfield at 7:00 p.m.