HJ Sports Blog

By Stephen Wiblemo
Sports Editor
MOUND – The hits keep coming for the Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato girls hockey team. The most recent hit was Saturday when the Dragons (0-8) hit the road to take on Mound-Westonka and lost 9-1.
That goal did break a two-game scoreless streak for the Dragons, but it wasn’t enough to combat the Whitehawks.
LDC just couldn’t put nearly as many shots on goal as the Whitehawks did, as they were outshot 45-7. With so many pucks peppering Dragons goalie Kati Hanson, stopping all of them was just too big of a task.
The Whitehawks scored three goals in the first, four in the second, and two in the third.
LDC’s lone goal came from Ellie Black 34 seconds into the second period. Mikka Langmo and Emma Lemke had the assists.
LDC’s penalty kills were ok as Mound-Westonka was 1-for-3 on power plays. But when the Dragons had their power-play line on the ice, things really went bad. Of the four power-play opportunities LDC had, they did not score on one, but allowed two short-handed goals to the Whitehawks.

Sat., Dec. 5
Mound-Westonka 9, LDC 1
First period
1. MW-Emily Halvarson asst. by KC Jones, 3:03 (SH)
2. MW-Taylor Kuehl unasst., 10:54
3. MW-Nina Chase asst. by Haylee Lamminen, 13:54
Penalties: MW-Kuehl (trip) 4:16
Second period
4. MW-Kia Johnson asst. by Kuehl, :03
5. LDC-Ellie Black asst. by Mikka Langmo and Emma Lemke, :34
6. MW-Johnson asst. by Kuehl, 2:15
7. MW-Halvarson asst. by Chase, 6:07 (PP)
8. MW-Kuehl unasst., 9:13
Penalties: LDC-Brittney Berning (int) 4:34, Jayme Brickey (too man men) 7:50, Kayla Rosenow (body check) 14:43; MW-Grace Holmen (rough) 16:31
Third period
9. MW-Jeana Van Dyne asst. by Emily Halvarson, 4:38 (SH)
10. MW-Meghan Anderson asst. by Heidi Dotzenroth and Halvarson, 11:50
Penalties: MW-Johnson (int) 6:00, Lamminen (trip) 16:34
Saves: MW-Emily Johnson 4 (2-2-0), Cassie Hall 2 (0-0-2) LDC-Kati Hanson 36 (12-14-10)
Shots on goal: MW 45 (15-18-12), LDC 7 (2-3-2)
Power plays: MW 1-3, LDC 0-4
LDC shutout 8-0 by Hutch
The Dragons hosted local rival Hutchinson Thursday, and were shutout for the second consecutive game to suffer an 8-0 loss.
The Dragons managed to get 17 shots on goal, an improvement from their previous games, recently, but couldn’t keep Hutchinson away as the Tigers slapped 61 shots at the net.
Hutchinson’s Sara Carlson scored the first two goals of the game, and finished the day with four goals total for a hat trick.
The Tigers scored three goals in the first and second periods, and slipped two more passed the Dragons in the third to put the finishing touches on the blowout.

Thur., Dec. 3
Hutchinson 8, LDC 0
First period
1. Hutch-Sara Carlson asst. by Melanie Ljungren, 4:32
2. Hutch-Carlson asst. by Claire Cripps, 13:17
3. Hutch-Fallon Macemon asst. by Carlson and Cripps, 15:00
Penalties: LDC-Mikka Langmo (rough) 16:48
Second period
4. Hutch-Cripps unasst., 3:13
5. Hutch-Carlson asst. by Cripps, 10:12
6. Hutch-Carlson unasst., 16:15
Penalties: LDC-Emma Lemke (body check) 14:02, Shannon Corbin (trip) 16:47
Third period
7. Hutch-Cripps asst. by Macemon and Carlson, 5:25 (PP)
8. Hutch-Macemon asst. by Cripps, 14:21
Penalties: LDC-Abby Lindquist (check) 5:00
Saves: Hutch-Mary Cummins 17 (5-6-6), LDC-Kati Hanson 53 (19-23-11)
Shots on goal: Hutch 61 (22-26-13), LDC 17 (5-6-6)
Power plays: Hutch 1-4, LDC 0
Dragons fall to MBA 9-0
Three days after facing Morris/Benson Area at the Willmar Tournament, the Storm travelled to Litchfield for another game against the Dragons. Unfortunately, the outcome was pretty much the same as MBA trounced LDC with a 9-0 shutout.
MBA’s Dani Schultz had a good game against the Dragons as she scored the first three goals of the game to complete a hat trick within the first 13 minutes of play. She finished with four goals and five assists total.
Sam Falk of the Storm also had a hat trick in the game with two goals in the second period, and one in the third.
Kati Hanson had 33 saves, but couldn’t keep up with MBA as they peppered the net. The Dragons just had a hard time keeping the Storm away as they were outshot 42-6 in shots on goal during the game.

