State Tournament Summary
By Howard Voigt
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| Chris Murray of the The Blake School Bears scored with two minutes left in the second period and Bears netminder Kent Patterson made it stand up for a 2-0 win over the Cougars of Mankato East/Loyola. Patterson stopped 23 shots for the game to earn the shutout. Joshua Birkholz got the Bears final goal during a 5-on-3 power play late in the third period (13:13). Jimmy Olson played a strong game in goal for the Cougars, making 29 saves on 31 shots on goal. Each team had six penalties for 12 minutes apiece. |
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State Tournament Box Score
By Howard Voigt
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Bears move to Consolation Championship game.
By Blake Staff
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2006 Varsity Boys’ Hockey Updates
State Class A Consolation Round Contest @ Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, March 9
The Blake School 0 1 1--2
Mankato East/Loyola 0 0 0--0
First: no scoring
Second: Bla--Murray (Policinski), 14:59.
Third: Bla-- Birkholz (Louwerse), 13:13.
Saves: Blake School-Patterson-7-10-7--24; Ostman x-x-1—1; Mankato East/Loyola - Olson -13-7-9—29.
The Bears of The Blake School hit the ice at Mariucci Arena this morning at 10 AM to take on the Mankato East/Loyola Cougars in an elimination game of the State Class A Consolation Tournament.
The first period was wide open, scoreless with both netminders making quality saves to keep their opponents off the board.
The second period became closer checking and more physical as the Bear’s Blake Dressen took a 2 minute crosschecking penalty at the 5:10 mark. Before Dressen’s penalty expired Mankato East’s Michael Green went into the box for slashing. Both team were able to survive the other’s man advantage, preserving the shutout.
At 14:21 in the period the Bear’s Bryant Johnson took 2 minutes for roughing and the Cougar’s Jake Miller was sent to the box for slashing. Thirty-eight seconds into the coincidental penalties Blake School senior Mike Policinski hit a streaking teammate, Chris Murray in the slot. Murray buried it to put the Bears on the board at 14:59.
The physical style of play continued into the third period with each team picking up power play opportunities. Bear’s freshman Josh Birkholz got the final goal of the game during a 5-on-3 man advantage late in the third period.
In a game marred by 12 penalties (6 for each team) it was goaltending that ultimately won it for the Bears. The Blake School’s sophomore backstop Kent Patterson stopped everything the feisty Cougars threw at him to tally the shutout and the W.
The 18-9-3 Bear’s will take on the Prowlers of Thief River Falls (21-8) at 10 AM on Saturday March 10th in Mariucci Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota. |
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