It took a little while for New Richmond to get rolling in its Division 2 semifinal game against Menomonie at the WIAA Boys State Hockey Tournament Thursday morning in Middleton.
The New Richmond boys hockey team continues to control its own destiny in the race for the Big Rivers Conference title after defeating defending conference and state champion Hudson, 5-3,
Hudson had a chance to pull even with New Richmond at the top of the Big Rivers Conference standings Saturday in New Richmond, but the Tigers had other plans.
New Richmond scored three goals in each of the first two periods and held Somerset to just eight shots for the game while blanking the Spartans 6-0 for its sixth