The Alexandria boys hockey team (6-4-1) continued its recent stretch of good play by going to Bemidji on Saturday and getting a 4-2 win over the Class AA Lumberjacks (5-7-1).
It’s the third straight win for the Cardinals. They have outscored Monticello, Fergus Falls and now Bemidji 17-6 during that stretch.
Mason Stennes scored early for Alexandria off an assist from Jack Breitzman. Brycen Berg added another first-period goal off assists from Josiah Gronholz and Tyler Kludt as the Cardinals took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
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It was Kludt’s turn to find the back of the net next as he scored with the help of assists from Gronholz and Berg to make it a 3-2 game in the second period. That goal came just a minute after Bemidji had tied the game at two apiece with a Josef Lalli goal.
That 3-2 lead is how things went late into the third period before the Lumberjacks pulled their goaltender to get an extra attacker on the ice. Gronholz scored an empty-netter with less than a minute left to get his 27th point and 13th goal of the season.
Teagan Pfeffer upped his record to 4-4-1 with a 35-save performance. Pfeffer has lowered his goals-against average to 2.81 and has a .900 save percentage.
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Alexandria is at Brainerd for another game against a Section 8AA opponent on Tuesday night with a 7:15 drop of the puck against the 1-9 Warriors.