Steele County Blades Close Home Season with Wins
The Steele County Blades junior hockey team closed out its home schedule Monday and Tuesday, February 22 and 23 with a sweep of the Rochester Vipers 7-3 and 7-2. Steele County wraps up the regular season Friday at Saturday, February 26 and 27 at Wisconsin Rapids before entering the playoffs against the Minnesota Blue Ox.
In Monday s game the Vipers scored early in the first period, but the Blades responded with four goals by intermission. Steele County had seven different goal scorers in the 7-3 win. Brock Wallace had a goal and two assists.
Tuesday the Blades jumped out to a 2-0 lead three minutes into the contest. Rochester trimmed the game to 2-1 by intermission. Steele County had a three-goal second period. New comer Lyndon Orr scored in the second period in his first game with the Blades. Goalie Josh Brown made 34 saves in the 7-2 win.
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Blades Go Toe-To-Toe with Division Leaders
The Steele County Blades junior hockey team may have served notice during a weekend series hosting first-place Wisconsin Rapids. The Riverkings came away with the sweep, but the Blades traded blows in Friday s opener before falling 6-4 in front of an enthusiastic, fired up crowd at the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna. Saturday s wrap up went to the Kings 5-1.
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The Blades pressured right away Friday with good scoring chances. When Wisconsin Rapids scored at 7:34 of the first period, the Blades responded with a power play from Braden Trivelpiece (Moscow, ID) 40 seconds later. The game went to intermission at 1-1.