Northfield blanks Austin girls hockey team

Published 10:03 pm Monday, January 16, 2012

The Austin girls hockey team was shutout for the second time during its six-game losing streak as it fell 5-0 at Northfield (8-10-1 overall) Monday.

The Packers (7-13 overall) were off the mark on all 25 of their shots and Northfield, which scored two shorthanded goals, took a 4-0 lead into the third period.

“We just came out flat and we didn’t start skating hard until they had four goals,” Austin head coach Denny Bray said.

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Allison Hoban had 31 saves for Austin.

SCORING SUMMARY

Austin 0 0 0 — 0

Northfield 1 3 1 — 1

First period

(N) Maggie Cloud (shorthanded) (Annie Pumper) 9:33

Second period

(N) Pumper (powerplay) (Mandie Cloud, Maggie Cloud) 1:09

(N) Pumper 3:25

(N) Aleisha Bielenberg 4:53

Third period

(N) Laine Fischer (shorthanded) 5:37