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High School and Regional Tournament Lineup

Boys Hockey 6A Sectional – Richfield, MN
• Shakopee 2, Mound 1
• Saturday morning Star-Tribune article
• Boys Section 6A Brackets

  Silver Region Tourament – Willmar, MN

• PeeWee “B” – Mound 4, Luvurne 3 OT
• PeeWee “B” – Mound 9, St. Peter 0
• Championship: Redwood Falls 8, Mound 5
• Mound PeeWee “B” 2nd Place in Silver Region
• other PeeWee “B” scores:
  St. Peter 4, Orono Red 2
  Redwood Falls 10, Orono Blue 1
  New Prague 3, PNLS 2
  Redwood Falls 7, New Prague 1

• Pee Wee B Brackets
• Bantam “A” – Mound 3, New Prague 0
• Bantam “A” – Mound 10, Albert Lea 2
• Championship: Owatonna 9, Mound 1
• Mound Bantam “A” 2nd Place in Silver Region
• other Bantam “A” scores:
  Owatonna 5, Buffalo 4 3OT
  Albert Lea 4, Orono 3
  New Ulm 4, Willmar 1
  Owatonna 5, New Ulm 4

• Bantam “A” Brackets

  Silver Region Tournament – Marshall, MN

• PeeWee “A” – Mound 2, Owatonna 1
• PeeWee “A” – Mound 1, Mankato Purple 4
• PeeWee “A” – Mound 4, Crow River 1
• Mound PeeWee “A” 3rd Place in Silver Region
• other PeeWee “A” scores:
  Mankato Purple 9, Orono 1
  Fairibault 7, MAML 1
  Crow River 6, New Ulm 0

• PeeWee “A” Brackets

Go Whitehawks!

Mound 10, Albert Lea 2

The Mound Bantam A hockey team picked up Saturday where they left off Friday night, and dismantled a very good Albert Lea team 10-2, on some excellent goaltending and a balanced passing and scoring attack. Eight players earned points in the contest, and six players had two or more. Jack Thaler led the Whitehawks with three goals and three assists.

Albert Lea defeated Orono 4-3 to earn a spot in the semifinal.

Riley Horgan scored an unassisted goal at 2:20 of the first period (Mound 1-0). At 6:02, Jack Thaler scored on an assist from Ryan Hurd (Mound 2-0). At 7:16, Jamie Johnson scored on assists from Riley Horgan and Dusty McCormack (Mound 3-0). At 9:46, Albert Lea scored a power-play goal on a hooking penalty (Horgan) (Mound 3-1).

At :15 into the second period, Albert Lea scored a power-play goal on a slashing penalty (Thaler) (Mound 3-2). At :58 into the second period, Jack Thaler scored an unassisted goal (Mound 4-2). At 9:25 into the second period, Billy Sullivan scored on an assist from Jack Thaler (Mound 5-2). At 10:05 into the second period, Jamie Johnson scored on an assist from Jack Thaler (Mound 6-2). At 12:55 into the second period, Jack Thaler scored his third goal on an assist from Ryan Hurd (Mound 7-2).

At :19 in the third period, Matt Swanson scored on assists from Riley Horgan and Jamie Johnson (Mound 8-2). At this point the game clock went to running time. At 3:25 into the third period, Tyler Wright scored on an assist from Jack Thaler (Mound 9-2). At 7:29 into the third period, Tyler Wright scored on an assist from Matt Swanson (Mound 10-2).

Dan Swanson earned the victory in goal for the Whitehawks.

Mound faces Owatonna in the Regional Championship at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. The winner advances to the State Bantam A Tournament in New Ulm March 11th. Owatonna defeated Buffalo 5-4 and New Ulm 5-4 to advance to the Finals.

Great Game Whitehawks!

Shakopee 2, Mound 1

The Whitehawk varsity ended their season Friday night with a hard-fought 2-1 loss to Shakopee in Richfield.

Neither team scored in the first period.

Mound’s Philip Dunn scored at 3:15 in the second period, on assists from Joe Shoop and Nick Zilka. Shakopee scored at 6:37 in the period to tie the game 1-1.

In the third period, Mound outshot Shakopee 12-2, but Shakopee scored the game-winner at 12:55 in the third period.

Zach Van Dyne made 16 saves for the Whitehawks.

Shots on goal: Mound 32, Shakopee 18

Great Season Whitehawks!

Mound 3, New Prague 0

The Mound Bantam A team was impressive Friday night, notching a 3-0 shutout victory against a solid New Prague team in the Regional Quarterfinal in Willmar, MN.

The start of the game was delayed, when the Buffalo/Owatonna game went into triple-overtime. Owatonna upset Buffalo 5-4 to advance to the other Regional semifinal.

Mound’s Riley Horgan gave Mound the lead for good with an unassisted goal just 21 seconds into the game.

In the second period, Jamie Johnson scored at 7:33 on assists from Ryan Shuman and Riley Horgan to extend the Whitehawk lead to 2-0.

In the third period, New Prague pulled their goalie with just over 4 minutes remaining. With 2:48 remaining on the clock, Trevor Chase scored an empty net goal flipping the puck down the ice from just right of his own crease to make the Whitehawk lead 3-0. Mound killed off the final two minutes one skater short.

Dan Swanson earned the shutout for the Whitehawks with 26 saves.

Shots on goal: Mound 27, New Prague 26

Mound continues regional action Saturday night at 6:00 p.m., against the winner of the 8:00am Orono/Albert Lea game.

Great Game Whitehawks!

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High School and Regional Tournament Lineup

Boys Hockey 6A Sectional – Richfield, MN
• Friday (Feb 25) — 7:00 p.m.
  Mound vs. Shakopee

• Boys Section 6A Brackets

  Silver Region Tourament – Willmar, MN

• Friday (Feb 25) — 7:00 p.m.
  PeeWee “B” vs. Luvurne

• Pee Wee B Brackets
• Friday (Feb 25) — 9:00 p.m.
  Bantam “A” vs. New Prague

• Bantam “A” Brackets

  Silver Region Tournament – Marshall, MN

• Friday (Feb 25) — 9:00 p.m.
  PeeWee “A” vs. Owatonna

• PeeWee “A” Brackets

Go Whitehawks!

Minnesota Gopher goaltender Kellen Briggs is expected to be sidelined 4-6 weeks after breaking a bone on the little finger of his left (glove) hand.

Gopher netminder Justin Johnson will anchor the Gopher defense during their stretch run in the WCHA and post-season tournaments.

This weekend the Gophers will play a home/home series against St. Cloud State. Friday night the teams play at Mariucci Arena. Saturday night they square off at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.

Olympic “1980 Rink” renamed
“Herb Brooks Arena”

February 22 marked the 25th Anniversary of the United States “Miracle on Ice” victory over the Soviet Union, when the U.S. upset a dominant Soviet team 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Olympics.

February 24 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Gold Medal game against Finland. The U.S. trailed 2-1 heading into the third period, when they rallied for three goals in the third to take the Gold Medal.

Several events commemorated the anniversaries this week. On February 22, a celebration marked the exact minute of the victory (7:26pm). The team was introduced, video highlights of the game were shown on a Big Screen, and attendees counted down the last 11 seconds of the game, including Al Michaels now famous “Do You Believe In Miracles”?

On February 23, a ceremony was held at Lake Placid’s “1980 Rink”, where it was renamed “Herb Brooks Arena”, in honor of their late coach.