Cardinals clip the Eagles 5-3 in final season game

The Luverne boys’ hockey team traveled to Windom Thursday for the last regular season game Thursday, Feb. 16.
The Cardinals beat the Eagles 5-3 bringing their regular season record to 18-6-1 and conference record to 13-3 in the Big South.
LHS finished behind New Ulm with a 23-1-1 season and 16-0 conference.
Luverne and Windom played a close game in the first two periods, and the score was tied 3-3 after the second. 
In the third period, Luverne opened up and netted two goals to win the game 5-3.
Scoring in the first period for Luverne was senior Brock Behrend with two goals.
His first came at 4:06 assisted by junior Owen Sudenga and the second at 16:15 assisted by junior Patrick Kroski.
Windom was able to score twice in the first period to tie it 2-2.
In the second period Windom opened with a goal 29 seconds in.
LHS junior Elliot Domagala scored at 2:42 assisted by Kroski to end the second period 3-3
The third period Luverne was able to score twice to ice the win over the Eagles.
Sudenga scored nine seconds into the period unassisted.
Behrend closed with his third goal (hat trick) at 11:15 unassisted.
LHS junior goalie Tyler Arends faced 25 shots on goal in the game stopping all but three.
Luverne posted 30 shots on the Eagles goalie burning him for five goals.
The Cardinals postseason run will start Tuesday, Feb, 21, with a Section 3A Round 1 game.
Team seeding and brackets are yet to be determined to know who and where LHS will play.