By Pat Garry, Staff Writer
River Lakes played Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Richmond Arena and swamped Morris/Benson Area, 9-0. Thursday, the Stars lost to St. Cloud, 7-4, at Paynesville Arena. Bouncing back on Friday, River Lakes took down Prairie Centre, 8-2, at the Arena. (M/B Game) Shots on goal favored River Lakes, 44-16. 1st Period: Scoring: RL, Duininck Goal (even strength) (Stellmach) 1:49; RL, Cremers Goal (even strength) (Howard) 5:49; RL, Duininck Goal (power play) 9:08; RL, Stellmach Goal (even strength) (Baumgarten) 14:05; RL, Ruhland Goal (even strength) (Johnson) 14:32. Penalties: Kuseske, MB (Tripping, 2 min) 8:25. 2nd Period: Scoring: RL, Blattner Goal (even strength) (Stellmach) 0:55; RL, Johnson Goal (even strength) (Howard) 1:12; RL, Blattner Goal (even strength) (Duininck) 11:41. Penalties: Duininck, RL (Cross-Checking, 2 min) 5:57; Bachman, MB (Tripping, 2 min) 8:28; Pientka, RL (Tripping, 2 min) 12:43. 3rd Period: Scoring: RL, Bjerke Goal (even strength) (Howard) 9:41. Penalties: Howard, RL (Interference, 2 min) 1:49; Lemke, RL (Tripping, 2 min) 11:58; Swart, RL (Holding, 2 min) 14:12. The Stars scoring summary: Keyshawn Cremers, 1 goal; Eric Johnson, 1 goal, 1 assist; Sam Howard, 2 assists; Griffin Bjerke, 1 goal; Griffin Duininck, 2 goals, 1 assist; Blake Blattner, 2 goals; Quintin Ruhland, 1 goal; Logan Stellmach, 1 goal, 2 assists; Coltan Baumgarten, 1 assist; Ethan Howard, 1 assist.
(St. Cloud Game) Shots on goal favored St. Cloud, 32-31. 1st Period: Scoring: STC, Amundson Goal (even strength) (Richert) 1:59; RL, Duininck Goal (even strength) (Stellmach, Howard) 9:11; STC, Falloon Goal (even strength) (Engel) 9:45. Penalties: Keller, STC (Minor, 2 min) 4:41; Herrington, STC (Minor, 2 min) 14:49; Blattner, RL (Minor, 2 min) 16:54. 2nd Period: Scoring: STC, Oster Goal (even strength) (Johnson) 4:28; STC, Oster Goal (even strength) (Davidson, Johnson) 7:32; STC, Richert Goal (power play) (Johnson) 11:29; RL, Swart Goal (even strength) 12:23. Penalties: Keller, STC (Minor, 2 min) 0:23; Duininck, RL (Minor, 2 min) 5:36; , STC (Minor, 2 min) 5:36; Ruhland, RL (Minor, 2 min) 10:09; Baumgarten, RL (Minor, 2 min) 14:15. 3rd Period: Scoring: RL, Pientka Goal (even strength) (Swart, Ruhland) 1:29; STC, Keller Goal (power play) (Davidson) 11:04; RL, Ruhland Goal (power play) (Lemke) 15:31; STC, Oster Goal (even strength) (Johnson, Richert) 15:51. Penalties: Amundson, STC (Minor, 2 min) 8:08; Richert, STC (Minor, 2 min) 8:23; Duininck, RL (Minor, 2 min) 10:38; Boike, STC (Minor, 2 min) 12:22; , STC (Minor, 2 min) 14:15. The Stars scoring summary: Trent Pientka, 1 goal; Cam Lemke, 1 assist; Griffin Duininck, 1 goal; Taten Swart, 1 goal, 1 assist; Quintin Ruhland, 1 goal, 1 assist; Logan Stellmach, 1 assist; Ethan Howard, 1 assist.
(Prairie Centre Game) Shots on goal favored River Lakes, 48-15, and the Stars’ Taten Swart scored the hat trick. 1st Period: Scoring: RL, Lemke Goal (even strength) 4:45; PC, Sand Goal (even strength) 8:23; RL, Duininck Goal (even strength) (Stellmach, Blattner) 8:57. Penalties: Gould, PC (Minor, 2 min) 1:54. 2nd Period: Scoring: RL, Blattner Goal (power play) (Duininck, Stellmach) 8:48; RL, Stellmach Goal (power play) (Ruhland, Lemke) 9:56; RL, Swart Goal (even strength) (Pientka) 10:45; PC, Fletcher Goal (even strength) (Bick) 10:53; RL, Swart Goal (power play) (Howard) 11:46. Penalties: Howard, RL (Minor, 2 min) 1:24; Ritter, PrCNTR (Minor, 2 min) 4:29; Miller, PC (Minor, 2 min) 5:17; Duininck, RL (Minor, 2 min) 5:45; Pung, PC (Minor, 2 min) 7:27; Crosby, PC (Minor, 2 min) 7:59; Fletcher, PC (Minor, 2 min) 11:39; Gould, PC (Minor, 2 min) 16:23. 3rd Period: Scoring: RL, Johnson Goal (short-handed) 4:01; RL, Swart Goal (even strength) 16:34. Penalties: Cremers, RL (Minor, 2 min) 3:44; Miller, PC (Minor, 2 min) 5:04; Duininck, RL (Minor, 2 min) 7:59; Howard, RL (Minor, 2 min) 8:29; Crosby, PC (Minor, 2 min) 9:28; Venable, RL (Minor, 2 min) 9:53; Cremers, RL (Minor, 2 min) 13:57. The Stars scoring summary: Trent Pientka, 1 assist; Eric Johnson, 1 goal; Cam Lemke, 1 goal, 1 assist; Griffin Duininck, 1 goal, 1 assist; Blake Blattner, 1 goal, 1 assist; Taten Swart, 3 goals; Quintin Ruhland, 1 assist; Logan Stellmach, 1 goal, 2 assists; Ethan Howard, 1 assist.