The Luverne girls’ hockey team is finding the back of the net a lot this season and winning a lot of games in dominant fashion.
The Cardinals improved to 6-1 on the season by picking up a big conference road win over Marshall Nov. 30 and beating Waseca at home Saturday.
The Cardinal girls currently have three of the Top 10 scorers in the state with Kamryn Van Batavia (first) Reghan Bork (fourth) and Payton Behr (eighth).
Luverne 13, Marshall 9
The Cardinal girls’ hockey team went on the road Tuesday, Nov. 30, to take on rival Marshall at the Red Baron Arena in Marshall.
Peyton Behr got things rolling 19 seconds into the game beating Marshall goalie Belle Deutz to give the Cardinals an early 1-0 lead
Assists went to Anika Boll and Reghan Bork.
As in most every game this season it didn’t take long for Kamryn Van Batavia to find the back of the net. She buried an unassisted goal at the 16:06 mark.
It was Reghan Bork who would round out the scoring in the first period with assists from Mallory Nelson and Anika Boll.
Cheyenne Schutz made nine saves to keep Marshall scoreless after one period. Shots on goal for the period were in favor of the Cardinals at 15-9.
The second period in Marshall had a lot of scoring, with Luverne claiming the next four goals.
Behr started it with assists from Van Batavia and Bork. Billi Connell picked up the next two goals to make it 6-0 midway through the second.
Van Batavia scored her second of the game two minutes later, but Marshall responded with two goals in 17 seconds of each other to narrow the lead to 5 for the Cardinals.
With two minutes left in the second, Macie Edstrom stopped Marshall’s momentum, finding the back of the net with assists from Behr and Van Batavia.
Luverne dominated the shots on goal for the period 20-4.
The final period went back and forth until Bork made it a 9-2 game at the 9:57 mark. Marshall got a late goal in the period, but the game ended with the Cardinals winning 9-3.
Schutz recorded with 14 saves. Luverne tallied 44 total shots on goal compared with Marshall’s 17.
Luverne 13, Waseca 0
The Waseca Bluejays came to the Blue Mound Ice Arena Saturday in a girls’ and boys’ varsity tilt.
The Cardinal girls didn’t take long to get on the board, and they kept the pedal to the floor with a commanding 14-0 win.
It took 38 seconds from puck drop to get the Luverne Cardinals on the scoreboard.
Kamryn Van Batavia got three first period goals and Reghan Bork registered one to give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead at the end of the first period.
Bork had two assists, and Van Batavia and Anika Boll each had one.
Luverne goalie Cheyenne Schutz had two saves in the period heavily dominated by Luverne with shots on goal 26-2.
The second period started with Van Batavia finding the back of the net with an assist from Nelson.
Luverne’s second line got on the scoreboard with Greta McClure getting the puck past Waseca’s Alicia Kelly. Fellow linemate Billi Connell got an unassisted goal to make it 7-0 halfway through the second period.
Bork got her second of the game with assists by Van Batavia and Boll.
It was McClure again with 2:36 left in the second to give the Cardinals a 9-0 lead at the intermission.
Second period shots on goal were 21-8, Luverne, with Schutz making all eight saves on the shots she faced.
In the last period of the game, the Cardinals got four more goals on Waseca from Behr, Bork and Nelson to round out the win for the hometown Cardinals.
Schutz got her third shutout of the year with 10 saves in the game.
Final shots on goal were Luverne 58 and Waseca 10.
The Cardinals host Mankato East Saturday, Dec. 11, at Blue Mound Ice Arena. Game time is 1 p.m.