Blizzard hockey: Alexandria splits with Breezy Point

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The Alexandria Blizzard was still looking to capitalize on a few more chances after back-to-back home games with Breezy Point this past weekend.

Alexandria dominated the pace of play in both games but had to settle for a weekend split. The Blizzard won 5-3 on Saturday after falling 3-2 the night before.

Alexandria outshot the North Stars 42-22 in its win but came out on the wrong side of the scoreboard, despite outshooting Breezy Point 47-23 on Friday.

The Blizzard made sure that didn’t happen on Saturday by taking a 3-1 lead into the second intermission. The two teams played to a scoreless tie through one period before the Blizzard’s Joe Anderson, Karson Kuntz and Ricky Seidel each scored in the middle frame.

Seidel added his second of the night in the third off assists from Garrett Skinner and Tanner Duffney. Duffney then put the finishing touches on things himself with a goal at 14:58 in the final frame.

Alexandria had a tough time finding the net the night before. Danny Pelzer gave the Blizzard a 1-0 lead through one period, but Breezy Point responded with three straight goals in the second period. Alexandria’s Jack Wensman made it 3-2 with a goal late in the middle period, but the Blizzard could not add the equalizer in the third, despite putting 20 shots on net.

The split will send Alexandria into a match-up on the road against Twin City this Saturday with a record of 5-5. The Blizzard’s 10 points have them sitting in third place in the West standings behind Granite City (20) and North Iowa (13). Granite City still has a perfect record at 10-0.

GAME SUMMARY

BREEZY POINT 0 1 2 – 3

ALEXANDRIA 0 3 2 – 5

SHOTS – Breezy Point – 6, 11, 5 – 22; Alexandria – 10, 18, 14 – 42

SCORING – FIRST PERIOD – No scoring

SECOND PERIOD – Alexandria – Anderson (Nate Mettenburg, Eckland), 5:55; Alexandria – Karson Kuntz (Skinner, Kyle Kuntz), 6:16; Breezy Point – Brandon Adler (PPG) (Anthony Martinez, Evan Anderson), 7:31; Alexandria – Seidel (Duffney, Skinner), 13:17

THIRD PERIOD – Alexandria – Seidel (Skinner Duffney), 6:00; Breezy Point – Austin Williams (unassisted), 12:44; Breezy Point – Spencer Bajko (Kyle Whipple, Nick Shear), 14:10; Alexandria – Duffney (Seidel, Skinner), 14:58

GOALTENDING – Breezy Point – Ian Shidlofsky – L, 37 saves, 42 shots; Alexandria – Miller – W, 19 saves, 22 shots

BREEZY POINT 0 3 0 – 3

ALEXANDRIA 1 1 0 – 2

SHOTS – Breezy Point – 8, 7, 8 – 23; Alexandria – 14, 13, 20 – 47

SCORING – FIRST PERIOD – Alexandria – Pelzer (Joe Anderson, Ian Eckland), 11:46

SECOND PERIOD – Breezy Point – Kyle Pacheco (Turk Scatliff), 5:49; Breezy Point – Kyle Eberwein (Spencer Bajko), 8:15; Breezy Point – Evan Anderson (PPG) (Brandon Adler), 12:08; Alexandria – Wensman (Pelzer, Mick Dhein), 16:59

GOALTENDING – Breezy Point – Ian Shidlofsky – W, 45 saves, 47 shots; Alexandria – Chase Wilson – L, 20 saves, 23 shots

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