Recap

This is the sixth meeting of the year between these two teams. Sturgeon holds a 3-2 advantage on wins, but both the Saints victories were in minor hockey week including the final. A much better first period by the Saints, in the rematch from last week, saw Sturgeon out shoot the Saints 10-9 and the score remains knotted at 0.

Sturgeon gets an early power play to try and break the ice in this game. The Saints hold Sturgeon to one shot on the power play and successfully kill it off. A nice save by Ben Kraiger on a short handed breakaway keeps the game scoreless. The Saints score shortly after to take a 1-0 lead. The Saints follow that up with another quick goal to take a 2-0 lead. The Saints score a late power goal to go up 3-0. They follow it up with another quick goal to go up 4-0 with 43 seconds left in the second period. Another goal with 34 seconds left give the Saints a 5-0 lead. The second period ends with a 5-0 lead for the Saints. They had to play half of the period with 4 defensemen due to an injury and a misconduct. Shots were 15-6 for the Saints the second period.

The Saints score early to go to up 6-0 on a nice passing play. The Saints out shoot Sturgeon 12-10 in the third period and 36-26 overall. A solid bounce back game after losing 5-0 to Sturgeon last weekend.  A good shutout for Ben Kraiger in goal for the Saints.

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Game photos by Bill Clark.