McDonald's wins Mite League title

For The Journal

Published Tuesday, March 18, 2008

McDonald's topped the Otter Risers 7-5 Sunday in the Mite League championship game.

McDonald's opened the scoring in the first period with a goal from Adam Swanson with Brady Kampsula and Tanner Stadum assisting. Kampsula then fired one in unassisted.

The Otter Risers jumped on the board with a goal from Carter Randklev all alone. They then tied up the game with a goal from Sophie Rausch. Kampsula fired in another shot to push McDonald's into the lead again. Randklev tied it up once again for the Otter Risers.

The Otter Risers then took the lead right away with two more goals, one by Brandon Hatlstad with an assist from Randklev. and another by Carter Randklev filling his hat trick of the game. Tanner Stadum put McDonald's on the board in the second period with an assist from Kampsula.

Kampsula sealed the win in the third period with a hat trick.

Josh Longtin was in net for McDonald's and Cole Mahler for Otter Risers.

Godfathers takes third

Godfathers defeated Shoremaster 5-2 for third place in the Mite League.

Godfathers opened up the scoring in the second period with a goal from Jakob Brimhall. Riley Sheridan then fired one in for Godfathers with an assist from Hunter Eldien.

Shoremaster got on the board with a goal from Nate Longtin unassisted. Godfathers fired back with a goal from Logan Wentworth assisted by Riley Sheridan. Riley then score unassisted. In the third period Godfathers opened up the scoring with a goal from Wentworth. Shoremaster did not leave with out putting another one on the board from Brad Moxness.

Jack Angus was in the net for Shoremaster.

Fergus Tire/Rotary skaters win Squirt championship

Sunday’s inter-squad house league championship game marked the end to a long season of Squirt Hockey. The Service Food team (in green) played with the Noon Kiwanis team (red) against the combined Fergus Tire and Rotary team (white and blue).

With 1:09 left in the 1st, Tosten Mann fired a shot resulting in a rebound. Alex Phillipe chipped the rebound into the back of the net to put the Service Food/Noon Kiwanis team up by 1 at the end of the first.

Just into the second period Ean Goos picked up a loose puck off of a face off and took it to the net. Deking left, then right, then left, Goos slipped one past the goalie to tie the game at 1-all.

Just two minutes later, Phillipe fired a shot from the left side that bounced onto the stick of Abby Hobbs. Hobbs wasted no time in firing the puck past the net tender to put the Service Food/Noon Kiwanis team back on top.

Nearly three minutes slipped by before Peter Johnson took the puck to the net. With a dandy move that dropped the goalie into his butterfly, Johnson maneuvered around the now planted goalie and slipped one into the net.

Shortly thereafter, at the 8:31 point of the second period, Kyler Peterson was the beneficiary of a face off in the offensive zone. He ripped a wrist shot from the top of the left circle beating the goalie high glove side, putting the Fergus Tire/Rotary team up 3-2. Three minutes passed until Brady Halverson, hustling as always, picked up a loose puck and buried it in the back of the net to tie it up 3-3. That would be as close to a win as the Red and Green team would come as the Fergus Tire/Rotary team went on a scoring binge.

Starting the third period, Goos turned on his afterburners and went coast to coast. With a wide open path to the goalie and dizzying stick handling he again slipped one into the net. Exactly two minutes later, Peterson mirrored Goos’s speed and maneuvers to put the Blue and White team up by two. As both teams fought for the puck, Ryan Smith got control of it and passed it to a driving Lauren Norgren who quickly released a shot that found net.

With the Service/Kiwanis team now down 6-3, Mitchell Toso threw a shot on net from the left side that went off the goalie and into the net.

With just over two minutes left in the game, the Green and Red team pulled their goalie and added a skater to tilt the odds in their favor. The gamble didn’t pay off as the Blue and White team found an open net with 34 seconds left, putting the game out of reach.

Derek Christianson made 23 saves for Service/Kiwanis. Andrew MacFarlane made 22 saves for the winning Fergus Tire/Rotary team.

Westridge Dental, Ottertail Telcom, AMP triumph

Super Sunday was a fun-filled day with family, friends and future Otter hockey players.

The first game ended up with a score of Westridge Dental 6 and Sunmart 2.

Declan Young scored four goals. Single goals were scored by Andrew Johnson, Ian Richaels, Maddie Koep, and Cole Knudson.

The second game was exciting to the finish with Ottertail Telcom winning 4-3 against Security State Bank.

Tyson Rieken and Gavin Lindberg each scored two goals for their team. Alex Hastings, Chance Fazzo, and Ben Palmer all scored one goal for their respective teams.

The last game was a thriller with AMP Insurance defeating Bremer Bank in a 6-2 finish. Brady Lill was on fire with five goals for his team. Makenna Stenstrom, Wyatt Goetz, and Colton Partain each racked up a goal for their team.