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Boys win two, lose one in conference

Lead Summary
By
Greg Hoogeveen

The Luverne boys’ hockey team took on three conference teams this past week, winning two and dropping one, putting LHS at 11-6-1 for the season and 7-3 in conference play.
The Cardinals pounded Worthington 11-2 at home Jan. 24 before losing a close 3-1 game to New Ulm Jan. 26 at home. Luverne won a close match with Windom 6-5 at home Jan. 28.
The Cardinals were scheduled to host Redwood Valley Tuesday, Jan. 31, before meeting Marshall at home on Thursday and traveling to Morris Benson Area Saturday.
 
LHS 11, Worthington 2
The Cardinal boys’ hockey team blasted the Worthington Trojans 11-2 Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Blue Mound Ice Arena.
The contest may have been one-sided in scoring, but the play was physical and penalties were heavy for both teams.
Luverne incurred six infractions for 15 minutes with players in the box, and Worthington committed seven infractions for 14 minutes.
Besides all the hooking, slashing and roughing action, the Cardinals controlled the game.
Freshman Maddux Domagala scored the first LHS goal at 1:44 in the first period assisted by senior Brock Behrend and junior Owen Sudenga.
Junior Patrick Kroski then scored two goals in a row, the first at 2:53 assisted by senior Kaleb Hein and the second at 3:31 assisted by seniors Brady Bork and Ethan Langseth.
At 6:81 Elliot Domagala beat the Trojan goalie. He was assisted by junior Will Serie and Kroski.
Brady Bork finished out the first with a goal at 15:47 assisted by sophomore Alexander Schlosser.
The Cardinals led 5-0 after the first period.
In the second period the Trojans scored their first of two goals at 1:28, then posted their second goal at 12:24 in the second period. 
In between those goals, Sudenga scored at 4:46 assisted by sophomore Blaik Bork, and Behrend scored at 7:48 assisted by Sudenga and Blaik Bork.
At the end of the second period, Luverne kept the lead 7-2 and did not relinquish another goal to the Trojans.
In the third period the game belonged to Luverne once again, scoring four more goals.
Sophomore Levi Gonnerman scored at 5:25 assisted by Schlosser and junior Tucker Dammann.
Junior Spencer Kracht scored at 7:40 assisted by Hein.
Brady Bork got his second goal at 9:07 assisted by Kroski and Langseth, and Behrend got his second goal at 16:00 assisted by Sudenga.
LHS junior goalie Tyler Arends faced 11 shots on goal, stopping seven.
Luverne pelted the Trojans’ goalie 55 times and beat him on 11 shots.
 
New Ulm 3, LHS 1
Luverne boys’ hockey gave up a win to the New Ulm Eagles Thursday, Jan. 26, in Luverne.
In a tight matchup Luverne and New Ulm each scored once in the first period, and New Ulm scored two in the first three minutes of the second.
That is where the scoring dried up with neither team able to breach the net. 
The Cardinals hurt their chances of scoring when they incurred a penalty in the second period and two more late in the third period.
Luverne wasn’t able to mount any kind of late game push to overtake the New Ulm 3-1 lead.
Scoring the lone goal for Luverne was Sudenga in the first period at 1:44 assisted by Maddux Domagala and Langseth.
 
LHS 6, Windom 5
The Cardinal boys’ hockey team pulled out a big win over Windom Saturday, Jan. 28, in Luverne.
LHS got out to a quick lead, 4-0, in the first period with an unassisted goal at 2:44 by Brady Bork.
Kroski scored his lone goal at 12:53 assisted by Elliot Domagala.
Sudenga added two goals in the first period. His first at 13:33 was assisted by Blaik and Brady Bork. His second was at 16:47, assisted by Behrend and Langseth.
The second period was all Windom with three goals.
Luverne kept a 4-3 advantage after two periods.
In the third period Windom opened with an early goal to tie the game 4-4. Luverne answered with a goal at 6:46 by Elliot Domagala assisted by Kroski and Langseth.
The Eagles tied it again at 5-5 at 7:13 in the third. 
Luverne stiffened its defensive play, holding the Eagles in check.
At 11:20 in the third period Kroski was finally able to beat Windom’s goalie at 11:20 assisted by Brady and Blaik Bork for the Cardinals win.

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