By John RittenhouseThe Luverne girls’ hockey team opened the 2005-06 campaign by dropping a seven-goal decision to St. Peter Saturday in Le Sueur.The Cardinals were scheduled to play their home opener by hosting Sioux Falls Blue Tuesday, but the game was postponed due to inclement weather.Luverne travels to New Ulm for a Friday contest.SP 8, Luverne 1The Cardinals opened the 2005-06 campaign by taking on St. Peter in Le Sueur Saturday.The home-standing Saints controlled play by outshooting the Cardinals 42-7 on the way to a seven-goal victory.St. Peter scored seven goals in the first two periods of the game, including the first five counters of the contest, to open a commanding lead.Rebecca Studer scored the game’s first goal early in the first period before Abby Sunderman added two more counters to give the hosts a 3-0 lead at period’s end.The Saints received goals from Kayleigh Sesmo and Meghan Monahan in the second period before the Cards netted their first goal of the season.Luverne’s Natalie Morgan netted an unassisted counter with 7:01 remaining in the second period to make it a 5-1 game.St. Peter’s Monahan and Sunderman scored one goal each to make it a 7-1 game before the second period was complete, and Saint Erin Seaver capped the scoring with a third-period tally.Alison Brands and Kaylee Smook shared time in the net for LHS. They stopped a combined 34 of 42 shots.