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Paynesville Press - December 25, 2002

Stars top Bagley, lose to Litch, Alex

By Michael Jacobson

The River Lakes Stars boys' hockey team lost games to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato and Alexandria last week, but beat Bagley 5-1 on Saturday at the Koronis Civic Arena for their second victory.

Junior wing Mike Anderson scored a hat trick for the Stars against Bagley, whom the Stars beat to improve to 2-4-1 for the season.

The Stars lost to Litchfield/D-C on Thursday 5-3 on the road. Litch/D-C jumped to a 3-1 lead in the first period, with sophomore forward Nick Dahlen scoring an unassisted goal for the Stars.

Twice in the second period the Stars cut the lead to a goal, but each time Litch/D-C responded with a goal. Scoring for the Stars were junior wing Mike Anderson and senior defenseman Luke Braun.

Neither team scored in the third period.

Against Alexandria, a section favorite, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Stars trailed only 2-1 midway through the first period when sophomore defenseman Mike Mueller scored the Stars' lone goal.

Alexandria scored five goals in the second period to put the game away and won 9-1.

This week, the Stars will play in a holiday tournament in Pine City on Thursday, Dec. 26, Friday, Dec. 27, and Saturday, Dec. 28.

Litch/DC 5, River Lakes 3
River Lakes--1 2 0 - 3
Litch/DC--3 2 0 - 5

Scoring Summary
First Period: L/DC-Ryan Johnson (Luke Huggett); L/DC-Josh Johnson (Riley McCoy); RL-Nick Dahlen; L/DC-McCoy (Josh Johnson, Adam Barnall);
Second Period: RL-Mike Anderson (Nick Plumhoff); L/DC-Barnall (Ben Arens); RL-Luke Braun (Chris Knauss); L/DC-Eric Adams (Justin McGraw);
Third Period: No scoring.

Alexandria 9, River Lakes 1
River Lakes--1 0 0 - 1
Alexandria--3 5 1 - 9

Scoring Summary
First Period: A-Clarkgust (Bitzan, Kriel); A-Kriel (Toft);RL-Mike Mueller (Ryan Weber, Chris Knauss); A-Skiba (Toft, Defording);
Second Period: A-Kriel; A-Clarkgust (Bitzan); A-Hammar (Hunke, Crouse); A-Toft (Rogers, Skiba); A-Rogers (Toft, Skiba);
Third Period: A-Schutle (Olson, Bitzan).



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