Season Ends for Blades in Double-Overtime Defeat
The Steele County Blades junior hockey club rallied from a deficit three times on Sunday, but lost 6-5 in double overtime at the Minnesota Blue Ox to get swept out of the US Premier Hockey League playoffs. The Blue Ox won Saturday s series opener 4-0 at the Coon Rapids Ice Arena in the Midwest West Division playoffs.
The fifth-seeded Blades were down 2-0 on Sunday less than eight minutes into the game, but roared back to tie it at 2-2. Connor Movalli scored from Matthew Ebersole at 15:04. Ryan Brouillette added the tying goal just under a minute later with an assist from Gavin Ellis. The Blue Ox responded to grab a 3-2 lead at first intermission.