Duluth East held three short-lived leads, but Rock Ridge fired in front with five consecutive goals and six of the last seven in an 8-4 Wolverines win on Saturday at Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia.
Caden Cole, Brody Goldsworthy and Christian Cochran scored for East to put them in front, but Rock Ridge’s Grady Dimberio canceled each one out :41, :30 and 5:04 later, completing a hat trick barely halfway through the game.
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Caz Carlson scored shorthanded with 1:44 left in the second period to give the Wolverines their first lead of the contest. Rock Ridge followed with three more in the third period from John Westby (shorthanded), Dimberio and Carlson (power play) for an insurmountable lead.
Goldsworthy added a second goal late for the Greyhounds (2-15), who got 29 saves from Nolan Nygaard.
Carlson added two assists to complete a four-point game for the Wolverines (15-3-1), who got 27 saves from Wyatt Jonassen.
Hill-Murray 4, Grand Rapids 0
The Thunderhawks’ southbound road trip ended unsuccessfully on Saturday at Aldrich Arena, as the Pioneers turned a territorial advantage into a scoring one as the game went on.
Hill-Murray, ranked No. 3 in Class AA, outshot Rapids, ranked No. 10, 46-21 for the game but led only 1-0 after two periods before scoring three times in the third.
Grayson Hanggi had the shutout in the Pioneers' goal, while Carter Casey made 42 saves for Rapids (12-5).
Hermantown 3, Shakopee 2 (OT)
The Hawks found themselves playing from behind most of the way on Saturday at Hermantown Arena but figured it out just in time, with Charlie Marchand scoring a game-winning goal late in overtime.
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Shakopee scored twice about three minutes apart to take a 2-0 lead late in the first period and that’s how it stayed well into the third. Henry Peterson’s power play goal got Hermantown on the board 5:50 into the period and Alexander Nicklin delivered an equalizer with 4:31 left in regulation. Marchand scored the game-winner with 58 seconds left in OT.
Bryce Francisco made 42 saves for Hermantown (11-4-3).
Duluth Denfeld 11, Northern Edge 0
Vinny Udd, Liam Doyle and John Scott scored two goals apiece as the Hunters drove through mostly one-way traffic for an easy win on Saturday at Essentia Duluth Heritage Center.
Eight Hunters had multi-point games, six of them with at least three.
Jack Marshall and Liam Fish split time in the Denfeld net, making six saves apiece. The Hunters (8-8) are back at the .500 mark for the first time all season after starting 0-6.
St. Paul Johnson 2, Greenway 2 (OT)
The Raiders couldn’t quite make first-period goals from Hayden Clow and Damien Mandich hold up, as the visiting Governors rallied late to force a tie on Saturday at Hodgins-Berardo Arena in Coleraine.
Greenway got its goals about five minutes apart in the first period, and after Johnson cut the lead in half late in the period, it remained a one goal game for more than 30 minutes until Isaiah Henderson scored his second goal of the game with 3:13 to play.
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Blayne Kelly made 26 saves, including seven in overtime for the Raiders (5-8-1).
GIRLS HOCKEY
Blaine 5, Duluth 1
Nora Good had a third-period consolation goal for the Northern Stars, but that was all they managed in a loss at Fogerty Arena in Blaine, Minnesota.
Aaili Anttila made 22 saves for Duluth (9-6-3).
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 5, Proctor/Hermantown 0
The Red Knights pulled away with three goals in the first six minutes of the second period for a shutout win on Saturday at St. Louis Park Rec Center.
The Mirage (15-6) were outshot 45-16.
Neelah McLeod made 40 saves in the Proctor/Hermantown net.
Hayward 4, Hibbing/Chisholm 1
Brielle Oberstar scored for the Bluejackets in the second period, but Hayward had three unanswered goals in the third period to win on Saturday at Hibbing Memorial Arena.
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Reese Sheehan finished with two power play goals and an assist for the Hurricanes, who had a 28-18 shot advantage.
Bryjah Schnipkoweit made 24 saves for the Bluejackets (5-14-2).
Fort Frances 1, Rock Ridge 1 (OT)
Mimi Babiracki tied the game up for the Wolverines with a power play goal with 5:26 left in regulation on Saturday at Iron Trail Motors Event Center.
Nola Kwiatkowski made 29 saves for Rock Ridge (7-10-3).
BOYS BASKETBALL
Duluth Denfeld 95, Princeton 87
Marnaries Ferguson had a big day for the Hunters, scoring 36 points as Denfeld returned to the .500 mark at 7-7 with a home win on Saturday.
Antonio Brown added 25.
Northwestern 50, Prescott 49
Ethan Harms’ go-ahead putback for the Tigers with 1:27 to go held up as a game-winning basket in a nonconference road win for Northwestern on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Prescott, Wisconsin.
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Tysen Teal led Northwestern (7-4) with 21 points against the 10th-ranked team in Wisconsin Division 3.
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