Windom Defeated in a Conference Showdown
Windom faced Morris/Benson this weekend in a Southwest Conference battle. The Eagles traveled to the Benson Civic Center in hope of finding a win after their tough 5-2 loss over Achiever NE Academy. Whereas Morris/Benson hoped to keep their three games winning streak alive.
With a slow start for the Eagles, the Storm took advantage of it scoring their first goal by Brody Gimberlin (Picht, Staples, 5:25).
After receiving a minor penalty by Windom’s Zach Bartosh. Tanner Picht of Morris scored a power-play goal (Staples, Beyer, 13:36) giving the Storm a 2-0 lead after the first period.
Windom was outshot 17-4 the first period and with a late penalty by Windom in the first period Morris/Benson was to start the second period in a power play.
Devin Nielsen (Unassisted, 5:00) started the second period strong scoring Windom’s first goal of the game.
Tanner Picht (Beyer, Gimberlin, 12:39) scored his second goal of the game and shortly after scored his hattrick goal (Unassisted, 16:51).
That led Windom to trail 1-4 after the second period. Windom however closed the shots on goal gap to only one (7-8).
Devin Nielsen (Macek, Pigman, 3:27) started the third period with a bang scoring his second and hattrick goal (Unassisted, 6:08).
Only 24 seconds after Nielsen’s hattrick goal, Picht (Gimberlin, 6:32) scored his fourth goal of the game.
With less than 10 minutes left in the game and the Eagles trailing by two, Stuart Schumacher (Pigman, 9:36) scored Windom’s final goal of the game.
Dual penalties by Bartosh and Gimberlin put out the spark of the Windom Eagles leading to a goal by Mac Beyer (Gimberlin, 8:53). Giving Morris/Benson a two point lead of 6-4.
The Eagles were behind by two with less than three minutes to play which lead Coach Ammerman to pull senior goalie Tyler McGowan which lead to a shorthanded, empty net goal by Jordan Staples (Helberg, 16:32) to close out the game for the Eagles and the Storm.
The Storm continued to outshoot the Eagles, 9-4, in the third. This giving Morris/Benson the overall advantage of outshooting Windom 34-15 for the entire game.
The loss brought the Eagles record to 8-5. Despite losing the conference matchup the Eagles still hold their third place spot in the conference.
The Windom Eagles will travel to the Lyon County Ice Arena tomorrow, January 15th to face the Marshall Tigers (6-7-1) in another Southwest Conference Showdown. The puck is planned to drop at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Holly Larson
Student Sports Information Director-MSHSL
Windom Area Schools
January 14, 2013
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Varsity Roster
| # |
Name |
Pos |
Grade |
| 2 |
Stuart Schumacher |
F |
12 |
| 4 |
Devin Nielsen |
F |
9 |
| 6 |
Zach Bartosh |
F |
11 |
| 7 |
Alex Leopold |
D |
10 |
| 8 |
Kyle Luhmann |
D |
12 |
| 9 |
Travis Janssen |
F |
12 |
| 13 |
Mitchell Macek |
F |
11 |
| 15 |
Ryan Clark |
F |
11 |
| 16 |
Ryan Evers |
F |
11 |
| 17 |
Zach Ignaszewski |
F |
11 |
| 18 |
Eric Haberman |
D |
12 |
| 19 |
Tyler Presthus |
D |
12 |
| 22 |
Zach Steen |
F |
9 |
| 23 |
Dylan Pigman |
F |
11 |
| 24 |
Andrew Hirsch |
D |
11 |
| 30 |
Ben Stubbe |
G |
12 |
| 33 |
Garrett Schumacher |
G |
10 |
| 35 |
Tyler McGowan |
G |
12 |
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Schedule
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| Assistant Coach: |
| Jason Espenson |
| Justin Espenson |
| Student Manager: |
| Bailey Johnson |
| Taylor Mischke |
State Tournament |
March 5-8, 2014
Xcel Energy Center & Mariucci Arena
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Section 3A Tournament |
Feb 18, 2014
Feb 20, 2014
Feb 22, 2014
Feb 26, 2014
High Seed
High Seed
Gustavus
Gustavus
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