By John RittenhouseThe Luverne boys’ hockey team dropped a pair of road games late last week.The Cardinals fell by three goals in Fairmont Thursday before losing a four-goal decision at Mankato West Saturday.Luverne was scheduled to play in Windom Tuesday, but the game was rescheduled for Jan. 9.The 0-4 Cards play in Wadena Saturday.MW 6, Luverne 2Mankato West received two goals from three different players during a four-goal victory over the Cardinals in Mankato Saturday.West’s Tom Ray, Taylor Wallace and Marc Petersen found the net two times each to lift the Scarlets to victory.After the teams battled to a scoreless draw in the first period, Ray netted a power-play goal 1:55 into the second period and Wallace added his first goal with 6:03 remaining to make it a 2-0 game.Luverne countered with a goal by Andreas Wellig, who was set up by Andre Landtwing, with 4:01 left in the opening period to make it a 2-1 game.Wallace opened the scoring 4:26 into the third period before Luverne countered with a goal from Matt Reverts with 10:19 left to play to make it a 3-2 difference. Landtwing received his second assist of the game when Reverts scored.Ray scored his second goal of the game with 7:29 left in the third period before West’s Petersen scored twice in the final two minutes to give the Scarlets a four-goal win.West outshot the Cards 49-16 in the game. Brad Van Santen made 43 saves for LHS.Fairmont 6, Luverne 3Fairmont scored three power-play goals during a three-goal, come-from-behind home victory over the Cardinals Thursday.Luverne sported a 2-0 lead when Reverts (Steve Berghorst and Landtwing received assists for the goal) and Wellig (Jordan Siebenahler picked up an assist) in the first 4:07 of the game, but Fairmont outscored the Cards 6-1 the rest of the way to win handily.Fairmont’s rally started in the first period, when it scored four goals in a span of 5:08 to take a 4-2 advantage.Joe Craven netted the first goal for the hosts with 12:50 remaining in the opening period, and Jacob Kot and Jordan Meyer added power-play goals at 8:24 and 7:52 to give Fairmont its first lead at 3-2. Eric Klipwer added a goal with 7:29 left in the first period to make it a 4-2 game.Luverne’s Cody Dietrich trimmed the difference to one goal (4-3) when he scored during a power-play situation after being set up by Dan Schneekloth early in the third period, but Kris Olson scored for Fairmont with 6:41 remaining before Meyer netted a power-play goal with 3:13 left to cap the scoring.Fairmont outshot LHS 39-33 in the game. Patrick Bennett made 33 saves for the Cards.
