Card boys' hockey: Alexandria is runner-up at Roseau tournament

The Alexandria boys’ hockey team came home with a second-place finish after traveling to the Roseau Holiday Classic last week.

The Cardinals came up short against the host Rams in a 5-1 loss in the finals. They got to that point with a 2-1 win over Chisago Lakes in the semifinals and a 5-1 win over Lake of the Woods in the opening rounds.

Roseau took a 2-0 lead in the finals before Jordan Domine scored Alexandria’s only goal of the game 2:25 into the second period. The Rams added one more in the second to take a 3-1 lead into the intermission. They then put the game away with two more in the third.

Roseau outshot the Cardinals 46-27 on the night. Ben Allen stopped 41 shots as he took the loss in net.

Erich Murphy got the start in net against Chisago Lakes and was 24 seconds away from a shutout. He was perfect before giving up a late goal in the third as he stopped 34 of 35 shots to lead his team into the tournament final.

Domine gave him some offense to work with after a goal early in the first period. He scored less than three minutes in off assists from Charlie Wensman and Garrett Skinner. Skinner then added a goal of his own late in the second to give Alexandria a 2-0 lead that would hold up.

The Cardinals won their opening round game against Lake of the Woods behind a dominant third period.

Alexandria and Lake of the Woods went into the third tied at one apiece before Garrett Skinner helped the Cardinals pull away. Skinner scored back-to-back goals in the first four minutes of the final frame to give his team a lead it would not relinquish. Tom Schmidt and Jack Wensman added insurance goals to end the team’s two-game losing skid.

Bryce Miller gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead midway through the second period. He connected off assists from Charlie Wensman and Christian Canavati before Victor Dahl tied things up a few minutes later for Lake of the Woods.

Ben Allen got the win in net for Alexandria. He turned aside 23 of the 24 shots he faced.

GAME SUMMARY

ALEXANDRIA 0 1 0 – 1

ROSEAU 2 1 2 – 5

SHOTS – Alexandria – 11, 6, 10 – 27; Roseau – 13, 20, 13 – 46

SCORING – FIRST PERIOD – Roseau – Alex Strand (Zach Yon, Alex Ziegler), 6:19; Roseau – Yon (Strand, Ziegler), 12:04

SECOND PERIOD – Alexandria – Jordan Domine (PPG) (Tom Schmidt, Garrett Skinner); Roseau – Tanner Okeson (PPG) (Brady Castle, Justin Anderson), 9:02

THIRD PERIOD – Roseau – Zach Yon (PPG) (Alex Strand, Cole Bjugson), 1:45; Roseau – Justin Anderson (Jared Pahlen, Corey Olson), 10:27

GOALTENDING – Alexandria – Ben Allen – L, 41 saves, 46 shots; Roseau – Mike Tangen – W, 26 saves, 27 shots

ALEXANDRIA 1 1 0 – 2

CHISAGO LAKES 0 0 1 – 1

SHOTS – Alexandria – 11, 10, 7 – 28; Chisago Lakes – 10, 13, 10 – 33

SCORING – FIRST PERIOD – Alexandria – Domine (Charlie Wensman, Skinner), 2:49

SECOND PERIOD – Alexandria – Skinner (Domine, Jack Wensman), 13:40

THIRD PERIOD – Chisago Lakes (Trevor Lushanko (Bradee Thompson, Brandon Gillespie), 16:36

GOALTENDING – Alexandria – Erich Murphy – W, 32 saves, 33 shots; Chisago Lakes – 26 saves, 28 shots

ALEXANDRIA 0 1 4 – 5

LAKE OF THE WOODS 0 1 0 – 1

SHOTS – Alexandria – 9 12 8 – 29; Lake of the Woods – 6 10 8 – 24

FIRST PERIOD – No scoring

SECOND PERIOD – Alexandria – Bryce Miller (Charlie Wensman, Christian Canavat), 8:36; Lake of the Woods – Victor Dahl, 11:39

THIRD PERIOD – Alexandria – Garrett Skinner, 1:39; Alexandria – Skinner (Jordan Domine), 3:55; Alexandria – Tom Schmidt (Kevin Finley, Canavati), 5:38; Alexandria – Jack Wensman (Brady Bast), 12:24

GOALTENDING – Alexandria – Ben Allen – W, 23 saves, 24 shots; Lake of the Woods – Doug Potts – L, 24 saves, 29 shots

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