Cardinal girls' hockey team continues streak of dominance

The Luverne Cardinals girls’ hockey team extended its shutout streak to 14 periods.
Since giving up four goals in the first period against Dodge County on Friday, Feb. 5, the Cardinals have gone 14 straight periods without giving up a goal.
The streak continued on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Worthington with the Cardinals defeating the Trojans 11-0.
On Friday, Feb. 19, the Cardinals defeated Waseca 10-0 in Waseca.
 
LHS 11, Worthington 0
After defeating the Trojans 13-0 on Thursday, Feb. 11, the Cardinals topped Worthington 11-0 five days later.
The Cardinals scored six goals in the first period and never looked back.
Kamryn Van Batavia scored the first two goals of the game to put the Cardinals up 2-0. Reghan Bork recorded the assist on both goals.
Shelby Kracht scored the third goal of the game to put Luverne up 3-0. Peyton Behr and Van Batavia recorded assists on the goal.
Rylee Gee scored the fourth goal of the period to give Luverne a 4-0 lead. Mallory Nelson and Regan Feit both recorded assists on the goal.
Bork picked up her third point of the period by scoring Luverne’s fifth goal of the game.
Roz Oye wrapped up the scoring to give the Cardinals a 6-0 lead at the end of the first period. Gee recorded an assist on the goal.
Van Batavia picked up the hat trick by scoring her third goal of the game to open the scoring in the second period. Gee recorded the assist on the goal.
Behr put the Cardinals up 8-0 after scoring a power-play goal. Van Batavia notched the assist on the goal.
Gee opened the scoring in the third period to put the Cardinals up 9-0. Oye recorded an assist on the goal.
Oye scored the 10th goal of the game for the Cardinals to put Luverne up 10-0. Van Batavia recorded an assist on the goal.
Behr wrapped up the scoring with the team’s 11th goal. Van Batavia recorded the assist on the goal.
Cheyenne Schutz recorded 12 saves for the Cardinals.
With the win the Cardinals completed the season sweep of the Trojans. Luverne outscored Worthington 24-0 in those two games.
 
LHS 10, Waseca 0
The Cardinals defeated the Bluejays 10-0 in Waseca on Friday, Feb. 19.
The Cardinals scored five goals in the first and second periods to win their fourth shutout victory.
Van Batavia opened the scoring for the Cardinals. Bork and Behr each recorded an assist on the goal.
Gee scored the team’s second goal of the game to put Luverne up 2-0. Van Batavia recorded an assist on the goal.
Feit put the Cardinals up 3-0 when she found the back of the net. Oye recorded the assist on the goal.
Bork scored the fourth goal of the first period to put the Cardinals up 4-0. Van Batavia recorded her third point of the game by recording an assist on the goal.
Oye wrapped up the first period with a goal to put the Cardinals up 5-0. Gee recorded the assist on the goal.
Behr opened the scoring in the second period to put the Cardinals up 6-0. Van Batavia recorded the assist on the goal.
Van Batavia scored the next two goals to put Luverne up 8-0. With the two goals, Van Batavia extended her hat trick streak to three games. The sophomore has now recorded a hat trick in five games this season.
A Nelson goal put the Cardinals up 9-0.
Gee wrapped up the scoring to put the Cardinals up 10-0. Oye and Nelson both recorded assists on the goal.
As of Tuesday, Van Batavia currently leads the state of Minnesota in goals (22), assists (21) and points (43).
Bork is tied for second in assists (20) and fourth in points (35). The sophomore is also 10th in goals with 15.
With the two wins the Cardinals have now won four straight games and improved to 8-2 overall.
The Cardinals will be back on the ice on Tuesday, Feb. 23, when they host Waseca.