By Shane PalmquistThe Cardinal boys hockey team took to the road last weekend, playing in the Worthington Holiday Tournament.The Cards came out of it with a 1-2 record after three tough games in three days.Sioux City 7, Luverne 1The Cardinals came out slow in the first game Wednesday, Dec. 29.They allowed Sioux City to jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and build on it by adding two more in the second period.Luverne finally got on the board in the third behind a Casey Krueger goal with an assist from Chris Fitzer. That goal proved to be too little too late as Sioux City answered with two more to bury the Cardinals 7-1.Worthington 6, Luverne 3In Game 2 Luverne took on the host Trojans Thursday, Dec. 30.Power play goals seemed to be the flavor of the night as three of Worthington’s six goals came via the man advantage. The Cardinals netted one of their own power play goals in the second period when Nick Otten took a pass from Nate Boler to get Luverne on the board. Worthington took a commanding 5-1 lead with 14 minutes left and hung on as Luverne got two late third-period goals from Derek Elbers and Chris Fitzer.Luverne 4, Redwood Area 0Luverne’s third and final game of the tourney Friday turned out to be its best one.The Cards shut out Redwood Area and got 23 huge saves from goalie Brad Van Santen. With one minute left in the first period, senior Capt. Matt Reverts scored off a pass from Derek Elbers.Reverts also netted an unassisted second goal in the second period. Teammates returned the favor to each other also in this game. In the second period Nick Otten took the puck off the stick of Casey Krueger to put the cards up 2-0. Then, after the Reverts’ goal put the cards up 3-0, Otten returned the favor to Krueger and put the final exclamation point on a 4-0 shutout of Redwood. Luverne travels to Worthington tonight before hosting Dodge County on Saturday and Fairmont next Tuesday.