Willmar edges Austin girls hockey team 2-1

Published 8:35 pm Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Austin girls hockey team suffered its first loss of the season when it fell to Willmar 2-1 in the title game of the Willmar Invite Saturday.

Willmar (5-0-1 overall) broke a 1-1 tie when Miranda Roelofs scored with 12:40 left in the game.

Austin (3-1 overall) was out-shot 35-25 on the night and the Packers had just six shots on goal in the third period.

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Austin was called for seven penalties and Willmar was whistled for six penalties.

“It was a hard fought game and it was a rough game,” Austin head coach Denny Bray said. “We’ve got to cut the penalties down.”Austin junior Carley Grunewald on a powerplay scored with two minutes left in the first period to tie the game up.

Allison Hoban had 33 saves in the net for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 1 0 0 — 1

Willmar 1 0 1 — 3

First period

(W) Amelia Amon 7:17

(A) Carley Grunewald (Vanessa Talamantes) (powerplay) 15:00

Second period

No scoring

Third period

(W) Miranda Roelofs (Annie Johnston) 4:20