Girls hockey: Rockets down Packers

Published 8:41 pm Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Austin girls hockey team lost to Rochester John Marshall 5-2 in Riverside Arena Saturday.

The Packers (4-2 overall, 2-1 Big Nine) took a 2-1 lead in the first period when Carley Grunewald scored but JM’s Samantha Macken scored her first of the three goals on a powerplay four minutes later to put the Rockets (3-3 overall, 3-1 Big Nine) back in control.

SCORING SUMMARY

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JM 1 2 2 — 5

Austin 1 1 0 — 2

First period

(JM) Laura Meillier (Lisa Bjork) 3:33

(A) Abby Gallaher (Kennedy Thompson) 13:10

Second period

(A) Carley Grunewald (Gallaher, Thompson) 3:02

(JM) Samantha Macken (Nicole Nelson, Savannah Seeger) 7:02

(JM) Macken 8:04

Third period

(JM) Macken (Seeger) 9:40

(JM) Blair Lebeck (Kelly Bier) 12:30

Shots: Austin — 27; JM — 33