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Goals Aplenty as Owatonna Sweeps Century
Owatonna hockey players shared the wealth on Tuesday in a sweep of Rochester Century. The OHS boys prevailed 9-2 at Graham Arena with ten players getting at least one point. Ashton Hoffman scored his first varsity goal. Eleven players had at least a point in the girls 8-0 victory over Century/JM at Four Seasons Centre.
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It s safe to say the Panthers reign atop the Big Nine Conference boys hockey standings is over. Century has won the last three league titles, but Tuesday was their fourth straight loss. Owatonna has finished second in the conference standings the last two seasons and was third three seasons ago.
The Owatonna High School boys hockey team led just 1-0 after the first period despite dominating play against Rochester John Marshall Saturday afternoon on Dudley Otto Rink. The Huskies rolled with back-to-back three-goal periods afterward for a 7-0 win. Senior True Gieseke made eight saves for his first career shutout. Junior Taylor Bogen apparently got a hat trick, though it wasn t immediately announced that way.
Aaron Bangs opened the scoring late in the opening stanza off a fantastic feed from Taylor Bogen out of the right corner. The play was ultimately dubbed the
Cash Wise Foods Delivery of the Game. Bangs just scored his first career goal in Thursday s win over Northfield, and is now on a two-game goal streak. OHS outshot JM 15-4 in the first period and hit the pipe twice.
Quick-Strike Huskies Skate to Victory at Mayo
The Owatonna High School boys hockey team displayed a quick strike capability that made a 5-3 win over Rochester Mayo at Graham Arena feel not-that-close. Zach Kubicek and Tanner Stendel scored goals 16 seconds apart midway through the first period for a 2-0 lead. Kubicek added a second goal on a power play scramble at the goal mouth for a 3-0 lead after the first period. Dom Valento assisted on both Kubicek tallies.
The Spartans scored a pair of goals a minute apart early in the second period. The Huskies responded less than a minute later with a two-on-one rush with Taylor Bogen scoring from Casey Johnson to go up 4-2 at the 5:03 mark.
Huskies Looking to Take the Next Step
The Owatonna High School boys hockey team won 19 games in the 2019-2020 season, the second highest total in school history. They ve contended for the Big Nine title right to the final week of the season over the last couple of winters. And had won a section playoff game in three straight years before losing in the quarterfinals last February.
With nearly all of their scoring back from last winter, the Huskies will be seeking their first conference title since the 1992-93 season and their first appearance in the Section 1AA finals since the end of the 1997-98 season when they reached state for their only time.