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The Luverne boys’ hockey team beat three opponents the past week, picking up two conference wins along the way.
The Cardinals defeated conference foes Redwood Valley 7-0 Jan. 31 and Marshall 4-2 Feb. 2. at home.
They also rolled past the MBA Storm 7-4 on the road Feb. 4.
Luverne is now 13-6-1 for the season.
The Cardinals were scheduled to host Fairmont Tuesday, Feb. 7, and Minnesota River Friday, Feb. 10.
They will take on Minnesota River again the next day Saturday, Feb. 11, on the road.
LHS 7, Redwood 0
The Luverne boys’ hockey team plucked a 7-0 win from the Redwood Valley Cardinals at home Tuesday, Jan.31.
There was not a single penalty made in the game by either team.
The Luverne Cardinals slung 64 shots on Redwood’s goalie, making seven.
Redwood winged 14 shots at junior Tyler Arends and one at reliever Xander Remme, but they blocked them all.
Senior Brock Behrend started Luverne’s scoring with a first period goal at 9:15 assisted by junior Owen Sudenga and sophomore Blaik Bork.
Sophomore Alexander Schlosser added another goal at 14:10 assisted by sophomore Marcus Vortherms.
The Cardinals were ahead 2-0 after the first period.
Senior Brady Bork started off the second period, scoring at 4:44 assisted by junior Patrick Kroski.
Behrend scored his second goal at 6:23 assisted by Blaik Bork and Sudenga.
Behrend then scored again, a hat trick, at 9:30 assisted by Sudenga and Blaik Bork.
Kroski finished the period with a goal at 11:49 with assists by junior Elliot Domagala and junior Henry Hartquist.
Luverne finished the first two periods 6-0 on Redwood.
There was only one score in the third period. Sophomore Layke Miller scored his first-ever varsity goal. He was assisted by Brady Bork.
LHS 4, Marshall 2
The Luverne boys’ hockey team caged the Marshall Tigers, beating them 4-2.
The Cardinals grabbed the conference win Thursday, Feb. 2, at home
“Marshall was a good team win for us. We battled in all three periods, capitalized on offensive opportunities and played better hockey in our defensive zone with solid goaltending all night,” Paquette said.
Brady Bork got Luverne started, scoring in the first period at 5:02 unassisted.
He then opened the second period scoring his second goal at 9:18 assisted by Langseth.
Marshall answered with a goal of their own at 14:48.
Elliot Domagala closed the second period scoring at 16:43 assisted by Kroski and Sudenga.
The Cardinals went up 3-1 after two periods.
In the third period Sudenga beat the Marshall goalie at 12:06. He was assisted by Vortherms and Blaik Bork.
Marshall snuck in their second goal at 14:07 in the third.
With the score 4-2 late in the third period, the Tigers pulled their goalie in hopes of netting a goal with a man advantage.
The Cardinals were able to fend off the Tigers’ strategy, and LHS goalie Tyler Arends blocked any attempts Marshall made to score.
LHS 7, MBA 4
The Cardinal boys’ hockey team traveled to the Benson Civic Center Saturday, Feb. 4, to take on Morris-Benson Area.
Luverne left with a commanding 7-4 win over the Storm.
Schlosser got the first score of the game at 14:49 in the first period. He was assisted by Brady Bork and Kroski.
MBA answered with a power play goal at 16:32, tying the game 1-1 after one period.
The second period saw Luverne pull away scoring four times with only one goal for the Storm.
Brady Bork beat the Storm’s goalie 45 seconds into the second period. He was assisted by Elliot Domagala and Langseth.
Behrend scored shortly after at 1:12 assisted by Miller and Sudenga.
Elliot Domagala netted Luverne’s third goal at 5:54 assisted by Brady Bork and Miller.
Sudenga finished the Cardinals’ second period, beating the Storm goalie at 6:56 assisted by Blaik Bork and Vortherms.
MBA once again finished the period with a Storm goal at 14:12.
Luverne now led 5-2 after two periods of hockey.
In the third period MBA scored twice, both on power plays, one at 4:25 and another at 6:14, to pull within one point of Luverne.
Not to be denied a win, LHS goalie Tyler Arends held his ice and denied MBA any more goals.
The Cardinals were able to add two more goals of their own to pad their lead.
Langseth scored at 8:42 assisted by Elliot Domagala and Kroski.
Then Kroski sealed the win with a power play goal at 15:55 assisted by Blaik Bork and Brady Bork.