Tues., Dec. 1
MBA 9, LDC 0
First period
1. MBA-Dani Schultz unasst. 3:50
2. MBA-Schultz asst. by Sam Falk and Kelly Mahoney, 6:52
3. MBA-Schultz asst. by Sara Rajewsky and Brooke Anderson, 12:16 (PP)
Penalties: LDC-Emma Lemke (trip) 10:58
Second period
4. MBA-Falk asst. by Schultz, :56
5. MBA-Falk asst. by Caroline Westberg and Schultz, 6:54
Penalties: None
Third period
6. MBA-Westberg asst. by Schultz, 3:53
7. MBA-Falk asst. by Schultz and Westberg, 6:39
8. MBA-Schultz asst. by Mahoney, 11:54
9. MBA-Karen Simonsen asst. by Schultz, 15:58
Penalties: LDC-Emily Euerle (cross check) 16:47
Saves: MBA-Brooke Falk 6 (1-4-1), LDC-Kati Hanson 33 (16-11-6)
Shots on goal: MBA 42 (19-13-10), LDC 6 (1-4-1)
Power plays: MBA 1-2, LDC 0
Dragons go 0-2 at Willmar
It was a rough holiday weekend for LDC Friday and Saturday when they played in the Willmar Invitational. The Dragons were blown in both of their games, losing 12-1 to Morris/Benson Area, and 10-1 to Mankato East.
Against MBA, the Storm got off to a quick start with three goals in the first period, including a short-handed goal.
At four minutes into the second period, Ellie Black put the Dragons on the board with a goal assisted by Brittney Berning. The Storm didn’t let up, however, and followed with a flurry of four goals in less than two minutes. A fifth goal toward the end of the period made it an 8-1 game. MBA put up four more goals in the final period to put the Dragons to bed.
LDC came back Saturday to face Mankato East. The Cougars started the scoring with a goal four minutes into the first period, but Black replied for the Dragons with an unassisted goal at 8:27.
That tied the game up at one, but from that point things would get out of hand, again, for LDC.
Kolstad would score another goal to make 2-1 going into the second period. The Cougars then erupted with three goals in the first four minutes, and finished with six total in the period.
Mankato East scored two more in the third period to finish the game.
Although the Dragons didn’t have any penalties against MBA, they committed three against Mankato East, and the Cougars took full advantage with two power-play goals.

Fri., Nov. 27
MBA 12, LDC 1
First period
1. MBA-Monica Lindblad asst. by Dani Schultz, 5:00
2. MBA-Sara Rajiewsky asst. by Brooke Anderson, 7:41 (SH)
3. MBA-Anderson unasst., 8:28
Penalties: MBA-Sam Falk (int) 6:21
Second period
4. LDC-Ellie Black asst. by Brittney Berning, 4:00
5. MBA-Schultz asst. by Kelly Mahoney, 8:19
6. MBA-Mahoney asst. by Schultz and Falk, 8:55
7. MBA-Anderson asst. by Rajiewsky, 9:17
8. MBA-Rajiewsky asst. by Falk, 9:45
9. MBA-Karen Simonsen asst. by Schultz, 15:08
Penalties: MBA-Falk (trip) 15:28
Third period
10. MBA-Falk asst. by Schultz, 1:10
11. MBA-Anderson asst. by Rekah Larsen and Mahoney, 7:45
12. MBA-Schultz asst. by Falk, 10:47
13. MBA-Falk asst. by Morgan DeHann, 13:03
Penalties: None
Saves: MBA-Brooke Falk 16, LDC-Kati Hanson 35
Shots on goal: MBA 47, LDC 17
Power plays: MBA 0, LDC 0-2

Sat., Nov. 28
Mankato East 10, LDC 1
First period
1. ME-Rebekah Kolstad asst. by Savannah Quandt and Maddie McCargar, 4:46
2. LDC-Ellie Black unasst., 8:27
3. ME-Kolstad asst. by Quandt and Bobbi Sellner, 15:46 (PP)
Penalties: LDC-Abby Lindquist (hook) 15:31
Second period
4. ME-Quandt asst. by Katy Snyder, 2:13
5. ME-Quandt asst. by Hailey Colbrunn and Snyder, 2:36
6. ME-Sellner asst. by Kelsey Ekstedt and Mariah Kragh, 3:16
7. ME-Quandt asst. by Kolstad and Maddie McCargar, 5:04
8. ME-Ekstedt asst. by Sellner, 6:28 (PP)
9. ME-McCargar unasst., 8:38
Penalties: LDC-Kayla Rosenow (check) 5:43
Third period
10. ME-Kragh asst. by Sarah Biesterveld, 3:44
11. ME-Kragh unasst., 14:37
Penalties: LDC-Emme Lemke (check) 6:43
Saves: ME-Melany Anderson 12, LDC-Kati Hanson 36
Shots on goal: ME 46, LDC 13
Power plays: ME 2-3, LDC 0