Boys hockey: Spartans down Packers
Published 11:45 pm Thursday, January 21, 2016
Austin’s Jace Greenman works the puck in front of the Rochester Mayo goal during the second period Thursday night at Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Austin boys hockey team had trouble containing Rochester Mayo as it lost 6-3 in Riverside Arena Thursday.
The Spartans (11-8 overall, 7-4 Gopher) scored two goals in the first five minutes of the contest to go up 2-0 and they scored two goals in the first five minutes of the second period to go up 4-1.
Austin goalie Noah Bawek looks in a shot during the first period Thursday night against Rochester Mayo. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
“We’re not playing for 51 minutes,” Austin head coach Erik LaRock said. “We played right with them for half of the game, but the other half I thought we were penalty killing. We really struggled tonight moving the puck in the defensive zone. We gave up too many shots in the second period.”
Noah Bawek had 29 saves for the Packers (5-8-1 overall, 3-7 Big Nine) and Isaac Arnold, Kory Potach and Brayden Merritt all scored one goal.
“We need to fix a couple of things and get better,” LaRock said. “Our next two games are against the top two teams in the Big Nine and it’ll be good for us. We’ve got a long ways to go until the playoffs.”
SCORING SUMMARY
Mayo 2 2 2 — 6
Austin 1 0 2 — 3
First period
(M) Anthony Oliveto (Max Billings) 2:40
Austin’s Jack Dankert steals the puck deep in the Rochester Mayo zone during the second period Thursday night in Riverside Arena. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
(M) Gavin Powers (Mike Von Wald) 5:19
(A) Isaac Arnold (Jace Greenman, Daniel Bollingberg) 7:52
Second period
(M) Daulton Carlson (Von Wald) 3:17
(M) Veikko Weckman (Jared Dingle) 5:00
Third period
(A) Kory Potach (Alex Cioa, Brayden Merritt) 3:49
(M) Oliveto (Weckman, Billings) 4:04
(M) Jason Martion (JT Reidn, Ryan Alcott) 12:19
(A) Merritt (Jason Stoulil) 16:17
Shots: Austin — 21; Mayo — 35
Power plays: Austin — 0-for-2; Mayo — 0-for-1